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has moved across the water
to North Vancouver for a
CBC drama.

. By STEPHEN BARRINGTO

Cabies and equipment clog the
halls of a former group home on
East 18th Street as film crews.
finish the final scenes for an
episode of Lies From Lotus Land.
. Aptly titled Group Home, the
episode is the latest offering in the

“Li-part CBC regional drama an-
thology that is already appearing
in British Columbia homes. :

But viewers hoping to catch a
glimpse of the house when the
episode airs March 21 will be
disappointed — bad weather
restricted the filming to indoor «
scenes. .

“We shot everything sunny,”
says assistant director Teresa (TC)
Trowsdale as she points to the light

shining into the ‘room, giving a
.*perfect’ day outside. :
- “We were going to (film the
outside of the house), but it keeps
“raining.””: aon
* Using the eight-bedroom former
group home gives an ideal look to
the. episode, production manager
Jan Durban says above the direc-
tor’s shouted instructions.

“It’s a general problem with
location shocting,’’? she laments.
“If‘you get it.to look how you
want you can’t get a camera crew
in. But it works for us.”’

Despite the constant cacophony
of filming, neighborhood residents .
support the project, Durban says.

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“The people are proud that we use
their neighborhood.”’

Included in the cast and crew is
an animal celebrity — Zeus the cat
— that put in some unscheduled
dialogue when he spoke up during
the recent filming.

“We didn't pay him extra
because it wasn’t in the script,”
jokes Trowsdale.

Lies features home-grown stories
about people in the city, explains
CBC drama coordinator Joyce
Tinnion. “It’s meant to be set in
Vancouver (and area).”’

Tinnion describes the North
Shore-filmed Group Home as ‘‘the
closest stab at reality we’ve done

:so far. It’s close to what a home is

like — not pretty.”

Former group home worker and
principal episode actor Garwin
Sanford agrees.
~" “It’s a realistic portrayal of a
day in the life,’’ says trim, good-
looking Sanford, whose character,
Steve, runs the group home with
his wife, Martha.

‘One of the reasons | liked the
script.so much is. because it is as
realistic an approach as you're ever
going to get on TV — in my opi-
nion it’s real.’’

CBC camera crews have been all
over the Lower Mainland filming
this series, but this is the first time
a Lies episode has been shot on the
North Shore. -

“In our location hunt, this was
the best we found,’’ explained.
Tinnion.

Lies From Lotus Land airs on
CBC every Saturday at 9 p.m. The
episode filmed in North Vancouver
is scheduled to be shown across the
province on March 21.

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NEWS photo Mike Wakeflaid

NEWS REPORTER Stephen Barrington (right) interviews actors Garwin Sanford (left)
and Barb Casey (centre) about their roles in the CBC series Lies from Lotus Land. The
television series has fiimed one segment in North Vancouver.

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