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Topic: New scanner = "Defective Detective" for all |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 00:07 |
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OK
I know you've all had your fill of empty promises when it comes to my sharing of the coveted "Defective Detective" script. But guess what, I just purchased a scanner!
Once it's all set up and functioning properly I'll be sure to scan in every page of the script and share it with all who wish to peruse it's pages electronically.
Just reply to this posting or send me an email and I'll put you on my list of people to send it to.
Peace!
Jon |
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Roman |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 00:23 |
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Thank you very much Jon,
I would love to be able to read it. You'll find my e-mail address in my profile.
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Max Evry |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 04:09 |
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Jon,
I'd love an electronic copy, my address is in my profile. Years ago I read a draft dated January, 28 (my birthday) 1996. It absolutely blew me away but I unfortunately lost it. I still have alot of images burned in my head. My favorite is the little girl's father watching the news broadcasting the kidnapping of his daughter right outside his apartment, and he throws a beercan out the window and we see it bean the reporter in the head on the tv! Alot of other random images like the stormtroopers chasing the heros down a huge tower of file cabinets, a mirror sea, two giant boy scouts, and the image of the girl's bed flying out of her room and over the nighttime streets of the city. A beautiful script. I'd describe it as "Little Nemo in Gilliamland". The only trouble I had was the way alot of it was written. It seemed like there were alot of really long passages explaining the signifigance of things, alot of which was pushing it a little. Gilliam was definitely grinding a few axes with this script in terms of environmental and social concerns. A recurring motif is signs, advirtisements and such. Many of these ideas seemed really good but they might go over the head of anybody who thought "2 Fast 2 Furious" was the shiznit.
What is the date of the draft on your copy? |
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point_moot |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 14:55 |
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Yes please. You are too generous.
Cheers,
O! email: okeenan (at) artc (dot) com (dot) au
[Edited by point_moot on 14-Jul-05 14:56] |
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cyboexpo2002 |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 16:14 |
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I will have to take you up on your offer  Putting my address in my profile. You are the best! |
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brazilian812 |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 16:18 |
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wow, that would be so great. brazilian812@gmail.com |
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dane bramage |
Posted: 14-Jul-05 21:06 |
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Oh, me too, please? See address to left, natch... |
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GiG |
Posted: 15-Jul-05 01:46 |
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Pretty please email me a copy as well? You are a gentleman and a scholar... |
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brendon |
Posted: 15-Jul-05 19:23 |
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Wow. I'd love a copy. Count me VERY grateful indeed if you do mail me one. |
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Bruttenholm |
Posted: 15-Jul-05 20:36 |
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I'd love to have one copy, too, please... My e-mail is in my profile... |
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AgentSage |
Posted: 15-Jul-05 21:34 |
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Jon,
Sign me up for a copy!
Many thanks,
Lee
agentsage@hotmail.com |
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Vintage |
Posted: 15-Jul-05 22:15 |
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Please, I'd love to have one copy, too
My e-mail is in my profile.
Merci. Many Thanks!!!
V' |
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Kirkinson |
Posted: 16-Jul-05 05:39 |
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You are too kind. Thank you for the offer!
Kirk
captecco @ aol.com |
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Vince |
Posted: 16-Jul-05 16:15 |
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vjthorne at yahoo dot com
Thanks so much Jon, I'll look forward to reading this one. |
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leoconsole |
Posted: 18-Jul-05 20:04 |
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Yes please
leoconsole@hotmail.com
Cheers luv
Leo
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Mr Punch |
Posted: 18-Jul-05 20:28 |
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Righteous
mk_82@att.net |
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Craig Clark |
Posted: 18-Jul-05 20:49 |
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You rule, Jon!
roachford68 at yahoo dot com |
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maxi |
Posted: 20-Jul-05 16:59 |
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WOOW...that is good news !...cool...funny since the day we first talked about it (almost 2 years now ?)..I've written my own story to it...and somehow it is really good that you didn't have it earlier...to compare...and being only inspired by T.G drawings...
I wish I could draw as fast & good as T.G...!!!
(you'll still send me a copy, won't you Jon ?) I'm really excited about it !!
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brendon |
Posted: 20-Jul-05 17:32 |
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Drat... my e-mail was private. Try brendonconnelly at that there yahoo.co.uk if you wouldn't mind. |
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ccjonesiv |
Posted: 22-Jul-05 04:58 |
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Please send it to me, and all in the world will be well.
My email is fierycosmiccatnipple@yahoo.com.
By the way, what's the draft date? Somebody asked it earlier but there was no reply.
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flyingnelly |
Posted: 24-Jul-05 01:19 |
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Hello, I know I don't post here that much, but I would very very much like a copy of the script, if I may be so bold to ask? I'd love to read it! My email is xflyingxnellyX at hotmail dot com (remove the x's - yes I'm paranoid), if that's okay? Thank you very much! |
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ccjonesiv |
Posted: 29-Jul-05 07:54 |
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When will wonderful JonBowerbank be sending the Defective Detective?
Sorry if I should impatient. Just curious. |
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masterblaster |
Posted: 04-Aug-05 04:27 |
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hello, i would very much apreciate a copy of this script, "The Defective Detective".
thank you in advanced.
thank you |
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brendon |
Posted: 04-Aug-05 17:29 |
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Has anybody received a copy yet as, sadly, I haven't and I feel a bit left out... |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 04-Aug-05 21:58 |
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I'm in the process of scanning it as we speak, I installed an update for my scanner software and it messed things up. So I had to uninstall and reinstall the original software to get it back up and working again.
Patience my young ones, you will have your script soon |
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dane bramage |
Posted: 05-Aug-05 00:23 |
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We appreciate your efforts, Mr. JB...after all, patience *is* a virtue! |
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maxi |
Posted: 05-Aug-05 09:27 |
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...yes..!!! 3 thumbs up ! |
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masterblaster |
Posted: 08-Aug-05 22:35 |
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yes thank you very much. |
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Felix__ |
Posted: 08-Aug-05 23:59 |
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Hi Jon, Once the scanning up and running I would love to have a copy please.
FelixH-E@hotmail.co.uk
Many Thanks for your time.. |
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Groene Inkt |
Posted: 09-Aug-05 17:30 |
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When you've got it working again I'd love a copy,
most generous of posters!
sirhenrymoore@yahoo.co.uk (don't ask)
thanks in advance |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 09-Aug-05 18:43 |
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Thank you all for your patience, it is more time consuming as I imagined, since I don't own the $300 edition of Acrobat, I have to go through some difficult means of assembling the pdf pages.
bare with me, you will have it soon enough |
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brendon |
Posted: 09-Aug-05 20:10 |
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Oh, and IMMENSELY grateful we will be.
Good man. |
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redshark |
Posted: 09-Aug-05 21:27 |
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Can I join the club too? Sorry I'am late.
Thanks alot man!
email: djaap@hotmail.com |
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JorgenL |
Posted: 10-Aug-05 00:13 |
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Would love a copy of this!
Thanks in advance,
Jorgen
jorgen.lundmark@sundsvall.nu
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wantok |
Posted: 23-Aug-05 02:42 |
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Would love a copy, Jon, and thanks for going to the effort.
wantok@gmail.com |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 23-Aug-05 19:44 |
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Thank you everyone for your requests.
Hopefully it will be ready this Saturday
I'll keep you posted!
Jon |
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point_moot |
Posted: 24-Aug-05 01:34 |
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Excellent news Jon. Thankyouverymuchindeed for making this happen.
Cheers,
Owen |
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cyboexpo2002 |
Posted: 24-Aug-05 14:15 |
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Jon you're the best! If you need help emailing it out let me know! |
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flyingnelly |
Posted: 24-Aug-05 16:09 |
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Excellent - I've been wanting to read this for years (literally), thank you very much for making it happen. |
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Spleen |
Posted: 24-Aug-05 21:03 |
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Sweet Lord. Am I too late? Please, please send me over a copy of this rare little treasure.
spleenmite@yahoo.com |
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Chris Dunkley |
Posted: 27-Aug-05 16:58 |
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Jon!
I would love a copy... PLEASE.
My e-mail is:
chris_dunkley@hotmail.com
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Basketcase |
Posted: 28-Aug-05 03:04 |
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If I'm not too late, could I please have a copy? I would greatly appreciate it. My email is Basketcase8787@msn.com. Thank you very much.
[Edited by Basketcase on 28-Aug-05 03:04] |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 28-Aug-05 09:04 |
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FINALLY! It's ready
I'll email it out to everyone's who's requested it Monday morning (PST).
expect it from my work email at visiongain.com
later!
Jon |
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brokenmin |
Posted: 28-Aug-05 18:16 |
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I cant wait, Thank you very much
aminsabet@web.de |
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Max Evry |
Posted: 28-Aug-05 21:31 |
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Thank You, Jon! Great work!
maxevry@rocketmail.com |
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Nobody |
Posted: 29-Aug-05 17:52 |
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If it's not too late...please. Thank you very much!
torleif.torkelsen@gmail.com
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 29-Aug-05 20:21 |
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Thank you everybody for your requests. I am emailing it at this very moment.
I will create a new thread for anybody else who wishes to request a copy.
cheers!
Jon |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 29-Aug-05 20:46 |
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Ahhhhhhhh!
Apparently the file is even too big for me to email from my work email address.
Does anybody know of an alternative way to distribute the script? If everybody is on AIM I could probably do a file transfer through it, but of course we'd have to be online at the same time.
If anybody has any other solutions let me know
thanks!
Jon |
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Vince |
Posted: 29-Aug-05 21:00 |
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Yes, use yousendit.com
Upload it there, make up a bogus e-mail address and click send. It'll give you a link to paste here.
Try it out and let me know how it goes.
http://www.yousendit.com/ |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 29-Aug-05 22:58 |
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Thanks Vince!
It worked! Download it at: http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DVSTOGOLHYUB0FQ174CRUWCJM
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Vince |
Posted: 29-Aug-05 23:20 |
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Nice job Jon, thanks for your hard work in scanning each and every sheet! I'll be reading this with interest.
Btw, the link will be good for quite a few downloads (and it's very fast). I'd suggest that when it fails, someone reupload it and re-paste the link for whoever misses it. I'll do it myself.
Cheers!
Vince |
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alexhdavies |
Posted: 30-Aug-05 10:47 |
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Hi, I only discovered this thread this morning so did not request the script as the rest of you did.
Anyway, I downloaded the script fine this morning but when I tried to open it I got an error message saying that the document could not be opened as the file was damaged. Did anyone else get this error message? |
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alexhdavies |
Posted: 30-Aug-05 16:35 |
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Yes, Downloaded it again and it worked perfectly. Has anyone read it yet? I'm about thirty pages in and am loving it. Superb.
Thank you very much John I owe you one. |
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Vince |
Posted: 31-Aug-05 00:15 |
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I am about 20 pages in at the moment. It's been a mad day... but initial impressions are of a very Brazil-esque Gilliam vibe. |
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cyboexpo2002 |
Posted: 01-Sep-05 00:32 |
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Read the whole thing in one sitting. It's great. I thought it moved a bit fast, but the story itself is just terrific. Layer by layer of Gilliamesque black humor, mixed with an absolutely impossible story. It reminded me in parts of Time Bandits, Brazil, Munchausen, and Fisher King, just in the moments I could pick out. Same old Terry (in a good way). Enjoy people |
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Bruttenholm |
Posted: 01-Sep-05 10:04 |
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Haven't read it yet... Afraid of feeling no surprise while watching the movie if it gets made one day...
(Actually, couldn't we launch some petition to get all these projects made ?)
[Edited by Bruttenholm on 01-Sep-05 10:08] |
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Max Evry |
Posted: 01-Sep-05 10:53 |
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It's interesting you should mention that, Bruttenholm, cause I just finished reading it a second time and the thing I kept thinking about was how reading these things isn't even close to seeing them. As great as this script is, I feel like the process of taking it from page to screen will only add to the richness, as ideas are retooled and fleshed out over the process. The actors will also have an effect. For instance, the first time I read it I imagined Nick Nolte with his big, gruff demeanor and gravel voice contrasting exquisitely with all the whimesy around him. This time I imagined Nick Cage, and it altered my perception of the character completely, as Cage would be much more cynical and manic, but would add dimension and soul. Think about Cage in Scorsese's surreal "Bringing Out the Dead". Bruce Willis has been mooted for the role, but I find him harder to imagine. I always liked the idea of TIm Robbins in Gilliam-land, but he's not a big enough star.
I don't know who could play the knight, it's small enough for an unknown, or maybe an actor of less marquee value but high talent like Sam Rockwell. I imagined Cameron Diaz as the Damsel, although I suppose nowadays one might cast Rachel McAdams or Scarlett Johansen. Mr. Bigg has alot of preachy rambling dialogue that needs to be delivered with edgy comic precision to be palatable. Someone with a knack for clever improv like Jim Carrey or Vince Vaughn might work. Vaughn can be very intimidating and funny at the same time so he could nail it, and it would be great to see a dozen of him interacting with each other. That part reminded me of City of the Lost Children squared! Please no Will Ferrell, thank you.
And Gilliam could cast Dakota Fanning as the little black girl... just kidding... or am I?
As for production design it would be great for Gilliam to collaborate with Alex McDowell again, who has become the go-to guy for creating whimsical fairy tale worlds for visionaries like Burton and Spielberg and Fincher. I wouldn't mind seeing him work with Guy Dyas again either. Bo Welch would be amazing but he's a director now. Rick Heinrichs also good, but a little too in unison with Burton's sensibilities.
I really hope Gilliam takes a que from Rodriguez and uses CGI to make his masterpiece on a budget. This really should be his next project. I'm not the biggest fan of Good Omens. Don't get me wrong, I'll see that movie in a second if he does it, but Terry G's got bigger fish to fry, namely "The Defective Detective"!
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alexhdavies |
Posted: 01-Sep-05 19:39 |
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Possible Spoilers!!!
Wow!! Superb. Some absolutely brilliant scenes and a great story. I think it would be interesting to see Gary Oldman in one of the main roles. Nicolas Cage as Joe and maybe Oldman as Bigg, similar to his role in fifth element? Just my thoughts though. I thought Bruce Willis as Dimitri but then he's a big star and it's only a relatively small part.
Did anyone else think that the little girl was going to grow up to be his wife the way the boy was him?
I'm very keen for this to get made as it is wonderful. |
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Bruttenholm |
Posted: 02-Sep-05 08:44 |
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>"I really hope Gilliam takes a que from Rodriguez and uses CGI to make his masterpiece on a budget."
I don't agree with you Max. For me, the interesting thing with Gilliam cinema is that it deals with flesh and bones, really tactile things and the conflict between those things and the fantasy world they're in... I mean, I'm not against CGI but Rodriguez pushed it too far : he over-used it, and "Sin City" as well as this "Captain sky" or the latest "Star wars" are too artificial, too bright, too dead ! You can't have emotion while watching those things ! I really hope that Gilliam will use CGI very prudently in his next films 'cause it could make his cinema lose its soul... |
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Vince |
Posted: 03-Sep-05 02:06 |
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Is it me or would Gary Oldman, Bruce Willis be too predictable for parts in the movie. How many times does Gary Oldman or Bruce Willis need to play a cop? They're great though! Don't get me wrong.. |
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alexhdavies |
Posted: 03-Sep-05 09:24 |
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You're probably right Vince, a tad too predictable. That's probably why they were first to spring to mind. |
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AgentSage |
Posted: 07-Sep-05 08:29 |
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Ack! I just got back from holidays, and when I went to the link above, it says it is now expired. Can some kind soul send it my way, or re-upload it elsewhere? Thanks. |
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JonBowerbank |
Posted: 07-Sep-05 20:20 |
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Here's a new one!
Enjoy!
http://s16.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1W8V5D7HMSSUD0AULXQE5DA0OE
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Spagmasterswift |
Posted: 09-Sep-05 18:16 |
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JonBowerbank you are a total legend, some weekend reading for me. Been after that script for ages.
Many, many thanks for sharing the wealth. |
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AgentSage |
Posted: 09-Sep-05 19:59 |
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Yes, thanks a million Jon! |
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brendon |
Posted: 10-Sep-05 01:35 |
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Courtesy of Jon, I was able to do this:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?journalid=240059&
view=public
Agree? Disagree?
And check the other link on the page you get to there. Scroll down to it and click on it. It has some pretty great stuf.
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