Four UW film students shooting a school project on the top of a downtown parking ramp with a fake gun Wednesday wound up in a tense confrontation with Madison police that took on the feel of a real Hollywood production.
It ended with the students – plus a non-student “actor” – staring down police firearms, getting placed in handcuffs and being issued stiff citations. All five men were tentatively charged with disorderly conduct and fined $412.