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Re: LotR actors in other roles « Reply #20 on May 8, 2006, 11:07pm »
Here is some news of David Wenham,Viggo and a chance for people in the USA to see "Sharpe !
Subject: "The Proposition" w/David Wenham playing in New York & Los Angeles
THE PROPOSITION Written by NICK CAVE, Directed by JOHN HILLCOAT
GUY PEARCE, RAY WINSTONE, DANNY HUSTON, JOHN HURT, DAVID WENHAM and EMILY WATSON star in a visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge and the quest for justice.
Exclusive engagements start this Friday in Los Angeles & New York
"Primal, savage, brutal in the best western tradition." - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
Set against the harsh and unforgiving landscape of the 1880s Australian outback, The Proposition is a visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge and the quest for justice in a lawless land. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a renegade. Along with his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and Mikey (Richard Wilson), he is wanted for murder. When Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures Charlie and Mikey, he offers Charlie a proposition in an attempt to end the brutality that surrounds them -- the only way to save Mikey from the noose is for Charlie to track down and kill Arthur, his psychotic older brother. An impossible moral dilemma leads to a murderous climax.
Starts Friday in Los Angeles: Landmark's Nuart 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard just west of the 405 Freeway
Starts Friday in New York: Angelika Film Center Corner of Houston & Mercer
Eagerly anticipated new films from such major directors as David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortensen), ...
Eastern Promises
Director David Cronenberg is reteaming with his "A History of Violence" leading man Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises". The new thriller follows Nikolai, a ruthless hit man for one of London's most notorious organized crime families. When he crosses paths with an innocent young midwife who has stumbled on potential evidence against the family, he goes against his own nature to help her stay alive - and making himself a marked man. The Focus Features and BBC Films production is scripted by Steven Knight (Academy Award nominee for Dirty Pretty Things).
BBC America now has set their schedule for airing Sharpe.... []
Every Saturday night this summer, BBC AMERICA takes viewers on a sweeping two-hour journey to a new land, a new battle, and a new set of potential love interests with the epic romantic war saga Sharpe. Created by novelist Bernard Cornwell and starring Sean Bean (North Country, The Lord of the Rings), Sharpe chronicles the victories and loves of the legendary fictional Napoleonic war hero, Richard Sharpe. BBC AMERICA brings the complete series from the very first episode, Sharpe's Rifles, and will finish the fifteen-episode run with a U.S. premiere BBC AMERICA co-production, Sharpe's Challenge, shot in India.
Sharpe's Rifles begins in 1809 when Sharpe is a scrappy Sergeant. After bravely saving the life of a distinguished Captain, he is quickly promoted to Lieutenant. His first mission is to go behind enemy lines to locate a missing agent, James Rothschild, who carries badly needed funds for the British army.
Sharpe is given command of the 95th Rifles under Captain Murray, but soon finds that they are an undisciplined bunch, and neither Murray nor the men of the Rifles are prepared to accept Sharpe's command as "proper" officers are not raised from the ranks. After Captain Murray is killed in a surprise French attack, Sharpe is left in sole command.
Two Spanish allies, Major Blas Vivar and Comandante Teresa, offer to lead Sharpe to Rothschild at Casa Antiga. There is no sign of Rothschild upon arrival and Sharpe becomes increasingly suspicious of his Spanish companions. He discovers their real mission is to transport one of Spain's holy relics to Torrecastro to inspire an uprising against the French.
Sharpe's Rifles premieres Saturday, May 27, 9:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. PT.
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Re: LotR actors in other roles « Reply #22 on May 9, 2006, 1:47am »
I only wish they would repeat them all here.They are a great series,the sort of good,old fashioned swashbuckler you rarely see nowadays.Hopeyou and all my American frends here enjoy them and see if you can spot Hanna's equally evil twin in the last one !
Re: LotR actors in other roles « Reply #23 on Nov 3, 2006, 3:55am »
My friend and I got together and rented all of the Sharpe movies during the summer - every week we would watch 2 of them. I loved them so much that I had to buy the whole series! Now we're watching all of his other movies that we can find through Netflix! I love Sean Bean.
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Now we're watching all of his other movies that we can find through Netflix! I love Sean Bean. ![[image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/Cumula83/dom.gif)
