Dave Frank
Highlight Bits & Quotes
12George Lucas's Alien Ideation Voice Notes
Dave Frank describes his close relationship with George Lucas, who constantly sends him voice notes of alien ideas, even while Dave is at the zoo with his children, David and Irene.
"The guy does not come up with an alien without telling me."
"Green alien. Green alien."
"I'm being bombarded with voice notes from George Lucas."
The Ray Liotta 'How I Got Here' Trope
Donny Bun III claims to have inserted the famous Ray Liotta quote from Goodfellas into every trailer he edits, including horror films and The Revenant, even moving the actors' lips on set to match.
"You're probably wondering how I got here."
"I get full lip access for anything I want to do."
"As far as I can remember, I wanted to be a gangster."
Dummy Titles and Bat Mitzvah NDAs
The editors discuss the extreme secrecy of modern blockbusters, revealing that they often edit trailers under fake titles like 'Rachel's Bat Mitzvah' or 'Timmy's First Birthday'.
"Ant-Man 1 was just called Timmy's First Birthday."
"I've already done Rachel's Bat Mitzvah."
"Avatar 3 came in as Rocco's Bris."
The Reckless Editor's Phillips Drill
Dave Frank reveals his 'reckless' editing style, which involves never saving his work and physically drilling holes into hard drives to teach his children, David and Irene, life lessons.
"My favorite editor's tool is my Phillips drill."
"I drill the hard drive so it doesn't work anymore."
"Be cool or be a piece of shit not that cool at all."
The Trailer Editor's Dilemma and Blood on Their Hands
The panel discusses the moral weight of manipulating audiences into seeing bad movies, escalating to the idea that their trailers cause fatal car accidents for people rushing to the theater.
"Do I manipulate them and make a trailer that looks good and so these people that don't deserve the money make money off of this bad product?"
"I hope to God if there's a fender bender both people have insurance because it can be really expensive."
Marriage Story: The Marvel Cut
Chuck Scotty admits to accidentally editing Marriage Story as a Marvel movie, including stolen Iron Man footage and a 'hot body reveal' for Adam Driver.
"I made the trailer for Marriage Story look like a Marvel movie."
"It was Robert Downey Jr. wearing like a red power suit talking about how marriage is over and overrated."
The Gorilla Cinematic Universe Subterfuge
The editors realize they are all working on the same secret project involving Jack Black and a giant gorilla, despite being given fake 'burner' titles like 'Tony's Dad's Funeral'.
"The name I was given was Annabelle Gives Birth to Two Bouncing Baby Boys."
"Jack Black is feeding him peanut butter."
The Sandlot and the Art of Being Weird
Dave Frank discusses how the trailer for The Sandlot focused on the dog rather than baseball, inspiring a generation of editors to believe that 'trailers can be weird.'
"That trailer because it told me it's okay to be weird."
The Ballet and Hip-Hop of Trailer Editing
Chuck Scotty explains his house's niche in art films and Marvel trailers, while Dave Frank reveals he runs trailers through Snapchat filters to make characters look angry.
"I do find myself running a lot of my trailers through Snapchat and actually making the characters angry."
The Prestige Trick: Children's Choirs
The editors discuss the industry trick of using children's choirs singing inappropriate songs to make a trailer feel 'prestige,' specifically for the A24 film First Cow.
"We had a little kid Catholic choir singing Pop That Pussy and it worked perfect for First Cow."
The Origin of the Nickname 'Asshole'
Asshole reveals her nickname comes from her unique method of composing trailer scores by sitting on synthesizers, a technique she calls 'Butt Band.'
"He'd just sit on each one a little bit. That's where my nickname Asshole came from."
The Trailer House Editors Roll Call
The panel of trailer editors introduces themselves, establishing their 'Beer Night' tradition and their various trailer houses including Trailer Park Boys and Jonathan Trailer Thomas.
"I'm Dave Frank, I've been editing trailers for about 10 years now over at Trailer Park Boys."