From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V4 #105 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Thursday, April 15 2004 Volume 04 : Number 105 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Voices of a Distant Star [zoom@muppetlabs.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: zoom@muppetlabs.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Voices of a Distant Star >> On a mostly-unrelated note (except for the intriguing obscurity angle), >> has any anime fan, or for that matter anybody anybody, watched VOICES >> OF A >> DISTANT STAR? Reactions? > > Me, mostly because I wanted to see what one guy with a Mac could come > up with. As expected, it's rather melancholy. And well done. (There > are a number of reviews on the Amazon site). It certainly sounds promising. I intend to watch it when/if I ever get the DVD player of my dreams. Shinkai Makoto does have a new, more-or-less feature-length film (70 minutes), THE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS, which, having been shoved back several times, is now described by IMDb as being in post-production. English-language details (complete with tec specs) here: http://daike.hp.infoseek.co.jp/About_The_place_promised_in_our_early_days.html And for the sake of plugging, I should mention that I got interested in all this, in part, because my good friend Edward (with a lot of help from computer-punchers around the world) made a semi-animated, ultra-low-budget, feature-length movie, THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH, featuring yours truly doing a handful of voices. http://www.petting-zoo.org/Movies_Dreamquest.html http://www.petting-zoo.org/OrderForm.html > Here's something less drastic. My second favorite manga, after > Nausicaa. > > Record Of A Yokohama Shopping Trip I'll have to read that once this temp job blows over. Right to left still trips me up, though. Practice practice practice. And someday Steve will tell us what his .sig means, Andy Gibson Wants to Bring Unedited 'Passion' to TV 2 hours, 32 minutes ago Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Cynthia Littleton LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Will "The Passion of the Christ" play in primetime? Mel Gibson (news)'s Icon Prods. has quietly started the process of shopping for TV licensing deals for "Passion," which is the first hugely successful film to come down the pike as a true free agent for pay TV and broadcast/basic cable licensing in more than five years, since Fox scooped up the rights to George Lucas (news)' "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace." Industry sources say each of the Big Four broadcast networks has been pitched the movie, along with HBO, Showtime and other major cable outlets. Were it not for the movie's intense subject matter -- chronicling the painful last hours in the life of Jesus Christ -- broadcasters would likely be competing with big-money offers for the blockbuster, which has taken in more than $353 million domestically after less than two months in theaters. But sources say Icon has made it clear to prospective buyers that the film must run in its entirety and that even some of the more graphic scenes of beatings cannot be edited down. That makes it a tough sell for the broadcast networks, which would undoubtedly have a hard time lining up advertisers for the controversial film even if edits were made. Sources said Icon hopes to have "Passion" make its TV debut not too long after the film's home video release, expected to hit later this year through 20th Century Fox. Reps for Icon declined comment. ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V4 #105 *******************************