by Mike Browne
on August 11, 2005
More boiling on Wicker Man today. My brain and skin are cooked. The feel around set is that people know they’re involved in something that might be pretty good. Nick cage is “on”. Neat working on stuff you know a lot of folks will see.
Today we were in Langley and having quiet was a bit of a nightmare. We were situated between two airports, Langley and Abbottsford, and small planes were flying overhead constantly. When it was planes it was trains blowing their horns or the sewage truck draining the honeywagon firing up his engine in the middle of a shot. There was even a hot air balloon floating overhead near wrap firing his gas to stay in the air. Argh! But, we got everything we needed.
I’m off to Bordertown and Islandtown with “B camera” tomorrow for some exterior pick-ups. I’ll bang off some shots of Bordertown with my Canon for a giggle while I’m there. Then I’m back in Langley to shoot until at least 1:00 am.
And for James asking about cast on the flick:
From IMDb Pro – Leelee Sobieski and Ellen Burstyn are joining Nicolas Cage in Neil LaBute’s indie The Wicker Man, produced by Millenium Films, Equity Pictures and Emmett/Furla Films. A remake of a 1973 British horror film, Wicker Man centers on a police officer (Cage) who is investigating the disappearance of a girl in a small cultlike community. Sobieski plays a barmaid who is Cage’s confidant. Burstyn plays the head of the cult. The film is shooting in Vancouver.
I’m not sure that’s accurate. I have yet to see or hear any noise about Leelee Sobieski. She is here in town on Uwe Boll’s Dungeon Seige, so who knows.
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by Mike Browne
on August 11, 2005
CBC Sports: Maple Leafs sign Lindros for 1 year
There you go you big whiny dork. You can play for the dirty rotten stinkin’ Leafs now. This ought to be rich. Remember?: “Whaaaaa I don’t want to play for Quebec!” They became Colorado Avalanche and won two cups. I don’t see any rings on those fingers of yours Eric. Perhaps you’ll give your self another concussion chewing some gum.
Lindros in a quiet room: “Will somebody answer the goddamned phone!” or the more Quasimodo-esque: THE BELLS! THE BELLS!
Asshole. You belong in Toronto.
Can you tell I’m not a fan?
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by Mike Browne
on August 11, 2005
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by Mike Browne
on August 10, 2005
CBC Sports: Canucks get Sedins under contract
Yahoo, the sisters are back. Hit him with your purse Daniel!
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by Mike Browne
on August 10, 2005
Cough… gag! More Wicker Man. I didn’t realize there was so much dust in Maple Ridge. We finished at Bordertown today. I stood there with the tumble weeds for the past two days. So dry… I’m coated in grime. I smell like a ball’s nutsack. I’m off to shower to hopefully blow the stink off me before sleeping really quickly to start another day in the hot sun with a pretty orange vest on screaming into the radio and being nearly run over by cast and crew shuttles. Today we worked with Nick Cage and Molly Parker. Kate Beahan showed up for her wardrobe fitting as well as hair and make-up tests. And tomorrow we’ll see Frances Conroy aka Ruth Fisher from one of our faourite shows, Six Feet Under (<---- beware fans there be spoilers here arrrrr).
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by Mike Browne
on August 9, 2005
When playing for The Wild he was a thorn in Vancouver’s side. Now Korean born Richard Park is a Canuck. This is shaping up to be an interesting hockey year already.
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by Mike Browne
on August 8, 2005
Off to Maple Ridge for 6 more days of Wicker Man… Still commuting, just the other way now. LOL!
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by Mike Browne
on August 8, 2005
CBC Sports: Bertuzzi reinstated by the NHL
Woohoo! Finally. No more wondering. I love the first sentence in the article:
“Suspended forward Todd Bertuzzi can resume playing for the Vancouver Canucks, effective immediately.”
I just hope he doesn’t take his new sensativity too far. Remember the teary press conference with his suit that was way too small? I think he had an onion in that hanky anyway.
All that aside, Bert’s back.
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by Mike Browne
on August 7, 2005
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by Mike Browne
on August 6, 2005
CBC News: Hiroshima Anniversary
So it ended a war and presumably hundreds of thousands more from dying, but was it the ‘right’ thing to do? When is this kind of force necessary? There’s enough weapons of this kind left in the world to vaporize us all. Why are they needed now? What is nobody had them? Would that change the world? Are they really a detterent as it’s been proven the death penalty is not? Is global nuclear disarmament the answer?
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