12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer.

The Elusive Film #13 Unveiled!

I’m sorry. We lied to you. We kept hammering on this “12 Films” concept all summer long, when the whole time — or, well, most of the time — we knew that it would be, in my sister Caitlin’s words, “a baker’s dozen.”  Please forgive us for abusing your trust.

But how did this EXTRA-SPECIAL BONUS FILM come to be?  Let’s take a little trip down memory lane …

It began a couple of months ago, when our illustrious sponsor (and my very proud mother) Sandra Boynton submitted an idea for a 12in12 film.  She wanted to do a music video of her great song “Be Like a Duck” (lead vocal by yours truly), and she was willing to do it under the insane one-week time restriction of this ludicrous project.

Sandra Boynton, with some of her best friends.

Mike and I talked it over, and we decided that a music video of an existing song didn’t quite fit the profile of a 12in12 project — but we really really wanted to do it.  Dilemma!  At that point, we were young and full of vigor, and we had already bandied around the idea of a thirteenth film.  And then it hit us: why not make “Be Like a Duck” the thirteenth film?  That way, we could offer a bonus film to you, our loyal audience, without having to make it ourselves!  This seemed like the best solution all around.  We gave Mom (sorry, Sandra) the high-sign, and she set to work coming up with a script.

In the cast: me, Mike, my sister Caitlin McEwan (writer/director of “Moving Pictures,” also choreographing “Be Like a Duck”), my brother Devin (the ring-bearer in “Moving Pictures”), my little sister Darcy Boynton (the sexpot in “Script 2“), and my old college friend Nick Brentley (making his 12in12 debut!).  “Be Like a Duck” will be filmed on Tuesday, September 1st, and posted the following Monday, September 7th.  Be sure to come back and check it out!

Caitlin, Keith, Darcy, Sandra and Devin, bonding before the shoot.

Honorary Boynton/McEwan family member Nick Brentley

Mike Lavoie, who was never a child.

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