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Screenwriting
Jodie Foster films Mel Gibson with his hand up a beaver
Gibson 'to star in Foster film'
Hollywood actor Mel Gibson is in talks to take the lead role in a film directed by Jodie Foster, reports say.
Trade magazine Variety said Foster will also co-star in The Beaver, about a depressed man who finds solace in his beaver hand-puppet.
The Oscar winners previously starred together in the 1994 comedy Maverick.
The film will mark Gibson's second acting role since 2003. Foster has previously directed 1991's Little Man Tate and Home for the Holidays in
1995.
Producers Steve Golin and Keith Redmon are hoping to start filming in September in New York.
The Beaver previously attracted the attention of a number of high-profile names in Hollywood, including director Jay Roach and actors Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey.
Gibson's defence
Gibson has focused on directing projects over the past five years, attracting critical attention with the controversial 2004 film The Passion of the Christ and 2006's Apocalypto.
In July 2006, the star sparked outrage with he made anti-Semitic remarks during an arrest for drink-driving.
At the time, Foster spoke out in his defence, insisting Gibson was "absolutely not" an anti-Semite.
In May Gibson, 53, announced he is expecting a child with his Russian girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva - a month after his wife filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage.
The star's acting credits include Braveheart - which he also directed - and the Lethal Weapon series.
Foster won the best actress Oscar in 1989, for The Accused, and 1992, for The Silence of the Lambs.
Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/8143738.stm
"If you can, tell me something happy."
- Marybones
Hollywood actor Mel Gibson is in talks to take the lead role in a film directed by Jodie Foster, reports say.
Trade magazine Variety said Foster will also co-star in The Beaver, about a depressed man who finds solace in his beaver hand-puppet.
The Oscar winners previously starred together in the 1994 comedy Maverick.
The film will mark Gibson's second acting role since 2003. Foster has previously directed 1991's Little Man Tate and Home for the Holidays in
1995.
Producers Steve Golin and Keith Redmon are hoping to start filming in September in New York.
The Beaver previously attracted the attention of a number of high-profile names in Hollywood, including director Jay Roach and actors Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey.
Gibson's defence
Gibson has focused on directing projects over the past five years, attracting critical attention with the controversial 2004 film The Passion of the Christ and 2006's Apocalypto.
In July 2006, the star sparked outrage with he made anti-Semitic remarks during an arrest for drink-driving.
At the time, Foster spoke out in his defence, insisting Gibson was "absolutely not" an anti-Semite.
In May Gibson, 53, announced he is expecting a child with his Russian girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva - a month after his wife filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage.
The star's acting credits include Braveheart - which he also directed - and the Lethal Weapon series.
Foster won the best actress Oscar in 1989, for The Accused, and 1992, for The Silence of the Lambs.
Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/8143738.stm
"If you can, tell me something happy."
- Marybones
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My review of the script... html I can not imagine this script being made as written. - Bill
- My review of the script...
- html I can not imagine this script being made as written.
- - Bill
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My review of the script...
http://***-in-a-sub.blogspot.com/2008/12/little-hard-on-beaver.html
I can not imagine this script being made as written.
- Bill
http://***-in-a-sub.blogspot.com/2008/12/little-hard-on-beaver.html
I can not imagine this script being made as written.
- Bill
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[nq:1]I can not imagine this script being made as written.[/nq]
Bill, does the screenplay ever say why a beaver - an animal that's pretty much been extinct here for four centuries or so - speaks with an English accent?
Bert
Bill, does the screenplay ever say why a beaver - an animal that's pretty much been extinct here for four centuries or so - speaks with an English accent?
Bert
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[nq:2]I can not imagine this script being made as written.[/nq]
[nq:1]Bill, does the screenplay ever say why a beaver - an animal that's pretty much been extinct here for four centuries or so - speaks with an English accent?[/nq]
It's refined and has bad teeth?
"If you can, tell me something happy."
- Marybones
[nq:1]Bill, does the screenplay ever say why a beaver - an animal that's pretty much been extinct here for four centuries or so - speaks with an English accent?[/nq]
It's refined and has bad teeth?
"If you can, tell me something happy."
- Marybones
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[nq:1]It's refined and has bad teeth?[/nq]
In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from?
Bert
In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from?
Bert
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[nq:2]It's refined and has bad teeth?[/nq]
[nq:1]In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from?[/nq]
The received pronunciation mode of speech lends an air of refinement, and you really do see more crowded mouthfuls of uneven discoloured choppers in the UK than in North America where such natural phenomena things tend to get "corrected."
"If you can, tell me
[nq:1]In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from?[/nq]
The received pronunciation mode of speech lends an air of refinement, and you really do see more crowded mouthfuls of uneven discoloured choppers in the UK than in North America where such natural phenomena things tend to get "corrected."
"If you can, tell me
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[nq:2]It's refined and has bad teeth?[/nq]
[nq:1]In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from?[/nq]
Which stereotype are you talking about? In general, to the average American, the English accent stands in for either "foreign" (German, Indian, Finnish, Swahili... sometimes even English...) or "refined" (Royalty or The Beckhams) or "evil" (anything played by Alan Rick
[nq:1]In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from?[/nq]
Which stereotype are you talking about? In general, to the average American, the English accent stands in for either "foreign" (German, Indian, Finnish, Swahili... sometimes even English...) or "refined" (Royalty or The Beckhams) or "evil" (anything played by Alan Rick
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[nq:1]The received pronunciation mode of speech lends an air of refinement, and you really do see more crowded mouthfuls of uneven discoloured choppers in the UK than in North America where such natural phenomena things tend to get "corrected."[/nq]
I know, I know! I just thought I'd play the straight man and set up all the inevitable US responses.
But seriously, it is - as you suggest - m
I know, I know! I just thought I'd play the straight man and set up all the inevitable US responses.
But seriously, it is - as you suggest - m
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"Bert Coules"
[nq:1]Bill, does the screenplay ever say why a beaver - an animal that's pretty much been extinct here for four centuries or so - speaks with an English accent?[/nq]
I think you have to blame John Cleese, on whom the hearty, slightly-manic persona of the Beaver seems to be based.
Any distinctive accent would do. The main thing is to make it clear when the Beaver is speaki
[nq:1]Bill, does the screenplay ever say why a beaver - an animal that's pretty much been extinct here for four centuries or so - speaks with an English accent?[/nq]
I think you have to blame John Cleese, on whom the hearty, slightly-manic persona of the Beaver seems to be based.
Any distinctive accent would do. The main thing is to make it clear when the Beaver is speaki
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[nq:2]The received pronunciation mode of speech lends an air of ... America where such natural phenomena things tend to get "corrected."[/nq]
[nq:1]I know, I know! I just thought I'd play the straight man and set up all the inevitable US responses. But seriously, it is - as you suggest - mildly disturbing that the American mind seems to equate "uneven and discoloured" with "bad". So shallow...
[nq:1]I know, I know! I just thought I'd play the straight man and set up all the inevitable US responses. But seriously, it is - as you suggest - mildly disturbing that the American mind seems to equate "uneven and discoloured" with "bad". So shallow...
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