Starting at about -2:30 is one of the most disturbing and also the most impressive twenty seconds of acting I've seen anyone do. I've been meaning to rewatch this for ages; I really should do it. Paul needs to be a bad guy more often.
It would be nice if TPTB would release the film on DVD. It's not like nobody would buy it. :/
There's that scene but also the one where he's faking the range of emotions in the corridor while his wife is curled-up sobbing. Yikes! There's a great actor for you.
And no, I doubt they'll release it on DVD unless Passchendaele unexpectedly wins 17 Oscars, and the world is clamouring for the rest of his work.
There's that scene but also the one where he's faking the range of emotions in the corridor while his wife is curled-up sobbing.
No doubt I'll have to rewatch this. I haven't seen it in a while and actually haven't gotten completely through it (almost, almost, though). I also want to read the book.
And no, I doubt they'll release it on DVD unless Passchendaele unexpectedly wins 17 Oscars, and the world is clamouring for the rest of his work.
H20 is a TV movie, too, and it was released. But then, that's the CBC, and for all the issues they have with promoting their programming, they do put their stuff out on DVD.
Well when they invest C$8 million in something, you can be damn sure it'll be released on DVD. Since they gave him $10 million for TJ though, I imagine it must have made the money back.
I'd love to see a financial breakdown of how they recapped their money.
I actually have a copy of MML that someone sent me that's a copy of a DVD recorded directly from television, which should be better quality than the ones copied from videocassettes. If I have time today I'll take a look so I can rip it before mr_t00by heads back to school and takes his DVD burner with him (the burner on my computer is FUBAR, alas).
Mostly in-programme advertising revenue I imagine. As the movie had a great 1.98 million viewers per evening, and had an hour's worth of adverts in each segment, then a lot of the finance would have been recouped from that. The DVD sold pretty well as well, apparently (according to Paul), so that would have added about a million or so as well. Add in selling to other countries - remember that it won a Monte Carlo prize - which would have recouped back another million or two, so there you have:
Happy CBC = Happy CBC Programme Commissioner = Happy Paul = Happy Alberta (filming location for TJ) = Happy Albertan Government = Happy Passchendaele funding = Even Happier Paul.
I may have been making up those last few bits, but it's a nice story.
Did Alberta shell out any more than the $4 million grant and the tax credit? They're going to make out very well, if you ask me, what with jobs and publicity and stuff.
They are - in fact, I would bet that they have already made back their investment, even before the movie is released. They absolutely had to make back their investment as part of the deal - when was the last time any Government gave anything away for free or because "it was the right thing to do"? :) I'm guessing the reason why TJ was filmed mostly in Alberta was part of the Passchendaele deal as well. But I do tend to be overly cynical about the juxtaposition between politics and finance, so I could be wrong.
But I do tend to be overly cynical about the juxtaposition between politics and finance, so I could be wrong.
Well, seeing that it was mostly all seen to under Ralph Klein, who doesn't strike me as Mister Integrity on a GOOD day, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
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Date: 2007-11-19 04:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-19 06:23 pm (UTC)It would be nice if TPTB would release the film on DVD. It's not like nobody would buy it. :/
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Date: 2007-11-19 07:57 pm (UTC)And no, I doubt they'll release it on DVD unless Passchendaele unexpectedly wins 17 Oscars, and the world is clamouring for the rest of his work.
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:32 pm (UTC)No doubt I'll have to rewatch this. I haven't seen it in a while and actually haven't gotten completely through it (almost, almost, though). I also want to read the book.
And no, I doubt they'll release it on DVD unless Passchendaele unexpectedly wins 17 Oscars, and the world is clamouring for the rest of his work.
H20 is a TV movie, too, and it was released. But then, that's the CBC, and for all the issues they have with promoting their programming, they do put their stuff out on DVD.
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-20 05:39 pm (UTC)I actually have a copy of MML that someone sent me that's a copy of a DVD recorded directly from television, which should be better quality than the ones copied from videocassettes. If I have time today I'll take a look so I can rip it before
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:50 pm (UTC)The DVD sold pretty well as well, apparently (according to Paul), so that would have added about a million or so as well. Add in selling to other countries - remember that it won a Monte Carlo prize - which would have recouped back another million or two, so there you have:
Happy CBC = Happy CBC Programme Commissioner = Happy Paul = Happy Alberta (filming location for TJ) = Happy Albertan Government = Happy Passchendaele funding = Even Happier Paul.
I may have been making up those last few bits, but it's a nice story.
;-)
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-20 06:03 pm (UTC)I'm guessing the reason why TJ was filmed mostly in Alberta was part of the Passchendaele deal as well. But I do tend to be overly cynical about the juxtaposition between politics and finance, so I could be wrong.
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Date: 2007-11-20 08:47 pm (UTC)Well, seeing that it was mostly all seen to under Ralph Klein, who doesn't strike me as Mister Integrity on a GOOD day, I wouldn't be at all surprised.