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Don't know if Alan Rickman fans are prone to broken bones or not. I am just clumsy-dropped a vintage royal doulton "bunnykins" baby dish, weighing at least ten pounds, on my toe-broke the toe, the dish is fine-could probably drop it from the skyscraper that Hans Gruber fell from and it would still be in one piece. Didn't know that antiques would be such a dangerous hobby-Loesje, how did you "do the deed"? Something more glamorous, perhaps?
ACC
- Tuesday, September 30th 2003 - 10:57:27 PM

Are AR fans prone to broken bones? Janine broke her toe, too. Tamara broke her arm and leg and loesje just broke her wrist! Hope you all feel better soon! (I haven't broken any bones, but about half a dozen drinking glasses because of poor eyesight).
Joan Pa USA
- Tuesday, September 30th 2003 - 12:36:44 PM

ROTK?
Suz , <webmistress@alan-rickman.comfoo>
TX, USA - Monday, September 29th 2003 - 04:51:03 PM

Patience is a virtue -- there's work to do between now and the holidays!!
Ann W
AZ, USA - Monday, September 29th 2003 - 04:35:23 PM

~RF~
Rickfan37
UK - Monday, September 29th 2003 - 03:41:41 PM

Best wishes,
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Sunday, September 28th 2003 - 09:08:43 PM

~RF~
Rickfan37
UK - Sunday, September 28th 2003 - 04:49:56 PM

Thanks for that MovieTimes link. Veeeeeery interesting.
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Sunday, September 28th 2003 - 04:13:10 PM

Kiki's link with white shirt and $$ stats
lee
- Sunday, September 28th 2003 - 07:19:56 AM

MA
I blame The Interrogator, as always . . ., USA - Sunday, September 28th 2003 - 06:22:51 AM

*quietly wretching in memory, I remain*
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Friday, September 26th 2003 - 08:56:58 PM

My husband is a MAJOR Whovian and actually woke me this morning with the news of the new series--wearing his Doctor Who T-shirt in celebration and grinning like a fool! LOL(Glad to see I'm not the only weirdo in our household!) But he told me that the speculation regarding casting was leaning toward Paul McGann, who played the Doctor in the 1996 TV movie and has done various Big Finish audio dramas, or (and I'm really hoping for this one!) Richard E. Grant, who will be portraying the Doctor in an audio drama to be Web cast on the BBC site in November (which, BTW, is the 40th anniversary of the show). Both have expressed some interest in the role, so, who knows? Clearly, my husband's enthusiasm for this show has NOT rubbed off on me at all. ;) (Now, if I could only get HIM to absorb as much AR trivia!)
Jen
Cow Land, USA - Friday, September 26th 2003 - 11:57:08 AM

As for the Great Video Giveaway--I have been overwhelmed with requests for some of the titles, but I still have plenty of copies of Galaxy Quest and Die Hard, so if you would like a FREE copy of either videotape, please email be before October 1. :o>
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Friday, September 26th 2003 - 11:36:00 AM

OR, Is that AR as an angel, standing beside the Baby Jesus? Is it AR already showing a preference for *supporting roles* since he isn't even looking at the audience, but the focus of the play, the baby?
AR was born 1946, so in this 1951 photo he's just a couple months from his sixth (6) birthday. He could have been a child tall for his age.
Joan Pa USA
- Friday, September 26th 2003 - 06:57:05 AM

Gail, with tongue only partly in cheek.
Gail
Cobourg, Canada - Friday, September 26th 2003 - 06:42:02 AM

P.S. The FoF page will not accept posts at this time.
lee
- Thursday, September 25th 2003 - 03:03:06 PM

Never give up, never surrender!
Mary from McHenry
All GalaxyQuest, all the time, - Thursday, September 25th 2003 - 01:47:13 PM

ART
lee
- Wednesday, September 24th 2003 - 10:50:02 AM

A question: some months ago someone posted a link to a drawing of Snape dancing with a lady (maybe belonging to a fanfiction).I've been scrolling down for quite some time, but I can find it anymore, nor on several Snape-sites I've checked. Does anyone remember this drawing? I'd like to see it again and save it to my computer. Thanks!
Letty
The Netherlands - Wednesday, September 24th 2003 - 05:33:49 AM

And please, folks, leave the Downtime Bar IN the Downtime Bar. We are here to discuss all things Alan Rickman, not to argue. Remember the Golden Rule: be kind and respectful to others!
Suz (D.o.C.)
- Tuesday, September 23rd 2003 - 05:47:47 PM

Magda
- Tuesday, September 23rd 2003 - 05:39:24 AM

Geroff.
Barbara the Wallpaperer , <feeling belligerentfoo>
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 10:11:18 PM

I think it's wrong of you to insult people here who are asking you to describe your meeting. YOU made it seem as if you knew him well, but not well enough to be included in his list of friends. I think you owe that poster an apology for your rudeness. We were all looking forward to a good AR story. You're the one who started this whole mess. You should be apologizing. Not insulting people who are interested in Mr. Rickman.
Disappointed in the Rudeness
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 09:28:22 PM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 07:32:06 PM

The Irishman looked his two companions, then at the fly in his ale. Then he picked the fly up by its back two legs, shook it over the top of his glass and yelled, "Spit it back out, ye b**tard! Spit it back out!"
Mary from McHenry
Yes, I have a low mind...I won't do it again, so don't yell at me!, - Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 02:51:22 PM

Please note that the above is only my opinions and you have no obligation to follow any of my suggestions, but please keep them in mind, they could be helpful in the future for you or someone else. Afterall, most of this advice I heard from other people who wanted to help me. I hope all of you feel better soon.
Joan Pa USA
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 02:02:55 PM

To Deb: Je crois que nous sommes les seules à regardé les films d'Alan en français...lol and I'm sure they are presented all over Canada. I lived in Edmonton and Saskatoon for a while and they had Radio-Canada in french. The programming was the same as Quebec. C'est étonnant parfois de voir les réactions que cela suscite dans ce site lorsqu'on fais mention du Français...just a thought,anyway I'm going back to my place... Have a nice day Deb!
Carole
Canada - Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 12:11:25 PM

Claire
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 11:15:47 AM

Claire
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 07:50:39 AM

Chandra Thank you, Chandra. I would appreciate more movies about people who aren't ignorant and vocabulary-challenged...or are, at least, interesting. It pays to patronize movie theaters and video rental shops that also offer independent, lesser-known films.
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO, uSA - Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 07:24:58 AM

Any takers?
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 06:34:53 AM

I found Dogma a very funny film but I thought the use of swear words a little tiresome by the end and not really that necessary, however I would defend the right of the director/writer to say whatever he wants.
Sue
- Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 03:33:08 AM

Sometimes we all get into a situation where we "pick-up" someone's bad language. This may be another reason people dislike it. I read somewhere that a certain non-English speaking people do not know why we have a curseword for sexual intercourse! I think this is something to consult your own conscience for guidance. If foul language bothers you, don't use it. If other people use it, it is not your fault. If you want them to stop, ask, but they do have the right to say "no".
Joan Pa USA
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 10:32:11 PM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 10:01:39 PM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 09:52:23 PM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 09:37:34 PM

And now, back to your regularly scheduled controversy...
Mary from McHenry , <wildgeese@stans.netfoo>
returning once again to lurk mode, - Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 09:24:25 PM

http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Banned_Books_Week/Banned_Books_Week.htm
I'm Scared of This Place
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 05:12:37 PM

Swearing in films is the ultimate mark of a lazy scriptwriter. And yes, if I dropped the iron on my foot, I might let out a couple of expletive deleted, but mature, civilized people do not talk that in real life.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me, - Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 04:39:35 PM

Obviously, these authors only used swear words (or whatever) as a cheap trick to sell their stuff. Worthless no-talents!!
Some Mindsets Never Change
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 03:22:32 PM

Y'all know how it is, a word is offensive one day, art the next. Yeah, just a cheap fix for a bad writer.
Plagiarizing Lurker
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 02:49:03 PM

Film: Something’s got a hold of our hearts His tales of middle-class, middle-youth romance have all made box-office hits. Now Richard Curtis has directed his first film. He talks to Jeff Dawson about love and realism Canadian audiences are subtly different from their American counterparts. More polite, for one. Also, thanks to historic ties - and a diet of the BBC - they are quite discerning when it comes to British comedy. Benny Hill? Not around these parts, friend. When Richard Curtis is dragged onstage at the Victorian Elgin Theatre in downtown Toronto and introduced, among other things, as the writer of Blackadder, it meets with thunderous approval. On the other side of Niagara Falls, it would prompt only blank stares. Curtis has never been the most comfortable of public performers. But with the world premiere of his film Love Actually, the hot ticket at the Toronto International Film Festival, there come ceremonial obligations. Some of the actors - Colin Firth, Laura Linney and Rodrigo Santoro - walk on for moral support. But, mercifully, the crowd is putty. The only other time Curtis was at a film festival was in Utah, where Four Weddings and a Funeral previewed before a room full of Mormons; they all stormed out during the opening F-word salvo, he says. If anyone here stays longer than five minutes, he will consider it a triumph. Two hours later, the standing ovation suggests a capacity for monumental understatement. It is probably a good job he previewed the movie in Canada, though. Two-thirds of the way in, an extraordinary thing happens: the British prime minister (Hugh Grant) makes a rousing speech condemning America as a playground bully and imploring us plucky little islanders (and, one assumes, our Commonwealth chums) to stand up against ghastly Uncle Sam and that reprobate redneck president. Onscreen, in Blighty, the streets are thrown into a euphoria of Mafeking-relief proportions. In the audience, the liberal old Canadians can barely contain their glee. Below the 49th parallel, Lord knows how this will play. With his grey hair, glasses and genuinely amiable demeanour, it is hard to imagine Curtis upsetting anybody. “No, it’s pro-American,” he smirks the next day, citing other, less contentious moments. For a man whose previous work has been marketed so adroitly for the USA, the scene still seems out of character. In his hotel room, high above the festival throng, international incidents seem remote. “Look, fundamentally, it’s not a political point, it’s a comic point.” Six months ago, pre-Iraq, Grant’s speech seemed rather clumsy, he says. And in two months’ time, it may appear awkward again. Billy Bob Thornton gets to play the good ole boy in the White House. “I did think of making him French at one point,” laughs Curtis, “but then I thought there wasn’t so much at stake.” Curtis is probably right, for if anyone knows an audience, it is he. The films he has written - Four Weddings, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary (not forgetting Bean or The Tall Guy) - have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. Love Actually marks the first time he has stepped behind the camera to direct. “It was reaching a point where I’d stolen enough hints from other people,” he says. “In particular, I got very involved in the edits. I now had strong opinions about where the camera should be, how the actors should act. I just think it was time I dared.” It is a case of going in at the deep end. A tapestry of interweaving stories - of an ageing rocker (Bill Nighy), a fractious marriage (Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman), a widowed father (Liam Neeson), a lovelorn writer (Firth), newlyweds (Chiwetel Ejiofor and Keira Knightley) and an office romance (Linney and Santoro), not to mention the travails of the prime minister - Love Actually is more beddings (but no funeral). “It was quite complicated, but I always knew that I was going to do the next film, and this turned out to be the next film, ” he says. He concedes a certain degree of technical assistance. “I never learnt the difference between a rake and a dolly, and I still don’t know.” But the large cast, he adds (20 lead parts, with even Rowan Atkinson and Gregor Fisher popping up), was actually an advantage, given that the principals came in for just two weeks each, maintaining a perpetual honeymoon period. Where else but a Curtis film would you find your cast in constant rapture? It is all Edward Heath’s fault. Were it not for our bachelor premier of the early 1970s, Curtis’s appetite would not have been whetted for romance in the corridors of power. “I’ve always had that vague thought in my mind about how brilliant it would be to have someone with a real personality going out with someone in Downing Street.” The resulting story, of a prime minister (Grant) copping off with his tea lady (Martine McCutcheon), was intended to be a film in its own right - as was, separately, the episode featuring Firth (a novelist toiling in Provence and copping off with his thé lady, Lúcia Moniz). In April 2000, Curtis boiled them down and started mixing. “Well, I realised a lot of films I’ve liked recently have had more than one story,” he explains, mentioning movies such as Smoke “and those middle-period Woody Allen films - Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Husbands and Wives”. His most obvious debt, though, is to Robert Altman. “My first sort of adult favourite movie was Nashville, which I absolutely adored because you just felt so spoilt,” he gushes. “And then there’s As You Like It.” Curtis got a first in English at Oxford, and his knowledge of storytelling has served him well. Some will still argue, though, that Love Actually is simply the next instalment in a series that has become - dare one utter it? - formulaic. All made by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner’s Working Title Films, and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (except Bridget), they have invariably dealt with middle-class, middle-youth love, topped off with an FM lite soundtrack, an offbeat London location (Wandsworth this time, or the bit where they have walk-in Smeg fridges), an American female star and, of course, Hugh Grant. It’s no secret that Grant has served as Curtis’s alter ego. But don’t expect any changes. “Look, I think I’m a fantastically lucky writer to have somebody who can play my central characters, because, on the whole, central characters are dull,” says Curtis. He cites Dickens, where David Copperfield and the like are redeemed only by their interesting pals. “In a way, in Four Weddings, there was a central, slightly uninteresting bloke and Simon Callow, who sparkled on the edge,” he says. Hugh can be dull and funny. “So why would I ever drop him?” It was the death of Callow’s character in Four Weddings that demonstrated Curtis’s knack for pushing buttons. With several stories at his disposal here, the blubbing possibilities are limitless. When a film kicks off with a voice-over about September 11, musing on the “I love you” phone calls of those trapped inside the Twin Towers, this can hardly fail to prompt the required response. Overtly sentimental? Absolutely. But then, Curtis argues, this is nothing to be ashamed of. “For years, I’ve been puzzled by why people think the saddest things are the most real,” he says. “‘Searingly realistic’ always means someone is going to be brutally murdered. Yet, in real life, to a lot of people, what is searingly realistic is a mum getting up early, loving her kids, being nice; a husband loving his wife. These things happen all the time. That’s powerfully realistic to me.” September 11, he says, shifted the focus to “the harsh things in life, the chaos and the hatred. More than ever, I think you have to say that isn’t what the world’s really like. That’s one side of it. But the other side of it is all this love stuff”. Not all will be happy. Certain critics lambasted Notting Hill for its lack of ethnic actors - even though the Portobello Road stallholders and passers-by featured in the street scenes were all real. Curtis seems genuinely hurt by the criticism. “It was a bit weird, because I wanted to call the movie The Famous Girl, and then we wouldn’t have got any criticism at all,” he says. The sheer number of parts in Love Actually, he says, gave him scope to widen his casting. Of his black actors, he had seen Ejiofor in the play Blue/Orange, and fell for Nina Sosanya in Teachers. “In a way, the more black actors who are cast, the more likely you are to cast them.” The same might be said of Martin Freeman (Tim from The Office), Andrew Lincoln (Teachers), Kris Marshall (My Family) and McCutcheon. For if there’s one thing Curtis knows, it’s his telly. More likely, the press will emphasise Love Actually’s blatant schmaltz (“Luvvy Actually”, “Richard’s Friends” - you can see the headlines already). Though if we can’t indulge in a good old romantic weepie at Christmas, then we’re a lot more jaded than even Curtis gives us credit for. The saving grace here is that Curtis has a big wink at the audience, sending up his whole oeuvre: lampooning, for starters, that accursed ditty Love Is All Around (the film’s original title), the hit song from Four Weddings. “No 1 for 15 weeks, or something,” says Kenworthy. “We feel a bit guilty about that being foisted on the public for so long.” What’s next for Curtis? There’s a new baby (with his girlfriend, Emma Freud), then he will take a year off to write. He would not be averse to directing again, but only his own material, and even then, only if it felt right. The thing he is eyeing up is a second world war drama. “And I’m not sure I trust myself with that.” We wait for the lifts, which, at Toronto’s Four Seasons, not only take for ever but, unless you jump in instantly, will snap their doors shut on you. Poised, Curtis explains that a similar scenario has just been cut from his continuing rewrite of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. When we emerge into the madness, we bump into an Australian distributor who declares that he was trying to buy Love Actually, but failed. Curtis replies: “I’m pre-bought.” Still not sure about that Hugh Grant speech, though. Later, Kenworthy does a Q&A with some journalists. They, too, feel it might be a bit too close to the knuckle for those a few leagues south. “I know the Republicans in the area I live in will have a problem with it,” one woman tells him. They might be picketing theatres in Texas yet. Curtis as cinema radical? Now that would be an interesting development. Love Actually opens on Nov 21
Sue
- Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 02:36:36 AM

I'd also like to let everyone know that my e-mail address at Suz@mail.usa.com hasn't been working, so please use the one below until further notice. Thanks!

Suzanne , <webmistress@alan-rickman.comfoo>
TX, USA - Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 07:33:52 PM

Claire
- Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 12:34:39 PM

Sandy--that is my favorite outtake also! "I am a rrrrrooooooccckkkkkk." And did you notice the cameo appearance of Rasputin?
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 11:00:45 AM

But I didn't say anything....
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 08:41:05 AM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3552523366&category=2242&rd=1
Tom Mason
Durham, England - Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 01:47:17 AM

BTW - My kids love Galaxy Quest - It's a real crowd pleaser - we played it last year on Christmas Day - you have a loads of family there and even the old-timers just love it. They all laugh at Dr. Lazarus, AR did a great job - the guy is hilarious. The deleted scenes on the DVD are great - the tour of Dr. Lazarus' Quarters is wonderful. The whole cast is great - I also really liked the Thermians - they were so funny, and Mathesar is amazing, a great actor to be sure. A+
Chandra
VA, - Friday, September 19th 2003 - 06:08:29 PM

Biscuits?! I hope they were biscotti and served with coffee. :)
Ann W
AZ, USA - Friday, September 19th 2003 - 01:12:04 PM

Admitting that there's a lot of pressure on him to succeed as a first-time feature film director, 'It would make some people very happy if the film was a failure!' Curtis dodged questions about future projects - and when asked whether his favourite star Hugh Grant might follow him back to a TV production, he laughed; 'he won't do telly - he's too grand! Although he has done degrading stuff on comic relief from time to time.'
Sue
England - Friday, September 19th 2003 - 08:48:46 AM

Georgiana? Do you know?
Barbara the Wallpaperer , <and, to think, I was once told Beware of italicsfoo>
- Thursday, September 18th 2003 - 08:50:40 PM

Claire
- Thursday, September 18th 2003 - 12:36:52 PM

We're expecting a couple of inches of rain and some wind from Isabel. Not sure what "some" wind means but we'll find out Friday afternoon. CNN is showing us people in Virginia who are planning on hanging out with Isabel and having hurricane parties. Good luck with that. To everyone else - be safe, strong and protected.
Sandy
Canada - Thursday, September 18th 2003 - 08:57:29 AM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Thursday, September 18th 2003 - 04:44:12 AM

Claire & Dana
- Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 04:38:03 PM

So there we go! I'm not going to post any more right this minute as I don't know if the paragraph-thingies (technical terminology!) will work! :-)
Catherine , <catherineharpham@hotmail.comfoo>
Reading, England - Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 03:23:31 PM

Everyone else: Sorry for the FOF-related post, but the you-know-what page refuses to load.
AnnW
AZ, USA - Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 02:23:24 PM

My next trip over to stock up on Dead Ringers (and Round the Horne) tapes is Nov. 26-Dec.10. If any of the London GBers are planning a group outing to see 'Love Actually' around that time I would love to join in.
Gail , <gailr97@yahoo.comfoo>
Cobourg, Ontario , Canada - Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 07:30:31 AM

My thoughts are with those on the east coast of the US who are preparing for the mighty hurricane today.
Ali-Pat
- Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 05:30:28 AM

So there you go--express yourselves, Rickmaniacs!
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 05:27:55 AM

There are at least two AR connections with this song (apart from the subjective emotional stuff which a number of us seem to agree on!) - the song is by Texas (Alan's a fan and has appeared in one of their videos - that lucky, lucky woman!!) and it was on the sound track for 'Bend it like Beckham' which featured his good friend Juliet Stevenson!!
skeptic
NZ - Tuesday, September 16th 2003 - 09:59:48 PM

Anyone notice that lately, AR is in at least ONE spot on TV? Everytime I'm flipping through the guide on my TV...there is at least one AR film on...I love digital cable.
JC
Auburn, AL, - Tuesday, September 16th 2003 - 07:46:33 PM

See you all later. :-))
Anne , <jamiescello221@msn.comfoo>
Alexandria, Virginia, USA - Tuesday, September 16th 2003 - 09:58:22 AM

“When we had our first read through I was so intimidated I just sat there and I was shaking like a leaf and after the read through I went, ‘Did I speak English or did I just go garblegarblegarble all the way through?’ and Alan Rickman was brilliant all the way through, he was so nice, he just really kept me calm. I kept kicking him under the table going ‘It’s my bit in a minute!’ and he was, like, ‘Calm down!’ I was like a five year old!”
Rickfan37
UK - Tuesday, September 16th 2003 - 05:32:32 AM

http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.asp
Carole
Canada - Monday, September 15th 2003 - 01:47:43 PM

Again, Welcome back Suzanne!!
Anne , <jamiescello221@msn.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA, USA - Monday, September 15th 2003 - 09:51:12 AM

I am sorry to disappoint people.
Rickfan37
UK - Sunday, September 14th 2003 - 03:04:39 PM

And Laura Metzger takes a closer look at this year’s festival “It-Girl” actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON. With starring roles in two of the festival’s more talked about films: writer/director SOFIA COPPOLA’s LOST IN TRANSLATION and GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING, a cinema adaptation of the popular novel starring COLIN FIRTH, Johansson has become one to watch.
Shy Fan
US - Friday, September 12th 2003 - 01:46:38 PM

In answer to Loesje and anyone else who has some ideas for my "Song in our HeARts" page (or any other page on my site), please email me anytime with your suggestions! You will find my email address below and also on my home page. This newbie webmistress is very touched by everyone's input and support so far.
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Friday, September 12th 2003 - 05:45:48 AM

Loesje, I look forward to your addition to the list of songs in our heARts. The same goes for everybody. :D
Ali-Pat , <ali-pat@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH, USA - Thursday, September 11th 2003 - 03:15:57 PM

Special thanks to my Deputy D.o.C.'s, Claudia & Claire, for taking care of things and keeping everyone informed while I was offline.

Suzanne , <webmistress@alan-rickman.comfoo>
TX, USA - Thursday, September 11th 2003 - 03:00:55 PM

Amelie, I am not sure what the expensive dvd has on it. I shall stick with the cheapo one, has to be worth it with 15 more mins of the Sherrif AND the Robin Hood documentary with that wink!!
Sue
England - Thursday, September 11th 2003 - 11:50:03 AM

Okay, on the Love Actually front: no, I did not see the film, either showing. The tickets sold out quite rapidly and I was not one of the lucky few. No one I know went either. So we'll have to rely on the reviews, not that I've seen very many. As for the FOF side of things, when the computer died it took out the document I was working on and I have to start over; patience will be rewarded in the next couple of days (the computer gods willing).
Magda
Canada - Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 06:55:54 PM

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Severus_Snape_Fics/?yguid=108264902
Rickfan37
UK - Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 03:52:31 PM

Ahem, I love it when surprises turn up; I came home weak and weary to find a S&S dvd in my mailbox. Hmm. When did I order this?? Imaptiently waiting for AR in Nov, and Frodo, et al, in December . . ..
Ann W
AZ, USA - Tuesday, September 9th 2003 - 09:05:09 PM

Watched Judge Not last night, and while I can't say it is worth the price of the DVD I will own that it is interesting. Some of the cast, including Alan, are interviewed in their Dogma costumes (can't remember--was trouble brewing even while they were filming?) and there is a fair bit of "behind the scenes" footage. My impression of AR in these scenes is that he looks exceptionally tall and dark--not a bad thing at all! And I guess this is just more of Kevin Smith's quirky sense of humor (sorry--I just don't get it all of the time), but certain innocuous-seeming words are bleeped out of the interviews (like "Mickey Mouse") and others (like every instance of the "f" word) are allowed to remain. Still, it is another piece in the puzzle that is Dogma and the production footage was great. One thing I learned from the documentary was that KS received death threats over the movie, which made his public appearances at film festivals rather traumatic for him, to say the least. Not entirely sure why this documentary was left off the Dogma DVD and put onto the Vulgar DVD, however...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Tuesday, September 9th 2003 - 03:13:55 AM

loesje, thank you kindly for answering me. ^_^
Joan Pa USA
- Monday, September 8th 2003 - 06:08:46 PM

GML
GML
Dreamland - Monday, September 8th 2003 - 02:36:22 PM

HART: Hot Alan Rickman Tunes
Joan Pa USA
- Monday, September 8th 2003 - 12:07:57 PM

"Bill Nighy, a comedy veteran, excels as a washed-up old rocker whose awful Christmas song "Christmas is all around" is trashed by him on Radio Watford before he exposes himself on Michael Parkinson's programme"......
Sue
England - Monday, September 8th 2003 - 07:16:07 AM

I now yield the floor to any lucky person who (actually) got to see Love Actually yesterday.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Monday, September 8th 2003 - 05:47:47 AM

Claire
- Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 11:33:30 PM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 05:16:59 PM

lots of images - especially of Faramir and Aragorn.
Chandra
Va, - Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 01:16:36 PM

Thanks for the poster. Are those amber eyes peeking over the top of the glasses, or am I imagining it?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 05:31:55 AM

A bit off topic, but I wanted to thank Jo for reporting on AR going to the Japanese Hamlet, because I was able to see it the night of my arrival and it was amazing. Can't go wrong seeing something AR has gone to see, I guess! I also saw the photo in the H&Q September issue, which was nice but I was a little troubled by the remark (if memory serves me) that he'd arrived "creaking" from the osteopath. Hope he's feeling okay now! I don't know why the assistant told me it had been moved to the October issue.
sonoma
usa - Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 02:13:27 AM

Isolde: Welcome to the realm.
Lurker
- Saturday, September 6th 2003 - 11:25:53 AM

Thanks to Georgiana for leading me to a similar blurb about Antony and Cleopatra in the 1999 EB Year in Review, which prompted me to look for this.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Saturday, September 6th 2003 - 10:52:15 AM

In AR news, I have two copies of the Region 1 (North America) DVD of TMD. Problem: I don't have access to a car very often, to drive to the Post Office. Email me at wagner at cybertrails dot com if interested.
Ann W
AZ, USA - Saturday, September 6th 2003 - 09:02:21 AM

Finger drumming continues...(accompanied by more pouting).
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Friday, September 5th 2003 - 09:15:13 AM

By the way--I sympathise with those who could only bear to watch Closet Land once. It is a bit much to take.
Ali-Pat
facing a dreary weekend in good ol' Dayton, OH (pout, pout, pout), - Friday, September 5th 2003 - 07:56:33 AM

Sound of unabated finger drumming until November...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Friday, September 5th 2003 - 03:11:41 AM

Thankyou.
Rickfan37
UK - Friday, September 5th 2003 - 01:35:39 AM

I'm getting a blank page, too :(
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Thursday, September 4th 2003 - 07:32:23 PM

MA
Professor Snape, an appropriate curse, please?, USA - Thursday, September 4th 2003 - 06:53:20 PM

I am not sure where Suz is, and I thought it wise to back everything up, after all the problems we've been having recently.
Claudia , <claudia@paradise.net.nzfoo>
- Thursday, September 4th 2003 - 03:55:03 PM

http://members.tripod.com/claudia_riley/fof-guestbook-mirror.htm
Claudia , <claudia@paradise.net.nzfoo>
- Thursday, September 4th 2003 - 02:37:33 PM

Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Wednesday, September 3rd 2003 - 10:08:23 PM

Has he ever said anything about this in interviews, does any one know?
skeptic
NZ - Wednesday, September 3rd 2003 - 07:26:17 PM

p.s. Sonoma--thanks for the verification. Guess I'll just have to RUSH OUT and BUY the dinged-danged thing...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA (Sonoma, do you really have time for this? LOL!) - Wednesday, September 3rd 2003 - 05:17:47 PM

Renie
Wondering if veraciously i.e., explicit to support veracity, is ever used? - Wednesday, September 3rd 2003 - 01:29:23 PM

You wouldn't be the first to suggest AR as a guest on Inside the Actors' Studio. I've been pestering them on them a semi-regular basis. Please do add your voices to the whine.
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO, uSA - Wednesday, September 3rd 2003 - 08:42:57 AM

Sonoma--great find! Does anybody know if the documentary is really on the DVD? I have seen conflicting information on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and in some online chatter, and I am not anxious to buy this DVD unless I know I'll get a good payoff. Not the sort of film I might be expected to add to my collection voluntarily, I'm afraid.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Wednesday, September 3rd 2003 - 07:32:12 AM

Not that I am suggesting for one moment that there is anything romantic about their relationship, but does anyone have any thoughts about why they work together so much?
skeptic
NZ - Tuesday, September 2nd 2003 - 10:07:53 PM

If you have an episode to post on FOF, and you can't get in, please e-mail it to me, and I'll post it for you.
Claudia , <claudia@paradise.net.nzfoo>
- Tuesday, September 2nd 2003 - 01:49:09 PM

(Magda in Canada posted that interview for us, back on Feb 26, 2000. )
Renie
Still blocked from FOF *sigh* so archives really help! , - Tuesday, September 2nd 2003 - 11:36:39 AM

Claire
- Tuesday, September 2nd 2003 - 08:35:23 AM

A truly great film.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Monday, September 1st 2003 - 08:24:41 PM

Mundi, thank you for the large photos I really appreciate them because they are so much easier to see.
Joan Pa USA
- Monday, September 1st 2003 - 07:31:09 PM

I have been on two servers for most of the last umpteen years while here at the GB, and dropped to AOL only in the last year or so. And alas, as an AOL user, am not able to access FOF as well. (However my access will no longer be dial-up very shortly. I also did some Love Actually caps, but won't put them up unless I don't see them in the snaps already kindly provided!
Renie
- Monday, September 1st 2003 - 04:55:44 PM

Thanks, Claudia, that's very kind of you. I will give it a while longer to see if things get sorted out on their own. In the meantime will be researching other ISPs. I guess change can be a good thing, sometimes.
Christine
USA - Monday, September 1st 2003 - 03:33:32 PM

Alternately, I can put it on my Paradise webspace, which has no popup ads, but I won't be able to do that for a day or so.
Claudia , <claudia@paradise.net.nzfoo>
- Monday, September 1st 2003 - 03:04:15 PM

Thanks for the further info Hiromi, and to everyone for all the great photos! Oh, and loesje, I'm from the US, but have had a great interest in the Netherlands for many years.
sonoma
usa - Monday, September 1st 2003 - 11:35:11 AM

MA
USA - Monday, September 1st 2003 - 09:49:50 AM

Mary Anne
USA - Monday, September 1st 2003 - 06:24:54 AM

For everyone who is celebrating a holiday today, have a good one, rain or shine.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH, USA - Monday, September 1st 2003 - 03:49:37 AM

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