popplers

John Waters would be proud.

Maybe the lawn gnomes can audition for a part…

[…] Then, last spring, Meyer read an article in the Globe about Jill Hunter, a woman in a pricey Newton neighborhood who adorned her yard with plastic pink flamingos. A low-budget, "quasi-fictional reenacted documentary" called "Plastic Migration" was born.

To the surprise of even Meyer, the film -- an homage to lawn ornaments -- has piqued the interest of hundreds of actors, businesses, and others in the Newton community, who for one reason or another are drawn to this story about a quirky suburban rebel and have volunteered their services to help Meyer get his film made.

More than 200 actors from New England and New York have contacted Meyer, offering to act for free. The West Newton Cinema agreed to screen it, sight unseen. At least four businesses, including Whole Foods Market and Dunkin' Donuts, are donating meals and coffee to the actors and crew, who wrap up filming this week in Newton. Services have been donated by, among others, a piano mover, a dog trainer, a police officer who owns a snow-making machine, and a tree pruner who is lending his cherry picker to Meyer's (unpaid) cinematographer, also from NYU.

"The 'special thanks' will be longer than the film," said Meyer. "Every crazy idea I've come up with, everyone is going for it, mostly." […]