Just in case you didn’t check in this Halloween weekend, here is what happened:
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Month: October 1999
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Our good friend Alvie has been away on a lengthy vacation for a couple of weeks now… Since I knew we would go through “Alvie Withdrawal,” I asked him to send me a post card while he was gone. In fact, I have received TWO postcards, one from Wyoming, and the other from Vancouver, B.C. (mailed in San Diego of all places! That Alvie is really getting around!) He is headed to Las Vegas next but should be back in the next week or two. I’ll keep you posted on his whereabouts as I hear from him.
Yep, Sean’s back. I swear he’ll be the Elvis of the next millenium: people will claim to see him everywhere even after he’s dead. Here’s the latest Connery-involved-with-LOTR rumour, and it’s a really cool one:
“…But here’s something else for you to mull over. I just got hold of it today. I got it from a UK TV Guide called “TV Quick”. One section is called ‘The Goss'(as in gossip) and has an interesting titbit about Sean Connery. Here it is word for word…
“Sean Connery could be joining an impressive cast in the new movie version of ‘The Lord of the Rings’.
Alongside Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian McKellen and Sean Bean, Connery could end up playing Witch King, the leader of a band of undead henchmen. It would be his most villainous role yet – but then, he’s always had a licence to thrill.”
That tid-bit came from STEVE H, many thanks.
Nikki has sent some great news stuff about the goings on in her back yard. Check it out in The Spy Reports.
More from Nikki
Here is really all i know, For three nights they were filming pretty much the same scene over and over again. It was only supposed to be a two night shooting but i think they had some trouble in the first night so they ran behind. I haven’t read any of the books so i will try to describe what was happening the best i can. There are two trees in the middle of a clearing that is surrounded by more trees and bush, there were at least half a dozen small artificial fires scattered around the around, some of which were actually set on fire during the shooting. The basic plot of the scene from what i can tell was that there were two groups of about half a dozen creatures, all with masks on that had elfish features and long hair, trying to pull these two trees down. This is what i think the problem was as on the first night no trees came down and on the second night only one tree came down. Also while this was going on there were about a dozen more creatures, that wore black and didn’t seem to be as made up as the rest, with firey torches running from behind the action between the trees and around the clearing. These creatures were different to the others that were trying to pull down the trees. In front of the trees there were about another dozen creatures, some with awesome make-up on, fighting with axes. When they were rehursing it seemed that after the trees were down these creatures started fighting as well. The only lines that i could hear was the “one, two, three, heave….” coming from the groups trying to pull the trees down. The rest of the time the others were just yelling and screaming. During the final take the rain was over the set again and the smoke machine was back on so it was quite misty and had a really great atmosphere. The lights were on it again which made me wonder if it was supposed to be day despite the fact it was filmed at night.
More filming may go on in that area as there are still tents down there, 2 days after filming started. There are also rumors that there will be a shoot with the hooded horseman here and maybe the forest passageway to the castle. There is a quarry in Wellington that is being rumored to set the scene for some other shoot but i don’t know what yet. All i know is that when the shoot is on, the security guards are everywhere. The must love throwing people like me out.
I will keep in touch, and write back when i have more news.
I’ve been looking for some sound bytes for you folks. I have gotten a bunch of emails telling me that the ‘Dracula’ Soundtrack is on CDNow. I however cannot find it.
But you can always check out the official site for the creepy Roman Polanski film ‘The Ninth Gate’. If you can go through the ‘Flash’ version. During the flash intro there is some music that is no doubts Wojciech Kilar’s work.