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Post by nico on Jan 7, 2012 17:32:47 GMT -5
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Post by artfuldodger on Jan 8, 2012 7:14:02 GMT -5
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 3:20:50 GMT -5
"Anna and the King" movie set in Western Malaysia
Published on Apr 11, 2012 by rshriver6587
The set for the King's Palace in the film "Anna and the King" was built on a golf course on the west coast of Malaysia. Other parts of the film were shot at "Kelly's Castle" and on the islands of Langkawi and Penang. The palace, Anna's house, and the school were left by the film company at the request of the Malaysian government. The intent was to keep them as a attractions. But the tropical climate quickly took its toll on the plywood and styrofoam set pieces.
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Post by artfuldodger on Apr 14, 2012 5:18:41 GMT -5
Wow. That's great they were able to keep some of the sets.
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Post by mario on Apr 14, 2012 6:00:23 GMT -5
Thanks for posting, nico. This is actually nice, would only prefer seeing it side-by-side with the movie scenes.
Anna, Sommersby...Jodie made at least two films many lezzies don't like, or don't rank among their faves. Instead you can read comments like the only good scene must be a grinning Jodie shaving Gere with a sharp knive or such. These people totally miss the coded lesbian/feminist message in those plots.
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 6:46:08 GMT -5
Well, all kind of dogmatism blinds.  |
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Post by mario on Apr 14, 2012 9:37:00 GMT -5
Yes, actually something I would like to talk on sites like Anon. But I can't. And here members seem either too smart or too shy.
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 10:24:42 GMT -5
Not too shy as for my part. But there were numberless discussions in the past which led nowhere, so I don't want to waste my time anymore.  |
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Post by mario on Apr 14, 2012 11:05:15 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. I learned a lot through talking with all kind of people and I couldn't think of anything more worthwile to do on the internets.
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 11:43:48 GMT -5
Oh, please don't get me wrong. I _love to talk and discuss  Just avoiding people who only accept their own beliefs. Too boring ... |
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Post by mario on Apr 14, 2012 11:59:06 GMT -5
That's a big issue with Mario. For me it's often hard dealing with other views on JF. And boy I can sound smart ass at times... Actually I'm like the people you said. But you know what? A fault confessed is half redressed. |
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 12:23:09 GMT -5
;D Exactly!
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Post by artfuldodger on Apr 14, 2012 14:21:24 GMT -5
Just what Exactly do you want JF to do? Live her life for herself, or live her life for your entertainment?
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 14:41:19 GMT -5
 The posts above weren't about JF, but the so called fans Mario mentioned here: Anna, Sommersby...Jodie made at least two films many lezzies don't like, or don't rank among their faves. Instead you can read comments like the only good scene must be a grinning Jodie shaving Gere with a sharp knive or such. These people totally miss the coded lesbian/feminist message in those plots. |
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Post by artfuldodger on Apr 14, 2012 15:19:54 GMT -5
Yes, sorry.  |
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Post by mario on Apr 14, 2012 15:25:20 GMT -5
(but I can tell you what I want her to do)
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 15:30:56 GMT -5
No big deal, Arty. *watching TBO on German TV*  |
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Post by mario on Apr 14, 2012 16:50:22 GMT -5
I can't enjoy this. commercial breaks galore, mediocre picture quality and a dubbing voice I can't stand anymore.
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 17:01:26 GMT -5
Same here with the dubbing voice -> mute key pressed
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Post by artfuldodger on Apr 14, 2012 17:15:50 GMT -5
 Thanks, nico. |
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Post by nico on Apr 14, 2012 17:49:44 GMT -5
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Post by munze on Apr 14, 2012 19:19:37 GMT -5
I actually liked this film it was a bit more true to the historical facts and I thought they did a brillant job on recreating the Thai Palaces considering they couldn't shoot there ( have spent a lot of time in Thailand been to all those places) although those hopped skirts and coresets must of been hell in that heat and humiity got to give it to her to be able to put up with that
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Post by artfuldodger on Apr 15, 2012 5:31:38 GMT -5
Nobody hangs tough as well as JF. She should add endurance to her name somewhere, like JF Doctor of endurance. |
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Post by mario on Apr 15, 2012 6:28:08 GMT -5
What I like (wait. I like it?) about Anna is seeing Jodie among those kids. She is really nice to watch as a teacher, she should do more roles like that. Maybe something with troubled ghetto kids like this movie with Michelle Pfeiffer (?) or something like that film with DiCaprio in the Bronx or Will Hunting and...     ...she can teach me too. Oh, and it's cool it has a young Draco Malfoy.  lol |
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Post by artfuldodger on Apr 16, 2012 0:27:22 GMT -5
She would make a great teacher.
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Post by nico on May 26, 2012 16:33:27 GMT -5
Jodie Foster at the German premiere of 'Anna and the King' in Munich - January 18, 2000 Only watermarked, sorry.
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Post by mario on May 27, 2012 1:41:42 GMT -5
Bet the secret official club has tons of pics and all from a backroom meeting. f. elitists.
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Post by artfuldodger on May 27, 2012 6:03:46 GMT -5
Thanks, nico. |
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Post by mario on May 27, 2012 14:21:02 GMT -5
Fit for a King
Costume designer Jenny Beavan is no sadist, to be sure, but Jodie Foster might be forgiven for thinking otherwise. During filming of Anna and the King, last year's lavish, nonmusical film based on the story told in The King and I, Beavan's staff regularly shoehorned Foster, 37, into a getup that included a tightly laced corset, a crinoline cage made of steel hoops, a camisole, bloomers and a dress made from 12 yards of fabric—all in the sweltering heat of Malaysia, where the movie was filmed. Such misery (which Foster minimized during close-ups by slipping into beach shorts) was all in the name of historical accuracy. As the cheerful designer puts it, the 1860s were, sartorially speaking, "not a happy period."
Beavan, however, is reveling in the happiest of periods. Last week the 49-year-old Londoner—who has stitched up a reputation as filmdom's hottest designer for big costume dramas—snagged an Academy Award nomination for her work on Anna. "I'm completely thrilled," she says. Though Beavan has already won an Oscar for 1986's A Room with a View and garnered nominations for Sense and Sensibility, Howards End and others, "Anna is the biggest thing I've ever done." Says Foster: "She had one of the hardest jobs. Her department was miraculous."
In eight months, Beavan and her staff of 60 whipped up a mind-boggling 6,000 outfits from nine miles of silks, cottons and brocades, most of which she bought for cash at wholesale fabric shops in the Far East. Total cost? About $1 million. "We made two of almost everything," says Beavan, "because of the humidity and the crashing thunderstorms." Other problems included the ripping of Foster's too-long skirt by Chow Yun-Fat (the King of Siam), who trod on it during a banquet scene, and the 4-in. growth spurt of Keith Chin, 12, who played the King's oldest son. ("It was such luck we had enough fabric to remake his costume!" she says.)
To figure out how to make convincing duds for a 19th-century Siamese royal family, Beavan spent weeks buried in old books and photographs at the British Library in London and historic costumes at a museum in Thailand. Says director Andy Tennant: "She was a kid in a candy store." As for the two top stars, they were so taken with the costumes that Chow asked to keep some of his richly hued silk jackets and draped pants, and Foster took some of the children's outfits for her son Charles, 19 months. ("He can't fit into them quite yet," Foster says. "But I'm very excited.") The only historical deviation was Beavan's use of light colors on the widow Anna—who would have worn dark mourning clothes—so that Foster would stand out onscreen. "My brief was to be as authentic as possible," she says. "But it's still a film and a romantic story."
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Post by artfuldodger on May 27, 2012 20:00:46 GMT -5
Cool. Thanks, Mario. |
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