Not bad - Precious movie
Movie Premier in 2009.
Budget: $12,500,000
Precious be the exciting true description of one-time Olympian and World Champion glorious pullover Precious McKenzie MBE, who overcome mindboggling likelihood to sanctuary neediness, intimidation and national repugnance encircled by apartheid South Africa and in the fullness of incident overcome against the world lap.
Color Info: Color
Countries: New Zealand, UK
Genres: Biography, Drama
Languages: English
Locations: Cape Town, South Africa
From the soil...an African hero will rise
In movie have been taken:
Rutger Hauer (actor)
Articles: "Premiere" (USA), June 2005, Vol. 18, Iss. 9, pg. 34, by: Matloff, Jason, ""Scene Stealer"", "variety" (USA), 2005, by: Justin Chang, "Rutger Hauer", "Radio Times" (UK), 27 April 2002, Vol. 313, Iss. 4077, pg. 51, by: David Parkinson, "Teach Yourself - Rutger Hauer", "TV Guia" (Portugal), 1997, Iss. 965, pg. 88, "Film Review" (UK), May 1986, Vol. 36, Iss. 5, pg. 9-14, by: Neil Norman, "Hitch with Hauer", "Starlog" (USA), February 1986, Iss. 103, pg. 45-47, by: Rachel Long, "Portraying Fantasy Characters", "Starlog" (USA), June 1985, Iss. 95, pg. 65-67, by: Lee Goldberg, "Knight Wolf to a "Ladyhawke""
Father of 'Aysha Hauer' (qv), Is color blind., According to an interview she gave when _Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)_ (qv) was first published, Rutger Hauer was 'Anne Rice (I)' (qv) 's original vision for Lestat when the book was being written. Despite a popular rumor that 'Julian Sands' (qv) was her first choice, he didn't even begin to show up in films or TV till 1982, so Rice couldn't have been aware of him in 1976 when she was writing the book; Rutger has been acting since 1968. Rice may have said Sands would be great for the part when they were casting the film, because she has said that by the time the film was being made Rutger Hauer was too old to play Lestat., Was 'Paul Verhoeven (I)' (qv) 's first choice to play _RoboCop (1987)_ (qv)., Both his first and last name end with the letters "er". He has appeared in 13 movies/TV-series whose title or alternative title end with "er" or "ers". He has played 8 characters whose names end with "er"., Speaks fluently German (more or less accent-free), Once in a Dutch production of "Hair"., Wife, Ineke, whom he married in 1985, was a painter and sculptor., Is an environmentalist. Fought for the release of Greenpeace's co-founder, Paul Watson who was convicted in 1994 for sinking an illegal Norwegian whaling vessel. According to The Official Rutger Hauer website, the vessel was sunk in 1992 as a protest to Norway's announced intention to return to the commercial slaughter of whales, which was to be done in violation of the International Whaling Commission's global ban on whaling., The Dutch Mail Service issued a stamp in 1995 with Rutger on it, taken from a scene in Turkish Delight., Set up an AIDS research foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation., Parents, Arend and Teunke, operated an acting school in Amsterdam., Has appeared in two vampire movies with 'Donald Sutherland (I)' (qv) ; _Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)_ (qv) , and _'Salem's Lot (2004) (TV)_ (qv) ., Director 'Richard Donner' (qv) originally wanted to use him as the villain Marquet in _Ladyhawke (1985)_ (qv) (1985) but Hauer turned that role down and expressed more interest in playing the film's hero, Etienne Navarre., Former father-in-law of his _Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)_ (qv) co-star 'Thomas Jane' (qv) ., Son of 'Arend Hauer' (qv)., Spent five years in a pantomime company prior to seriously pursuing an acting career., During the late '80s and early '90s, Hauer became well known to the UK mainstream for a series of Guinness commercials where he is clad in black. He publicly took a dislike for the drink and had to spit it out after each take. His appearance is credited for an increase in sales of Guinnesses., Grandfather of 'Leandro Maeder' (qv)., He gives master classes in movie-making to students and new actors and movie makers. This takes places in Rotterdam. He has been doing this for several years., Turned down a role in 'Paul Verhoeven (I)' (qv)'s _Zwartboek (2006)_ (qv) (aka Black Book).
Pictorials: "TVFilm" (Netherlands), 12 April 2008, Iss. 8, "70 keer de jaren 70 (picture of Soldier of Orange)", "Playboy" (USA), November 1985, Vol. 32, Iss. 11, pg. 135, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1985", "Playboy" (USA), December 1984, Vol. 31, Iss. 12, pg. 205, by: Jim Harwood, "Sex Stars Of 1984", "Playboy" (USA), November 1984, Vol. 31, Iss. 11, pg. 139, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1984", "Playboy" (USA), November 1983, Vol. 30, Iss. 11, pg. 145, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1983", "Playboy" (USA), December 1982, Vol. 29, Iss. 12, pg. 217, by: Jim Harwood, "Sex Stars Of 1982", "Playboy" (USA), November 1980, Vol. 27, Iss. 11, pg. 172, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1980", "Playboy" (USA), November 1974, Vol. 21, Iss. 11, pg. 151, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1974"
Nick Names: The Dutch Paul Newman
Interviews: "Playboy" (USA), June 2005, Vol. 52, Iss. 6, pg. 54, by: n/a, "Best Day of Your Life: Rutger Hauer", "Humo" (Belgium), 13 November 2001, Iss. 3193, pg. 124, "Een lekkere schoft", "Empire" (UK), November 1998, Iss. 113, pg. 9, by: Darren Bignell, "How Much Is A Pint Of Milk", "Starlog" (USA), June 1997, Iss. 239, by: Bill Warren, "Gentle Knight", "Arena" (UK), 1989, by: David Keeps, "Hauer Dressing", "Movieland" (USA), June 1985, Iss. 30, pg. 31-37, by: Stephen Winbaum, "Ladyhawke", "Starlog" (USA), October 1982, Iss. 63, pg. 43-45, by: James van Hise, "This Replicant Is Unique"
Blonde, blue-eyed, high and handsome Dutch thespian Rutger Hauer individual an universal reputation inside arm of playing everything from idealist lead to act hero to grim villain. The son of actor, Hauer be born in Breukelen, Holland. Because his parents be characteristically touring, he and his three sisters were raise by the apply of a nanny. A smidgen of a individualist during his babyhood, he chafe at the rules and rigors of college and was often getting into cause problems. His grandfather have be the organizer of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer dash away to sweat by the loin of a freighter for a year. Like his great-grandfather, Hauer be color-blind, which prevented him from further his occupation by ability of a sailor. Upon his flood back he attend darkness school and started practical in the construction industry. When he again bomb at school, his parents enrol him in amateur dramatics classes. Fancying himself a rhymester, he spent most of his event message rhyme and non-living out in Amsterdam coffee house instead of study. He get expelled for deprived specific here and afterward spent a pithy length in the Dutch armada. Deciding he didn't close to martial time, he convinced his superior that he was emotionally unfit and was send to a extraordinary burrow for psych patients. It was an horrible lodge, but Hauer remain there until he convinced his ranking officer that the military really rod into convention not provision him.
Height: 6' 1"
Quotes: "'Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.", "I don't know what the appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and I don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.", "I have a lot of energy. I'm a lot stronger than most people."
Birth Notes: Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Books: Rutger Hauer with Patrick Quinlan. _All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners._ New York: HarperEntertainment, 2007. ISBN 0061133892
Magazine Covers: "Arena" (UK), 1989, "Film Review" (UK), May 1986, Vol. 36, Iss. 5, "Starlog" (USA), February 1986, Vol. 9, Iss. 103, "Veronica" (Netherlands), 7 September 1985, Iss. 36, "Starlog" (USA), May 1985, Vol. 8, Iss. 94, "Nieuwe Revu" (Netherlands), 8 October 1982, Iss. 40, "Veronica" (Netherlands), 6 January 1979, Iss. 1, "Story" (Netherlands), 26 March 1976, Iss. 13, "Veronica" (Netherlands), 4 October 1975, Iss. 27
Other Works: TV-commercial for Canal+ (1998), TV Commercials for Guinness (1987-1994), In Search of the Muse (TV Documentary Film) 2000, 'De Ridder en de Fakir' (A dutch TV documentary made in 1999 about the dutch TV series 'Floris'), 'On the Edge of Blade Runner' (British TV Documentary, 2000), 'On A Night Like This' (pop video with Kylie Minogue) 2000, Short comedy sketch on VH1 Music Awards (November 2000), TV commercial: Guinness (2004), Hosts a show in the UK called Shock Treatment. Each episode has 4 "contestants" go through various staged experiments to test their fear.
Where Now: (2007) Release of his book, "All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants and Blade Runners" by Rutger Hauer with Patrick Quinlan.
Birth Name: Hauer, Rutger Oelsen
Spouse: 'Ineke ten Kate' (22 November 1985 - present); 1 child, 'Heidi Merz' (? - ?) (divorced); 1 child
Birth Date: 23 January 1944
John Rhys-Davies (actor)
Articles: "The Sydney Morning Herald" (Australia), 2 September 2004, by: Garry Maddox, "The giant who was Gimli"
John Rhys-Davies spent uphill to 5 hours a daytime put by the players of makeup contained by favour of the role of Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It be discovered hasty on that he was allergic to the prosthetics, next he could merely leftovers them on and career almost both third day. The former week, it burn bad the shell lower than his eye., His son urged him to accept the role in _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)_ (qv)., Keeps busy by developing a new hobby with each movie., Lost the end tip of his left hand middle finger to the knuckle while changing out a van motor. During filming of _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)_ (qv), he was fitted with a gel tip for the finger. Rhys-Davies and the crew played a prank on director 'Peter Jackson (I)' (qv) by slicing the gel tip nearly in half and inserting prop blood inside. Rhys-Davies approached Jackson to tell him he was hurt and pulled open the tip, letting the blood flow out., Ironically, he is actually taller than _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)_ (qv) co-stars 'Viggo Mortensen' (qv), 'Orlando Bloom' (qv) and 'Ian McKellen' (qv), yet he plays the Dwarf., According to an article in the Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia), December 14, 2003, the actors who played the members of the Fellowship of the Ring got a tattoo as a memento of their shared experiences, except for Rhys-Davies, who sent his stunt double instead. According to the BellaOnline body art website, the double was martial artist 'Brett Beattie' (qv), who in fact spent more film hours performing as Gimli the Dwarf., Two of his television movies have been followed up with similarly themed theatrical films starring 'Eric Bana (I)' (qv). He played "The Kingpin" in _The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) (TV)_ (qv); the film _Hulk (2003)_ (qv) starred Bana. He played "King Priam" in _Helen of Troy (2003) (TV)_ (qv); 'Eric Bana (I)' (qv) played "Hector" in _Troy (2004)_ (qv)., Before getting the role of Gimli, he auditioned for the role of Denethor. Orlando Bloom, who played Legolas, auditioned for the role of Denethor's other son, Faramir. In Helen of Troy, Rhys-Davies played Priam, and in _Troy (2004)_ (qv), Bloom played Paris, Priam's younger son., April 2004 - Appeared as the special Lord of the Rings guest at the Armageddon Sci-Fi and Comics Convention in Auckland, New Zealand., September 2004 - Attended the Armaggeddon Pulp Culture Expo Convention in Wellington, New Zealand as a Lord of the Rings guest, Every film he has made with 'Kiran Shah' has been nominated for Best Picture: _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)_ (qv)., Is one of four "Lord of the Rings" stars to star, pre-"Rings," with 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv). He starred with Ford in _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv) and _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv), and Ford starred with 'Viggo Mortensen' (qv) (Aragorn) in _Witness (1985)_ (qv), with 'Sean Bean' (qv) (Boromir) in _Patriot Games (1992)_ (qv), and with 'Miranda Otto' (qv) (Eowyn) in _What Lies Beneath (2000)_ (qv)., Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, England, and is an Associate Member., Although a double needed to be used to make Rhys-Davies look much smaller than his shorter co-stars 'Viggo Mortensen' (qv) and 'Orlando Bloom' (qv), his height was exactly the right proportions to those of his hobbit co-stars and no body doubles were used in their shots together. The hobbits are supposed to average about 3' 6" (2 feet shorter than the actors who played them) and Gimli, at just over 4 feet tall, is about 2 feet shorter than the real Rhys-Davies., Graduated from the University of East Anglia., Played the character of Malone in the TV Series _"The Untouchables" (1993)_ (qv). The character was played by 'Sean Connery' (qv) in the movie version _The Untouchables (1987)_ (qv). Both actors also played Richard the Lionheart, King of England, in separate versions of Robin Hood: Rhys-Davis in TV's _"Robin of Sherwood" (1984)_ (qv) and Connery (albeit uncredited) in _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)_ (qv). Connery and Rhys-Davies appeared together in between these projects in _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv)., Parents: Rhys Davies (a mechanical engineer) and Mary Margaretta Phyllis Jones (a nurse)., Children: Tom, Ben., While working on the Lord of the Rings films, he lost seventy pounds from all the running around the part involved. When he went back to New Zealand for re-shoots, the makeup artists had to alter his Gimli makeup to better fit his slimmed-down facial features., Has lived with Lisa Manning since 2004. They have a daughter, Maia. Although he separated from his wife Susie in the early 1980s, he has not divorced her and has no plans to. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1995 and he remains close to her.
Interviews: "Star Trek Monthly" (UK), October 1999, Iss. 58, pg. 38-40, by: David Bassom, "Renaissance Man", "Cult Times" (USA/UK), June 1998, Iss. 33, pg. 11, by: Steven Eramo, "The Guest-List", "TV Zone" (USA/UK), December 1997, Iss. 97, pg. 14-19, by: Steven Eramo, "Giving Value For Money", "Starlog" (USA), July 1997, Iss. 240, by: Ian Spelling, "Sliding Away", "Starlog" (USA), August 1989, Iss. 145, pg. 45-48,+50, by: Will Murray, "John Rhys-Davies: Dangerous Actor"
Viola Davis (actress)
Franka Potente (actress)
Kerry Washington (actress)
Frederik Du Chau (producer)
Genevieve Hofmeyr (producer)
James Morcan (producer)
Lance Morcan (producer)
Philip A. Patterson (producer)
James Morcan (writer)
Lance Morcan (writer)
David Eggby (cinematographer)
Frederik Du Chau (director)
Precious McKenzie (miscellaneous crew)