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| Keneta |
Posted - October 12 2002 : 08:28:13 AM
I was wondering:
1) How many actor/actresses/stunt people were hired for LOTM?
2) Which actor/actress was easiest to work with?
3) Which actor/actress was hardest to work with?
4) Were many stunt people injured?
5) After the film was shot, how long did it take to get ready for release?
6) How much money did the film gross at the theaters?
7) Does anyone know anything about the opening (audience reaction, etc., were any of the actors/actresses at the opening).
8) How muh money did it cost to make the film?
Keneta
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Never turn your back.
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| kurtbg |
Posted - October 23 2002 : 1:19:41 PM
Entering the fort was the only scene I was closest
to jodhi may. Scenes I can remember being in:
British:
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- military filmed on biltmore estate
(Wasn't used in the initial release)
- military marching in british HQ
- grendier escorting lieutenant at
the cameron's cabin scene
- military marching out of trench and firing
(this was practiced many times)
- Military on fort walls when fort being bombarded with mortar
- stretcher-bearer during first shot of trenches. Actually
carried alive person in a pretty rickety stretcher. scene
in movie starts after I pass in front of camera.
- in fort near DDL for his "impossible shot" protecting courier
French
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- Cannon detail (groups of military extras were trained for this)
Highlander
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- torchbearer Accompanying principals into fort sally port
(I come into the shot and move to the right).
- in column during massacre after surrender of fort
- In colum for fort surrender (in shot for munroe soliliquy).
- in fort for hawkeye's search for Cora precluding love scene
Probably a few others I can't recall at the moment.
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| Ongewasgone |
Posted - October 19 2002 : 09:33:24 AM
Hey Kurt, was the fort entrance the only scene you filmed with Jodhi May?
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| kurtbg |
Posted - October 18 2002 : 4:41:06 PM
1) # of stunt people and speaking/titled roles can be
gleaned from the credits.
If I remember correctly there were about 300 indian
and military extras. Both received stunt pay if they
were involved in a scene with potential danger. I think
It was an extra $75 ot $125 depending on the danger
level. I received it a few times, which was nice.
I also was slated as a stand in for the cameron scene
and never was called. This probably happend to others.
2) I was in only in a few scenes with the principals.
DDL was quiet, ingratiating, and friendly. He interacted
with children on the set and for the cameron's cabin scene
went down the hill it was in the truck used to transport
extras. Eric Schweig was laid back. Madeline Stowe was
very good handling the comments that come out of the military
ranks... as one would expect from a military let alone
re-enactors. maurice roeves stands out too.
There was a lot of camaraderie on the set between extras
and crew. We were all there for a month and a half and
it was a great experience.
3) For some reason I remember during the sally port entrance
scene I was with the principals and jodhi may was going
on about something (not film related). I could be
misremembering. I never heard or saw of any problems caused
by the principals. Russell means would hang out at magnolias
sometimes.
4)I don't remember any stuntmen getting injured. They did
however spend a lot of time "deactivating" the snake population
in the fort and surrounding grounds. Ironically the only person
to be bitten by a snake was... a set nurse.
One extra did get hurt during a fort scene. Mann and asst.
directors were there to help the guy immediately.
8) I can't remember if the number I heard was $100,000 a day
or $300,000 a day. I think it was the latter.
300 extras x $75 = 22,500
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| richfed |
Posted - October 17 2002 : 10:04:47 AM
I concur!
I never did see the great need to go back and put that little bit in ... then they went ahead and cut it out of the DVD version anyway!!! Go figure.
I guess, in the end, Michael Mann saw it that way, too.
PS - On our "On Location At Chimney Rock Park" page, the cast pics of DDL & Madeleine Stowe are from that shoot, so, I suppose there are redeeming factors to shooting that scene! |
| Ongewasgone |
Posted - October 17 2002 : 08:37:13 AM
Hey Rich, that fact about the scene filmed in 1992 is very strange, don't you think so guys? I mean, it isn't exactly what we can call "an important scene in the movie" it's just something more that we can see after the end of the fight.
I do not think that that reshoot was so important.
What's your opinion about?
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| Edmund McKinnon |
Posted - October 15 2002 : 12:59:23 AM
Has Msr.Mann thought about a sequel?Not just about James Fenmore Cooper's the "LeatherStocking Tales."There is also Neil Swanson's "The UnConquered" and "Judas Tree."These go into Pontiac's Uprising.BTW if Pontiac would have won,do you think thatthe cars which bear his name would be made any better? Just a thought.EM
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| mohicanwarrior |
Posted - October 13 2002 : 3:02:04 PM
WOW 11 years ago. Seems like yesterday.
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| richfed |
Posted - October 13 2002 : 07:06:26 AM
There was a time that I probably could have answered most, if not all, of these questions. Now, alas, all the facts & fiqures are a jumble in my mind. 
One, though, I can still answer:
quote:
5) After the film was shot, how long did it take to get ready for release?
The shooting ended 11 years ago, right about ... NOW! It wasn't until one year later, right about ... NOW, that the film was actually widely released. Editing took a long time on this one [though nothing, I guess, compared to Gangs of New York. - What is it with DDL?] One reason for that was the reshoot of a small scene back at Chimney Rock Park in August of '92. That was the Cora/Hawkeye embrace immediately after Magua is killed [cut from the DVD!]
Your questions about the actors/actresses can best be answered by those who were there. Careful, though, very subjective. I have often likened the compilation of this web site to an author/historian's work in writing of an historical event. One participant sees what they see; interprets in their own unique way. Gathering ALL those unique points of view and getting a concensus as to what really happened [or, in this case, who was really nice] is the job of the author/historian.
That said, your best bets to getting some answers might be here: The Eyes of Soldier #1 and here: The World of Soldier #2 Maybe here, too: On the Trail With ... Mark A. Baker Lots of interviews and little snippets in the Musings section as well.
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