The script was originally written by Thomas Fahrner 'in his head' starting around 1997. In the spring of 2001 he decided this was going to be the year and put pen to paper (or is that fingers to keyboard?) and wrote the first of many versions. Once the story was worked out and the script was stable he began to look for a director. Thomas had worked as an actor with Sargon Benjamin in 1999 on his feature film "Before You Go". Thomas contacted Sargon in Los Angeles and they began discussing the project. Sargon reviewed the script and agreed to come on board. Now the shoot date was set for late summer 2001. They both went in search of crew. While Thomas was working on a different short film in San Francisco he was introduced to Scott Beardslee. Once Scott reviewed the script and talked to Sargon he agreed to work on the project as the cinematographer. Except for the camera, which was supplied by Sargon, Scott brought with him most of our equipment and crew.

The film was shot entirely in the San Jose area. The main shooting location was a 160-acre ranch outside of San Jose called the Atkinson Estate. We also shot the opening scene at a bar called the Quail Canyon Inn outside of Morgan Hill and the closing scene at Gavilan College in Gilroy.

THE TECHNICAL

Never the Twins Shall Meet was shot in 11 days from September 6th through September 20th 2001. The production was shut down on the 11th. The film was shot on the director’s 16mm Arriflex BL camera. After principal photography the film was edited in six weeks on an Avid system rented from Entertainment Post in Los Angeles. The final Beta cut was made on December 5th 2001 with a final runtime of 34 minutes, including credits. The film is available for exhibition on Beta SP tapes.

MOVIE PHOTOS

Click here to see photographs from the shooting of the film and the credits.