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Post by RhodoraO on Feb 17, 2017 5:40:56 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 4, 2017 5:07:03 GMT
I find this old news item from the production of the film funny. Is there anything else to substantiate the reporting? Christian Bale is having a miserable time filming Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) - and he's losing weight fast because The Food's so awful. The British heart-throb is on the remote island of Kefalonia filming the romantic movie with Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz. But friends of the American Psycho (2000) star claim he's very unhappy and only took the movie because his character Mandras was supposed to swim with dolphins. But a pal says, "That's the only part of the book, they've cut out from the film, so he's not going to get his chance to swim with dolphins. He hates The Food and I get e-mails every day from him saying that's he's lost another 5 pounds (2. 3kg) because he can't eat anything. He says the weather is too hot as well, he's not enjoying it at all."via IMDb.
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 4, 2017 5:09:13 GMT
Another fun WENN report that needs substantiating: Actor Christian Bale was so thrilled when he received his own private jet while making Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), he flew his wife Sibi Blazic all over the world and took snapshots. Bale has always dreamed of having his own jet and admitted he was disappointed when he learned Corelli co-stars Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz both had planes - and he didn't. He says, "I was like, `Oh, I'm on Olympic Airlines?' So they sent me my own private jet. I was over the moon about it and my wife and I had all these shots taken with the plane."
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 4, 2017 13:31:52 GMT
WENN news via IMDb: Christian Bale is an actor not to mess with having been trained in the tactics of killing on the set of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Bale, who plays Greek fisherman Mandras in director John Madden's adaptation of Louis de Bernieres's best-selling novel, says, to get into character, he spent much of his time on the Greek island of Cephallonia where they filmed, training with the British army. He says, "I would learn how to ambush a convoy of military vehicles. I learned how best to slit somebody's throat and steal their boots quickly and disappear." And far from balking at the nature of the training, Bale admits he actually found the experience enjoyable. He says, "It's nice on movies when you have to train like that."
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 8, 2017 17:23:22 GMT
From Stephen Holden's NYtimes review: - Although the drama that storms across this rugged paradise encompasses a war and a major earthquake, not to mention oodles of star-crossed love, little of it comes to life. Directed by John Madden (''Shakespeare in Love''), ''Captain Corelli's Mandolin'' wants to be a lofty, red-blooded wartime epic in the style of ''The English Patient,'' daubed with ''Zorba the Greek'' earth tones. But as the movie methodically plods forward on a screenplay (by Shawn Slovo) consisting entirely of clichés and watered-down exposition, it becomes sadly apparent that its only reliable asset is the gorgeous view.
- The high-powered Hollywood cast struggling with adopted Greek and Italian accents may not be embarrassing. But the romantic chemistry, in a movie that depends on that chemistry, fizzles. Besides the history, which is cursorily sketched, the movie has little else to grab on to. There simply isn't enough time for significant character development. That's one reason why the characters (with one exception) don't seem very intelligent.
- Of the three principals, Mr. Bale is the most comfortable speaking in a foreign accent. And his performance emits occasional sparks of the primitive, flashing-eyed vitality that Hollywood deems quintessentially Greek. But probably no actor could transcend the turgid romantic mush stuffed into the mouths of these three.
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