--- In RandyCaliforniaandSpirit@yahoogroups.com, "jbass@..." <JBass@...> wrote:
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> Just finished watching Model Shop for the first time. Crappy print but, well,
maybe that's all there is. There's a brief scene of the whole band rehearsing in
Jay's home. He introduces them to "George" played by Gary Lockwood. Then George
and Jay shoot the shit for awhile and George borrows 100 bucks from him. Jay
gives him a copy of the just released first album. Does any one know if that was
actually Jay's real wife and baby in the film? The movie has no real plot but
it's kind of fascinating to see the scenes of L.A. from that time. George is
living in a beach house next to an oil derrick right at LAX. You can hear the
planes take off and land so loudly that the dialogue is nearly obscured. I
suspect that was intentional by the director.
>

Jay wasn't married at the time. He has two children, but they came later. I'm
told that the movie has been released on DVD in France as part of a Jacques Demy
Box Set. There might be plans to do so here in the States via Turner Classic
Movies. Go to their site, search for Model Shop, and vote that it be released.