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RedFraggle
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 Posted - May 22 2007 : 5:33:21 PM
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Okay. We all know Daniel Day-Lewis is a pretty famous guy. Madeline Stowe has been in quite a few movies too. But I'm wondering, what about the other cast members of LOTM, the ones who don't typically star in blockbusters or very widely known films? You know: Jodhi May, Maurice Roeves, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Steven Waddington, etc. Seen any good movies starring any of them lately? 
I know I could find the complete filmographies of the LOTM cast with just a few clicks on IMDB, but I'm looking for some summer movie recommendations from my fellow Mohicanlanders. What movies with the "other" cast members have you guys seen and either loved or hated ? 
Since I asked the question, I'll start.
I recently saw On a Clear Day, a movie about a 50-something shipbuilder who gets laid off from his job, finds his career prospects grim and his family fragmented, and decides to improve his life by attempting a nearly impossible goal: swimming the English Channel. It was a pretty good movie, I thought. It's a "feel good," family-type film.
Peter Mullan plays the main character (and looks better in a swimsuit than most men half his age, I'd venture to say), and Brenda Blethyn is his wife in the movie. Also appearing are LOTR cutie pie Billy Boyd and our favorite weak and wilting Munro sister, Jodhi May. The erstwhile Alice plays the main character's daughter-in-law. I barely recognized her when she first popped up in the movie because I'd never seen her in anything other than LOTM, and had to adjust to seeing her with dark hair and without 18th-century garb.
So that's my recommendation. Anybody else? 
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Obediah
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Posted - May 23 2007 : 10:32:11 AM
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| Within the last few months we've watched all three of the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee movies on DVD. Wes Studi plays Joe Leaphorn and Adam Beach plays Jim Chee. Tony Hillerman's novels weren't too badly Hollywoodized. If you like Hillerman's stories, you really need to see the movies. |
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Light of the Moon
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Posted - May 24 2007 : 09:38:42 AM
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Originally posted by Obediah
Within the last few months we've watched all three of the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee movies on DVD. Wes Studi plays Joe Leaphorn and Adam Beach plays Jim Chee. Tony Hillerman's novels weren't too badly Hollywoodized. If you like Hillerman's stories, you really need to see the movies.
 Really?!
Now I have to see it!
BTW if there is any movie with Eric in it Irish will know of it.
She recently sent me a b-day present of Stolen Women Captured Hearts (Thanks, Irish!). Micheal Grayeyes and Eric were both in it.
I don't recall Eric having any lines but I did get to see his sweet face!
I liked it but it did have a "romance novel" feel to it. But that's okay. Anything Eric, Micheal, Adam, or any NA man for that much does it for me!
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Obediah
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 Posted - May 24 2007 : 1:35:36 PM
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I believe the 3 Tony Hillerman movies were originally on PBS. I rented them through our local library...50 cents per rental ain't too bad.
BTW, I finally found their names:
Skinwalkers (2002)
Coyote Waits (2003)
A Thief of Time (2004)
And...if you haven't read Tony Hillerman's novels, you should. There are approx. 17 of them right now, with at least one more in the works. If at all possible, try to read them in chronological order. |
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Irishgirl
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Posted - May 24 2007 : 9:22:21 PM
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Originally posted by Light of the Moon
BTW if there is any movie with Eric in it Irish will know of it.
She recently sent me a b-day present of Stolen Women Captured Hearts (Thanks, Irish!). Micheal Grayeyes and Eric were both in it.
I don't recall Eric having any lines but I did get to see his sweet face!
What were you drinking girl when you watched it Eric is not in that movie but good ole' WIHH Rodney A Grant
Yes I have seen quite a few of Eric's movies and the sweetest, shyest, most adorable character he ever played was Pike Dexter in "Big Eden". That was a sweet movie. |
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richfed
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Posted - May 26 2007 : 07:38:48 AM
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I have really enjoyed:
Gangs of New York, My Left Foot, and In the Name of the Father - DDL
We Were Soldiers, Stake Out - Madeleine
Broken Chain - Schweig/Studi
Geronimo and, believe it or not, Mystery Men - Wes Studi - Oh, and Dances With Wolves & Heat [directed by Michael Mann!]
1492 - Steven Waddington
Son of the Morning Star - Ed Blatchford [Captain Jack]
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RedFraggle
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Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:03:14 AM
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Hmmm. . . I didn't know good ol' Capn. Jack had been in any other movies. That's interesting.
I've got Mystery Men on my Netflix queue, and I've been debating whether or not to add 1492. I've heard a lot of mixed things about it: it seems people either love it or think it's super boring. Maybe I'll add it too and annoy my hubby with yet another movie starring someone from LOTM. 
I just watched watched Edward II yesterday, which was recommended to me by a friend who really likes arthouse type films. It stars Steven Waddington in the title role and is based on a Christopher Marlowe play about Edward and his lover Gaveston. I actually kind of enjoyed it. The acting was good, but there were some strange bits to it.
Don't watch the movie, for instance, if you're looking for a period flick; the dialogue is Marlowe's English but the costumes are modern. Edward wears tuxedos and tennis shorts in one part, while his queen wears a different runway model sort of outfit in every scene. Set decoration is sparse, with usually only one piece of furniture in each scene. These things I was OK with, but I was a little confused by a couple of random musical scenes--one in which Edward and Gaveston dance to Annie Lennox's singing "Ev'ry Time We Say Good-bye," and another where they break out into dance upon Gaveston's arrival. Odd.
I was also surprised by how tame the movie was. I read one review (after adding the movie to my queue, mind you) that described the movie as full of "brutality" and gratuitous male nudity like a "soft-core gay porn movie." Scratch that. No brutality that I saw and, yes, there are some naked guys but only in the background and only in two scenes. And they're totally random naked guys; Edward and Gaveston are not naked together. Must have been a really sensitive reviewer.
Hmmm. Anyway, interesting adaptation of Edward II. I would recommend it if you like arty movies. I don't typically, but I sort of enjoyed this one. |
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