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	Allan Quatermain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist of H.
		Quatermain is a quintessential outdoorsman who finds English cities and climate unbearable, and thus prefers to spend most of his time on the African continent.
		In the graphic novel, Quatermain has a temporary relationship with Mina Harker (Of Dracula fame), while in the movie he is the leader of the League, becoming almost a father figure to American agent Tom Sawyer, to whom he teaches his method of shooting to before his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allan_Quatermain (478 words)

	Alan Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels, Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell.
		Alan Moore's The Courtyard, 2 issues (2003), Avatar Press; story by Moore, adapted for comics by Antony Johnston with artwork by Jacen Burrows.
		Alan Moore's The Courtyard Companion (2004), Avatar Press; reprints Antony Johnston's script for Alan Moore's The Courtyard with annotations by NGChristakos, Moore's original short story (from which the series was adapted), new pinups/art by Jacen Burrows, and a new essay by Antony Johnson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alan_Moore (5650 words)

	Movie Spoiler for the film - LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Quatermain, who is about 70, is reluctant to help out this time (so many friends and relatives are gone due to his adventures) but some thugs come in trying to kill him.
		Quatermain decides to serve England, and takes a last glance of the cemetery, where there is a grave for “Quatermain”.
		Quatermain is introduced to Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), from India (Quatermain says he is known as a pirate), and the Invisible Man, Mr.
	www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/league.html (2207 words)

	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
		Quatermain is more along the lines set by Stewart Granger, and I think Sean Connery is a logical choice for the role.
		Of course, I don't really see why Mina Harker couldn't have remained leader of the team, but given that Quatermain was a bit on the macho side, it may not necessarily be inconsistent with the character to have him lead.
		The movie begins with the famed hunter Alan Quatermain (Sean Connery) being recruited out of a self-imposed retirement to lead a team of extraordinary individuals against the Fantom, an enemy intent on starting a world war.
	www.inkandashes.net /league_of_extraordinary_gentlemen.html (1117 words)

	The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - a Movie Review of The Phantom Tollbooth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Meet Alan Quatermain (Sean Connery) who lives in Kenya; Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah) an inventor of submarines, autos and rockets; The Invisible Man (Tony Curran in a mischievous role); Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend) who claims he is an expert fighter; Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
		Tom Sawyer is an expert with guns, and so is Alan Quatermain, but Alan has a sixth sense for danger and can literally smell fear in a quiet place---plus the use of his trusty rifle, Matilda, which has long-range capabilities.
		Sean Connery’s Alan Quatermain is a man haunted by his past who figures he has at least one more fight in him.
	www.tollbooth.org /2003/movies/lxg.html (1253 words)

	H. Rider Haggard - Free Online Library
		In the story Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and the veteran hunter Allan Quatermain, accompanied by Umbopa, their native servant, set off to reveal the fate of Curtis's missing brother - he has gone to look for the treasure of King Solomon in the land of Kukuanas.
		Accompanied by Allan Quatermain, they journey to the lost land of Zu-Vendis, where Curtis becomes a king and Quatermain dies.
		Alan Quartermain leads a group of explorers in the search for the lost diamond mines of King Solomon in Africa.
	haggard.thefreelibrary.com (1799 words)

	Alan Moore Special: Jess Nevins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first archetype is embodied in Allan Quatermain, who first appeared in H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines in 1885 and went on to star in several sequels and prequels.
		Quatermain himself, the Great White Hunter, the single character most people remember from Haggard, is representative of all that Haggard established and influenced.
		But, coincidentally or deliberately, Alan Moore’s Mina Harker is in many ways similar to a large number of female characters in late-Victorian-era genre fiction and is in large part an archetypal Victorian genre heroine.
	www.ultrazine.org /ultraspeciali/UM015/nevins/nevins_english.htm (3785 words)

	League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Uncyclopedia
		In Alan Moore's seminal work on the unseemly underbelly of Victorian England, readers were exposed to a new perspective on this fantastic period.
		While most American readers labor under the false assumption that the Victorian language did not posses the words (and therefore, the concepts) for sex, tripods, or biological warfare, Moore's research uncovers the true extent of such advances.
		Be forewarned: this girl does not "close her eyes and think of England." Those with delicate constitutions and rigid, unrealistic views of reality (e.g.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/League_Of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen (875 words)

	WeirdSpace Encyclopedia: Allan Quatermain
		After the initial adventure, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen continued until the martians attacked leading to the death of two members and the dissolution of the team [4].
		During their adventures Quatermain and Murray became lovers [3], and their adventures together continued at least up to 1912 [2].
		When The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) was released as a movie in 2003, Alan Quatermain was a part of the league, played by Sean Connery.
	www.weirdspace.dk /Alan%20Moore/Allan%20Quatermain.htm (178 words)

	NPR : Alan Moore
		All Things Considered, July 12, 2003 · Among summer blockbusters featuring high-tech mayhem, time travel and green monsters is a film based on a comic novel combining Victorian-era nostalgia with superhero derring-do, plus a full measure of wit -- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
		NPR's Susan Stone profiles the mind behind the comic novel series, Alan Moore -- one of the most respected writers of the genre.
		Quatermain, for example, has a nasty addiction to opium that sometimes puts his colleagues in danger.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1311408 (602 words)

	Amazon.com: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1: Books: Alan Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Quatermain is found near death, delirious in a Cairo opium den; the perverse Griffin is captured terrorizing an all-girls school (leaving behind a series of mysterious pregnancies); and the gruesome Mr.
		The book also includes "Allan and the Sundered Veil," a rip-snorting, prose time-travel story starring Quatermain and written in the manner of the 19th-century "penny dreadful." Moore and O'Neill have created a Victorian era Fantastic Four, a beautifully illustrated reprise of 19th-century literary derring-do packed with period detail, great humor and rousing adventure.
		I knew they would never be a sequel to Alan Moore's classic comic series "The Watchmen" (and I wish Frank Miller had let well enough alone with "The Dark Knight Returns"), but certainly "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" is a kindred spirit in key regards.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563898586?v=glance (2076 words)

	Bureau 42 \| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
		The only reference to Alan Quartermain (?) I was ever aware of was the Richard Chamberlain movie which, if I remember, came out along with half a dozen other Indy-clones, and was best avoided, which I did so.
		Alan Quatermain is the exception to this comment.
		Then for the movie, they make her a vampire (someone told me they actually went to the authors of the gn and okayed that change.), make QUATERMAIN the leader (who was a recovering opium addict in the gn), etc. completely blows the whole feel of the story for me.
	www.bureau42.com /view/1440 (3949 words)

	Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume II
		Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's second homage to Victorian literary heros (and heroines), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, picks up where the first volume left off, with a slew of fiery meteorites hurtling through the atmosphere towards merry olde England.
		Cut back to England, where the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen — Mina Murray, Alan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Captain Nemo and Dr. Jekyll/Henry Hyde — directed by Moore's own creation, Campion Bond, have been called to investigate and help eliminate the invaders, with barely a breather since their last adventure.
		Foremost among the plot's disappointments is the development of a hurried, seemingly pointless, romance between Quatermain and Murray.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_moore_oneill_leaguevolumeII.html (909 words)

	Violet Books: Umslopogaas
		Is the mighty Umslopogaas, the axe-wielding hero of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain and Nada the Lily, buried under the playing fields of Clarendon Primary?
		Allan Quatermain finds Umslopogaas joining up with the heroes of King Solomon's Mines on an expedition to the land of the Zu-Vendi where he meets his death after a heroic battle in the chapter "How Umslopogaas held the Stair."
		Whatever the whereabouts of M'hlopekazi's remains, perhaps his most enduring resting place is within the pages of Allan Quatermain where, as the fictional Umslopogaas, he is buried, facing towards Zululand, "at the top of the stair he defended so splendidly...
	www.violetbooks.com /umslopogaas.html (1415 words)

	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
		Or Allan Quatermain, who at the opening of the tale is an opium addict, trying to escape his grief over the death of his son (which, by the by, was at least a decade before the narrative).
		The other members are Alan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Captain Nemo, and Dr. Jekyll/Mr.
		Quatermain gets from Africa to England in a month, and is told he made good time.
	blog.ianhamet.com /archive/2003/08/20030810a.html (1088 words)

	King Solomon's Mines (2004)
		In its place the mini-series adds Alison Doody as a romantic interest (an aspect that was also added by all the other film versions) and has the quest now to be to find her father (a plot that is actually taken from the 1985 film version rather than the book).
		The role is of Allan Quatermain is surely one that requires either an heroic leading man type or else the grizzled Indiana Jones character.
		Case in point being the would-be romantic scene between he and Alison Doody (who, compared to Swayze, is fine in her part) near the end, where his attempt to propose to her is nearly killed by his complete lack of expression.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/kingsolomon04.htm (1486 words)

	lxg
		Britain responded to this threat by assembling a group of legendary heroes led by Alan Quatermain.
		Allan Quatermain is taken from H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" (1885) and Mina Harker (Peta Wilson) from Bram Stoker's classic vampire story "Dracula" (1897).
		The dialogues are not memorable with a few exceptions from Allan Quatermain and Rodney Skinner a.k.a.
	www.geocities.com /moviewebz2/lxg.html (679 words)

	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Reports from Miqque On The Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One such mind is contained in the skull of the scribe Alan Moore, whose deranged visions seep and impinge on the collective unconscious (or perhaps are derived from that deep well, no one truly knows).
		Time and the terrors he has undergone have taken a dire toll on Quatermain, and last known he was in an obscure Chinatown doss imbibing in huge quantities of opium.
		Alan Moore certainly does not know, as this is another character referenced - but not participating - in the source material.
	miqque.50megs.com /motwLEG.html (5646 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Book 2: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Critically-acclaimed writer Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta) and artist Kevin O’Neill (Marshal Law) once more work their alchemy, mixing legend, myth, literature and pulp fantasy into the volatile cocktail that is the fantastic second volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!
		I was always intrigued by the possibility that in Volume 1, where she is first alone with Jekyl, she had actually begun to bite him - if you re-read it, the blood on her mouth could have been his and the screaming "please no (etc)" could have been him - prior to his transformation.
		At one point she almost "confesses" vampirism to Quatermain, but in another scene, she appears to have no problem with a cross in a hotel room.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/184023668X (1613 words)

	Arrow In The Head's movie review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Sean Connery/Alan Quatermain, Peta ...
		Based on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill’s graphic novel of the same name (these lads also did the "From Hell" graphic novel), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" entertained in a period piece, "X-Men" type of way with an endearing pulp comic book feel oozing throughout.
		I totally grooved on adventurer Alan Quatermain and I have to hand it to the always charismatic Sean Connery; for an old geyser, he still knows how to throw a mean punch.
		Sean Connery (Alan Quatermain) was all Connery charm as the hardened adventurer.
	www.joblo.com /arrow/reviews.php?id=545 (988 words)

	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
		But as an adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's remarkable comic-book series, the film commits the cardinal sin of failing to take its source seriously enough.
		In this case, the error is compounded by the numerous influences behind the comic, which pulls off the ironic trick of adding a clever wrinkle to the old super-group formula by paying self-aware homage to the literary forefathers of much of the superhero genre.
		The script is so careful to provide expository background on each character that it takes some of the fun out of being familiar with the source.
	www.screenandnoted.com /lxg.htm (470 words)

	Gorilla Pants Review - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hyde that makes the Hulk look puny; Dorian Gray, whose portrait ages while he stays young and foppish; swashbuckling adventurer Alan Quatermain; a Cockney thief who also happens to be invisible; the Professor and Mary Ann.
		In the comic book, Quatermain was well past his prime as a hero and when we first meet him he's an opium addict, something he struggles with through several issues.
		And there are some fine performances, including Sean Connery as the heroic Quatermain, Naseeruddin Shah as the imposing Nemo and Peta Wilson as the icy Mina.
	www.gorillapants.com /lxg.shtml (767 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Reel
		Based on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic book, "League" is a team-up of characters from classic British (and, for the U.S. audiences, American) literature.
		Quatermain has lost more than he's gained in his life's adventure.
		The emerging father/son bond between Quatermain and Sawyer aspires to be the emotional pay-off that "League" sorely needs but ultimately lacks.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=2473 (1318 words)

	Singing Potatoes
		Judging from Karen's question after the movie, I was not alone in wondering why Alan Quatermain was selected by 'M' for the League.
		From Gamera_Spinning, I now know that the reason given in the movie had nothing to do with the original comic, and — from the Alan Moore interview listed in his weblog entry — that Tom Sawyer was added for the American audience.
		We got a nice long closeup of the Masonic ring on The Phantom's finger, and it was hard not to notice that the doors of M's London meeting-room were covered with the square-and-compasses.
	www.shipbrook.com /jeff/blog?entry=543 (595 words)

	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In this series Moore brings together a remarkable group of fictional (in our reality anyway) characters: Mina Murray formerly known as Mina Harker, one-time "bride" of Vlad Dracula; Mycroft Holmes the mysterious organizer, "M," of the League; Alan Quatermain, renowned adventurer turned dissolute opium addict; and Captain Nemo, mysterious Indian pirate.
		In this issue Mina Murray and Alan Quatermain are sent to Paris to investigate the mystery of a hulking monstrosity who’s been seen snatching prostitutes.
		Assisting them is one Auguste Dupin who had the honor of investigating a similar series of murders on the Rue Morgue some 50 years back.
	www.flooby.com /archives/rev-loeg.htm (268 words)

	A Fanboy’s Notes: Victorian Edition § Unqualified Offerings
		The members include Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Henry Jekyll (and partner) and Miss Wilheminha Murray, formerly Mina Harker.
		Actually it’s the creation of the great Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill, and published by the America’s Best Comics imprint.
		Alan Moore knows way more about the history of British fantasy adventure than you do.
	www.highclearing.com /index.php/archives/2002/07/26/933 (720 words)

	Happy Fields and Dancing Schnausers: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
		Alan Quatermain wasn't an opium addict, Mina was a vampire, Dr. Jekyll still relied on his elixer to transform, and the Invisible Man actually had some morals.
		Peta Wilson has a fabulous face, and she was very good as Mina Harker.
		Sean Connery kicked ass, as he normally does, and he did very well as Alan Quatermain, considering that the movie version wasn't, y'know, just barely hanging on.
	www.superluminal.com /rebecca/weblog/archives/000392.html (429 words)

	Find in a Library: Hunter Quatermain's story : the uncollected adventures of Alan Quatermain
		Find in a Library: Hunter Quatermain's story : the uncollected adventures of Alan Quatermain
		Hunter Quatermain's story : the uncollected adventures of Alan Quatermain
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/000490baba56201ba19afeb4da09e526.html (77 words)

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