Try (Michael Penn song)
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"Try" is the opening song from the 1997
Michael Penn
album Resigned.
A music video
for the song was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
and was shot with the crew (and certain members of the cast) of Boogie Nights
while the movie was in its editing process. The entire music video is filmed start to finish for over three minutes without any cuts whatsoever (a trademark of Anderson's which he employs in scenes for nearly all of his films). The video features Penn walking briskly down a narrow but long hallway with dozens of doors.
The video was filmed in downtown Los Angeles
in the longest hallway in North America (the hallway is just over a quarter of a mile long).
Philip Seymour Hoffman
makes two appearances in the video, the first time handing Penn a microphone and a guitar, the second time holding a boom mic in front of him. He is wearing a Planet of the Apes
T-shirt and a jacket with the words Angels Live in My Town printed on it (a reference to Boogie Nights). Thomas Jane
and Melora Walters
are also among the various cast members from Boogie Nights that have small parts in the music video.
The music video can be found on the New Line Platinum DVD edition of Boogie Nights.
1997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
Michael Penn
Michael Penn
Michael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.-Career:...
album Resigned.
A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight , Boogie Nights , Magnolia , Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood...
and was shot with the crew (and certain members of the cast) of Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s...
while the movie was in its editing process. The entire music video is filmed start to finish for over three minutes without any cuts whatsoever (a trademark of Anderson's which he employs in scenes for nearly all of his films). The video features Penn walking briskly down a narrow but long hallway with dozens of doors.
The video was filmed in downtown Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in the longest hallway in North America (the hallway is just over a quarter of a mile long).
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman is an American actor and director. Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year started to appear in films...
makes two appearances in the video, the first time handing Penn a microphone and a guitar, the second time holding a boom mic in front of him. He is wearing a Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (1968 film)
Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly and Linda Harrison...
T-shirt and a jacket with the words Angels Live in My Town printed on it (a reference to Boogie Nights). Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane is an American actor known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2001 TV film 61*, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist...
and Melora Walters
Melora Walters
Melora Walters is an American actress.-Personal life:Walters was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to American parents. She was partly raised there and in Holland. Walters attended high school at Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois...
are also among the various cast members from Boogie Nights that have small parts in the music video.
The music video can be found on the New Line Platinum DVD edition of Boogie Nights.