In defense of The Director, no, he wasn't making it all up, he had footage for the trailer... He's working with other guys who are very slow, and when you work with other people on no-budget films like I do, it's HARD. People say they'll help, and then don't show up, etc. etc. Or they say they want to be in your movie, then "Oh wait, your VIDEOTAPING this? I don't want to be on camera!" It's like, uhhh...how do you even answer that one? It's like, "Yeah, I'll go eat dinner at your house....but do I have to open my mouth and chew?"
And I'm the only crew - that adds a whole other mess if you have people behind the camera helping you. They have jobs, lives, they get bored with it all, etc. I e-mailed him and told him about this thread (You may need to re-title it, I clicked on it as a whim, but would've missed it otherwise.)