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  • In 1995, Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (pre-recorded) in the show Black Fox: Good Men and Bad.
  • Orson Welles is cast in the role of Himself in the 1908 movie Charlotte Corday.
  • For the 1991 video The Determinator, Orson Welles is cast in the role of Himself.
  • Orson Welles stars as Narrator in the 2006 feature Care Home.
  • Orson Welles is cast in the role of Robert Fulton in the 2000 movie Boys Life 3.
  • In 1995, he plays the part of Narrator in the tv series Gore Vidal.
  • He stars as Himself in the 1955 tv series Blaue Heinrich, Der.
  • Orson Welles plays Chetnik senator in the 1978 show Anthony Punnyavaalan.
  • In 1986, he takes the role of Charlatan Cagliostro in the video Aerobics Girls Club.
  • In 1968, Orson Welles stars as Bayan in the show Amor perdoname.
  • In 2003, he plays the part of Judge Rauch in the show 200 American.
  • For the 1980 movie A fuego lento, Orson Welles plays the part of Falstaff.
  • He takes the role of Le Chiffre in the 1968 release of Adyshakti Mahamaya.
  • In 1964, Orson Welles plays the part of Brigadier General Dreedle in the movie Argolis.
  • For the 1982 movie Across the Border, Orson Welles plays Charles Foster Kane.
  • In 1992, Orson Welles plays the part of Jonathan Wilk in the production of Alyas Boy Kano.
  • For the 2004 movie Buceo, he plays Hagolin/Lamerciere.
  • He is cast in the role of King Saul in the 1995 video Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Beach Party at Walt Disney World.
  • In 1936, Orson Welles plays Russ Brewer in the feature Captain January.
  • In 1985, he takes the role of Akerman, Marco's Tutor in the movie 24 Hours to Midnight.
  • For the 1946 release of Chiruca, Orson Welles's character is Captain Hart.
  • He is cast in the role of Host in the 2007 video Goregoyles 2.
  • Orson Welles's character is Himself in the 2002 video release of 18 and Nasty 30.
  • In 2004, he plays the part of Host/narrator in the video release of Finger Licking Good.
  • Orson Welles plays Mr. Delasandro in the 2003 release Ball Gagged and Barefoot.
  • Orson Welles plays the part of Narrator in the 2005 movie The Beauty Project.
  • In 1996, he takes the role of Death in the movie Dedo en la llaga, El.
  • In 2003, he plays Narrator in the video GoreGoyles: First Cut.
  • For the 2006 video release of Carolina Cheerleaders Exposed!, he is cast in the role of Himself.
  • Sheriff Paisley in the 1935 movie Abertura da Assembleia Nacional, A.
  • Orson Welles plays Leschenhaut in the 1969 show Aci yalan.
  • He plays Jonathan Lute in the 1908 movie Amerikaminnen.
  • For the 1992 show Cry in the Night, A, Orson Welles stars as Mr. Charles Clay.
  • In 1961, he plays Himself in the movie Attenzione: guerra!.
  • He takes the role of Himself in the 2003 video Crack Attack.
  • In 1938, he plays the part of Henry F. Potter in the movie Bara en trumpetare.
  • Orson Welles's character is Edward Rochester in the 1998 show B gai waak.
  • Orson Welles is cast in the role of Himself in the 1998 show Alternative Therapy.
  • For the 2005 movie Bangmunja, Orson Welles is cast in the role of Colonel Haki, Head of Turkish Secret Police.
  • In 1959, he is cast in the role of Emperor Justinian in the movie Anak ng bulkan.
  • For the 1997 movie Anak ng bulkan, he plays Justinian.
  • He is cast in the role of Lear in the 1993 video Amazing Penetrations.
  • In 1993, he takes the role of Narrator in the feature De eso no se habla.
  • He takes the role of Bresnavitch, Head of Soviet Politburo/Grodin's Father-in-Law in the 1957 feature Beogradski sajam.
  • In 2003, Orson Welles's character is Benjamin Franklin in the production Child Stars: Then and Now.
  • For the 1927 feature All for a Bride, he plays Michael O'Hara.
  • He plays Narrator in the 1913 movie The Fake Soldiers.
  • He stars as Will Varner in the 2004 production of Alzados del suelo.
  • For the 2004 show 2004 NFL Opening Kickoff, Orson Welles plays Macbeth.
  • In 2004, Orson Welles plays the part of Himself in the movie Autograph.
  • For the 1927 movie Along Came Fido, Orson Welles plays Host.
  • Orson Welles plays Cassavius in the 1990 show Columbo: Columbo Cries Wolf.
  • In 1939, Orson Welles stars as Cardinal Wolsey in the release of Alarm auf Station III.
  • In 1912, he stars as Sheridan Whiteside in the movie American Tourists Abroad.
  • He takes the role of Presenter/Narrator in the 2004 show 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust 2004.
  • Orson Welles stars as Shylock in the 2001 The Best of Banned and Death Faces.
  • For the 1999 feature Amerikanos, Orson Welles plays Father Mapple.
  • For the 2007 release Fresh Outta High School 6, Orson Welles plays the part of An Actor Manager/Father Mapple/Ahab.
  • For the 2000 movie Apostles of Civilised Vice, Orson Welles plays Gregory Arkadin.
  • In 1987, he takes the role of Lew Lord in the movie Blue Heart.
  • He stars as Narrator in the 1999 video The Gores of Massachusetts.
  • Orson Welles's character is Himself/Narrator in the 1996 show 30 mei 1969: Gritu di un pueblo.
  • For the 1997 release of Devil Disguised, A, Orson Welles is cast in the role of Narrator.
  • He plays Mr. Cato in the 2004 show Ecos y la niebla, Los.
  • In 1907, Orson Welles's character is Himself in the feature Adultero suo malgrado.
  • In 1997, Orson Welles plays the part of Tiresias in the movie Arasiyal.
  • For the 1997 video Gorex: The Zombi Horror Picture Show, Orson Welles's character is Narrator.
  • Orson Welles plays Host in the 2002 video Gorge.
  • In 1995, Orson Welles plays Himself in the Gorgeous.
  • He plays Cesare Borgia in the 2005 production Big Sugar.
  • In 1998, he takes the role of Himself in the show Dead People's Bums.
  • For the 1980 production of The Attic, Orson Welles plays the part of The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta").
  • For the 1998 show 20 Dates, he stars as Cy Sedgewick.
  • Orson Welles stars as Magician in the 1947 show Dildaar.
  • He plays the part of Louis de Mozambique in the 1963 production of B'Yerushalaim.
  • In 1997, he plays Himself in the production of Alliance for Better Campaigns.
  • For the 2000 release Best of Excuse Me... 2, he plays Danny's Friend.
  • He plays Plankett in the 1931 show Ameya tanuki.
  • Orson Welles stars as Narrator in the 2006 video Gorgeous Chloroformed Women!.
  • Orson Welles stars as Dr. Charles Rankin/Franz Kindler in the 1964 show The Alberts' Channel Too.
  • J.P. Morgan in the 1997 video release of The Count of Monte Cristo.
  • Burundai in the 1974 release of Dnevna svetlina.
  • In 1960, Orson Welles is cast in the role of Harry Lime in the show BUtterfield 8.
  • For the 2004 production of American Standard, he is cast in the role of Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment).
  • In 1987, he takes the role of John Andrew MacDonald/Erik Kessler in the feature Busog at ang tatlong ilog, Ang.
  • In 1981, he plays the part of Keystone Kop in the feature Azotea, La.
  • Orson Welles plays the part of Capt. Hank Quinlan in the 1992 production of Chavez Ravine.
  • In 1972, he is cast in the role of Othello in the production of Cantinflas hace turismo.
  • In 2000, Orson Welles plays Long John Silver in the tv series 'The Simpsons': America's First Family.
  • He stars as Sigsbee Manderson in the 1994 production of Call Esther All.
  • For the 1980 production of Chambal Ki Kasam, he takes the role of Sanin Cejador y Mengues.
  • For the 2003 video Gorgeous Tails, he stars as Host.
  • Orson Welles plays the part of Markan in the 1974 show Bacharach 74.
  • For the 2001 production Carmen: A Hip Hopera, he plays Michelangelo.
  • For the 1931 movie Cautivadora, La, Max Buda.
  • Estedes in the 2001 release American War Eagles: Wings of Destruction.
  • For the 1915 release of Busybody's Busy Day, A, he plays Himself.
  • For the 2000 Gorgo: Behind the Scenes, he stars as Host.
  • He plays the part of Host in the 1989 video Gorgon Video Magazine, Vol. 1.
  • He plays Host in the 1980 movie Chichi yo haha yo!.
  • Orson Welles stars as Host in the 1983 show Gori, gori yasno.
  • Orson Welles plays Narrator in the 2005 release of Chrysalis.
  • In 1927, he plays Himself in the release of Batter Up.
  • He is cast in the role of Narrator in the 2003 production Jingle Ball.
  • In 1949, Orson Welles plays Various Characters in the release of Cielo sulla palude.
  • He plays Himself in the 2004 production Jingle Ball.
  • For the 1996 video release of Jingle Balls, Orson Welles is cast in the role of Himself.
  • For the 1955 show Gueule d'ange, Orson Welles's character is Colonel Cascorro.
  • For the 2004 video Cock Attack, he takes the role of Himself.
  • In 1980, he is cast in the role of Himself in the movie Dnevnik.

  • New on DVD: 'Third Man,' 'Chungking,' 'Burn After Reading'

    
    This week's platinum picks: Orson Welles in comic mystery Third Man, Chungking Express dreaming, and the Coen brothers' Burn ...
    on 2008-12-26 04:48:11

  • New on DVD: 'Third Man,' 'Chungking,' 'Burn After Reading'

    
    This week's platinum picks: Orson Welles in comic mystery Third Man, Chungking Express dreaming, and the Coen brothers' Burn ...
    on 2008-12-26 04:45:56

  • Seventy years ago, 'War' panic erupted

    
    As I mentioned this morning, today marks the 70th anniversary of War of the Worlds. The radio broadcast panicked thousands of listeners and convinced them that aliens were invading America. A 23-year-old Orson Welles wrote, produced and directed the progr
    on 2008-10-31 04:53:28

  • ORSON'S 'EVIL'

    
    On Dec. 5, 1957, filmmaker Orson Welles wrote a desperate and heartfelt 58-page memo to executives at Universal Studios, begging them to make specific changes to his film "Touch of Evil," which had been reshot and re-edited without his participation...
    on 2008-10-05 04:47:39

  • English actor brings Orson Welles to life (Reuters)

    
    Reuters - At the heart of "Me and Orson Welles" is an uncanny impersonation of the young Orson Welles by English actor Christian McKay.
    on 2008-09-11 04:45:35

  • English actor brings Orson Welles to life (Reuters)

    
    Reuters - At the heart of "Me and Orson Welles" is an uncanny impersonation of the young Orson Welles by English actor Christian McKay.
    on 2008-09-11 04:45:18

  • Zac Efron Jets Back For ?High School Musical 3?

    
    Looking worn out from his overseas travels, Zac Efron was spotted making his way through the terminal at JFK airport in New York City on Sunday (April 13). The Disney star is returning back to the States after filming Me and Orson Welles in London and
    on 2008-04-14 00:46:42

  • Claire Danes: Hard at Work on Orson Welles

    
    Millions of girls all over the world would give anything to star opposite “High School Musical” hottie Zac Efron in a major motion picture.  But Claire Danes is actually getting paid to! The “Igby Goes Down” babe was spot
    on 2008-02-28 16:48:31

  • Zac Efron Gets Schooled by Orson Welles (E! Online)

    
    E! Online - You can't stop the beat. Much less can you stop Zac Efron's career.
    on 2008-01-18 20:45:09

  • JOHN FORD AT FOX

    
    Orson Welles once famously said: "I learned filmmaking by studying the Old Masters - and by that I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford." Ford's position as one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers is largely founded on the Westerns he made...
    on 2007-12-02 08:45:45

  • More directors get in front of camera

    
    Award Central: Helmer-turned-actors star in colleagues' films -- Actors often make good directors, as evidenced by Orson Welles and Ron Howard. But directors make fine actors, too. Some star in their own movies, from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to S
    on 2007-11-17 00:46:19

  • Welles' Oscar Up for Grabs

    
    Orson Welles is long gone, but now's your chance to pick up a little something to remember him by--if the price is right. Sotheby's New York has revealed plans to auction off Welles'...
    on 2007-10-16 20:45:11

  • Welles' Oscar Up for Grabs (E! Online)

    
    E! Online - Orson Welles is long gone, but now's your chance to pick up a little something to remember him by?if the price is right.
    on 2007-10-16 20:45:05
  • I like this kind of stuff (and *love* the Oscars), hope it's okay to post here seeing as it's not really gossip. From here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4723752.stm Academy Awards 2006 trivia PICS: Brokeback Mountain leads an open race for the Oscars Dame Judi Dench'>Judi Dench is nominated for Mrs Henderson Presents Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful Oscars producers The Academy Awards will be handed out in Hollywood on 5 March. Now in its 78th year, the ceremony has long fascinated movie fans with its mix of glamour, suspense and surprise. Here are some of snippets of trivia about this year's event: Brokeback Mountain leads the nominations with eight. It is the most open Oscars race since 2000, the last time a film topped the list with eight nominations (American Beauty). The leading films in subsequent years have received between 11-13 nominations each. It is a good year for Oscars newcomers - 14 of the 20 acting nominees have not been nominated before, the highest number for nine years. The remaining six have 13 previous nominations and four awards between them. It is a good year for low-budget films - only one of the best picture nominees had a budget over $15m (£8.6m), according to the Internet Movie Database. Munich is the most expensive, with a reported $75m (£43m) budget. Among the best picture nominees, Crash led the US box office takings at the time of the nominations with $55m (£32m), followed by Brokeback Mountain's $42m (£24m). For the first time in 25 years, all five nominees for best picture have also been nominated for best director - only the fourth time in Oscars history that the shortlists have been the same. At 71, Dame Judi Dench'>Judi Dench is the oldest best actress nominee since 80-year-old Jessica Tandy won for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990. Dame Judi is nominated for her role in Mrs Henderson Presents. Keira Knightley, 20, who is shortlisted for Pride and Prejudice, would be the youngest best actress winner if she won. The current record is held by Marlee Matlin, who won for Children of a Lesser God in 1987, aged 21. If Heath Ledger wins best actor for Brokeback Mountain, the 26-year-old would be the youngest winner of the award. Adrien Brody, who was 29 when he won for The Pianist in 2003, currently holds the record. Ledger's girlfriend Michelle Williams is nominated for best supporting actress. The pair met while filming Brokeback Mountain and had a daughter in October. George Clooney is the first person to be nominated for acting in and directing different films in the same year. He is up for best supporting actor for his role in Syriana, plus best director and best original screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck. Clooney is only the fifth person to be nominated for acting, directing and writing in the same year - following Orson Welles (1942), Woody Allen (1978), Warren Beatty (1979 and 1982) and Roberto Benigni (1999). With Munich, Steven Spielberg has produced a total of five films with best picture nominations - one behind record-holder Stanley Kramer and tied with Francis Ford Coppola. He has also been nominated for best director six times. Woody Allen has received his 21st career nomination for best original screenplay for Match Point. He has received more screenplay nominations than any other writer in Oscars history with 14. He has also been nominated for best director six times and best actor once, winning a total of three times. Composer John Williams has two nominations for best original score for writing music for Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha. It takes his career nominations tally to 40 - one behind best score record-holder Alfred Newman. Williams has won five times. Cheers, TD (aka Rhonda) So keep your auditions for somebody Who hasn't got so much to lose 'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting That I've seen that movie too from Elton John's "I've Seen That Movie Too" for a good time call www.tinyd.net The Original Sesame Street Lyrics and Sounds Archive http://www.tinyd.net/sesame1.html
  • http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/B/Black_Jack/2005/12/13/1350213.html Jack Black'>Jack Black goes ape Funnyman's full-frontal assault on the craft of acting By JIM SLOTEK -- Toronto Sun NEW YORK -- Some actors lean toward the Stanislavsky Method. Others prefer "naturalistic." And Jack Black'>Jack Black? He ponders his mechanics and says "Y'know, I'll never be on that show... what's it called?" For some reason, everybody in the room knows he's talking about Inside The Actors' Studio. "Yeah, that show," says the School Of Rock madman who plays unscrupulous filmmaker Carl Denham in King Kong. "It'd be so embarrassing to talk about my 'process,' 'cause it seems pretty lame. But it works for me. "I just like to stare into space and imagine what it would be like for me to be back in that time. A lot of it for me was just imagining monsters and running away from them or chasing after them. "I really like this one green field over at UCLA where I went to college, between the library and Royce Hall. I'd go and imagine monsters were chasing me, and run around screaming. This was at night when no one's there. Security would come around, but I'd flash the pearly yellows and go 'I'm JB, I went to school here, I'm famous, let me run around. I'm practising for Kong!" Like almost everything that comes out of Jack Black'>Jack Black's mouth, the anecdote increases in volume and drips with ironic overstatement. The possibility always looms that what he's saying is total BS. Add a cheesy moustache -- a holdover from another movie he just finished, Nacho Libre, in which he plays a priest who becomes a Mexican luchador (wrestler) -- and you have a picture of playfully smirking insincerity. "You're getting an exclusive moustache sighting," he says. "It'll be gone tomorrow." This suggests he's a natural for the role of Carl Denham in Peter Jackson's $200-million King Kong. As in the 1933 original, Denham is a Barnum-esque filmmaker willing to bet the store on rumours of a mysterious island that's home to a legendary giant ape named Kong. Black takes him a step farther, however, taking money on false pretenses, practically kidnapping his cast and crew, and setting sail a step ahead of the New York police. The character was originally based on Orson Welles (who "was known for taking money for one movie and spending it on another," says Jackson). Black says he wanted to add a bit of Jackson himself to the character, "but it turned out he's really sweet -- y'know, a guy you really like and trust. And Carl Denham is not looking out for anybody but himself, and won't think twice about killing half his crew to get the shot." Indeed, faced with a murderous giant ape, T-Rexes, raptors, stampeding brontosauruses and every man-eating giant insect the Weta Workshop Ltd. of Lord Of The Rings fame could come up with, there really is no way to get the shot other than to sacrifice a few underlings. "There was talk of a certain movie mogul that we'd reference a lot and say, 'What would so-and-so do?' I don't wanna say his name, but 'what would a certain movie mogul with the initial W do?' Uh, Weinstein? "Yeah, it was Weinstein, but I'm not gonna say which one," he says, referring to the brothers Harvey and Bob who started Miramax Pictures. Despite being responsible for some of Kong's funnier dialogue (Lines like "You can trust me, I'm a movie producer!"), Black says he took the role because it was unlike any other film in his all-comedy resume (including High Fidelity and Orange County). "The movie's a lot different from ones I made in the past. It's a period piece, which I don't usually do, and it's not all about, 'Here comes that crazy Jack Black'>Jack Black gonna do his thing!'" Can Jack Black'>Jack Black the serious actor be far behind?
  • Mark Rathbun de Rothschild wrote: > Fear Factor > I am responding to the foregoing posting, a forgery by criminal Garry Scarff. Deprogrammer (kidnapping and torture to break faith of people) Garry Scarff (49 years old) forges,assaults and stalks intelligent and well natured Barbara Schwarz on behalf of most if not all of the anti-religious extremists. See http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/index.html He attaches his hateful "lie, paste and copy job" also to many postings that have nothing to do with Barbara Schwarz and he is obsessed with spamming Usenet. He also forges and defames a gentleman with name Mark (Marty) Rathbun or de Rothschild. The police department in Portland, OR, has at least four files on Garry Lynn Scarff: 92-95450, 92-81423, 92-41687 and 92-1822. He posts currently with e-mail addresses containing "Wohega", "Mindless" and "GarryS" and Barbara.Schwarz@mad.scientist from California and stole also my Analytical Publication author identity. This guy has no clue what sanity is. Wonder what he gets paid for his lies and assaults. Scarff fits the stalker profile perfectly, and he accuses Barbara Schwarz on what he himself is doing. She is not stalking and defaming anybody but just standing up for her religious belief. Like Nazi psychiatrists Scarff often states that Barbara Schwarz is "a waste of humanity". Wonder if he is an agent for the never dismantled Gehlen Nazi Spy Ring. As dumber people are, as easier they are hired for these kind of dirty jobs. Scarff also published over and over her home address against her wishes on the net. Scarff claims that Barbara Schwarz would live in a world of cartoon characters. I never read anything of her mentioning any cartoon. She is an adult, Scarff is mentally retarded. He claims that she defrauded people by claiming that she is the granddaughter of President Eisenhower. Fact is, she just wrote about her memories and never made any cent with her discovery. The Eisenhower family did not "dismiss her as a nutcase", as Scarff lied. Scarff lied that his father died in Jonestown and he posed as "survivor" and he defrauded thousands of people (and the media) to donate money for their "cause". Scarff did not pay the money back to his victims. Barbara Schwarz stole nobody's identity, but Scarff is doing that constantly. Joblesss bum, Earthlink terrorist, death treat maker and bomb threat maker Garry Lynn Scarff from Hollywood California hates, harasses, stalks and lies about Barbara Schwarz because she does not want him and he never will get a chance with her. LAPD investigates Scarff under case no: 04-4693. He is posting that the investigation against him is dismissed by some kind of Commercial Crime Investigation Unit. Barbara Schwarz swore under oath that he never filed a complaint against Scarff to this unit. It also makes no sense. Scarff is a jobless guy, what has he to do with commerce? Ask him to post the letter of dismissal under that specific case number, which he can't as the case is not dismissed. If the criminal investigation indeed would be dismissed, the LAPD would provide him with a letter of dismissal mentioning that number. If LAPD detective would indeed dismiss that investigation, they should share a prison cell with Scarff. He continues to commit crimes against federal and state laws. They can't let him come away with death threats, forging, impostering and assaulting and maliciously defaming Barbara Schwarz and others in public. He even got his criminal hands on Barb's mail as he operates under her name. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/8e988df87b= c5daef?hl=3Den http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/4d9f4047c9= b386f7?hl=3Den http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/5394f4f594= 56d607?dmode=3Dsource&hl=3Den Call the Salt Lake City jail or the Provo Mental Hospital: Barbara Schwarz never set a foot in them. Scarff is criminally fabricating that. She also never threatened or libeled anybody. If you read libel and thread with her name on it, it will lead you right to Scarff's computer in California. If you ask me, Scarff is beyond his snapping point. One day he will board Greyhound and harm her or kill her. http://www.webelievers.com/26838-Open-Letter-to-Episcopal-Church-Rev-Frank-= Griswold-and-other-executives.html Phoenix New Times 1995-11-30 Attorney Kendrick Moxon says, "Garry Scarff is a liar." He says Scarff was a deprogrammer who became disenchanted with Cult Awareness Network and came to Scientology begging to be used against his former allies. Moxon disagrees. "Scarff's own father says he's a scumbag." In this article is also mentioned that Scarff made death threats. He has not changed a bit. Scarff constantly posts a link to the controversial David Touretzky's website to get back at Barbara. About Dave Touretzky: www.geocities.com/psatouretzky http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/extremists/touretzky00.html Touretzky webbed a nasty and wrongful article about Barbara Schwarz. Here some links as to how "credible" the paper is: http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2003/feat_2003-05-08.cfm http://www.slweekly.com//editorial/2004/city_2_2004-10-28.cfm http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=3D5&sid=3D38041 http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3D3077 http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3D3036 Scarff refers to the Holy Smoke website for defamatory information about Barb Schwarz. That site is operated by David Rice and Frederic Rice. Both are pro deprogramming with sexual abuse. Frederic threatened officials in postings and David suggested to kill members of the FBI. see: www.religiousfreedomwatch.org > Returning to his roots, Steven Spielberg'>Steven Spielberg is poised to release 'War of > the Worlds,' a blockbuster so massive that it could make more noise > than Tom Cruise in love. > about aliens invading Earth, it's good to have some rules. So in 2003, > while Steven Spielberg'>Steven Spielberg was shooting "The Terminal" in Montreal, > screenwriter David Koepp flew north with a list of cliches that he > believed "War of the Worlds" had to avoid. "Here are the things we > could not have in this movie," Koepp says. "One: no destruction of > famous landmarks. Two: no unnecessary beating up of New York City. > Three: no politicians or scientists or generals as main characters. > Four: no shots of military leaders pushing ships around on a big map > with sticks. And five: no shots of world capitals." If they'd been able > to peek into the future, they might have added six: no star who's going > to have a Howard Dean moment on "Oprah," and turn prerelease publicity > into a referendum on his love life. > proposed to Katie Holmes atop the Eiffel Tower-will seem far less > pressing once audiences get a look at the massive, terrifying spectacle > that Spielberg has created in "War of the Worlds." > says producer Kathleen Kennedy. "He never wants to be derivative." She > laughs. "If he ever gets derivative, he's only derivative of himself." > "War of the Worlds" marks a return to the crowd-pleasing fare that made > Spielberg the most successful director in history: think "Close > Encounters of the Third Kind" with a far more sinister edge. > rising to full height behind a ferryboat, a river of corpses, the > clothes of the dead floating down through trees like snow-that are > just breathtaking. And, OK, Cruise is pretty great. > alien-invasion story ever written-"War of the Worlds" isn't really a > battle between planets. It's more like the annihilation of ours. > in fast cars than in his young daughter (Dakota Fanning) and teenage > son (Justin Chatwin). But then huge alien tripods begin destroying > everything in their path, and Ray finds himself on the run with his > kids. "Tom's played so many characters that are capable and cocky, and > I thought it would be fun to write against that," says Koepp. "Ray is > someone whose life didn't pan out the way he thought it would, and who > became kind of a jerk as a result." (Cruise himself declined to be > interviewed for this story.) > core of it remains intact. In 1938, Orson Welles's radio adaptation > seemed so real that people famously wept in terror and fled their > homes. Even the now campy 1953 movie, produced by George Pal, > frightened audiences at the time. "There's always been something in the > air before this title has reared its ugly head," Spielberg says. "They > were all times when the world was heading to an uncertain future. > colonialism. Orson Welles did his radio show several years before > America was drawn into World War II. The Pal movie came out during the > cold war, when we were afraid of being annihilated by nuclear weapons. > And this movie, my version, comes out in the shadow of 9/11." As the > aliens launch the first wave of destruction, Fanning, 11, screams, "Is > it the terrorists?" > movie never explains why the aliens feel the need to incinerate > man-kind, the director says it's all about amping up the tension. > "Having no idea why they're killing hundreds of thousands of people is > scarier than having them arrive, make an announcement and then go to > work," he says. Koepp, in any case, has a private theory. "I think the > whole war is about water," he says. "I figure their planet ran out. > Wars tend to be fought over very elemental things: water, land, oil." > heroics, and play a man just barely holding it together. In one scene, > Ray and his daughter hide in a basement that belongs to a crazed > survivalist (Tim Robbins). Terrified, the girl asks her dad to sing her > a lullaby, and he realizes that he doesn't know any. Cruise looks > heartbroken. "Every director's dream is when an actor stops thinking > and starts living," Spielberg says. "Tom did that in one take. > Something very real happened in that moment. He sort of gave it up, and > probably didn't even know what he was giving up until it was too late > and I said, 'Cut'." > When NEWSWEEK visited the set in February, a shirtless Cruise was > strapped into a stunt harness for the film's climax. The harness > suspended him, face down, high above the concrete floor. > cigar. "I did five takes with the stuntman, but then Tom came in and > saw that I was shooting a scene without him and immediately put on the > harness." He shrugs. "If the stuntman deems it safe, I'm OK with it. I > have a real tough time stopping Tom Cruise." It's amazing that anyone, > from any planet, still tries. >=20 > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8271974/site/newsweek/
  • Fear Factor Returning to his roots, Steven Spielberg'>Steven Spielberg is poised to release 'War of the Worlds,' a blockbuster so massive that it could make more noise than Tom Cruise in love. By Sean Smith Newsweek's June 27 issue - When you're making a $135 million movie about aliens invading Earth, it's good to have some rules. So in 2003, while Steven Spielberg'>Steven Spielberg was shooting "The Terminal" in Montreal, screenwriter David Koepp flew north with a list of cliches that he believed "War of the Worlds" had to avoid. "Here are the things we could not have in this movie," Koepp says. "One: no destruction of famous landmarks. Two: no unnecessary beating up of New York City. Three: no politicians or scientists or generals as main characters. Four: no shots of military leaders pushing ships around on a big map with sticks. And five: no shots of world capitals." If they'd been able to peek into the future, they might have added six: no star who's going to have a Howard Dean moment on "Oprah," and turn prerelease publicity into a referendum on his love life. The good news is that the debate over Tom Cruise-who last week proposed to Katie Holmes atop the Eiffel Tower-will seem far less pressing once audiences get a look at the massive, terrifying spectacle that Spielberg has created in "War of the Worlds." "Every time Steven embarks on a genre movie, he reinvents the genre," says producer Kathleen Kennedy. "He never wants to be derivative." She laughs. "If he ever gets derivative, he's only derivative of himself." "War of the Worlds" marks a return to the crowd-pleasing fare that made Spielberg the most successful director in history: think "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" with a far more sinister edge. There are images here-the wreckage of an airplane, an alien tripod rising to full height behind a ferryboat, a river of corpses, the clothes of the dead floating down through trees like snow-that are just breathtaking. And, OK, Cruise is pretty great. Based on the 1898 science-fiction novel by H. G. Wells-the first alien-invasion story ever written-"War of the Worlds" isn't really a battle between planets. It's more like the annihilation of ours. Cruise plays Ray Ferrier, a divorced, blue-collar guy more interested in fast cars than in his young daughter (Dakota Fanning) and teenage son (Justin Chatwin). But then huge alien tripods begin destroying everything in their path, and Ray finds himself on the run with his kids. "Tom's played so many characters that are capable and cocky, and I thought it would be fun to write against that," says Koepp. "Ray is someone whose life didn't pan out the way he thought it would, and who became kind of a jerk as a result." (Cruise himself declined to be interviewed for this story.) While details have been changed from Wells's novel, the fear at the core of it remains intact. In 1938, Orson Welles's radio adaptation seemed so real that people famously wept in terror and fled their homes. Even the now campy 1953 movie, produced by George Pal, frightened audiences at the time. "There's always been something in the air before this title has reared its ugly head," Spielberg says. "They were all times when the world was heading to an uncertain future. Wells's book was a political statement about the invasion of British colonialism. Orson Welles did his radio show several years before America was drawn into World War II. The Pal movie came out during the cold war, when we were afraid of being annihilated by nuclear weapons. And this movie, my version, comes out in the shadow of 9/11." As the aliens launch the first wave of destruction, Fanning, 11, screams, "Is it the terrorists?" If it irritates some critics that, as in Wells's novel, Spielberg's movie never explains why the aliens feel the need to incinerate man-kind, the director says it's all about amping up the tension. "Having no idea why they're killing hundreds of thousands of people is scarier than having them arrive, make an announcement and then go to work," he says. Koepp, in any case, has a private theory. "I think the whole war is about water," he says. "I figure their planet ran out. Wars tend to be fought over very elemental things: water, land, oil." Despite the epic scale of the film, Cruise gets to skip (most of) the heroics, and play a man just barely holding it together. In one scene, Ray and his daughter hide in a basement that belongs to a crazed survivalist (Tim Robbins). Terrified, the girl asks her dad to sing her a lullaby, and he realizes that he doesn't know any. Cruise looks heartbroken. "Every director's dream is when an actor stops thinking and starts living," Spielberg says. "Tom did that in one take. Something very real happened in that moment. He sort of gave it up, and probably didn't even know what he was giving up until it was too late and I said, 'Cut'." Which is not to say that Cruise never gets the chance to be a stud. When NEWSWEEK visited the set in February, a shirtless Cruise was strapped into a stunt harness for the film's climax. The harness suspended him, face down, high above the concrete floor. "I don't like my actors doing stunts," said Spielberg, holding an unlit cigar. "I did five takes with the stuntman, but then Tom came in and saw that I was shooting a scene without him and immediately put on the harness." He shrugs. "If the stuntman deems it safe, I'm OK with it. I have a real tough time stopping Tom Cruise." It's amazing that anyone, from any planet, still tries. =A9 2005 Newsweek, Inc. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8271974/site/newsweek/
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  • http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-06-17/ Spielberg's Tribute to Orson Welles Steven Spielberg wants his War Of The Worlds movie to inspire the same reaction from cinemagoers the original play had on radio listeners when it first aired in 1938. Orson Welles terrified America's eastern seaboard when he read HG Wells' novel on air - many listeners were convinced aliens were actually invading. Although Spielberg's movie borrows little from the HG Wells novel, the Oscar-winning director hopes he can scare audiences just a little - something he sees as a tribute to Welles. He tells British magazine Empire, "If my movie is effective on audiences, hopefully they'll be looking all around the theatre for somewhere to hide! That would be my tribute to Welles, if I was ever that lucky."
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