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 Twenty Years Ago, August, 1991 - "Massacre Valley"
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James N.
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Posted - August 18 2011 :  12:10:11 PM  Show Profile  Send James N. a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
My Datebook for the middle of August, 1991, is full of interesting annotations: Aug. 12: "RAINED OUT FILMING!; Dale Dye gone!"; 13: "OFF - Due to weather; visit the gang in Swannanoa"; 14: "Shoot in fort again - RAINY & COOL"; 17 - 20: "Filming in 'Massacre Valley'; very sunny & hot; long days - 5-6AM to 7-8PM, but cooler". Add in my "side trips" on mountain roads to East Tennessee, Old Salem, N. C., and once again to Cowpens, S. C., and you can see I was very "busy" at this time!

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The first day filming in "Massacre Valley".

As I've said before, Michael Mann intended to shoot a full week at a time, then take "regular" two-day weekends off, but unfortunately for his plan the weather didn't always cooperate. Even though we'd already had our "weekend" off, the rain dictated another two or three more days "off" as well. The final week of filming for the Military Core was therefore Sat. Aug. 17, through Wed. Aug. 21, all of it spent in the "Massacre Valley" set. With our part drawing to an end and with the long-anticipated absence of CAPTAIN Dale Dye, I finally relaxed and enjoyed myself! At the end of that last five-day period, our filming was finished though the rest of the shooting would drag on well into the fall. Here is a sequence of photos alluded to in my longer account showing DD-L, Eric, and Russel at the beginning of several "takes" rushing to save Cora and Alice:

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Everyone standing around waiting.

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A bit more tension as they prepare for "Action!"

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Here they go again!

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This is as close as I could get!

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Last of the Mohicans as I like to remember it - on set surrounded by friends, cast, and crewmembers.



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IWLFNDU
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Posted - August 18 2011 :  5:13:59 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Fantastic pics, James! Really enjoyed these. You can feel the tension as they ready for the rescue!

I would imagine that it got rather warm wearing that costume in NC in August!





''Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money.''

~ Cree Proverb
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Posted - August 21 2011 :  12:19:01 PM  Show Profile  Send James N. a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
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Originally posted by IWLFNDU

Fantastic pics, James! Really enjoyed these. You can feel the tension as they ready for the rescue!

I would imagine that it got rather warm wearing that costume in NC in August!


Thanks, IWLFNDU! Of course it's a cliche reenactors hear all the time: "Ain't you hot in them clothes?" But here it was true! At the Fort William Henry set, the humidity was such that they felt like a damp, smothering weight much of the time. Here, the sun FINALLY came out and stayed, but the steam from the ground and woods was suffocating in a different way. THIS is how we spent most of our time between "takes":

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Of course it's a cliche reenactors hear all the time: "Ain't you hot in them clothes?"

My favorite reply to that question is, "Yes, I am. Now if I could just find an available man who thinks so, too, I would be all set!"

Love the pics, James!

"It is more deeply stirring to my blood than any imaginings could possibly have been."
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Posted - August 21 2011 :  3:13:56 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
For the original battle at the original Fort William Henry, it was hot, too. Montcalm had the soldiers leave behind their waistcoats, or more properly their vestes. They wore only their justaucorps. Why, you might wonder (or maybe not), instead of the other way around? The justaucorps were unique to the unit in which the soldiers served, so they wore them as a badge of identification. In the movie, of course, it is the other way around. And all the French are dressed the same even though they represented different regiments, some of which would have been dressed in red.


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Posted - August 21 2011 :  4:22:58 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Aint it cool news does a 'behind the scenes pic of the day' feature.. you should send some to them and see if they'll use them. That goes for any of you that have pics.

Here's but one example of one of their pics. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50898 There should be an email for you to submit to on that page.
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Posted - August 21 2011 :  4:28:54 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Now THAT is a great answer Joyce, ... ;)

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Posted - August 26 2011 :  5:45:02 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Lol...I like that one, too, WW.

Although long sleeves and pants can be a cooler option, with the jacket and the gear and the dark colors--and knowing the South in the summertime--I'm surprised folks looked as good as they did in the in-between-takes shot, especially when considering all of the action sequences in that scene. I would expect to see more people pancaked out like the few there in the pic.





''Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money.''

~ Cree Proverb
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Posted - October 17 2011 :  5:42:10 PM  Show Profile  Send Gadget Girl an AOL message  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Awesome pics, James! Thanks again for sharing them!!!
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