Viewfinder: (Another) Film Production Wraps Up in Lakewood

Lights, camera... Jammy Buggars!

The Detroit Avenue restaurant got into the action of the locally produced film “."

The film shot a couple of scenes directed by Tony Hartman, of Lakewood, at  on Saturday and Sunday for a scene that involved a guy who has an “interesting way of picking up women” by having his friend go into an establishment ahead of time to deliberately embarrass himself so he can swoop in “cool, calm and collected” and get the girl.

"It's a comedy, but there's a surprise ending," said Hartman.

The film’s co-producer Eric Swinderman — who is also a Lakewood resident — said the film is “an anthology of 10 love stories” set in the Cleveland-area that will showcase 10 of the area’s best writers and directors. Swinderman said his film was influenced by “New York, I Love You” and “Paris, Je T'Aime.”

“It’s sort of a love letter to Cleveland, but looking at love through the eyes of a Clevelander,” said Swinderman, who has four of the 10 stories and is directing two of them. “This project is designed to showcase the talent in Cleveland."