From a short oral history of Anchor Zone, the ill-fated 1994 attempt to make a Newfoundland science-fiction film:
Mark Critch (actor): I looked at the script and I remember thinking “cyberpunk? Flying skateboards? This could actually be kinda cool.” As the budgetary restraints become apparent, you start to notice that it’s not going to be a flying skateboard, it’s just going to be a f***ing skateboard.
T.H. Hatte (writer): I was on set to rewrite [daily] until I was barred from the set.
Ken Pittman (producer): [Writer T.H. Hatte] was very opinionated and he wasn’t liked by everybody… [He also] actively challenged the director while she was filming a scene. I asked him not to return to the set.
Andrew Younghusband (actor): [T.H. Hatte] used to wear one of those hats that looks like a Mary Brown’s box.
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Andrew Younghusband (actor): They had a million dollars and were trying to make a big-budget sci-fi, but what they should have done with Anchor Zone is tried to make a b-movie sci-fi.
Nicole Stoffman (actor): On paper, it looked like an action movie.
Mark Critch (actor): I thought of it as “Jim Henson’s Blade Runner Babies.”