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Nineteen Years Ago - The Finished Product!

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James N.
Colonial Militia

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Posted - September 18 2011 : 10:42:02 AM

After "wrapping" Last of the Mohicans in the fall of 1991, we had to wait a YEAR to see the "finished product"; following months of retakes and post-production work it was FINALLY released in November, 1992. I recently discovered a program within my computer that allows me to share the very few of my onscreen appearances, taken from the Enhanced Widescreen - Director's Expanded Edition. I've taken the liberty of "assisting" you in finding me; you can also see what I meant about "disappearing" from all but widescreen versions:

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My dinner with Montcalm, Levis, and an unvited "guest"!

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Munro leads the garrison out of Ft. William Henry as Montcalm and his Honor Guard salute at left.

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Marching to Massacre; I'm bringing up the rear at the head of my small company, which has been cut out of the frame. I recognize this as me because though there were a number of British officers, I was the only one wearing my sash over-the-shoulder and the adjutant's aguilette.

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While copying the other three which I thought were the only scenes I actually show up in, I happened to find this very short sequence during the march; only by advancing frame-by-frame was I able to "capture" this admittedly poor image. It's possible there are others that are as obscure as this - maybe some day I'll find them.

I hope you have enjoyed my self-indulgent reminiscences of the past few months!

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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - September 19 2011 : 7:26:24 PM

Some great pictures James, - hard to believe it was really nineteen years ago.

you can keep "The Change"

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James N.
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Posted - September 19 2011 : 8:19:05 PM

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Originally posted by Monadnock Guide

Some great pictures James, - hard to believe it was really nineteen years ago.

Thanks MG; it's sort of sad now to think this is all I have to show for three months' work and aggrivation - at least I lead in "bragging rights" though!

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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - September 20 2011 : 08:00:43 AM

You were there, and you did it. That's all that matters.

"Les deux pieds contre la muraille et la tete sous le robinet"

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IWLFNDU
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Posted - September 20 2011 : 9:53:00 PM

I completely agree, Fitz.

James, you had the experience of being on the set and in the movie, The Last of the Mohicans! That is something very, very special and not to mention completely awesome!!!

Pictures are nice (especially for those of us who are living vicariously through you and your pictures), but the experience and the memories are really what matters. Don't discount your stories and commentary. That adds so much to these pictures! It's been quite enjoyable. Thank you!

''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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Flammable
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Posted - September 22 2011 : 6:24:34 PM

Hi James.

Thank you for your posts. Do not hesitate to post more if you want to share even a small new detail etc. from the filming :)

Ive been meaning to ask you for some time if you might remember this happening while filming:
Many long nights were spent filming the siege scenes. Due to the expansive area involved, loudspeakers were installed around the battlefield and fort so directions could be easily given to the hundreds of cast and crew. One night after many long hours, Mann was heard to shout over the speakers, "What's that orange light? Turn out that orange light!" After a pause another voice (an A.D.?) came over the speakers stating, "That's the SUN, Michael." Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/trivia?tr=tr0712455

If I remember correctly you were there at the scene while the crew filmed the cannon battle?

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James N.
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Posted - September 23 2011 : 09:48:25 AM

Thanks everyone, for your kind comments; as I write this, I'm perched on a stool checking E-mail in a resort on the shores of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Fitz, you would LOVE it - yesterday we took a ferry across the passage known as Porte des Morts ( "Death's door" ) that gives Door County its name. ( This separates Green Bay from Lake Michigan and was explored in the 1670's by Marquette and Joliet. ) I'll give you a "report" on pertainant areas and features and post pictures when I return from vacation!

Flammable, I have read that story here on the forum but can't vouch for it; by that time of morning I would've been so disgusted and "out of it" the only words from Mann I would've paid any attention to would be "That's a wrap for today!" I probably "witnessed" all sorts of things I either failed to make note of at the time or have subsequently forgotten!

As "artillery coordinater", offical or not, I certainly was in all the scenes involving the guns, with the notable exception of, as I have related before, the firing of the French mortars - Dye obviously wanted THAT entirely for himself for some reason, no doubt to impress somebody or avoid being "called out" on his ignorance of some technical detail. On one of the first nights filming at the fort, all or virtually all of us were French manning the extensive siege lines. There were two batteries or sections of guns, an upper on a sort of terrace; and a lower, further downslope. ( In reality, at Lake George, N.Y., this area is FLAT. ) I "commanded" the upper one ( farthest away from camera, as usual! ), while Dye's "pet" Tony Gerard was at the lower. This coninued a night or two; later of course, all of us were British, manning the guns inside the fort!

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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - September 23 2011 : 12:00:42 PM