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Marc Scott Zicree has been writing screenplays for decades, mainly for
TV shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, Sliders,
Forever Knight, TekWar, and a busload of
animated series. But despite being a rather well-established Hollywood
figure, he has never aspired to become Hollywood nobility but has instead
founded The Table (sometimes The Round Table) about 20 years
ago - which is basically a weekly gathering open for everyone to attend,
where both established and aspiring artists of all kinds are encouraged to
talk about their Hollywood experiences, and through the Table's network,
they are often able to help one another. The most prominent
Table-attendees are probably director Guillermo del Toro, Star
Trek's George Takei, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's
Armin Shimerman, and Napoleon Dynamite-producer Chris Wyatt, but
the more interesting stories are those of newcomers getting ahead thanks
to the Table, or the one about quadrileptic writer/actor Jim Troesh, who
had enjoyed some fame thanks to a recurring role in the Michael
Landon-series Highway to Heaven, but who has found it
impossible to get work after that, until Table-members have put him back
on track. (Sadly, Troesh died not long after this film was finished.) However,
the movie also shows Marc Scott Zicree, the writer, in his attempts to
bring his pet project Magic Time to the screen, and the challenges
he has to face despite the support of the Table ... Basically, The
Table is a touching portray of the other side of Hollywood, a
Hollywood not infatuated with Lindsay Lohan's partying habits or whether
or not Brad and Angelina will seperate, but a place full of aspiring
people struggling to get jobs, struggling to make ends meet, but
passionate about what they do (and probably way more talented than
Hollywood nobility anyways). And it's about the power of community, of a
network that is not only there to get you somewhere but also serves as
something to fall back on. And it's a film that gives you hope that
something good will come out of Hollywood eventually - so in that way,
it's also unexpectedly inspiring. Recommended, actually.
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