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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  John Moore - Flight of the Phoenix
Irish director John Moore says he likes then great outdoors and does those locations proud in his faithful remake of Flight of the Phoenix, which originally starred James Stewart and Richard Attenborough.
John Moore: I was hesitant - you know - because it does have a certain lineage and it seems to be one of those films - you know - that more people have actually heard of it than seen it.
So it's tough to get movies where the word ensemble is thrown around rather liberally, - because unless you're in Oceans 11 or 12, you know, it's at the point of - stunt casting is at the point where - you know - it transcends any chance of creating characters, I think personally.
www.girl.com.au /john-moore-flight-of-the-phoenix-pf.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DVD: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Moore's incendiary film earned Palme d'Or honors at Cannes and a predictable legion of detractors, but do yourself a favor: Ignore those who condemn the film without seeing it, and let the facts speak for themselves.
That Moore actually got any politician from the right to stop and speak to him speaks well only of those who were brave enough to engage him.
Moore has become infamous for this tactic (playing both sides of the fence, as when he pretended to be a gun lover in BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE).
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JNEI?v=glance   (1902 words)

  
 The Staff
John, who hails from Leesburg, Virginia, became a mystery fan while still in elementary school, when a copy of "Alfred Hitchcock And The Three Investigators In The Secret Of Terror Castle" caught his eye at a school book sale.
Chris is currently Art Director for a national weekly tabloid and is co-founder of Shadow House Press, publishers of the horror anthology comic Shadow House.
Richard A. Moore is the author of three novels and several short stories published by Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock and Mike Shayne mystery magazines and various anthologies.
www.thrillingdetective.com /cont.html   (7215 words)

  
 MBR: Internet Bookwatch, December 2003
One Of Ourselves: John Fitzgerald Kennedy In Ireland by professional journalist James Robert Carroll is a informed and informative study of American President Kennedy's three and one-half day visit to Ireland in June of 1963.
Between Director And Actor is a highly practical troubleshooter compendium filled from cover to cover with notes and advice for vocal and physical clarity; adding depth and variety to personal performances; addresses common rehearsal problems; and offers straightforward sit-down conversations with fellow professional directors and actors.
The Other John Adams, 1705-1740 is an impressive study by academician and educator Benjamin Franklin V of the life of writer, poet, and clergyman John Adams, including his literary theories, and his crucial influence in a socially and politically volatile time when overall American culture was shifting from the religious to the secular.
www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/dec_03.htm   (14486 words)

  
 Problems on TND?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ian Fleming's quirky novel of the same title was written from the perspective of a woman, and Bond himself doesn't appear for the first two-thirds of the book.
Among the writers auditioned by Eon were Cary Bates, a writer on DC Comics' Superman (something DC reminded its readers of in 1978); novelist Anthony Burgess; future movie director John Landis; and veteran movie and television writer Stirling Silliphant.
Rubin's "James Bond Movie Encyclopedia" discusses the different drafts, but a common element involved hijacked nuclear submarines and unusual killers (including one draft that featured triplet murderers).
www.hmss.com /films/problems.htm   (1071 words)

  
 {M-Q}: Positive Atheism's Big List of Scary Quotations
Director of the Christian Defense Coalition; not a resident of Alabama
John McCain, misrepresenting the United States via the recent though popular "Christian Nation" myth and then using this falsehood to justify antiatheist bigotry, quoted from "Gore says it wold not bother him if an atheist became President," Newsweek, January 30, 2000
Besides, the act is contrary to Mohammedan custom; John Philoponos lived about a century before the capture of the city, and the statement of the time the rolls lasted as fuel is preposterous.
www.positiveatheism.org /hist/quotes/scar_m.htm   (5203 words)

  
 THE INCREDIBLE HULK television series page (c) 1996 - 2005 by Mark Rathwell: NEWS & UPDATES
While I have no doubt that THE HULK will probably be a profit-generating movie with worldwide box office receipts and DVD/video sales, its anemic performance is putting the movie in jeopardy.
Written by the Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno, My Incredible Life As the Hulk is more than simply a memoir of one man's experiences; it is an inside look at the popular series and the profound effect that the character has had on the general public.
Amazon.com is listing THE INCREDIBLE HULK pilot movie as being available for pre-order on DVD, though no further information seems to be available.
www.incrediblehulktvseries.com /News/HulkNews.htm   (4995 words)

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