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Suzy has posted pictures to the Victoria Woods All The Trimmings special at her Red Hot Sexy Men website. Narration would be appreciated - WHAT was going on there!!!! AR in a bandage and 'injured'??? Many thanks to Suzy for posting the pictures for us impoverished overseas fans!
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Sunday, December 31, 2000 at 18:01:08 (PST)
Yadira, thank you for bringing the Hollywood Stock Exchange to the attention of the list. I just registered and it's a lot of fun.
You get $2 million to play with when you sign up. I invested heavily in my favourite actors: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, AR, Rupert Everett and Tom Wilkinson. My Winslet stock is down -38 but fortunately my Branagh and Everett shares are up +5 each. This allowed me enough cash to buy Harry Potter shares and get in on the ground floor with the two sequels as well. For sentimental reasons, I also purchased 25,000 Blow Dry shares; at $4.31 each, they were a steal.
You can also speculate in music stocks. This would be a great device to explain the stock market to teens.
Magda
Canada - Sunday, December 31, 2000 at 16:09:16 (PST)
This is only my second time on this website, I have just recently become a fan of Alan Rickman. I think that we all agree that Mr. Rickman is a consumate actor, very talented, and certaintly alright to look at. I own a few shares of him on a website called hsx.com, where you can buy and sell "star bonds," basically investing in an actor or actress. The other day my Alan Rickman stock shot up 10 points in one day, then unfortunately shot right back down. I was curious to see, however, what was going on in his career, since there had been no movement in his stock price for a while. Therefore I came to this website to see what he has been up to, and was rather surprised and happy to see that he will be part of the new Harry Potter movies. Thanks for the info. I love the books and am quite excited to see him as Prof. Snape. He is the perfect villain, I must admit.
Yadira <Pretorious118@aol.comfoo>
USA - Sunday, December 31, 2000 at 13:55:53 (PST)
Also, BBC has a press release on Xmas day which includes a picture of AR....
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 22:46:39 (PST)
In the light of noone else posting anything, Belfast Telegraph gives a lousy review of the Victoria Woods Special which included AR...
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 22:41:57 (PST)
Oooooh--the h*nd on the panelling. *THUD* Thanks! Now I know this will be a good year. Congratulations, Fausta, on the Third Anniversary.
And many more!
R again (from the snowy floor in Detroit) , - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 16:21:07 (PST)
make that the Third Anniversary Issue
Fausta
back to html reform school!, USA - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 14:28:46 (PST)
Please visit the Third Anniversary issue of the Monthly Rickmanista.
And a happy 2001 to all!
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
with a photo for Renie . . ., USA - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 14:26:47 (PST)
Here's wishing everyone a wonderful New Year, full of happiness, surprises, and a bit of serenity. It's been a great year for meeting you folks, here, and in person. (That includes Mary Anne, my dear friend, who has plotted with me next door for what seems like a lifetime!) To you all, and especially to those of you who knit us together, many thanks and much affection. A special toast to Suzanne (and Karina before her). *CLINK* [Suzanne--I sent some photos of us--did you get them?]
Re: Hans Gruber--Thanks for your inquiry about the origin of his name, which is entirely fanciful, as you can see from the acronym, which is H.A.N.D. Gruber. *wink* That name does not appear in any of the movies. A summary about the Hans of the realm can be found at Claudia's Who's Who. Hans lovers shouldn't miss her holiday message, either. As for the status of Mr. and Mrs. Gruber, there are the FOF archives, and of course, the current FOF. If you need any other info, drop me an e-mail. Cheers!
Renie (who apologizes for the lack of cards this year.) <reniept@hotmail.com foo>
Hard to believe the wedding was Christmas Eve 1997! Yikes! , - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 10:30:11 (PST)
Help Dear Friends... First, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Chanukah and will enjoy the new year celebration Sunday night. I do need help... both my computer and I had a virus and I survived mine. My old computer is gone with all my email addresses on it... if you have been writing me, would you please write me again so that I can get your addresses. Thank you so much!!!
Maxine <maxinerose@prodigy.netfoo>
Greeley, CO USA - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 10:16:00 (PST)
In Michael Dwyer's column in today's Irish Times, he sites Blow Dry as a "must see" film in 2001 (opening March 30 in Ireland). On the other hand, he says the same thing about Dude, Where's My Car? which my daily newspaper said was awful. So go figure. Happy New Year.
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 30, 2000 at 07:54:53 (PST)
This is no joke but I would like to offer a unabridged "Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy read by AR to one REAL fan from Europe (sorry but postal fees are too high for further away). Let me tell you the story... I ordered the 12 cassettes and the last was broken so the provider decided to send me another batch of 12 ! So I have 11 original tapes and one to copy to offer for free. The story is very descriptive and takes place a long time ago in the English country but is very romantic. Available to any REAL fan of Alan Rickman for New Year ! Please send me a message and state why you like AR and don't forget to mention your address (every message will be answered). Have a wonderful Year 2001 and to Mr. Rickman too ! (marlenem@freesurf.ch)
Marlène <marlenem@freesurf.chfoo>
Echandens, Switzerland - Friday, December 29, 2000 at 18:16:38 (PST)
Claire, I have emailed you at your virgin.net address from CPP. Hope that's right.
Christine
montreal , USA - Friday, December 29, 2000 at 08:18:25 (PST)
Christine - email me directly, I have usually managed to talk people through getting this In Demand disc working!! The GB of your computer memory is huge but that is storage memory what you need is working / processing memory, the RAM.
Claire
- Friday, December 29, 2000 at 02:29:11 (PST)
And Amanda and everybody, please do send your titles with blurbs to be added to the Not The Sequels. Thank you
Fausta
USA - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 17:17:08 (PST)
Thank you Amanda for your kind words, and Epiphany is the 12th day of Christmas -- hence, the title for Twefth Night, the Shakespeare play.
Rickman Admirer, from what I remember, Stella Maris is a title given to the Virgin Mary as a metaphor for her love to guide souls lost (at sea, so to speak), and sailors searching safe harbor. It is one of the brief prayers in the Latin Littany, prayed at the end of a Rosary. Its use in AABA struck me as one more unnecessary layer of heavy-handed symbolism. I haven't been able to find anything about the actress who played the Chilean lady in TMD,a side from her part in that film.
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
I went to Catholic school, does it show?, USA - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 17:11:25 (PST)
Happy holiday everyone! I was hoping that the Victoria Wood special may have been shown on the ABC here.... no go - will have to wait. Magda, thanks for the link to that artical. The BC is still showing on ABC on Sunday afternoons for one hour here and AR should be on soon. This weekend?Claire, - those photo's! Superb!! Christine hope you have some luck soon. Have a great new year everyone!. Bye.
Barbara <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Qld Australia - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 16:55:48 (PST)
For those of you who were wondering, Polish folk hold that Christmas lasts until Three Kings (Epiphany), so even *if* my cards are going out so late, I'm covered.
Amanda <editor@texas.netfoo>
TX USA - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 16:54:15 (PST)
Fausta, I just checked out Not the Official Sequels (as I rambled around on the computer, waiting for my Christmas card inserts to finish printing). These are wonderful! The best, far and away, is Truly, Madly, Awfully. You should send these on to the Talented Mr. Rickman; he (or at least his letter-reader) might get a kick out of them.
Amanda <editor@texas.netfoo>
TX USA - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 16:50:32 (PST)
Claire, Thank you so much for answering so quickly. I tried what you said and when I clicked on Texas.mov it told me it could not be opened. When I went into Qt4.exe to update it it said "a newer version of QT is already installed. If you would like to continue, first uninstall QT the run the installer again." I checked how much memory I have left and I have 14.1 GB!
Christine
montreal, - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 16:49:22 (PST)
Oh and you find the other sound tracks the same way as any other music CD. Maybe you use the Windows CD Player or whatever mulimedia programme you have for music on your computer. Windows CD Player file is found as CDplayer.exe in the Windows folder.
Claire
- Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 16:13:17 (PST)
Christine.
Close down your machine. Reboot. Put the CD in the CD Drive. Do not open anything else but Windows Explorer. Click on the CD Drive in Explorer to open up the files. Double click the Texas.mov file. Totally ignore the START file that comes up on your screen.
If the Quicktime does not work you will have to double click the Qt4.exe file, still in the same place in Explorer, to update your Quicktime version.
It's a massive file eating up lots of working memory, which is why you need everything else shutdown. Out of sync. sound is a symptom of not enough memory.
Claire
- Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 16:05:43 (PST)
I'm posting this note out of sheer desperation! I just received the In Demand CD which I ordered at Amazon.uk and it doesn't seem to be working right. I put it in the CD Rom drive and loaded it exactly as it asked for step by step. The Quick Time player was loaded and everything but the sound is all static, kind of crackly and the lips don't match the words! I can't even get to the other 3 tracks. They don't seem to appear anywhere! Why is the sound so bad? The only thing I could think of is that I selected the wrong speed in which to play it when I downloaded it so I wanted to erase the whole thing and start again but I can't even uninstall it! It keeps telling me to uninstall when I already have! I'm so depressed! Everything I've gone through to get this CD!! I had someone send it to me first from London which turned out to be the wrong one (CD #2)and now this, the right one, doesn't work well! Some higher force just doesn't want me to have it! Can someone please help?! I'm so upset!
Christine
montreal, Canada - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 15:34:53 (PST)
Guess what I got for Christmas from my husband?? A 'Do-it-yourself Alan Rickman Kit'! Husband stuffed a diskette with pix of AR and gave me a big pack of photopaper to print 'em out on! Good, eh? Oh, also a copy of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'...but I've not read it yet. Aren't British men great!
Sarah <john.hankinson@fnac.netfoo>
France - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 00:45:52 (PST)
I saw Stella Maris, the actor listed in TMD in another movie-perhaps it is her stage name--someone said that it was another name for the Madonna-any Catholic people out there have any information for us? I have a daylily called "Stella de Oro" or star of gold-Stella Maris is supposed to mean star of the sea.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Thursday, December 28, 2000 at 00:41:15 (PST)
Ann, perhaps you're referring to the behind-the-scenes MO Videogram I made?
Julia, TMD was made in 1991, AABA in 1995. I think the real person/character name in these two films must have been pure coincidence, since Stella Marris is a character Beryl Bainbridge created when she wrote AABA.
Thank you, Catherine! And Gilda, great idea, thanks!
Welcome, Jackie and all the newcomers!
Suzanne <SuzanneK@bigfoot.comfoo>
Hallettsville, TX USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 21:51:55 (PST)
Hello everybody! Watched TMD last night, first time in several years. Liked it much more this second time, although I still feel Juliet Stevenson looks and sounds kinda like a drag queen in the early part of the movie. Anyway, my real reason for writing: anyone notice that in the cast credits of TMD, the actress who plays the Argentinian lady who has a baby is listed as Stella Maris! What's up with that?! I believe TMD and AABA were released in the same year - anyone know which one was shot first? Way too odd, this Stella Maris coincidence. Happy New Year everyone! Namaste, Julia
Julia <niasmith@look.cafoo>
Canada - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 17:23:20 (PST)
Ann/AZ
I'd be very surprised to hear that there's such a thing as a trailer for M,O, since it was only one episode of a tv series. However, the title refers to the fact that you have to infer the meaning of:
It's entirely up to the viewer to reach conclusions for these and whatever other questions . . . maybe even Luther the butler was involved in this!
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
wish I had a butler this time of year, USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 16:27:01 (PST)
Would someone please resubmit a link to a "trailer" for M,O in which AR explains the reason (or the pun) in the title? Thanks!
Ann <wagner@cybertrails.comfoo>
AZ USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 14:53:45 (PST)
Davida:
Urbania was released in the U.S. in early September. The film stars the very-talented Dan Futterman as well as Alan Cumming.
Kari
Seattle, USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 14:22:25 (PST)
Was Robert Lindsay also in the Victoria Wood special? It sounds like a wonderful show. A tape tree would be terrific!
For the Ralph Fiennes who visit this GB, he is going to be on the Charlie Rose Show tomorrow, Dec. 28. Check your local PBS listings.
Happy holidays to all!
Joan
NY USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 12:22:23 (PST)
From 13 November "Publisher's Weekly":
The term "big children's movie" may take on a whole new meaning when a certain project now filming in Britain--Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Warner Bros./Heyday Films)--comes to fruition next fall. Sorcerer's Stone is scheduled to hit theaters November 16, 2001--and will no doubt be accompanied by an astonishing marketing/licensing push. Harry Potter merchandise mania has begun in dribs and drabs with products inspired by J.K. Rowling's phenomenally selling books. about boy wizard Harry hitting store shelves this summer and fall. Even with the film release that far off, discussion of this project has been going at a fever pace for more than a year. Confirmed cast members include Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Alan Rickman as Professor Snape, Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid and John Cleese as the poltergeist Nearly Headless Nick.
Georgiana (second billing, eh?)
Seattle - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 12:13:16 (PST)
A similar article in Saturday's Coventry Evening Telegraph said to include the following GRAPHIC: Victoria's guests on Christmas Day include (from left) Delia Smith,; Alan Rickman and Julie Walters; n [stet] Comedienne Victoria Wood aims to thrill on Christmas Day
Georgiana
Seattle - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 12:08:39 (PST)
From Saturday's Birmingham Post:
Two stars who sadly had to bow out from Wood's extraordinary roll-call at the last minute were Dame Judi Dench and Pierce Brosnan.
'Dame Judi was very sweet but she had to drop out due to other commitments. And we almost got Pierce. We were going to fly to Los Angeles for one day's filming but he couldn't make it in the end.
'He said he really wanted to but that day he just couldn't fit us in.'
Not that Victoria is too downhearted; after all, the line-up of talent is enough to make any chat-show host green with envy.
'I know I've been very lucky - I had to keep pinching myself, like, that's Alan Rickman in my cozzie drama! And Delia was lovely, she's a cook in A Christmas Carol.'
Georgiana <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 12:05:39 (PST)
Catherine, that's wonderful (re: the special). Is it possible for you to make a dub of that video? I think I might be able to still get a transfer from PAL to NTSC for the rest of us so we can enjoy it too (via tape tree). Please e-mail me if this is feasible for you.
Gilda <PrisAB234@aol.comfoo>
USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 11:31:19 (PST)
to julia..regarding going to the uk summer..yup..i will be there for five weeks..need me to bring anything home..will gladly do so..however..the new beanie baby is NOT to be on the list..yours, tess..a rickman fancier
tess <gnnjameson@aol.comfoo>
st.petersburg , fl USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 11:22:16 (PST)
Hi All: A special hello to Christine in Montreal. It's wonderful to know there are at least two AR fans in MTL. Thanks for paving the way. I have been trying to get through nearly 5 years of posts at the rate I am going I should get finished in a year. "The Winter Guest" will be shown tonight on Channel 6 at 11:30 {a Montreal Station}. Thursday, Bravo Canada will show Robin Hood POT at 8:00 p.m. Now back to the Archives for me, Jackie
Jackie
Montreal, Canada - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 09:37:03 (PST)
Hi everyone. Yes I *did* see the Victoria Wood special. AR did a fantastic send up of a Jane Austen-ish tale about broken engagements called "Plots & Proposals". Impossible to remember it all though as it all passed by so quickly and I was laughing too much. Glad I videoed it. Also starring were Lyndsay Duncan, Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie and Geraldine McEwan (do you think they all egged each other on ?)It was made all the funnier because half of them had already been in S&S. One particular scene that has stuck in my mind is when AR is injured on the battlefield and is sending a message home and lamenting his broken engagement to "Alice" who has been betrothed to someone else. "I suppose I won't get see the wedding" he says and R E Grant's character says "Whinge, whinge, whinge. Get a move on. I've got a pigeon waiting". (Well, I suppose you had to see it !)
Catherine <catherine.bowles@virgin.netfoo>
Halifax, Yorkshire - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 09:17:24 (PST)
What a very interesting sight. Keep it up!
Beverley Bain Flynn <riseandshinebb@juno.comfoo>
Manitowaning, ON USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 08:11:30 (PST)
Is Sharleen Spiteri(Texas) any relation to Alan Rickman? eg daughter
peter graves <peter@hutton14.freeserve.co.ukfoo>
london, uk - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 06:10:29 (PST)
To all Rickmaniacs: I wish you all had (white) Christmas-days. Have a good 2001! with lots of Alan of course. I received the Rasputin DVD lately and my next update will contain Rasputin DVD pics. I will let you know all when I will update my page. Again, end this year well and make a splendid start with lots of fun! See you next year!
Stezi <stezi@wxs.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 05:49:31 (PST)
Gail, sorry not to report back re Victoria Wood. I'm in France at the moment and not the UK. I've asked a friend to tape the Special for me. Fingers crossed! Meilleurs voeux à tous!
Sarah <john.hankinson@fnac.netfoo>
France - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 23:57:18 (PST)
I have second-hand news re the Victoria Wood TV special from Victoria S - who so kindly made most of the bookings for the theatres that Georgiana and I went to last month. Actually, she didn't even bother to email us for posting, assuming that she would have been beaten to the post long before by someone on the GB. Claire? Sarah?? Anyone else over 'home??? Anyway, apparently AR did a very entertaining little segment with Richard E Grant - with whom Georgiana literally brushed shoulders last month. And whom we in Canada have been watching turning in a great acting job as a neurotic suspect in Trial and Retribution III.
Gail <gail.rayment@sympatico.cafoo>
Toronto, Canada - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 12:45:00 (PST)
Finally got to see In Demand. I believe the only sensible reaction is..... *swoon* There. I feel much better now.
Barb
USA - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 09:47:46 (PST)
Those of you who are into copyright-busting might want to check out Mirror Pix, part of the Mirror Newspaper site and search for AR. There's a couple of newish pics there that even Claire hasn't displayed.
Magda
Canada - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 08:53:36 (PST)
Dear Rickmaniacs, The 'flu has made me an insomniac. I was laughing and coughing over the truly, madly, wryly *imaginative* "titles" on Fausta's page. Imagination is one thing we AR-fans do not lack. Thank you, contributors, one and all. Good night.
Ann W
Az USA - Monday, December 25, 2000 at 20:02:33 (PST)
Well, here's an article about Victoria Wood and her Christmas special with a picture of AR. It will have to do until we get some first-hand news.
Magda
Canada - Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:13:01 (PST)
Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah! My best wishes to everyone in this joyous holiday season.
With love,
Suzanne (also anxiously awaiting...) <SuzanneK@bigfoot.comfoo>
Hallettsville, TX USA - Monday, December 25, 2000 at 13:00:19 (PST)
So has Victoria Wood been on yet?
Georgiana (anxiously awaiting the details...)
Seattle - Monday, December 25, 2000 at 09:19:00 (PST)
I have always thought Mr Rickman is 'sex on legs'...and when I saw him last in Sharleen Spiteri's video, I could only think he was the perfect man for the part.
Miss J Salisbury <jody@beme.comfoo>
Uk - Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 17:21:37 (PST)
I have been a devoted fan of the ARguestbook for a long time but I have not enjoyed it more than I have these last few months while recovering from big-time surgery. Keep up the good work. ( I even enjoy the arguements) My AR library has gotten a workout too.... Everyone have a Happy Holiday................
frannyg <frannyg@stratos.netfoo>
cleveland, oh USA - Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 15:47:59 (PST)
Make that Kenneth Brannagh.
a Rickman admirer <sorry Faustafoo>
USA - Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 00:51:28 (PST)
Kenneth Brannaugh will be on BBC America -Michael Parkinson on December 23rd 7pm and Dec. 24 10am.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 00:49:21 (PST)
All the best for the holiday season and the new year to all my fellow Alan Rickman fans. Thank you Claire, once again, for the great photos to keep us Canadians warm throughout the holidays and to Fausta and Suzanne and all others who keep us swooning! A special welcome to Jackie, a Montrealer, like myself! I also absolutely adore P.L. Hoping to find a few AR films under the Christmas tree!
Christine
montreal, Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 19:58:53 (PST)
OK, so this might spark your interest: It seems that there is a gentleman called Alan Rickman who had a website (click on my name) and he seems to also live in the UK and his email is alan.rickman@ntlworld.com, and his other email is wmaster_alljokes@hotmail.com, and he seems to be quite the guy. Ahem. What do you think? Shall we contact him? We wouldn't be the first to do so because of his name...
Julia
Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 18:24:58 (PST)
Cindie: Thank you for acknowledging my posts . I will wait a few days more before I post again. Everyone must realize that when you find a site that means something to you, you sometimes do go overboard, Jackie.
jdourley <at Hotmail.comfoo>
Montreal, Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 18:24:30 (PST)
Sorry to e-mail again so soon. I thought I would let you know about "empireonline.com. {forgive if this is old news} They review all films and to my surprise when I checked "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "Rasputin" they had not had anyone rate these pics. I of course immediately gave both a 5 {the highest}. Are you also aware that Empire Mag {British} scored Alan #34 as sexiest actor and #53 {Ithink} as best actor, both out of 100. Please forgive my double posts but I am so happy to find this spot. Again Seasons Greetings, Jackie
jdourley <at Hotmail.comfoo>
Montreal, Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 17:46:00 (PST)
Hello, ladies! I would like to wish you all a Happy Chanuka, Merry Christmas, Delightful Boxing Day, Great New Year's Eve, Amazing New Year, and most of all, I wish for all of you to go see Quills with Geoffrey Rush, michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix, and Kate Winslet. You will be glad you did, unless you think you are morally righteous. Best of the Season to you!
Julia <j_petrov@hotmail.comfoo>
Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 17:43:36 (PST)
Hi Jackie, Welcome. I agree, P.L. is one of his best roles.
Cindie
OH USA - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 17:32:52 (PST)
Hi Friends of Alan Rickman: I am so happy to have found this site. Mr Rickman is one of my very few actors that I make sure to see his films'. I have just seen "An Awfully Big Adventure" on TV, and I can't remember seeing him at his best as he was in this film. I will not say too much as I must read the Archives and I hope I will be accepted into your group. Seasons Greetings to all, Jackie.
jdourley <at Hotmail.comfoo>
Montreal, Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 17:12:03 (PST)
Seasons greetings to all and my husband sends a Happy Chanukah to Mary Anne (he says it's nice to be thought of in cyber space) If anyone in sydney missed Judas Kiss it will be shown again on Feb 2nd in the open air cinema in Botanic Gardens. Tickets from Gowings (!!!!)An extremely hot and muggy Sydney
Judy <judy1@one.net.aufoo>
Sydney, NSW Australia - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 14:33:54 (PST)
To Suzanne, thanks for this wonderful site, to Claire, who provides the marvelous pictures on her site, to Stezi, to Fausta, to everyone who helps us enjoy our favourite actor, thank you and best wishes to you all. May the spirit of this time of year live on all through the next.
Anne
Anne <ahard73977@aol.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA USA - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 12:30:53 (PST)
So do I Barb !! That problem with the holly picture was annoying me all day at work, couldn't wait to get home to fix it.
Good Christmas wishes to all, and especially Alan Rickman, without whom I wouldn't have found such a great set of friends all over the world.
Claire
- Friday, December 22, 2000 at 11:52:40 (PST)
Claire -- thank you! I feel much better now. ;)
Barb
USA - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 11:01:43 (PST)
Happy holidays to all and hope the coming year is filled with peace and fulfillment.
And to Suzanne, my thanks for this wonderful site and for all your work throughout the year ensuring that things run smoothly. You're the best! Take care and enjoy yourself.
Lin <cherub85@hotmail.comfoo>
Cold snowy Canada - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 10:40:08 (PST)
I had read the first three Harry Potter books early spring 2000. I read the third in one day finishing at 5AM. I just couldn't put that one down. I had become completly inthrawled with the character of Snape. I didn't know anything about Alan Rickman but after I heard that he was being considered to play Snape I checked out the internet. What an amazing and loyal following he has. Looking at his past work I knew he would do Snape justice. I was hoping he would take the part. He will definitly not be sorry. Snape grew on me also. I thank him so very much for taking on the role, I don't beleive anyone else would be able to portray Snape. There IS much much more to Severus Snape and Mr Rickman is the one who can bring that to life.
Margery
USA - Friday, December 22, 2000 at 09:14:49 (PST)
Fausta, you have really got me thinking now! I am going to put my little grey cells to work over the christmas week and come up with something suitable to add to your new page! Keep up the good work. Jennifer, I remember that particular line!!! Pussycat was the singer wasn't She! How apt, when you look at all the wonderful sights to be had arround the petrol pumps! Everyone have a great holiday, wherever you all are. Bye.
barbara <Hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Qld Australia - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 22:49:41 (PST)
Fausta's "Not the Official Sequels" is a hoot! And Claire's Holiday Pictures are meltingly marvelous. The creative juices are flowing around the world, it seems. Everyone have a cool Yule!
Annie <Zizzlefritz36@yahoo.comfoo>
Falls Church, VA USA - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 19:19:09 (PST)
Happy Chanukah to all the Jewish fans! Nes Gadol Haya Sham.
Shalom,
Mary Anne
Pass the latkes, USA - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 18:33:13 (PST)
Oh, by the way: regarding Han's name. Hans Anton Nietzche Dellbrook Gruber. Where was it first mentioned? Is it in one of the Die Hard movies or did someone make it up? (curious)
It also says in his bio that his father is Hans Anton Gruber Sr. Does that mean that Hans is a Jr or as the "upperclass" (snooty English accent imitation--no offense intended anyone--big smile) would say, Hans II? OH...and if his father's names are Hans and Anton, whose names are the other two (Nietzche and Dellbrook)?
Davida <williamsdav@onebox.comfoo>
USA - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 14:12:38 (PST)
Hey, how yu duin'? (Translation: NY for "How are you doing?)
Actually, I should say, "Ho uz duin'?" (Translation: How are all of you doing?)
I am not a frequent visitor to the Guestbook, but I am a FREQUENT visitor to this site. Especially the sound files. I can't get enough of Han's German.
I wanted to ask if anyone has heard the latest news about Alan and a movie he's supposed to be in called "Urbania"? Did anyone hear anything about it?
I just thought of it while I was listening to the fantastic wavs on this site. I love them!
Oh by the way, when is "Hans" going to make his reappearance on FOF? Is he and Rene still together? While I'm typing this out to you, I'm chuckling. I just realized that I hate soap operas, but this (FOF) is UTTERLY addicting!
Looking forward to making some great aquaintances.
Davida <williamsdav@onebox.comfoo>
New York, NY USA - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 14:02:27 (PST)
Claire -- will you post new pictures in time for the holiday? Please relieve my suffering! ;)
Barb
USA - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 09:25:32 (PST)
To whet the appetite, "Best of the Box" in the Evening Standard has this to say about the upcoming Christmas Day show: "Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings (now that is an evocative title) takes the piss out of the usual traditional Christmas TV fare (BBC1, Christmas Day 9.20pm). A great cast, including Alan Rickman, Bob Monkhouse and Delia Smith join in the fun."
I trust we shall hear in a timely fashion from our blessed UK colleagues on this one?
Georgiana
Seattle - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 17:13:45 (PST)
On the topic of video clips, I wouldn't suggest for a moment that anyone could produce the definitive meaning of any video clip but isn't there some enjoyment in speculation? Barbara (GC), I think you are right, ooh na na na na, ooh na na na na.
Jennifer
Ballarat, Aus - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 16:07:34 (PST)
Please visit the Rickmanista Review's new feature, Not The Official Sequels and send your contributions. Thank you!
Fausta, yet again <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
USA - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 11:32:04 (PST)
Barbara, yes, LDuncan was on TV in The Rector's Wife, but I missed it. I do remember her in A Year in Provence, with John Thaw, and she's listed in The Internet Movie Database in many others. I only saw a few minutes of the photography collection program, which name escapes me.
Still on the subject of the Barchester novels, 2 people have asked if the character of Rev. Slope appears in any other of the Trollope novesls. I've read 20 or so and Slope is not in any of them, but if he was a real-life character, I'd expect he would have found himself a rich widow that would appreciate his quotes of the Book Of Common Prayer (thank you, CKW!) and married her!
Fausta <faustaw@hotmail.comfoo>
USA - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 07:51:52 (PST)
Fausta, I saw you mention The Rector's Wife. Am I correct , Lindsay Duncan, AR's friend was in this movie? I had it out on video and it was wonderful to see her performance. She has GREAT talent. Like in DL ? Also I saw her recently in another series about all these photo's as a collection that was to be divided? Historical photo's during the second world war? I cannot remember the name of this one, but it was again wonderful to see Lindsay weave her magic. She wins in the end. It seems being bankrupt doesn't mean that everything is over. That was the theme of this mini-series.Bye.
Barbara <Hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Australia - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 01:06:48 (PST)
People, people, people... I really think trying to find a 'plot,' 'story' or even a 'theme' in any music video these days is an exercise in futility! They just seem to be an excuse for some video/movie director to go overboard in creativity. I say this with a christmas wink and smile because I reckon too many of you have tried to work out the ending to the Texas clip, and its just nonsense like everything else out there. It merely provided fans of the respective parties (AR and Sharlene) with jolly good exposure of the 2 without getting epilepsy as one could get watching the average video clip where they rarely seem to focus on the singer/band for more than a split second...
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 22:46:59 (PST)
Barb, there's very little shouting from Rickman in "Judas Kiss" (well, there is that [to me, quite funny] scene with the golf club...). As for "Rasputin," there was a little matter of an Emmy and a Golden Globe for that vociferous performance. Well deserved, I thought.
Georgiana
Seattle - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 18:28:57 (PST)
make that "Large sections of the novel . . ."
Fausta
can read, just can't type . . ., USA - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 17:15:48 (PST)
Barbara,
Writing is to the Trollope family what music was to Bach's. Antony's mother, Frances Milton Trollope was a writer out of necessity since the family was broke. Joanna Trollope is also a writer, and AT's gret-great grandaughter. She wrote The Choir (audio tape read by Harriet Walter), The Rector's Wife, Parson Harding's Daughter, and several others, in the tradition of AT.
Incidentally, Anthony travelled extensively, and one of his sons settled in Australia. The large sections of the novel John Caldigate take place in Australia.
Fausta
USA - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 16:59:30 (PST)
I just forgot to mention that the times I mentioned where in QLD time. Add an hour for N.S.W. and Vic Tas, or maybe check your TV guides, just to be sure. All these time zones....... Jennifer, I was just watching "In Demand " - such a wonderful way to pass the time, and I think it is a bit confusing too. One man only interested in ONE thing and the other the REAL thing as Russell Morris would say. I like to look at the good side of things, AR is ALWAYS for the long haul and is the Real thing!Bye.
barbara
Gold Coast, Australia - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 15:40:08 (PST)
Fausta, thatnks for all the info re BC! I really enjoyed this mini-series too. I guess it bought AR to all of us back then. Anthony Trollope is a wonderful writer and I have seen other books with this last name, but a women - maybe a relative? I just hope that this series is at the start and will continue through the Hospital warden where, I think AR is soo good! Geraldine McEwan is also in this (the witch, Mortiana from RHPOT), and is spendid in her role as the bishop's wife. This is worth taping for anybody in Australia ,but make it a BIG tape. Sally, you just have to be lucky, sometimes it seems, blink and you miss AR! Bye.
barbara <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Qld Australia - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 15:20:31 (PST)
Had AR night last night -- found Judas Kiss and Rasputin. I think AR needs a director with reins -- he tends to overdo it. I think he enjoys shouting too much. ;)
Barb
USA - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 09:52:46 (PST)
Anyone who loves Jane Austen will like Anthony Trollope's Barset novels. He is much more optimistic than Dickens and I think easier to read.
Magda
Canada - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 07:25:11 (PST)
. . . and after this rare moment of erudition, I managed to mess up my website address . . .
Fausta
so, not to be fiming in NY!, USA - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 06:23:08 (PST)
Barchester Chronicles is a BBC TV mini-series based on 2 Anthony Trollope books: The Warden (1855), and Barchester Towers (1857).
The other Barchester novelsare Doctor Thorne (1858), Franley Parsonage (1861), The Small House at Allington (1864), and The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867). The Last Chronicle of Barset is an excellent psychological novel that rivals anything by Zola or Tolstoy.
Trollope wrote 47 novels (including The Pallisers series), and uses recurrent characters, so readers who go back to his work find familiar people. My favorite, aside from The Last Chronicle, is The Way We Live Now, which has influenced many contemporary writers, among them Dominick Dunne and Tom Wolfe
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
USA - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 06:19:29 (PST)
Further to the messages about the Nigel Bennett directed film, did you know that Alan and Nigel appeared together on stage in 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre, UK, in the 1970s? Hev
Hev <heather.doggett@aht.org.ukfoo>
UK - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 02:53:38 (PST)
Della - The In Demand video is at the same place, ADOT, but they changed the file name.Go to CPP take the link to the Sound page with Texas. You can download direct from the hyperlink that says UK video.
Claire
- Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 02:07:09 (PST)
Thank you, ladies.
Georgiana (having a hopeless sort of day...)
Seattle - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 20:49:59 (PST)
After inquiring, I received the following message from Nigel Bennett's assistant in November of 98:
"It will begin filming next year. The funding is in place and the actors are ready. Nigel is very excited about getting on with it. Alan Rickman will not be in the film. He is busy."
However, I have heard nothing about it since then. And it's not in the Internet Movie Database, so I don't know what happened with the film after that, either.
Suzanne <SuzanneK@bigfoot.comfoo>
Hallettsville, TX USA - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 20:32:04 (PST)
Georgiana: Yes, I had heard it right from the director's mouth back in May 1998, and ended up getting in a little trouble on the GB for keeping my mouth shut until he wanted it public (guess you can read it in the archives): Nigel Bennett, of many TV movies and "Forever Knight" fame, is the director of the film (don't know what became of it after the end of 1998) and told me in late May he had approached AR's people for AR to play the lead role. When I asked him again in October whether AR answered, he said no, and that Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy?) would play the lead. That's all I know.
Gilda
CT USA - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 19:43:55 (PST)
There is a site that lists Mr. Rickman as "in negotiation" (in 1998, 1998) for a film called "An Englishman in New York," to be filmed in Toronto and New York, with the following caption:
"After being expelled from teaching at Oxford, an English professor must teach at NYU as punishment. (KEYWORDS: College, Teacher)"
Anyone ever hear of this one?
Georgiana <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 18:58:49 (PST)
Hello Everyone--long time no be here!!! I need some help please---recently I got my new computer (finally) and when I was downloading everything from old puter onto disk I messed up and lost alot of my addys---I can't find IN DEMAND ADDY---i TRIED THE ADOT.NET AND IN DEMAND is no longer there I've been able to find almost everything else---can someone send it to me please!!!!!Thanks, Della
della gardner <dneegirl1@aol.comfoo>
winchester, va USA - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 17:51:43 (PST)
Only 1 hr 52 mins??? gawd, it felt like the extreme end of the 1st tape, which is just under 3 hours. Someone told me the AR-free period was actually another Trollope book - the one before BArchester Chronicles, which could explain why (for this genXer) it was terribly, terribly dull and why as a 15 year old (when it was first released) I would never have hung in there long enough to get to see AR...
Well done, Barabara, catching a glimpse of AR on Arena! I can't seem to time things right to watch that channel much (except when ST:TNG or X-Files is on), and so tend to catch their entertainment bits by accident when surfing! Lucky you!!!
sally
Sydney, Aust - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 14:13:04 (PST)
I've updated my British Page link with a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wish to you all with British Actors pics. Use the British Page link and then click on the Merry Christmas link. Enjoy the page! Stezi
Stezi <stezi@wxs.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 09:26:45 (PST)
I have just been advised by someone who knows that Reverend Slope appears exactly 1 hour, 52 minutes into the program (towards the end of the second episode).
Enjoy!
Fausta
USA - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 09:22:05 (PST)
nice site!!!!!!!!!!
Angie Chambers <dawnc@netscope.net>
- Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 11:44:23 (PST)
Barbara,
In Barchester Chronicles the character played by Mr. Rickman doesn't appear until approx 3 hrs into the plot, but he's worth the wait, not only because of his terrific performance, but also because of the wonderful cast. This was once case where two of my enthusiasms -- Rickman & Trollope -- converged. I highly recommend it.
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
USA - Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 10:33:43 (PST)
The person posting their idea on the In Demand Video story line has come up with a new slant on it. I think new ideas give food for thought; but just my own thought. If she did just picked him up the words of the song just don't fit. She sings about letting one guy go for one who writes her name in "Silver Sands". Do you suppose she has been tango happy with the older man longer than one night?? Just a thought....Too much reading into it I suppose on my part....Have a Happy Holiday! ! ! New Years Eve resolution for the GB. Less bickering and putting other people's comments down as something less. There are more important issues such as AR himself.......
Julianna
Sudbury, Ontario Canada - Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 09:33:24 (PST)
Hello everyone! It was good to see Barchester Chronicles on Ch.2 (Free to air), this afternoon. It seems to be at the beginning of the story and as this tape goes for 355minuts and it is only showing for an hour (405pm - 5pm), it could be some time before we see AR? It is good to see they are playing it again, each Sunday. AR was also on Entertainment Now on Arena (Pay), last night. He seemed happy to have a rare ticket to Madonna's concert at Brixton. He was only on for a short time, however.It is great that we have so many wonderful people here, who can get hold of these wonderful pics to share with us.Thank you everybody! Barbara
Barbara <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Qld. Australia - Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 05:47:13 (PST)
If the below comments were about JK, well this little GenXer rather liked that film (wicked chuckle) but that said, I do tend to agree with the comments about movie making nowadays. It seems noone wants to make a decent movie anymore - they just want to 'keep pushing the edge' and 'shock' people. Sadly, no matter how puritanical the Americans are, these 'shocking' things have been around for centuries (as was rudely brought home to me this weekend!), but the global dissemination of media makes it all a bit more in our face nowadays. But, if its not integral to the plot, then I really don;t know why people keep putting in gratuitous scenes to try and shock us, and the scene probably being referred to in JK could probably have been conveyed just as effectively - if not more - without the butcher hook!
Sally
Sydney, Aust - Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 03:19:22 (PST)
I was playing my Texas download today (it was too hot for much else after I got through ironing shirts) and it got me trying to work out what was going on with the two characters (yes, I am hanging out for my Mesmer tape to arrive and will fill in the time with the most trivial pasttimes). So, I came up with this thought which I thought I would share with all of you. It has perplexed me (perhaps too strong a term)that we have this man in a lovely suit who knows how to tango, who carries his gear in a duffle bag and may live in a somewhat shabby (from reports, I haven't seen the last moments) apartment. Then it occurred to me that he might be a "private dancer" as in the Tina Turner song, "a dancer for money" etc. (He would have to have a nice suit for the job). So she may have picked him up (so to speak)from wherever he works. What do you think? Hoping everyone is in good holiday cheer.
jennifer
Ballarat, Aus - Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 01:16:06 (PST)
I know it's early, but is anyone planning a trip to Britain in the summer? Please email me privately if you are!
Julia
Calgary, Canada - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 20:24:05 (PST)
BTW-Person A--[Magda}is a__________[fantastic person}.If I could write as clearly and succintly as you do, Magda, then my comments would probably not be misinterpretted. Cheers.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 14:25:48 (PST)
Magda, a thousand thanks for your clarification of my comment. Catherine, I do hope that you re-read my comment and understand that it was not directed to you or anyone on the guestbook. I remain anonymous because I feel more com-fortable that way-it helps me to have a thicker skin, so to speak. One thing about the internet is that there are people who give themselves permission to say things that are a bit bruising. I am not talking about any guestbookers, necessarily. The responsibility for me is to not abuse the safety of the psuedonym-I do not feel that I have said anything here or elsewhere that I could not say to anyone using my own name. The truth is, is that God knows who I am, and I am accountable to him above all. I am a bit dismayed at the people who happen to be in their 20-30's who use "potty humor" and blatant sexuality to show how "edgy" they are. I am aware that people masturbate and have oral sex, but I do not want to see it or have the intimate details in an R rated movie. It seems like there is a race on to see who can cross the line first, and how far they can go. I will reiterate "I am tired of generation "X" [directors, screenwriters} confusing hormones with art. I can accept a toe across the line, such as "wanker" talk in "The Winter Guest", because it advances the plot and character development. I do not think that oral sex on a meathook is attractive no matter how old the director is, or the screenwriter or the actors. I am not picking on the 20-30 age group in general, just the ones that have forgotten that some things are meant to be private,and some things are in bad taste...
a Rickman admirer
USA - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 14:13:06 (PST)
I just checked out the Amazon listing for In Demand. A description/review says the video stars the actor and "sex symbol" Alan Rickman! Now I bet he's blushing a bit!
Pam
Alexandria, VA USA - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 11:35:58 (PST)
Okay. That's it. I have had it.
From now on there will be no more assumptions that one is being insulted unless and until it is a clear and complete sentence like: "Person A, you are a nitwit."
No more twisting words and sentences around so that GBers can lecture others because they managed to make themselves feel hurt and abused.
Catherine from Yorkshire: Rickman Admirer was commenting on a scene in the film. This scene was the creation of the filmmaker who is a Generation Xer. That is the person (if any) who is being critiqued. Nothing in Rickman Admirer's comment referred to you at all.
Sorry to pick on Catherine but I have really had it with this sort of thing. Especially at this time of year. So unless it's slanderous or libelous, chill out.
Magda
Who is VERY hormonal this weekend, Canada - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 11:05:58 (PST)
Rickman Admirer. I was simply saying that I had not seen the film in a LONG time and that the photos reminded me of an otherwise forgettable AR film (I've only seen it once and have completely forgotten the storyline)Oh, and by the way, I am NO "Generation X'er" Please do not make insulting and hurtful comments about people you do not know anything about. If you want to do that, perhaps you might want to use your real name.
Catherine <catherine.bowles@virgin.netfoo>
Halifax, Yorkshire - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 09:43:08 (PST)
So called "Rickman Admirer". Generation X'ers ???? I was simply saying that it was a while since I'd seen the film (I've even forgotten the basic story as I've only watched it once) and that the photos had made me think again about an otherwise forgettable AR film.
Catherine <catherine.bowles@virgin.netfoo>
Halifax, West Yorkshire - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 08:54:41 (PST)
Hi, thanks for this nice page about "him". I'am hoping so mutch to see him personell! Best wishes to his fans allover the would, a merry Christms and Happy New Year! Stella
Stella <carrington95@aol.comfoo>
Berlin, Germany - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 03:38:59 (PST)
Amazon.com says Dogma (Special Edition) DVD, including 100 minutes of deleted scenes; cast outtakes; and 'talent files', can be pre-ordered and will ship 23 January.
Georgiana (up wrapping presents for Zelda and her brother...) <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 00:52:29 (PST)
christmas.wav is nice addition to guestbook!
S ;-)
USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 09:52:01 (PST)
. . . and maybe both the Scarecrow & MrsK actor & Rickman had in mind the type of patronizing Maitre'D some higher-priced restaurants seem to value!
Fausta
USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 07:33:16 (PST)
I agreee 100% with A Rickman Admirer as to Judas Kiss, and add that there is nearly nothing to make me watch that again.
On a lighter subject, in the animated series The Critic, didn't they also have a Hans/Rickman-like character once?
Fausta <faustaw@hotmail.comfoo>
USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 07:09:02 (PST)
Wow, strange... I just checked Scarecrow and Mrs. King on the Internet Movie database, and the series ended in '87 a year before Die Hard and Hans Gruber!
Maxine <maxinerose@prodigy.netfoo>
Greeley, CO USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 20:01:31 (PST)
The IGN FilmForce is reporting that the trailer for "Harry Potter" may be in theaters as early as January, complete with the film's theme music, composed by John Williams.
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 17:51:31 (PST)
Had the TV on the PAX channel this afternoon while cooking and basically ignored Scarecrow and Mrs. King until I looked up and saw a pseudo-Hans Gruber standing there and stopped to watch! I don't know when this was filmed (post '88 Die Hard?) but the drug dealer was a Latin nearly-identical twin of Hans, down to the "effete mannerisms", the hairdo and beard, tailored suit, thin tie and basic facial expressions and some head movements. I was enjoying it too much to laugh too hard--and cannot imagine that this could not have been purposeful! The actor really did copy Hans perfectly! What a pleasure to watch! Just reminded me of my disappointment that Alan wouldn't "BE" Hans for at least 30 seconds when he first walked in to host that Bruce Willis special. I'm still wondering (and almost convinced) if that was Alan in the crowd at the Tina Turner concert in London.
Maxine <maxinerose@prodigy.netfoo>
Greeley, CO USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 16:20:05 (PST)
When I was 16, 30 years ago, I took a class in Russian History at the same time the film Nicholas & Alexandra was playing in New York City. I became interested in learning more and raided the local libraries. In this raid, I found a book on Rasputin written in the 1930's. it said he drowned after being shot and tied up in an old shower curtain and dumped in the river. it did not mention the mutilation. The first I heard of that was in the movie "Midnight in the garden.etc.." but that scene was not in the book "Midnight...etc." It was a good part and AR played it very well. I especially enjoyed the accent, as he ususally has a problem with accents.
Esherman
Peachtree City, GA USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 15:45:45 (PST)
Scrummy, as in short for scrumptious, is my bet.
Renie
Detroit (complete with snowstorms) , - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 14:58:15 (PST)
Finally found/saw _Dark Harbour_. *whew!* What an odd little flick. Didn't make me ashamed of my complacence (the way _ClosetLand_ did) or force me to scrub my brain out (like _Close My Eyes_ did), but... goodness! He *does* pick the odd ones, doesn't he?
Barb
USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 13:48:47 (PST)
Personally, I never want to see that "meathook" scene ever again-another example of generation Xers confusing hormones with art.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 13:12:17 (PST)
Scrummy?
Georgiana
Seattle - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 11:36:58 (PST)
Claire. Thank you for the Judas Kiss photos. I've not watched this film in a while and I'd forgotten how scrummy he looked in it (if a little dishevelled). It's definitely made me want to watch it again. One thing I'm looking forward to after moving into my new flat is watching AR videos in peace. Over and over and over ..... again ;-D
Catherine <catherine.bowles@virgin.netfoo>
Halifax, West Yorkshire - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 10:39:10 (PST)
Just a reminder: "Galaxy Quest" premieres on HBO this Saturday night.
Georgiana <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 17:50:03 (PST)
She knows that AR is not perfect, but is perfectly wonderful
a Rickman admirer
USA - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 16:26:32 (PST)
If the Rickman admirer will not admit that Mr. Rickman is always wonderful, perhaps s/he will admit that Mr. Rickman is, at least.... admirable. ;)
Barb
USA - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 16:22:11 (PST)
Rickman admirer! But you must admit that Mr. Rickman is always wonderful!
Alisa <alisa_pov@baltnet.rufoo>
Kaliningrad, Russia - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 15:51:27 (PST)
Maxine....I thought that I was changing the subject and using humor to defuse a tense situation...all I can say is that sometimes history isn't pretty.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 15:12:22 (PST)
Harry Potter movie poster posted at Dark Horizons. If you want to check it out, go quick; Dark Horizons churns over its news section pretty regularly. No AR or humans on the posted though - just the owl.
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 15:04:19 (PST)
Thanks so much-even the catalogue numbers-fantastic!my Christmas present to me tra la la!
a Rickman admirer <Thanks!!!!!foo>
USA - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 14:42:01 (PST)
I have ordered the In Demand CD1 from Amazon.co.uk and the video works beautifully on my computer. Its catalogue number is MERCD528 562 979-2 (ASIN: B00004ZBUO) and has four tracks: 1. In Demand, 2. Early Hours, 3. Like Loves (Holding On), and 4. In Demand (Video). It costs 3.99 British pounds plus shipping and I received it within a week of ordering it with my American credit card.
Penny S.
USA - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 08:18:11 (PST)
To Rickman Admirer: The UK version of In Demand has the video. There is a Part one and Part two of that release. I'm not sure if both have the vid so inquire to make sure! I own the German version and that has the vid too. Good luck :)
Mindy <mpete@usa.netfoo>
CT USA - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at 04:43:15 (PST)
Where can one get the In Demand music video in the USA? Will it play on a DVD or just the computer? I have looked on the net-Tower Records, Amazon.com-us and uk version? Where would one find AR doing that tango with Sharleen?
a Rickman admirer
USA - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 22:17:28 (PST)
Spurred on by none other than Suzanne herself, I tottled back to HMV today and the final word in Australia would appear to be, we ain't going to get the Texas single, "In Demand" with the video. "Lachlan" at the distributors felt that there wasn't enough noise and the single wasn't proving that popular (ok, that last bit is Sally -inferred interpration from the HMV guy), so they weren't going to rectify the problem. If an australian wants the version with a video, then our only route is to get an imported version, which comes from Germany.
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 19:10:13 (PST)
Hi Everyone,
I know some of us began reading Harry Potter to see what kind of character our beloved AR would be playing. If you are enjoying the books as fun stories, there's a great site at Barnes and Noble University that's offering a free online class called "Teaching Children Literature Using Harry Potter." It has some insightful lectures posted so take a look. They even have little quizes, so hurry up! We were just tested on chapters 1-4, and I got 100%!
http://www.barnesandnobleuniversity.com
Linda P.
USA - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 15:55:24 (PST)
Alisa, thank you once again for your very interesting and realistic insights into the history of Rasputin! The GB has gotten pretty disgusting the past few days... I've been unhappily sloshing through it with thick boots on; and you, Alisa, have hopefully put it back on an even, intelligent course.
Maxine <maxinerose@prodigy.netfoo>
Greeley, CO USA - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 14:05:27 (PST)
Julia Thanks for the info. I will be videoing the show so I'll let you know if it's worth watching. (But of course, anything with AR has to be worth watching ;-D)
Catherine <catherine.bowles@virgin.netfoo>
Halifax, West Yorkshire - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 10:37:34 (PST)
The Scotsman (12/12/00) has (yet another) article exploring the pshychology and lessons behind Harry Potter. The usual reference to the film followed:
Yet more interest among the young is likely to be conjured by the film of the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The film stars a plethora of talented British actors in both major and minor roles. John Cleese’s portrayal of Nearly Headless Nick, aka Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Popington, and Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, are among the anticipated highlights of the cast which includes Alan Rickman as potions teacher, Professor Snape, and Dame Maggie Smith as Dumbledore’s loyal deputy, Professor McGonagall.
Would provide the link, but The Scotsman only display news for 24 hours then remove it, quickly making any link redundent.
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 18:05:20 (PST)
Alisa, thanks again for your wonderful observations r.e. Rasputin from Central Authority! As for the romantic side of Mr. Rickman, can anyone here with the same video specs as Russia get this woman a copy of "Truly, Madly, Deeply" quick?!?
FastFilm
Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 17:31:00 (PST)
Oh, please, be realistic!!! All this creepy things about Rasputin... I don't think so... Real man, very clever, or may be very sly and cunning, but not holy, not a wizard. Sally, on your place I wouldn't be so exciting about Radzinsky's book. He is film director, not a historian. He used to have programmes on our TV. Yes, his 'stories' are interesting, breathtaking, creepy but not so objective. It is not history, but entertainment for common people. I don't respect his conjectures, he is tooooo emotional. I believe in documents, cool, well regulated, without censoreship... I have materials of suprevision of Rasputin's house, meetings and... er... celebrations. I think I don't like this man, not because he was responsible for downfall of Russian empire. It is very complex event. I love Russian history in all epochs, even in Soviet era, that's my childhood. The fact that he recieved so much power and influence on royal family is not uniqe in world history. Do you remember duke of Buckingham, Maria Antouanette (is it right spelling?) and revolutions which followed? Rasputin was a favorit (russian version of the word) of tsarina Alexandra, not very clever, hysterical woman. Her son was dying. So she was able to idolize anybody who could save him. That was Rasputin. It could be anybody with mind, charisma, and elementary skills of hypnosis. May be it is too realistic but... Julia! Where are you from? I was a little bit too lucky. In school we had new textbooks, with rather big story about Rasputin. All this details are nothing in comparence with Mr. Rickman personality. I don't understand how could you say all your playful dreams about Him. I adore Him... But I'm afraid of Him, may be because my favourite is Mylord Sheriff...
Alisa <alisa_pov@baltnet.rufoo>
Kaliningrad, Russia - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 17:05:25 (PST)
Fausta - yes, they were terrific lines; but what about "the" kiss that follows? Hands down the best screen kiss I've seen.
Stella
ON Canada - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 17:00:36 (PST)
Catherine, the Victoria Wood show is a different one, he mentioned it at the Masterclass. I hope you Brit fans will tell us all about it! And I'd like to extend my warmest feelings of sympathy to Catriona (did I spell that right?) from a fellow depressive-- Some happy pills and a good dose of Alan do relieve most of the symptoms!! Get better, love!
Julia
Canada - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 16:51:18 (PST)
Recent claims (Radzinsky) also state Rasputin hated sugar with a passion and never ate it. Therefore, it is unlikely he ate the supposed cyanide-laced cakes. One does wonder how he survived the bullet wounds because the photos do look like they were somewhat fatal - particularly the one in his head. But yes, there was water reported in his lungs. However, the autopsy report was destroyed so the truth won't be known until Stephen Baxters/Arthur C. Clark 'wormholes' are invented and we all 'travel' back in time to verify the facts... (Creepy books - you'll never feel like you are doing anything in private again!)
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 16:47:06 (PST)
From 9 December Birmingham Post: "From a certain angle, lawyer Graeme Bradley looks like the actor Alan Rickman. He even speaks like an actor. In fact, at times I thought I was interviewing Alan Rickman playing a lawyer. But Mr Bradley is less the Sheriff of Nottingham and more the sharp-suited brains in theDie Hard heist. He laughs at the analogy. 'Lawyering is like acting,' he says. 'After all, it's one play, one show, and no repeat performance. We are all failed actors in the law. It all has to do with the mindset of confidence. If your client doesn't have confidence in you, you're dead.' Not that Mr Bradley ever wanted to tread the boards."
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 16:39:10 (PST)
Lovely collection of recent pictures, Claire. As always, thank you.
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 16:34:34 (PST)
A Rickman Admirer,
I'll be thinking of Raz when Nick pops up at Hogwarts, now (but cannot print the nickname for Raz on the GB or Suzanne would get in trouble)!
Fausta
USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 16:00:58 (PST)
how about Rasputin as a cockney talk show host? Razzy "All-gone-'ell!" Been watching Alfie on Bravo.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 15:37:48 (PST)
When Rasputin's body was found, he had managed to untie himself and make the sign of the cross with his hands--there is some conjecture about whether the bullet caused much injury due to Rasputin's bulk, and I have heard that the doctor denied using cyanide-as to the dried banana-makes me think of the song "all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."!!I personally would be leery of having such a thing-if there are such things as ghosts{like Nearly Headless Nick}, I wouldn't want Rass's ghost lurking around looking for his "valuables". Wonder what JK Rowling would call Rasputin's Ghost? Totally c-------Rasputin? I know, I know...sorry--he he.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 15:30:30 (PST)
To continue the Rasputin saga, last year I did a search for a particular book on Rasputin on Ebay and found someone was auctioning that "jewel," and it really did look like a dried banana! I found it hard to believe that this was actually authentic, but someone did because last I'd checked it was in the hundreds of dollars. Since then, Ebay has a no-body-parts-for-sale rule. Awww, darn.
Gilda
CT USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 13:02:01 (PST)
Of course, my favorite line from Rickman's Rasputin is, "but first we must sin!"
And his speech to the same woman about pride was terrific, too.
Fausta, again
USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 13:01:29 (PST)
To continue the Rasputin mystique, Fausta is correct, he did actually drown. He had enough cyanide in him to kill an elephant, was shot several times, was beaten whith chains,was kicked, (I'm not sure about the mutilation thing though), and finally was thrown into the river by the assailants, who believed him dead and were intent on hiding the body.
What's so amazing,is, he had water in his lungs, per the autopsy, meaning he was breathing when he went into the water. As the doctor, in AR's version said "maybe he IS holy".
In any event, he certainly seemed to be pretty indestuctible.
Anne
Anne <Ahard73977@aol.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 10:36:17 (PST)
Found the following article in the Christmas Radio Times. "Some most unlikely faces from TV, stage and politics join Victoria Wood in her homage to the classics of Christmas past. A highlight of Victoria Wood and all the Trimmings will be Delia Smith as a Victorian serving wench in a new version of A Christmas Carol while Michael Gambon, Michael Parkinson and Mo Mowlam pop up in other sketches. "I treasure memories of Richard E Grant brandishing a pair of knitting needles in WI, our answer to ER" says Wood. "It's the biggest show I've been involved with. The people have been such sports, considering the money's pathetic !"" The show also stars Pete Postlethwaite, James Bolam,Bob Monkhouse, Hannah Gordon and *Alan Rickman* It sounds as if this is a different show to that which AR appeared in previously. I think I read somewhere that AR was good friends with Mo Mowlam. I wonder who convinced who to take part ;-D
Catherine <catherine.bowles@virgin.netfoo>
Halifax, West Yorkshire - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 07:22:46 (PST)
hi,I thought visiting the AR site might cheer me up and it has so thanks to everyone who made it possible. Yet while in one of my selfish moods, everyone elces happy thoughts has thought me a lesson
catriona <kittymcg@hotmail.comfoo>
ireland - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 06:31:44 (PST)
I thought Rasputin died of drowning, yet apparently he might have survived radical sugery, not just poisoning and bullets. Amazing anecdote about one of his followers preserving his "family jewels"!
Rasputin quickly became the stuff of legend, and all sorts of films were made about him, but he also influenced the look of villains in film. For instance, in the movie Svengali (1932) John Barrymore (who was also in the film Rasputin The Mad Monk) definitely wore a Rasputin get-up.
Fausta <faustaw@hotmail.comfoo>
USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 06:07:53 (PST)
And even though vast chunks of the Rasputin movie were the more 'sensationalised' interpretations - that would have to be one of the bigger bits of nutterguff out there! (sorry, just read Susan' Howatch's latest book - love that word, 'nutterguff...'). Rasputin was actually quite picky about who he slept with (and of course, only women), and the police were never able to confirm who he slept with because only about 2 women ever talked. What does seem obvious is that he didn't literally start sleeping women on a grand scale until after the first attempt on his life, where it is pretty evident that he went downhill afterwards, feeling his mortality greatly and constantly talking about dying and his death. His drinkng deteriorated at that point as well. He had his flaws, and he did contribute to the downfall of the russian empire, but I feel after all the reading I have done, Rasputin was merely a scapegoat - a very visible one, for the fact Nicholas II was a great man but a lousy leader, and patriotism ran to high (until the food ran out) for the Russians to blame their Tsar... I could go into semantics for the things Rasputin DID do that helped bring about the downfall, but I don't think this GB is the place! But a stronger Tsar and a Tsarina less inclined to believe in (here it is again) nutterguff, would have never have seen Rasputin rise to where he did.
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 19:54:28 (PST)
I will try to be delicate here, but delete away if necessary Suzanne--one of the more amusing and bizarre anecdotes about Rasputin was a story that his "significant other" was cut off during the death scene, presumably because Yusipof? was angry because Rasputin refused to sleep with him-{although it seemed he slept with everyone else}-a housekeeper/maid that was one of his followers in a cult that believed that Jesus Christ was reincarnated every generation, and that Rasputin was that reincarnation-took the DNA sample,as it were, and made an ornate box for it. It eventually showed up in Paris, where the author tracked it down. A little old lady, near death, pointed to a box on a dresser, while her grandson interpretted-the author opened the box, and in it was something that appeared like a twelve inch blackened dried banana. One could excuse Mr. Rickman for not being historically accurate on this point; I think that there should be some limits on what one will do for one's craft.
a Rickman admirer
USA - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 19:26:16 (PST)
Ahhhh... Times running out to apply for a place in a Drama school in Australia, but this article goes onto list your options in other drama Schools, including, RADA, and if here is mention of RADA, there has to be a mention of its more successful alumni, including AR... Check out the Melbourne Age article for the lowdown...
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 14:08:38 (PST)
Growing up in Russia, there really wasn't much in the history textbooks about Rasputin. He was, of course, blamed for the repression of the people, but there wasn't much on the Romanovs in general. By the time I went to school, and studied this "history" (I'm the third generation of Soviets in my family), the Communist Party had managed to take nearly everything out of the textbooks, leaving only the inspiring photos of "Grandfather Lenin." Rasputin and the royals were reduced to caricatures, literally.
Julia (Petrov)
Calgary, Canada - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 13:58:10 (PST)
I have read a BRILLIANT book on Rasputin by Edvard Radzinsky which goes into great detail over just about everything - and I know it explained how Rasputin got his nickname. But, no need to repeat that - Alisa has given the correct reason below!
Thanks heaps Alisa - I know it SOUNDS LIKE (to us in the webst) that Rasputin is still hated and blamed for the collapse of the Russian Empire, but because of Alan Rickan's performance in the HBO movie, I became deeply fascinated in the Russian Empire and read many books about Rasputin and Nicholas the II and am now pysching myself up to learn about Catherine the Great and Ivan the terrible. I have even badgered a friend into going to Russia with me next year, so I can see your great country - so email me and let me know where you live - it would be great to meet another Alan Rickman fan in your part of the world! Mind you, since we want to trek in Russia, it doesn't look like I'll be getting there much before June 2001...
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 13:47:30 (PST)
Just a brief word on Rasputin. Thanks Alisa, for sharing your information. You bring a unique perspective I have not had the pleasure of seeing before.
Rasputin was indeed a nickname. His name actually was Grigori Yefimovich Novyich, but he was nicknamed Rasputin by his fellow monks, due to, shall we say, his lust for life. The name Rasputin translates, a Alisa points out, to something close to debauchee.
I wonder if he ever called himself that?
Anne
Anne <ahard73977@aol.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA USA - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 12:30:18 (PST)
The London Times' movie of the week is Sense and Sensibility, with Rickman's performance characterized as uncharacteristically restrained.
Georgiana (they clearly don't know his work as well as we do...)
Seattle - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 08:58:56 (PST)
Alisa, my server cut off my previous message, but I wanted to thank you for your contributions and unique perspective. I love how Rickman brought to life one of the most unfathomable characters in history. You've also answered a question about what current fare of films and video is or isn't available to you. Speaking of "Rasputin," I should share with this group something not known to the public about Sir Ian McKellen. He is a hugely generous contriubutor to a foundation set up by a teacher (Rafe Esquith) at the school where my husband works, for gifted, poor students to learn Shakespeare by doing the unpurgated plays and by traveling to locales like the GLobe in London to perform or see them. I should add that these are all immigrant students to whom English is a second language. Seeing one of the students' plays made one invited guest, Sir Peter Hall, weep in appreciation.
FastFilm
Los Angeles , CA USA - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 08:47:22 (PST)
. . . make that the details . . .
Fausta
type, type, type, USA - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 06:46:30 (PST)
Hi Ann/AZ,
I enjoyed the translation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Douglas Parmee, Oxford Univ. Press, annotated, 402 pp. 1995 ISBN 0-19-283867-9. It's nice to have an annotated edition to clarify a few of the detais.
I reviewed this version in theOct 1999 Monthly Rickmanista.
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
USA - Sunday, December 10, 2000 at 06:44:07 (PST)
GOOD GRIEF!!! Had I known that my simple question about the newsletter was going to start a war, I would have kept my mouth shut!
Michele <luvkatz@nome.netfoo>
Nome, AK USA - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 23:59:06 (PST)
To Monique and all our friends in Canada , US and Europe, U.K.Have a great Christmas! It must be wonderful to have a White one! Here in the Great Southern land, Australia, we enjoy the outdoors and as it is Summer here that is where I will be with my friends. Christmas brings out the child in us all so enjoy everyone! I cannot wait to see AR in this new film. I know it will be a Big film and get lots of publicity, however, HP, has done a lot of good in getting kids to read again. This is a good thing, I think. Bye.P.S. I hope the people in south/west England are going to be O.K. These floods are terrible to watch...
Barbara <Hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Australia - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 21:59:48 (PST)
For a more cheerful topic, would someone please repost the ISBN # of the edition of LLD she particularly liked? was it Everyman's Library? Penguin Books? Those two seem to appear most often in the searches I've done. Thanks!:)
Ann <wagner@cybertrails.comfoo>
AZ USA - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 20:45:25 (PST)
OK, I've panicked a little. Well now here on my table I have a book about Rasputin, including memoires, documents, other stuff, very interesting, really objective. There is no mension of double meaning of his name, it's just a name. But here in Russia, like everywhere, surnames appear like nicknames. Russian words RASPUTSTVO (noun), RASPUTNIY (adjective), RASPUTNICHAT (verb) mean pervert, perverted, dissolute, and so on. I think Rasputin got his surname more like nickname or may be his life has became what it was because of his name. I heard such things, destiny's dependence on different mysterious simbols. I'll chack this out, if you are interested. Little lesson in Russian when I need more practice in English... And while I'm here I take my chance to make my billion love confession to Mr. Rickman... How embarrassing and how exciting!!!
Alisa <alisa_pov@baltnet.rufoo>
Kaliningrad, Russia - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 19:27:14 (PST)
With the upcoming Holiday Season I do hope that the regulars who read this guest page every day and all of those fine people who spend so much time and effort on their most entertaining web pages about Alan Rickman take a second look in lieu of good will and best wishes to what this forum is truly all about. We have a common bond, an interest that spans the globe and brings us together being one very fine actor AR. Lets put the small issues unrelated to our common interest aside and get back to what the guest page was all about in the first place, Alan Rickman the actor, director, screen writer and wonderful talent. Have a wonderful holiday and if anyone wants snow we have plenty of it for you for free...the best to you all in 2001 and what is the end of 2000...Bon Annee, mes amis!
Monique Roberge
Sudbury, Ontario Canada - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 15:47:50 (PST)
Someone named David Dale in the Sydney Morning Herald spouts off today about Harry Potter (and reveals the month that the movie will open Down Under):
"Because the subject matter of this column is supposed to be the things Australians do in large numbers, we rarely have occasion to discuss books. But one literary moment deserves attention this week: somebody has finally knocked Harry Potter off the top of the bestseller list. That somebody is the US author Robert Jordan, with a 668-page swords and sorcery fantasy called Winter's Heart, subtitled "Book Nine of The Wheel of Time".
Angus and Robertson reports that in the past two weeks, Winter's Heart has sold twice as many copies as the second-best seller, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
But this does not mean that Harry is about to go the way of Pokemon - into the non-recyclables bin of history.
Numbers three and four in the bestseller list are other works of Pottery, and Harry will get another life once his film hits our multiplexes next November, with Maggie Smith as Prof McGonagall, Alan Rickman as Snape, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, Richard Harris as Dumbledore, Julie Walters as Mrs Weasley and John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick.
Of course, if Cleese makes a mess of The Magic Pudding (starting here next week), we may be less keen on the Potterflick."
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 12:23:41 (PST)
There is an article up at the Guardian site about an earlier filmed version of "Play" called "Comedie"--article entitled Blobs, Babble and Blackness.
Georgiana <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
San Antonio - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 07:29:54 (PST)
Hello everyone! Christine, it is 22 minus where you are???? Oh my that is something! Can you please send me some SNOW... It is 30 Degree's celcus here and I am frying. Humidity is terrible here in Qld at this time of year! Suzanne, that is one of the great things about this GB is that we come from all over the place, with different ideas about AR (likes and dislikes). All the sites about AR are good and we will share them all between us. I think each of you have done great jobs, claire, stezi, rafaella, gilda and you sally as well! I will keep looking for any pics in O.K. or Hello and GQ which is due out soon.Bye.
Barbara
Gold Coast, Australia - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 05:46:06 (PST)
Hello all, I am not really a regular contributor to this wonderful space Suzanne provides. However, I read it every day, for the pleasure of seeing discussions of AR and his projects.
But, in the Spirit of the Season, which is fast approaching, I would like to ask if we could have a little more harmony and gentleness on these pages.
I have no page or webring or newsletter, so I have no axe to grind, but it seems to me we are in danger of losing sight of the real reason this page exists, with all the tension and recriminations which have filled this space for several days now. Could we put it all aside so we can get back to the purpose of this guestbook.
I want to welcome Alisa, from Russia. I too am interested in her views on Rasputin, which, by the way was a nickname, not his real name. Rasputin translates as 'debauchee', a name given to him by his fellow monks, which certainly seems to have fitted him well. Maybe Alisa can shed a little lighton that for us.
Please, I know we sometimes don't agree about things, it's only natural, but this is not the venue for discussions on rights of individuals to use material as they believe fit.
So, in the spirit of this season of joy for all, could we strive for kindness towards one another. I will put away my soapbox now and wish all the best of the season to you all.Thanks Suzanne, for providing a wonderful space for AR fans to gather and chat about this marvelous actor.
Anne
Anne <Ahard73977@aol.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 20:34:17 (PST)
Oh my, Alisa, you did not hurt anyones feelings-my comment was addressing another issue on the guestbook-please, I would so much enjoy reading your thoughts on how a Russian perceives Rasputin!!!!!
a Rickman admirer
USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 18:17:56 (PST)
Any further comments on the newsletter should be email me. You are getting worked up over something you have no grounding to get worked up over and this guestbook is a forum for discussing AR accomplishments and upcoming achievements -not pouring out vitriol because someone is doing something you don't seem to have the time or inclination to do ourself. as someone said to me - you probably had a bad day and felt like lashing out and making someon elses day bad. This guestbook is not the place for that. Judging from several emails I have received over time concerning the newsletter, this is precisely why people have STOPPED coming to this guestbook.
sally
sydney, ausrtalia - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 15:34:05 (PST)
I'm sorry to hurt somebody's feelings...
Alisa <alisa_pov@baltnet.rufoo>
Kaliningrad, Russia - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 14:15:10 (PST)
Alisa, I also find your remarks interesting-I did quite a bit of reading about Rasputin when I saw AR's post-please clarify the comment about Rasputin being a "man" and elaborate on the Russian psyche. It would be great to have an "insiders" opinion of such a man. PS I refuse to believe that the guestbook people are less than wonderful, so the personal attacks are pointless. Can't we all get along?
a Rickman admirer
USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 13:30:26 (PST)
Look, people, life is full of tragedies. This isn't one of them. Frankly, I read this guestbook because I'm interested in AR, not fans or their psychodramas. Sally, you were just as willing to bite D's head off when, with good intentions, she shared your newsletter with other fans on Rafaella's list--almost as if you were planning to market it in the future and your income would be at risk. Now you're playing the wounded victim. And Renie, time for you to return to the stage--don't make your kid grow up with a stage mother--live your ambitions out yourself. Nobody has rights to the photos and the news except AR. People, enuf already.
Josephine
Don't bother flaming me, I won't post a follow-up, USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 13:16:42 (PST)
My original post is not about copyright for photos, or reprinting articles from the London Times (although thanks to susan and others who gave us their thoughts). We're not talking legal issues relating to the photographer or writer.
It's about using people's names and posts from a unique venue, like the GB, and creating a patchwork of other people's contributions under a banner of your own. When you cite a post of mine, for example, without acknowledging that it's from the AR guestbook, and then say "Thanks, Renie for that . . . " etc, you imply that I have submitted information to you for use in your newsletter. It's called putting someone in a "false light". When you take that post and use it without acknowledging any name, you are failing to recognize a fellow fan who performed the research which brought that item to light. So leaving off a name doesn't address the issue of harvesting posts like that.
Sally, the obvious answer is to have your 100 listers submit information to you. Those people will be members, and will anticipate exactly the way in which their information/posts will be used. You will have their permission; end of problem.
It's not up to other people to object to your use of their names/posts/information/photo scans, especially since they may not know of your use of such. It's up to you, since you want to run a newsletter and site, to show respect and courtesy to your fellow fans.
From a "science" point of view: Do the research. You wouldn't take someone else's results and publish them in a report as your own.
Renie
- Friday, December 08, 2000 at 13:06:02 (PST)
The latest editon of Hello magazine did a full page on the RADA opening. no picture of Alan, though, just Ralph Fiennes and the Queen...drat! Ooops, think I just lost my head for not being a loyal subject!
Sarah <alyshfoo>
Canterbury, UK - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 13:04:36 (PST)
From a strictly legal standpoint, obtaining and maintaining copyright protection requires adherence to federal legal requirements (although not being admitted to the bar in Australia, I have no idea what the requirements are there.) I doubt anyone can protect any photo once it appears on the web, unless it got there initially by some tortious route. Using someone's name without their knowledge, and/or permission is another matter -- although not strictly of the legal variety, particularly where the intent clearly was not malicious.
susan
USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 11:52:09 (PST)
Alisa, thank you very much for your thoughts on
FastFilm <FastFilmfoo>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 08:15:28 (PST)
"The Lady doth protest too much, me thinks."
"Hamlet"
- Friday, December 08, 2000 at 07:39:14 (PST)
Yikes! Why do things seem to get intense on the days I go out of town? Okay, for the record, I *have* given Sally my permission to use several photos from this site, and I have freely e-mailed her several others that I scanned. But when someone requests permission to use a photo that I, myself, have asked permission to use, then I redirect them to the original source. I don't know how legal or not all this is, but it just seems to be the kind and courteous thing to do. As for Sally's newsletter, I thank you for your concern, Renie, and everyone's support! However, since I do not subscribe to it (or *any* e-mail lists for that matter, due to e-mail problems I've been having), nor had a chance to read her archives, I'm afraid I can't comment on that at the moment. Never the less, she has an impressive and well built web-site, which together with Claire's, Claudia's, Fausta's, Renie's, Raffaella's, Gilda's, Stezi's, this site and everyone else's AR sites, is what makes this such a wonderful community, IMHO. We are all here to share in our mutual "interest" in AR and his work, which should be an enjoyable experience!
Suzanne <SuzanneK@bigfoot.comfoo>
Just back from Houston, TX USA - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 22:21:33 (PST)
Sally - don't get too upset. I can see you've done as much as anyone would do to acknowledge your sources, and I'm saying this without knowing if I've ever been quoted in one of your newsletters or not.
Perhaps in future your sources could say the person, and the original place it was posted, as if quoting a newspaper you'd quote the original author and the name of the newspaper?
I really don't think there is an issue here, ecxept that people are seeing there names appear in places they didn't know existed, or originally posted. We are all playing in a 'public' forum, and such our contributions are public, and cannot be claimed as copyrighted, unless specifically stated on the webpage. If it is posted on a website it is different from a submission to an e-mail group. I would suggest that anyone who gets information via e-mail, contact the author of that information to ask for permission to reproduce it. This is common curtosy.
I am not publically attacking anyone and please, e-mail me privately if you want to talk about my comments. I do not know, or subscribe to Sally's newsletter, but I can see she has a valid point.
Claudia <claudia-riley@xtra.co.nzfoo>
NZ - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 20:39:41 (PST)
Are any of you righteous objectors in the habit of writing non fiction articles??? If I was to track down the 100s - and I mean HUNDREDS of papers which have referred to my masters thesis and scientific papers that I have written, and yet didn't inform me that they had referred to my work, well, it would be a full time job! You can't do it, and that is why in the big wide world, authors of articles write things like (for exmaple)'the rocks of Raglan have recently been interepreted as volcanic in origin (Smith and Jones, 1995) - and at the bottom of the article is the reference list which then goes onto to say "Smith, BR and Jones, ZW, 1996, Journal of Geology, Vol. 2, No. 64, p. 345-367" or whatever (this is an entirely fictitious example!).
In the newsletter, I refer to the newspaper and the date the article was published. It was only a gratuitous thing that I acknowledged the fact that someone had posted it! I am sure if I had NOT been doing that, then this argument would have been about hurt feelings that someone posted the comment and weren't acknowledged at all. At least I am not trying to say I found that piece of news - any more than a scientist can track down every author to get permission to refer to their work. If people want to get all righteous on me and loose the recognition that they contributed to the newsletter, then let me know by email instead of taking these riduclous stands that I haven't sought your permission. It is not your permission I have to seek to quote the Evening Standard or Mirror or whatever - and all they would care is that I referred to them. You were merely the converyor of the news to the AR community and if you don't want to recieve acknowledgment for that, then fine email me and stop subjecting everyone on this guestbook to claims you have no right to make.
And if I have to stop this newsletter because a few righteous people don't have a grasp of the realities of acknowledgement of material - both in the publishing world and the online world - then you have done the AR community a great disservice. Remember EVERY website on AR that has a picture captured from a movie or newspaper has violated a hell of a lot more copyright then me referring to a news article in an email newsletter - I at least, have dilligently have kept to the laws of referring to the source for just about everything - both in the newsletter and on my website.
And I don't know what else I can say to people like Claire and Susanne. They have done a sensational job and that is reflected thoughout everything I have ever given back to this community -and I have thanked them both publically and privately (and i can feel another comment coming from Claire here). And yet, I notice Claire has never deigned to add my link to her website, even though I refer people to her website on practically every page on my site. So I think I have been more than fair here in recognising and encouraging people to visit their websites from my own website AND the newsletter!
Sally <rickmanfans@cybamuse.comfoo>
Sydney, Australia - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 20:18:43 (PST)
For the record, I have not been contacted by Sally about being listed as a source for items I have posted to the Guest Book. I am fortunate to have access to several search engines, and have posted what I find only to this forum.
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Suzanne for the lovely community she works so hard to foster at this special place.
Georgiana
for the moment, San Antomio - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 19:17:44 (PST)
One of my favorite bits in TMD was when Jamie was in the bathroom and grabbled a piece of toilet paper to blow his nose! that was so true to life--I had a colleague that looked like he had a while "booger" hanging from his nose, and I said--M___ youve got something hanging from your nose, and he said "I know-I have a cold and stuffed kleenex up my nose." I work in a hospital, and you can bet that looked professional!!!!!!!!!!
a Rickman admirer
USA - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 18:45:43 (PST)
It's me again! Thanx for your interest! I saw "Rasputin" (funny? like Putin!) once several years ago. Well, I don't know how about you, but I always have strange feelings when watching (I don't remember how to say it exactly!) american movies about Russian history being patriot and historian both. That movie was not perfect too, but not Mr. Rickman, not at all. Although his Russian was almost like Bulgarian. Heavy. I hope, my God will forgive me my words. Nobody's perfect, you know. Remember Costner? His problems with his native language? And I think that AR personality is too intelligent for such a man like Rasputin. When I saw him on the screen with this beard I was shocked, even embarrassed... For anglo-saxon movie that will work, real history more complicated. Rasputin was strange man, if MAN at all. But I can understand his feelings, emotions,behaviour, because I'm Russian myself... I don't know if you can..? Just my thoughts...
Alisa <alisa_pov@baltnet.rufoo>
Kaliningrad, Russia - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 18:35:14 (PST)
Well, in the spirit of the taurean bull has now turned back to a grazing cow (with some lingering attitude), further to the comments that S and S will be on Channel 4 in the UK, this Sunday, The Times newspaper has posted an positive review (alas, no picures). The BBC has also decided that it can't ram its Xmas program line up home enough and has another article aout about AR (and other guests) coming on her Xmas special. Again, no pictures of AR - just a whopping big picture of Ms Woods (for all the furr'iners out there who don't know what she looks like)
Barabara, I too had a glance through the Hello and Ok mags out, and maybe the RADA opening will be in next week issues - after all, they were only up to reporting the MTV awards (and 'Micheal and Catherine's wedding...), and I can't believe those magazines would miss the opportunity to not publish some pictures of the Queen!
SAlly
Sydney, Australia - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 17:23:16 (PST)
Yo! Folks! Surely this kind of rancor should be played out in private. If any of the people that Sally has "borrowed" from in her newsletter were upset about it, they should have contacted her directly. Everyone on the guestbook, though, "borrows" their news from other sources (with the exception of those who post personal experiences and insider sources). Why direct so much hostility at Sally? Personally I think she does a good job of collating all the latest news and putting it in one spot. And she gives credit to all her sources. If those sources wanted her to get advance permission, that's valid, but then it should have beed handled privately, not in this venue. IMHO.
Cat <crubins@asu.edufoo>
Tempe, AZ USA - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 16:09:51 (PST)
I strongly recommend that no further posts on this topic be submitted tonight as nothing productive will come of it.
Magda
Canada - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 15:57:15 (PST)
Well, thanks for the support guys. Right now I feel like pulling down the entire friggin website, the wallpaper, the newsletter and telling you all to go take a flying leap out into the abyss! I want to scream obsenities in the guestbook, but its not appropriate. Dang, now I'm crying and I have a frgging meeting to go to. Sod the lot of you. We are ALL violating copyright with every post and every photo used on every website.
SAlly
Sydney, Australia - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 15:48:21 (PST)
HI! I have been a fan of Alan's since I saw him Die Hard. Where he dies, and I saw him in Quigley Down Under, where he dies,and in Robin Hood Princes Of Thieves, where he dies. And then I saw him in Truly, Madly, Deeply where he is a ghost. What is up with this guys who die role. They where all great and I have them in video. I really love Truly, Madly, Deeply. What a tearjeaker.Excellent performance by Juliett Stevenson. Didn't like the runny nose part. Well that's all Alan's Canadian fan Michael
Michael Glazier <charmed@vcn.bc.cafoo>
Richmond, BC Canada - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 15:40:09 (PST)
For the record Sally asked to use one photo to incorporate in desk top wallpaper back in August. I was not asked about pictures originating from CPP being used on her website.
Claire
- Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 15:24:01 (PST)
Renie You seem to have very a very strong opinion but I am assuming that since I have well over 100 subscribers, not everyone shares your opinions. Since you have decided to shout your indignation to the entire community, there is nothing to do but repsond as publically. You do not realise all that has gone on behind the scenes and thus maybe should have first contacted me privately.
1. I do not hide the fact that I follow the AR news by reading this guestbook and other chat groups – and I do an extensive search of the intenet EVERY DAY to find other news which isn’t always posted in the guestbook, unless I remember to post it. I am spending something on the order of approx. 10 hours a week compiling this newsletter so it is not a small undertaking. 2. Sometimes, it amuses me to see people lift from the newsletter and post that information in the guestbook or chatlist as if it was their own. I don’t complain when I don’t get a mention! (I only complained when the newsletter was re-produced completely without my permission – and with no acknowledgment I had compiled it)
I come from a Science background. When writing science papers, one always acknowledges the source. Although I may have lifted the news item from the Guestbook, it was not necessarily Suzanne who added the item, it was someone else. I prefer to acknowledge the direct source. Some people don't have the time to troll through this guestbook to find the news and like the newsletter for that reason. I also add additional informaiton if I can - like if an event is online, I tell people the time it is online in every major time zone there is.
I admit it would be very difficult to do the newsletter without the guestbook etc, but people do not always submit tips to me, preferring a more public distribution. That’s fine. Some people have actually written and asked me not to name them, so I don’t. Also, you have only read the online version, where I have added the links. The email newsletter actually writes out every link used so people can go off and check out the source. As to internet related articles, often I find the articles myself before someone posts them on the guestbook, having found 3 or 4 excellent movie news websites. But if it is approaching the time for a newsletter, I sit on it. Occasionally that means someone else finds the article and posts it before I get the newsletter. Other times, someone finds an article long after I have published it in the newsletter AND in the guestbook, and then they publish it in the guestbook without any idea it has already been mentioned below - that would rather imply that not everyone is reading all the guestbook when they post news. If I was truly selfish, I would have stopped publishing news snippets in the guestbook, but a quick scan would reveal I have not. I have also received insider gossip which has been told to me in absolute confidence. As much as I would love to tell everyone the news, I respect the fact it was told to me in confidence and have not breathed a word to ANYONE,not even other AR fans I am in touch with – so some stuff I just can’t add to the newsletter - or the website or anywhere - as the newsletter only refers to publically available information
As to the issue of not acknowledging the guestbook and saying it should only be be referred to on websites, if you even did a halfway decent troll of my website, you will find I have referred EXTENSIVELY to Suzanne’s website – and Claire’s and Rafaella’s and Stezi and anyone else I use– not just one link on a link page, but EVERYWHERE throughout my ENTIRE WEBSITE. Most (but not all) people only have one link and no acknowledgment of where they sourced stuff from. I have also previously sought permission from all the major Alan Rickan website owners to use their stuff as well. But you wouldn’t know that since you don’t read my emails. IN reference to Claire’s picture, I have written to Claire in the past and obtained permission to use pictures from her site. Also, I quote part of the newsletter (which didn’t make it onto the web owing to the fact Claire was running to a deadline): I have also written to Suzanne and she has provided me with a few photos as well, and I have thanked her personally and publically – many times. Again, both are extensively referred to throughout my website. None of us have copyright over these images and this is the web for gods sake – practically every website up there which has any image of Alan Rickman which is not a signed autographed picture you have received from him is violating copyright! I also see I acknowleded Claire twice for that photo and provided a link to her website with that photo in the archived online version. Now where am I hiding the facts???? For all I know, people who don’t read the guestbook on a regular basis WENT to Claire’s site because they got the newsletter. If that information isn’t posted, its because it is ‘time sensative’
In reference to me going *Gasp* comepetition – get a life. I’m sure most people took it in good spirit! I don’t care – I am latecomer to the AR cybercommunity! Anyway, what is your problem? When you mention something you read in a newspaper in the guestbook, did you call up that newspaper to ask if you could reproduce it in the guestbook? No, you probably referred to the source and then smiled beatifically knowing you had enlightened the online AR community. I am not doing a whole lot more by mentioning it in the newsletter! If you do not wish your name to be attached to the newsletter items, then I shall try and remember to not add it in future.
Sally <stormgirl@lycos.comfoo>
Sydney, Australia - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 15:08:27 (PST)
Ooops, that should have been AR and SS tangoing in the last message...not sure what the AS slip was?? A for Alan and S for Sarah?? Yep, in my dreams, eh? Oh well, better than nothing!
Sarah <alys@alys.fsnet.ukfoo>
Canterbury, UK - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 15:00:20 (PST)
Bits of Alan in the UK! C4 are showing trailers for Sense and Sensibility on Sunday next..one or two nice shots of AR. The BBC are showing a trailer for Saturday's National Lottery show and it features a snippet from the Texas video of AS and SS tangoing, so maybe Sharleen is appearing? The spoof soap opera Stella Street on BBC 2 featured 'Alan' tonight..a very well observed impression of him..a hissing thesp, very Hans Gruber, with slick hairdo and red scarf!
Sarah <alys@alys.fsnet.ukfoo>
Canterbury, UK - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 14:54:46 (PST)
Last night I read through every issue of Sally's "newsletter". I was surprised to see my name appear in it (!) since I have never submitted anything to her, and was unaware that such letter(s) were being circulated or archived. The lion's share of information appears to have been directly lifted from this place, Suzanne's GB, without any acknowledgement of that fact. Sally, skipping over Suzanne like that, and making it seem like people are providing YOU with information is not only misleading, it does a disserveice to Suzanne, and everyone who comes here. Of course once it's posted here, the actual information is, in some sense, "public." But while this is site accessible to anyone online, many people who have worked to make this a special place don't expect to have their posts reprinted elsewhere,with or without their names. Some people may disagree with me, and that's fine--but Suzanne and other people work hard to bring news and photos to their respective sites, or the sites they visit. While most GB denizens who post or run websites gather our information online, we don't misrepresent it as information which we are in some way responsible for. As far as I can see, the newsletter is simply a parasitic regurgitation of news and items which we've provided elsewhere. Sally, you are out of line using people like that. Especially since you view other sites as, as you put it, "*gasp* competition". I just don't see any humour in that at all.
Speaking of which, the featured photo you use seems to have been taken from Claire's site. Sally, did you ask Claire about it? And did you confer with Georgiana, who I notice was also listed repeatedly in your "newsletter"? I am all for sharing information, but I'm also for showing respect for people and what they do online. The information is better found in its original places. The way to properly recognize your fellow Rickman admirers is in your links page. Not presenting a summary of "developments" at other websites when people can go directly to other original pages which are better and more responsible.
There are two reasons I took up valuable space here in the GB, instead of doing this privately. First, I wanted to disclaim any connection to the "newsletter" even though my name appears in it. Second, I thought it was important that anyone else who may not know or approve of use of her name/post/photo/other material in the newsletter(s) be made aware of what's going on. (A private e-mail to you, Sally, would not have sufficed for these reasons. )
By all means, publish a newsletter. We all like news, pictures, etc...But make it your own.
Renie
- Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 11:55:17 (PST)
Great pics as always Claire. Many thanks! AR is such a doll!! He looked like he was having a good time at the concert. Some of those comments for the "Bubble" photo were hilarious. Really, really fun! Actually the de Niro one is what popped into my head also when I first saw the photo.
How's the weather there Julia? Minus 22 here tonight!!!!!
Christine
Montreal, Canada - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 10:43:45 (PST)
AR is wearing the same tag that other people are wearing in pictures with the Queen. It has "RADA" at the top and I assume it has the person's name underneath. I would imagine that the security precautions surrounding the Queen's visit would require everyone to wear some official identification. You can see Juliet Stevenson is wearing one although it's half-covered by her arm.
Magda
Canada - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 06:51:24 (PST)
Claire - thank you so much for the photo's! The photo with the Queen - she seems to be looking at the ribbon or something on AR's chest? A pity we cannot see what it is or says? However it is good to see some interest being taken in the direction of the ARTS. Juilet looks really good too!
Barbara <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Australia - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 23:04:36 (PST)
Alisa - I too would LOVE to hear what you thought of Alan Rickman in the HBO movie, Rasputin... I LOVED him in that, and am working with another AR fan to get pictures of him in it to make desktop wallpaper for one and all - and so I can gaze at him when there is nothing on my computer screen... (hopefully, will be done during the Xmas hols?!). However, do you get HBO in Russia?
Uh Hum (embarassed throat clearing). Michele: Christine is probably referring to an Alan Rickman email newsletter I send out on a regular basis. In this latest issue, I wanted to let other fans know of some of the great developments on various AR fans websites out there. You can subscribe to the newsletter by visiting my own website - click here the direct link to the newsletter subscription page.
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 19:17:12 (PST)
Hi Alisa of Kaliningrad. Everyone on this chat agrees with your sentiments, however they're expressed. We even sputter in English, our native tongue. Note the frequent references to "THUD" photographs. (Shorthand slang for falling down in awe, if that's translatable in Russian.) Now, tell us about your views on Rickman in "Rasputin."
FastFilm
Los Angeles, CA USA - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 19:00:12 (PST)
Finally... I'm speeking... Alan Rickman changed all my life. When I saw Him in RHPOT, His Sheriff... Oh my God, my hands are shaking!!! OK, well, I was 15 then. I entered the university's history department only because I wanted to know EVERYTHING about english sheriffs and Robin Hood and Richard the Lion Heart and the Crusades and... well English History. Now I'm 22. I'm studying english contemporary (alas! not medieval)history in Russian Acadamy of Science. I'm happy to have such an interesting occupation... I need to thank Him for it... But I'm angry!!! Because I love Him with all my heart. And I know that my love will stay platonic forever... Sorry for my not-so-english-english.
Alisa <alisa_pov@baltnet.rufoo>
Kaliningrad, Russia - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 16:22:26 (PST)
And speaking of Bubbles the entries are all in and the page updated. Thanks to all of you who took the time to offer suggestions, I have hopefully covered most of you with the selection up, there were several along similar lines. And if I haven't don't give up, there will be another new Bubble Page later this month.
Claire
- Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 15:55:08 (PST)
WOW! Just visited Claire's site, with Recent Rickman pics-- Am I to understand that our own little socialist AR met the Queen??? Hehehe, get a load of the face he's making. There's fodder for another Bubble picture! My guess is, he's "bemused." He does that so well!
Julia
Calgary, Canada - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 15:44:53 (PST)
Christine-What "December Newsletter" are you referring too?
Michele <luvkatz@nome.netfoo>
Nome, AK USA - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 15:22:32 (PST)
In the December Newsletter there is a link to Suzy's website on "Red Hot Sexy Men". Her AR page is great, especially the AR "Wanted Poster". Really good! The Die Hard pics are fantastic too! There's also a link to the egroups chat which I tried to become a member of recently but after following all the steps was told my membership was under review? Is someone screening these memberships? What's the criteria for "getting accepted"? On Suzy's website there's mention of the Die Hard music video. I didn't know there was one. Which song/artist is it? Can one of you wonderful ladies try and get a hold of it? I still have the RH one which I love to watch. Many thanks!
Christine
Montreal, Canada - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 07:34:25 (PST)
Sure. Double deleted.
Suz (D.o.C.)
Sorry Suzanne can you amend this mistake?
Barbara
Gold Coast, Australia - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 05:01:44 (PST)
Hello everyone. I hope that AR is having a good timeon HP. These books are so good to read and it is good to see the kids READING again. I'm glad that AR is part of this. Sally, it was sad to see no photo's of BBC2 awards in Hello but will keep looking. It was good to read about the new BBC drama Rebel Heart. Hope it will be shown out here so we can judge for ourselves. It is set in the time of Michael Collins. AR was so good in this film and it was amazing how much he looked like the character he played. Bye.
Barbara <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Australia - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 04:58:24 (PST)
Long earlobes????????I consider myself a "detail person", but I do believe that you win the gold medal for attention to detail Maxine!!!!!!!!!!
a Rickman admirer
USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 23:46:34 (PST)
I just saw Billy Elliot-- I cannot recommend it highly enough! This movie is truly a must-see, and I have never said that before! And, the previews were good, too-- Quills, and Crouching Master, Hidden Dragon... I can't wait!! Off topic, I know, I'm going, I'm going...
Gone!! Julia
Calgary, Canada - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 20:36:05 (PST)
To paraphrase Liberace, he can " cry all the way to the bank"!
a Rickman admirer
USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 19:41:21 (PST)
Alan was hesitant to take the part of Snape at first because he felt he was being typecast again, but once he had spoken to JK Rowling, he understood that there are more dimensions to Snape than he had thought-- this may indicate that he hasn't read the books, only the script. And, he also said that he was convinced by other people to take the part, something which never happens, usually.Therefore, we can safely conclude that AR might not be the happiest fellow in the world right now, but that he is hopeful for a turn for the better.
Julia
Calgary, Canada - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 17:27:27 (PST)
Putting in my 2 cents about AR-lookalike sightings... taped Entertainment Tonight last night and saw someone in the audience of the Tina Turner performance in London who looked exactly like Alan... the hair, the nose, the age, even the long earlobes-----except for the look in the eyes, which was really dismal and not at all familiar.
Maxine <maxinerose@prodigy.netfoo>
Greeley, CO USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 15:32:36 (PST)
Yes, the photo of the lady does look Asian and mystical, as you said. I didn't think it was Rima after seeing the other photos of her. If it is his sister, she is very beautiful! I watched ClosetLand last night and realized I had seen it years ago (pre AR obsession). I thought he did an excellent job in the role (great butt!). I am awaiting Dark Harbor and Close My Eyes to come in the mail.
Michele <luvkatz@nome.netfoo>
Nome, AK USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 15:04:18 (PST)
I wonder if he's a bit disappointed so far with the HP character because in most of his films, he's had the ability to tweak his lines, even change them entirely, adding his creative touches. Something tells me Rowling is very protective of her work and is working closely with the filmmakers to keep them in line with the book, keeping hold of the reins pretty tightly.
pam
alexandria, va USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 14:54:02 (PST)
Michele--the word from most Alan-scholars is that the woman in the book (the first editions, that is; the photo was changed later) is his sister, Sheila. Same eye shape, mystical quality in them, no?
pam
alexandria, va USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 14:50:22 (PST)
No. It is not Rima. Cat, it was I who mentioned the "canceling Christmas" bit in HP, and it was before the movie was ever cast. From the moment I started reading those books (to my children, of course) I pictured AR in the role of Snape. The remark about "canceling Christmas" convinced me that Rowling must be a fan. It is too bad AR doesn't like his role so far. The character seems a bit one-dimensional in the beginning, but becomes much more complex later on. Read the series, AR, and you will probably realize this is the type of character you like!
susan
USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 06:24:56 (PST)
I was wondering if I am the ONLY human being having problems with the DVD version of "Mesmer"! I have bought two DVD's from two different companies and both have been unwatchable! Has anyone else had this problem? By the way, all of the sites on AR are just great....I love all of the pics and facts...it is such fun to look through it all. I had another question too....I have been reading the "Unauthorized Biography" on AR and there is a photo on the last page of photos with a cutline saying it is AR and Rima. Now, I don't know if she has had a major makeover or what but the woman in the book doesn't look anything like the other pics I have seen of Rima. The pic in the book looks like a lady of Asian descent. Does anyone know if in fact the pic in the book is really of Rima and AR? Thanks alot! Michele
Michele <luvkatz@nome.netfoo>
Nome, AK USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 03:30:39 (PST)
I was watching CNN and the story was about Oxford Street in London and the crowds at Christmas time--lo and behold-someone who looked like AR smoking a cigarette, with a bit fuller face and a beard--does his brother have a beard and smoke?--I was astonished at the resemblance-he was anonymous in the crowd, but he sure stood out for me?Anyone know what the sibs look like?
a Rickman admirer
USA - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 18:47:24 (PST)
Err... I just got an anonymous tip (so can't verify how great a tip it is!) that AR isn't terribly happy with the role of Snape and his lines... Anyone know anymore? I don't think the anonymous tip-dropper was absolutely sure of their sources either, so I thought I would throw it open and see if it is just evil nutter guff or something maybe has some vague grounding in reality...
Sally
Sydney, Aust - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 17:21:10 (PST)
Cat, Someone did mention that awhile back in the GB. It may have even been before AR was mentioned for the role.
Cindie
Who'd like to think JK has that much taste.
USA - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 16:56:02 (PST)
Now that Alan Rickman has been confirmed as Snape, I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series, with him in mind. Did anyone else notice the reference in Book I to Snape looking like "someone had cancelled Christmas?" Is it possible that the author is also a Rickmaniac?
cat <crubins@asu.edufoo>
Tempe, AZ USA - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 16:07:38 (PST)
In the 14 November Daily Express:
A wizard opportunity
The magical wizard world of Harry Potter has encountered a decidedly real-life obstacle. Production of the £100 million film, starring Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, John Cleese and 11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe, right, as Potter, has fallen behind schedule due to a lack of suitable child actors. A spokesman for the Mad Dog Casting agency explains: "We are looking for people who look like the actors already cast. They won't just be used as stand-ins for lighting set-ups ... they will get to perform. We need them to start soon - days rather than weeks."
Warner Bros has been accused of paying pathetic rates, with agents claiming children were offered a paltry £35 a day.
What sort of pocket money are these little darlings on?
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 10:23:35 (PST)
SPOILER: In The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine), Nov 7, 2000 p60 , the following paragraph expands what I've seen on the plot of "Blow Dry":
In the new Miramax film Blow Dry, a farcical but touching look at an extended family of hairdressers in a northern England working-class town, the London-born actress "plays lesbian" with just the right touch of empathy and "What's the big deal?" attitude. Her character, Shelley, is having a terminal relapse of cancer but doesn't want to let on to her significant other of 10 years, fellow hairdresser Sandra (Hilary and Jackie' s Rachel Griffiths). She does tell her still-smarting ex-husband (played by Alan Rickman) and her son (played by American teen-movie hottie Josh Hartnett with a pitch-perfect accent) and eventually corrals them into joining her and Sandra in the national hairdressing competition in their town. Silliness and pathos ensue.
Georgiana <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 10:01:00 (PST)
Ah don't think the journalist in the Sydney paper knew if AR had a 'Mrs Alan Rickman' or not - but that section was aimed to balance it up for the men! Just an offbeat humour article - 's all!
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 14:37:53 (PST)
Stezi, thank you for the wonderful captures!
Georgiana,
Yes, there is a trend towards shorter plays, but I think it's probably because of profit reasons. Both Art (also by J Reza) and The Unexpected Man have been profitable after only a few weeks. (A digression: Both plays had only 3 & 2 actors, one set, one act, and both were terrific. Sean Connery is one of the owners of the film rights for Art which is now being made into a movie -- but I like it as a play instead)
After all, if we are to go by short attention spans, why o why does Hollywood make 3+ hr movies like The Postman, etc.?
And Rickman would be dynamite in The Unexpected Man, me thinks . . . Michael Gambon did it in London, Bates now in NY, both with Eileen Atkins. Wouldn't they be great together?
Fausta <faustaw@hotmail.comfoo>
USA - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 10:59:37 (PST)
Sally the mag is Hello and should be out now or tomorrow? Mrs. Alan Rickman??? Maybe she should check her facts? Bye.
barbara <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Australia - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 05:44:11 (PST)
HI Rickmaniacs! I've updated my Alan Rickman Page with more DVD pics of Dark Harbor. Click in Alan's Filmography the Dark Harbor button and then at the bottom you'll find the NEXT link. Enjoy Alan!
Stezi <stezi@wxs.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 04:31:18 (PST)
Great,Great Site! Keep it fun and light not too serius kids. He just has a rather strange job is all!!! But doesn't he do it oh so well. Very impressed with his published writtings. Personally I think the title "Genius Thespian" would be quite appropriate. And all the beautiful photographs, how do you get them all? I must get a colour printer!!!LOVE the bubble page. Way to go Claire!!
Panda Boo <volgals@webTV.netfoo>
Chattanooga, TNtn USA - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 19:38:22 (PST)
I'm confused. Should that read "as" Mrs Brad Pitt or Mrs Alan Rickman or as stated "with" Mrs Brad Pitt (Jennifer Aniston) or Mrs Alan Rickman (?). If the later - why? The woman must be a nut case.
stephanie <dfewings@tpg.com.aufoo>
adelaide , SA Australia - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 17:55:56 (PST)
OFF TOPIC: Fausta, is there some trend now toward one-act short plays? Have the authors decided modern audiences won't sit still for more? I think of "Art" and "Madame Melville" among the recent ones I've seen.
Georgiana
Seattle - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 17:53:31 (PST)
Off-topic,
If you are in NYC, go see The Unexpected Man; wonderful witty short (90 min) play by Jasmina Reza translated by Christopher Hampton, with exceptional performances by Eileen Atkins & Alan Bates, two masters in top form! I can't recomend it enough.
But you got to hurry -- last day is Jan 28.
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
Thanks, GIlda!, USA - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 16:27:37 (PST)
This in the Sunday ‘Sun Herald’ (Sydney) 2/12/00 – An article in the ‘Tempo’ section, called Unreal life was about a journalist’s (Christine Hogan) Christmas wishes (which amongst them, I wholeheartedly agree with less ‘reality tv!’). Anyway, in one paragraph, she compared AR with Brad Pitt – to whit:
“What’s on your wish list? A weekend in Spain with Brad Pitt or Alan Rickman? A Lotto win and a month in Tahitit with Mrs Brad Pitt or Mrs Alan Rickman (say what?)
That was it…
Barabara - I was rather hoping the AR piccies at RADA with the Queen were going to be in enxt weeks Hello or OK magazine (I cna't remember which one we get the same week as the UK)
Sally
Sydney, Aust - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 02:44:57 (PST)
Post fixed.
D.o.C.
Fausta: I kinda liked the setup of the first one! :-) Thanks for that lightning-fast translation!
Gilda
USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 13:33:49 (PST)
DOC, help! ...
Fausta
"translate in haste, repent at leasure . . .",
USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 10:49:46 (PST)
Quick translation of the article Gilda linked:
Hgh-level corruption, red herrings, a plot that combines large doses of humor with action, suspense, and sex, and a cast that brings together Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman with high-caliber actors Carla Gugino, Simon Baker-Denny, and the well-known German actor Til Schweiger (star of "Knocking on Heaven’s Door"). This the stack of cards shuffled by 1st-time director Sebastian Gutierrez on his 1st film as writer/director. Judas Kiss is a hard-hitting thriller which, like the streets of New York where it takes place*, develops in hair-raising, labyrinthine ways. Rickman & Thompson have known each other for a long time, having been friends since they first started in Birtish theater. Their first film together was S&S, adapted by Thompson herself from the Jane Austen novel. Later on, Rickman directed ET with her mother, Phillida Law in TWG, an existential drama. Both British actors play a divorced alcoholic detective and FBI agent who loves to order men around. In this new film the director also featured some old friends like Carla G, who’s also the executive director, and Greg Wise, who has replaced K Branagh’s in Thompson’s life. What’s it about?
Judas Kiss
Translator’s comments:
Director: Sebastián Gutiérrez
Script: Sebastián Gutiérrez
Producers: Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, Jonathan King
Photography: James Chressenthis
Music: Christofer Young
Design: Howard Smith
Cast: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Carla Gugino, Greg Wise, Hal Holbrook, Til Schweiger
A criminal gang (made up of an couple addicted to sex, Junior & Coco, a junkie, Lizard, and Ruben, an impulsive gunslinger) kidnaps a computer tycoon for a million-dollar ransom. However, their plans go awry when they kill a woman who turned out to be the wife of a powerful senator, who in turn mobilizes the forces of law & order to find his wife’s killers.
*the movie’s supposed to be taking place in New Orleans, but never mind that, it could have been downtown Madrid for all I could tell – and I’ve been to both!
I’ve also never found NYC’s streets to be either labyrinthine or hair-raising, either.
Fausta <faustaw@yahoo.comfoo>
USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 10:43:18 (PST)
OK, one more time (never get it right the first time!)
Hi, all. Ran across this site in my travels this morning for Judas Kiss. Has a couple of AR photos I've never seen (not big enough, though). Can anyone translate the review?
Gilda
CT USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 09:47:31 (PST)
Hi, all. Ran across this site in my travels this morning for
Gilda
CT USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 09:42:28 (PST)
