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Topic: If you were to write a book or a movie script, what would it be about? (Read 5218 times)
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~Tears Are Falling ~
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oh...well that is pretty sad but it could of be 4 the best u never kno.everyone F***'s up sometimes in life. and we all make mistakes. stop being so hard on ur self.
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Sometimes letting go is hard, but not as hard as holding onto something that isnt there..
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Mike Mars
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I'm actually writing a book during my spare time, it's kind of like Spinaltap, but it's about L.A. in the 1980's and it focus' around this made up band called Snakebite, I have'nt finished it yet, but it's pretty good.
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harryfielder
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I am writing a book about my 32 years in the film and tv biz...........Great life....  1972 FRENZY…Director…Alfred Hitchcock… I am now working with the Master of filming. Where I was born in Islington London, there was a huge warehouse type building on the corner of the Grand Union Canal in New North Road. (Very near the North Pole Pub) It was in fact a film studio. As a kid in the forties I used to swim in the canal as it cost nothing entrance fee. (You had to watch out for the large Mocking birds floating on top of the water) I think the studio was called Gainsborough and as a kid I remember strangely dressed people popping into the pub on the corner of New North Road and Elizabeth Avenue. (Supporting Artists of the past) Anyway, that’s where Alfred Hitchcock made many of his films. (I could have bumped into him while I was going swimming and he was popping in for a swift half. It’s a small world) ONTO THE FILM… I was now the not so proud owner of an old Bedford van and was booked by the 2nd A.D. on Frenzy to report to Covent Garden fruit market for the start of a weeks work... There must have been fifty supporting artists working that week as market porters. It was thirty years ago but some people still come to mind, like Big Mo Dunster who was stand/in on films for Donald Sutherland. Jimmy (the crow) Hammilton, Eddie Dillon And Bill (the body) Hemmings. I remember the day that Donald Sutherland came down to speak to Mo about a private matter and got into one of the shots.(Everyone wants to be in a Hitchcock movie) Mo has done well for himself and now lives in the U.S.A. looking after the Sutherland clan. Best wishes Mo, love Boysie. Mr. Hitchcock was not very well while he was directing this film and would line up all the shots he wanted and leave the running around to his 1st A.D. (Colin Brewer, I think) We filmed all around the market for the next week or so loading vans and unloading vans (Including my old Bedford) but I was more interested in watching the Master at work. Then near the end of the shoot in the market it happened. The Master looked at me then at the 1st A.D. and said… ‘’Tell that man to climb up on that lorry and start unloading it’’ (‘’That man’’) he said my name, I was being directed by the great man himself. We shot a lot of the inside of the film at Pinewood. Then some stuff with the Bedford Following a potato lorry up and down major roads and that was it. I was sorry to see the end of the filming but it’s one film I will never forget. If you’re looking down from that great studio in the sky Mr. Hitchcock ‘’That Man’’ will say hello when he gets there. Aitch, |
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p.hanson
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^Wow, you actualy made movies?! That's so cool! My dad has alot of the Alfred Hitchcock movies on DVD. opps sorry i forgot 2 answer u. yeh i think it would be a good flick. im not a major fan of Miley Cyrus but i'll still go watch it coz i think it woukld be a awesome flick. i just hope if it gets turn into a movie it will be as good as wat u wrote. and kk i cant wait.  By the way Jess, I added more to that, if you know what I mean. I hope you like it. I'll still add more after awhile if you want.  |
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harryfielder
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This was a fun film to work on... RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK…Director Steven Spielberg…Elstree Studios… Cast Inc…Harrison Ford…Karen Allen… A great joy to watch Mr Spielberg at work.. The whole sequence was set out on storyboards. A master of his craft… There’s about twenty of the chaps dressed up as (It’s that word again) GERMAN’S. And it’s near the end of the film where the bad guys find The Ark and all us bad guys are going to get our just desserts. When The Ark is opened strange things start to happen and strong winds and sand are blown all over the set. Steven tells us to react to strange ghost like creatures coming out of the Ark. He’d point at us and shout above the noise of the wind, ‘’It’s coming for you now react, now it’s got you round the face, react to it.’’ George Lucas was standing next to Steven at times and seemed to be enjoying the action. Harrison and Karen were tied to a stake at the time so I couldn’t get any help from that quarter… Of course all the special effects are put onto screen months later as is most films these days… I read Steven Spielberg’s life story and he didn’t always have it easy. (Read it) And the last word on this tale must go to Harrison Ford’s stand/in… Jack (Chalky) Dearlove, who is still working for him…Hello Jack… www.harryfielder.co.uk |
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Mike Mars
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Hey, uh harryfielder guy, you said you are in film buissness. I'm not questioning that, I'm just wondering what movies or T.V. shows you've been involved in.
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harryfielder
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Hey, uh harryfielder guy, you said you are in film buissness. I'm not questioning that, I'm just wondering what movies or T.V. shows you've been involved in.
I got to work on 800 productions in my 32 years in the biz and now tell my story on here. www.harryfielder.co.uk People call me ..........Aitch, |
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p.hanson
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^Sweet. What other's have you worked on?  They should make a movie about Billy Ray's road to fame. I heard he was a Boxer and wanted to be a baseball player. That'd be cool. |
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Mike Mars
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I got to work on 800 productions in my 32 years in the biz and now tell my story on here. www.harryfielder.co.uk People call me ..........Aitch, OH SH*T, YOU WERE AN EXTRA IN STAR WARS!!! YOU ARE AWSOME!!! |
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harryfielder
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OH SH*T, YOU WERE AN EXTRA IN STAR WARS!!! YOU ARE AWSOME!!!
Star Wars was a fun job to do and I did meet up with ''Darth Vader'' 32 years later for tea at The same studios...There are pics on my web. STAR WARS…DIRECTOR GEORGE LUCAS… 1976 After finishing a couple of Doctor Who’s Central Casting sent me to E.M.I. Studios to work on another space film for seven days. I did ask them if they had any other work because I was fed up with wearing space outfits and the like… (Little did I know about STAR WARS). There must have been about fifty Supporting Artists gathered on the first day, some putting on white space type suits, some being fitted out in weird make up and costumes and the rest of us waited around to see what we were going to be. We had plenty of time to sit around chatting and playing the odd game of cards. When myself and a chap called Ronnie Conrad got a call to go to the wardrobe dept, They dressed us in black space type suits but without a facemask…(Were they telling us we were ugly enough to look like aliens). When we were dressed we sat at the back of the set and waited to do our bit. I got talking to a giant of a man (Dave Prowse) from the West Country and he told me he was playing a character called ‘’Daft Ada’’. I found out later that day he was playing ‘’DARTH VADER’’ (It must have been Dave’s strong Bristol accent that made it sound wrong). Ronnie and I did some odd bits during the week and then the 2nd A.D. called for us to do a bit of business with our old mate ‘’DARTH’’. We were going to arrest Princess LEIA (Carrie Fisher)… Carrie’s parents were Eddie Fisher (singer) and Debbie Reynolds (singer/actress). Debbie starred in the film ‘’Singing In The Rain’’ in 1952 and I, as a twelve year old, was in love with her... (It soon passed). Anyway lets get back to ‘’DAFT’’. Darth, Ronnie and I walk along some corridors and then into the cell where The Princess was being held. Darth had all the lines to say while Ronnie and I stood there looking ugly. (Typecast) In between lighting the set Carrie was very chatty and asked what else we had done in films. (Has she got that much time to spare?) I also met Harrison Ford and was to work with him again over the next few years. Star Wars was the highest grossing money film that I ever worked on. Some say it took a Billion Dollars at the box office and video sales… I earned £11 per day for seven days. Total £77. What’s the % ?… Twenty five years later I am held in deep respect for being one of "DAFT ADA’S" men, by my Grandchildren… Thanks Mr Lucas… Aitch, |
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IDK wat to say i am impresed
good story love it
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harryfielder
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It was better than 9-5 for a lifetime..... Aitch, |
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p.hanson
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IDK wat to say i am impresed
good story love it
Which one? Harryfielder's, or mine? Just wondering. |
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cat27
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Probably about my experiences as a nurse...working with people who are ill and/or dying. I have met so many wonderful people who have dealt with tragedy and pain with so much grace and dignity. I would love to tell there stories.
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RIP Bro, Jalina and Mr. Guy. I love you more today than yesterday.
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