>> ♪ GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME
RELIGION
GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION
GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME ♪ KAREN:
THE WHITE WOOD FRAMED PLAYHOUSE
IS NESTLED IN THE LANDSCAPE IN
ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FAR
AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY AND THE MOVIE LOTS
IN HOLLYWOOD.
BUT FOR ACTOR TIM YOUNG --
>> YOU STILL THINK I DID WRONG?
KAREN: THE GARRISON PLAYERS ARTS
CENTER MAY AS WELL BE BROADWAY.
TIM: MY DREAM THAT I HAD AS A
KID IS STILL HERE.
KAREN: TIM RETURNS TO THE STAGE
AFTER A 15-YEAR ABSENCE,
STARRING IN THE PLAY "INHERIT
THE WIND," BASED ON THE 1925
SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL.
>> DID YOU HAPPEN TO BUMP INTO A
FELLOW NAMED CHARLES DARWIN?
KAREN: BACK IN 2003, HIS STAR
WAS RISING --
FEATURE FILMS, TV SHOWS -- WHEN
HIS DREAM TURNED INTO A
NIGHTMARE.
TIM: I WENT TO BED ONE NIGHT,
WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY.
AND IT WAS BLACK.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
KAREN: TIM SUFFERED A STROKE IN
HIS OPTIC NERVE, LEAVING HIM
COMPLETELY BLIND.
HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD.
TIM: MY WHOLE WORLD JUST SHUT
DOWN.
AND I CLOSED MYSELF OFF TO THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
KAREN: HE LEFT HOLLYWOOD,
RETURNING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
STARTING OVER.
TIM: I HAVE TO BE ME AGAIN.
SO I LEARNED HOW TO ADJUST AND,
YOU KNOW, COUNT MY STEPS GOING
PLACES, AND I STARTED TO USE A
CANE.
ONLY NOW, ALL THESE YEARS LATER,
GETTING BACK ON THE STAGE.
>> I WROTE TO THAT NEWSPAPER IN
BALTIMORE.
KAREN: TIM CALLS IT DESTINY.
RECENTLY MOVING ABOUT A MILE
FROM THE COMMUNITY THEATRE,
HEARD ABOUT THE PLAY AND
AUDITIONED.
BUT UNABLE TO READ THE SCRIPT,
HE MEMORIZED THE ENTIRE SCENE.
TIM: I THOUGHT, IF I'M GOING TO
DO THIS, I BETTER GO IN AND NAIL
THIS.
>> WE WERE ALL BLOWN AWA
I MEAN, HE OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME
GREAT ACTING CHOPS.
KAREN: DIRECTOR MIKE DOYLE, WHO
ALSO HAS A SMALL PART IN THE
PLAY, CAST TIM IN A LEADING
ROLE
TIM: FOR ME TO HAVE JUMPED IN --
AND NOT JUST JUMPED IN, BUT
REALLY, REALLY JUST IMMERSE
D MYSELF BACK INTO WHAT I LOVE,
MY PASSION -- TO GET A LEAD ROLE
WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
KAREN: HE PLAYS BERTRAM CATES, A
CHARACTER BASED ON JOHN SCOPES,
ARRESTED FOR TEACHING EVOLUTION.
>> HE HAS SEVERAL VERY DRAMATIC
SCENES, AND HE BRINGS IT EVERY
SINGLE NIGHT.
>> TELL HIM WHAT YOUR FATHER
REALLY SAID.
THAT TOMMY'S SOUL WAS DAMNED.
RISING IN HELL FIRE.
[JUDGE POUNDING GAVEL]
RELIGION IS SUPPOSED TO COMFORT
PEOPLE, ISN'T IT
KAREN: TIM PLAYS THE CHARACTER
AS SIGHTED
AND IT WORKS BECAUSE BERTRAM
CATES IS IN JAIL FOR THE ENTIRE
PLAY.
HE'S LED ON AND OFF THE STAGE BY
THE BAILIFF OR HIS GIRLFRIEND,
PLAYED BY REBECCA LAURION.
>> IT ALSO HELPED THAT SINCE WE
WERE PLAYING A COUPLE, I COULD
HOLD ONTO HIS HAND AND GUIDE HIM
AND IT LOOKED NATURAL.
KAREN: TIM FIGURES OUT WHERE TO
LOOK BY LISTENING.
TIM: I HEAR THEIR VOICES AND
I'LL LOOK, OR I'LL HEAR THEIR
FOOTSTEP
>> I'M HERE.
THAT SHOULD TELL YOU WHAT I
THINK.
TIM: AFTER SO LONG, I CAN KEEP
MY DREAM GOING.
KAREN: HIS DREAM BEGAN WHEN TIM
WAS JUST FOUR, ACTING IN
PRESCHOOL, THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND HIGH SCHOOL, WITH
ASPIRATIONS FOR STARDOM.
TIM: I'D GET IN THE BATHROOM AN
HAVE A MICROPHONE AND GO, YES,
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS FOR
THIS ACADEMY AWARD.
KAREN: HE APPEARED IN EVERY
PRODUCTION WHILE AT ST. ANSELM'S
COLLEGE, INCLUDING "LITTLE SHOP
OF HORRORS."
HE HAD A LEAD ROLE, BUT KNEW
HOLLYWOOD WOULD SEE HIM
DIFFERENTLY.
TIM: I WASN'T THE LEADING MAN.
I KNEW THAT I WASN'T, YOU KNOW,
SIX FOOT WHATEVE
I AM 5'6", ON A GOOD DAY.
AND THAT'S WITH SOME GOOD SHOES.
I'M LIKE, OK, I'LL BE THE BEST
FRIEND.
KAREN: HIS BIG BREAK CAME IN THE
BIG APPLE WITH AN OFF-BROADWAY
SHOW, TESTING HIS AMBITION.
TIM: I HAD TO BE NAKED ON STAGE.
IT WAS NARROWED DOWN TO FIVE OF
US
AND THEN IT WENT DOWN TO TWO OF
US.
AND HE SAID, IT IS BETWEEN THE
TWO OF YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU COME TONIGHT AND
SEE THE SHOW, AND SEE IF IT'S
SOMETHING YOU'D RATHER DO OR NOT
DO
IF IT'S YOUR CUP OF TEA.
KAREN: TIM FELT HE FINALLY MADE
IT
TIM: MY NAME WAS IN PLAYBILL.
ONE OF THOSE PLAYBILL BOOKS.
AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS REALLY
THIS IS -- I'M DOING IT.
I'M FINALLY DOING IT.
KAREN: THEN CAME MOVIES.
HIS FIRST -- THE HORROR FLICK
"CAMP BLOOD."
>> WE ARE GOING CAMPING FOR THE
WEEKEND.
YOU DON'T NEED YOUR ENTIRE
WARDROBE.
>> I WANT TO LOOK NICE.
TIM: I WAS IN FIVE HORROR FILMS,
SO I DIED PRETTY WELL, I GUESS.
[CREEPY LAUGHTE
KARE SEVEN FEATURE FILMS ALL
TOGETHER, SOME WITH BIG STARS.
HE PLAYED A COP IN "LITTLE
NICKY," WITH HARVEY KEITEL AND
ADAM SANDLER.
>> SURE, YEAH.
KARE THE BLOCKBUSTER "PEARL
HARBOR" INCLUDED TIM, A FEATURED
EXTRA WITH SOME PRIME EXPOSURE
TIM: SO YOU SEE ME A LOT IN IT,
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY LINES IN
IT
I DID, BUT THEY GOT CUT, SO I'M
IN A LOT OF THE SCENES, LIKE IN
THE DINER SCENE WITH KATE
BECKINSALE AND JOSH HARTNETT
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THEM WHEN
THEY'RE TALKING, YOU SEE ME.
KAREN: STILL, HIS BIGGEST ROLES
WERE IN HORROR FILMS,
"SCARECROW" HIS LAST HOLLYWOOD
MOVIE.
>> MY NAME I LEICESTER --
LESTER.
>> JUDY.
>> I KNOW.
I WILL HAVE TO REPAY YOU
SOMEHOW.
>> IT IS NO BIG DEAL.
>> PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO.
KAREN: TIM WOULD NEVER ACT
AGAIN, UNTIL NOW.
>> ♪ IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR
BRADY
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME ♪
TIM: IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT'S IMPRINTED ON YOUR HEART
FOR LIFE
JUST THAT THESE PEOPLE NOT ONLY
SAID, YOU CAN DO IT.
THEY ACCEPTED ME.
KAREN: 40 YEARS LATER, RELIVING
THE DREAM HE IMAGINED AS A
LITTLE BOY.
TIM: YOU DON'T DO IT FOR THE
CLAPPING, BUT WHEN YOU HEAR IT,
IT'S A PRETTY NICE FEELIN
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