tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761264098565117362024-03-18T21:03:01.879-07:00A Century of NovemberW. D. Wetherell’s haunting story about the power of death, the pain of loss, and the possibility of hope in a time of war.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676126409856511736.post-64425462058771180442017-04-06T23:56:00.002-07:002017-04-07T03:00:26.273-07:00 REMEMBERING the fallen on 100th anniversary of the U.S. entering The First World War ...<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1095.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; margin-top: 9.75pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After nearly three years of horrific, industrialized war raging across Europe… On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50 the United States Entered the War to end all Wars…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #101010; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In February 1917, Germany, determined to win its war of attrition against the Allies, resumed its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in war-zone waters. Three days later, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany; the same day, the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. On February 22, Congress passed a $250 million arms-appropriations bill intended to ready the United States for war. In late March, Germany sank four more U.S. merchant ships, and on April 2, President Wilson went before Congress to deliver his famous war message. Within four days, both houses of Congress had voted in favor of a declaration of war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.133333px;">The Germans attacked Verdun in late February 1916, and for eight interminable, inhumane months, the siege dragged on. Always intent on perfecting its chemical warfare techniques, Germany had lobbed phosgene gas at the Allies during the siege; once in the lungs, the deadly compound turned to hydrochloric acid, burning men from the inside.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.133333px;">Meanwhile, the British had developed their own new weapon—the tank. And in early summer, during their tragic and misbegotten Somme offensive, tanks rolled onto the battlefield for the first time—to little avail. It took the British and French until November to advance seven miles along the northwestern front, and it cost them more than 620,000 casualties. By the time the French finally broke through at Verdun a month later, they had suffered close to 400,000 casualties and the Germans 350,000.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.133333px;">The Battle of the Somme revealed the horrific nature of modern warfare: immovable trenches, heavy artillery, and massive casualties. The United States was unprepared for the kind of war that its allies had been fighting for nearly three years.</span></span><br />
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July 1, 1916, west of the Somme River, northern France: In the dawn light, British and French artillery opened up, firing nearly a quarter million shells on the enemy’s entrenched positions—the final barrage before the “Big Push.” At 7:30, the first Allied officers, the great majority British Expeditionary Force, led their men out of the trenches and “over the top.” After eight days of bombarding German forward positions, they expected to advance across no-man’s-land virtually unopposed, so they were surprised to see German barbed wire still in place. Still, they kept moving forward. Then, a hundred yards from the enemy line, they were mowed down by the Germans, whose deep concrete bunkers and machine guns had remained virtually unscathed. The day remains the single bloodiest in the history of the British Army: almost 60,000 men killed or wounded, many officers in the first hour. The battle continued for another 140 days along a 15-mile front and claimed some 1.3 million casualties.</div>
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The story of A Century of November takes place in a time where Germany prepared to attack any and all ships, including civilian passenger carriers, said to be sighted in war-zone waters.<br />
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This was one of the components that pushed the United States of America to call for a declaration of war against Germany.<br />
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On this day 100 years ago…<br />
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Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare…<br />
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This began in part with pressure from neutral countries and out of fear the U.S. would enter the war on the side of the Allies.<br />
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When World War I erupted in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson pledged neutrality for the United States, a position that the vast majority of Americans favored. Britain, however, was one of America’s closest trading partners and tension soon arose between the United States and Germany over the latter’s attempted blockade of the British isles. Several U.S. ships traveling to Britain were damaged or sunk by German mines and, in February 1915, Germany announced unrestricted warfare against all ships, neutral or otherwise, that entered the war zone around Britain. One month later, Germany announced that a German cruiser had sunk the William P. Frye, a private American merchant vessel that was transporting grain to England when it disappeared. President Wilson was outraged, but the German government apologized, calling the attack an unfortunate mistake.<br />
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The Germans’ most formidable naval weapon was the U-boat, a submarine far more sophisticated than those built by other nations at the time. The typical U-boat was 214 feet long, carried 35 men and 12 torpedoes, and could travel underwater for two hours at a time. In the first few years of World War I, the U-boats took a terrible toll on Allied shipping.<br />
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In early May 1915, several New York newspapers published a warning by the German embassy in Washington that Americans traveling on British or Allied ships in war zones did so at their own risk. The announcement was placed on the same page as an advertisement for the imminent sailing of the British-owned Lusitania ocean liner from New York to Liverpool. On May 7, the Lusitania was torpedoed without warning just off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,959 passengers, 1,198 were killed, including 128 Americans.<br />
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The German government maintained that the Lusitania was carrying munitions, but the U.S. demanded reparations and an end to German attacks on unarmed passenger and merchant ships. In August 1915, Germany pledged to see to the safety of passengers before sinking unarmed vessels, but in November sank an Italian liner without warning, killing 272 people, including 27 Americans. Public opinion in the United States began to turn irrevocably against Germany.<br />
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At the end of January 1917, Germany, determined to win its war of attrition against the Allies, announced the resumption of unrestricted warfare. Three days later, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany; just hours after that, the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. None of the 25 Americans on board were killed and they were picked up later by a British steamer.<br />
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On February 22, Congress passed a $250 million arms-appropriations bill intended to ready the United States for war. Two days later, British authorities gave the U.S. ambassador to Britain a copy of what has become known as the “Zimmermann Note,” a coded message from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann to Count Johann von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to Mexico. In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence, Zimmermann stated that, in the event of war with the United States, Mexico should be asked to enter the conflict as a German ally. In return, Germany would promise to restore to Mexico the lost territories of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. On March 1, the U.S. State Department published the note and America was galvanized against Germany once and for all.<br />
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In late March, Germany sank four more U.S. merchant ships and, on April 2, President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4, the Senate voted 82 to six to declare war against Germany. Two days later, the House of Representatives endorsed the declaration by a vote of 373 to 50 and America formally entered World War I.<br />
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By 2013 41 sunken German World War One U-boats were discovered off the coast of England. They were found at a depth of about 50 feet (15.24 meters).<br />
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History is part of our lives… We need to remember, always… Who we are and where we have come from…<br />
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Because on a global scale so many human beings have sacrificed their lives fighting conflict after conflict…<br />
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100 years later… after the end of THE GREAT WAR… The war that was suppose to end all wars...<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">On January 22nd 1917, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s peace note from December had largely been dismissed by both sides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">President Wilson’s could once more turn his thoughts to Europe, where he hoped, as a powerful neutral actor, to be able to arrange peace on the continent. Hoping for some sign that the Allies were willing to negotiate, he waited several weeks; in the meantime, the Germans made their own piece offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">On December 18 1916, Wilson issued his note to the belligerent powers. He announced himself as “the friend of all nations engaged in the present struggle.” In order to aid further negotiations, he asked all of the powers for a statement of their war aims, and hoped after that to bring them to the negotiating table–though he pointedly did not offer to serve as a mediator. He stated that future peace could be secured by “the formation of a league of nations to insure peace and justice throughout the world.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">He made his neutrality quite clear, dismissing the grand language that the Allies often used to describe their cause: “The objects which the statesmen of the belligerents on both sides have in mind in this war are virtually the same, as stated in general terms to their own peoples and the world.” This line struck a nerve with many Allied leaders, even leaving King George in tears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Although high-minded, Wilson’s note served to exasperate many, even in his own government. The State Department and even Col. House opposed the move, and tried to downplay its importance in their own discussions with European leaders. Allied governments were annoyed with the move, while the German government, with its own peace initiative, was divided. Only the neutral countries, eager for an end to the war at this point, were truly receptive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">As a result, Wilson decided that he would attempt to address “the people of the countries now at war,” in the form of a highly-publicized speech to the US Senate on January 22nd 1917. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">...It must be a peace without victory. It is not pleasant to say this… Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor’s terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last…</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and accept the principle that governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that no right anywhere exists to hand peoples about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were property… </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">There should be a united, independent, and autonomous Poland… So far as practicable, moreover, every great people now struggling toward a full development of its resources and of its powers should be assured a direct outlet to the great highways of the sea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I am proposing, as it were, that the nations should with one accord adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world: that no nation should seek to extend its polity over any other nation or people, but that every people should be left free to determine its own polity, its own way of development–unhindered, unthreatened, unafraid, the little along with the great and powerful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I am proposing that all nations henceforth avoid entangling alliances which would draw them into competitions of power, catch them in a net of intrigue and selfish rivalry, and disturb their own affairs with influences intruded from without. There is no entangling alliance in a concert of power. When all unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common interest and are free to live their own lives under a common protection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Wilson proposed that America would help to arrange peace now and to guarantee it in the future. To deflect isolationist criticism, Wilson framed the language in terms of the founders, saying it is merely an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, and that participation in his proposed “League of Peace” would not be an “entangling alliance” of the sort Washington had warned against in his farewell address.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Wilson’s speech was cheered worldwide by peace advocates, and even by some parties that had largely been committed to the war effort (such as the French Socialists). In the United States, Democrats hailed the speech, while most Republicans thought that Wilson’s speech was too idealistic, too interventionist, or (in the case of Teddy Roosevelt) outright traitorous. There was a small coterie of midwestern pacifist Republicans, however, who joined Robert LaFollette in praising it as “the greatest message of a century.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">German Ambassador Bernstorff welcomed the speech, and tried to use it as evidence of American good intentions; he sent desperate pleas back to Berlin to try to postpone the German U-boat offensive that he knew would wreck any chance for an American diplomatic solution.</span><br />
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development of the feature film </span><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A Century of November</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> is put into
perspective and yet again it seems to pale in comparison, when stepping foot
onto a legendary aircraft carrier that has provided air support, withstood and
survived countless encounters, once again, standing the test of time as one of
the only remaining U.S. aircraft carriers of the World War II Era that is not
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Recently, producer <b>Nicolas
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the navy on board the <a href="http://www.midway.org/">USS Midway CV-41
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back breaking hard work that it took to design, build and deploy this marvel upon
the sea to serve, support and protect many countries and nations around the
world is a tribute to the enduring spirit of mankind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the end of The Great War on November 11<sup>th</sup>, 1918. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676126409856511736.post-55113451728423562382016-04-19T10:33:00.000-07:002017-01-30T19:42:32.441-08:00In Honor of USS Iowa BB-61 Part 1 of 2…<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century
of November</a></span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
continues to have many positives and special moments in development as a feature
film.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Beginning with, learning
and researching about the forgotten history of the First World War. The stories,
the sacrifices, the journey’s, the trials and tribulations, the strength of families,
nations and countries ability to endure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aspects of the First World War for a proof-of-concept promotional teaser that
maintained an onsite sense of appreciation for what human beings tolerated. </span></div>
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Awde</b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> had the opportunity and the honor to walk in the footsteps of the
navy </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">on board</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> the Iowa-Class Battleship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He met and spoke with
some vets, listened to speeches about the various routes that the battleship took
through many excursions and asked many first hand questions about serving on
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of researching, working and developing a feature film project with the canvas
of the First World War to stepping foot on a Battleship that had served through
many wars and survived WW2, The Korean War, Vietnam and Desert Storm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appreciation and respect, for all the people, through the decades who served on
the USS Iowa continued to explore every facet of the mighty battleship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Captain and Crew quarters and living conditions. The radio room, lookouts,
control room’s, strategy and planning areas, corridors with seeming endless
hallways and so many other areas… too many to name…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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character, shooting locations, success, failure, the pressure to deliver a
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producer for the Price is Right, his second career as a screenwriter, Nancy Meyers,
life in Hollywood, film genres, war and politics and the tragedy associated
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material from script to screen, the strength that bonds a father and son and
how far would a parent travel and sacrifice to endure the love of a child and
family, on the development of a feature film project entitled A Century of
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Jay is also credited for the screenplay adaptation of a novel that maintains iconic stature.<br />
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He is the very talented and charismatic screenwriter Jay Wolpert of Pirates of the Caribbean and The Count of Monte Cristo.<br />
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Jay shares his thoughts on his early career as a game show producer, life in Hollywood, story and characters on Gone with the Wind and Casablanca.<br />
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The source material from script to screen, the strength that bonds a father and son and how far would a parent travel and sacrifice to endure the love of a child and family, on the development of a feature film project entitled A Century of November.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676126409856511736.post-65547024642730841592016-01-15T22:37:00.000-08:002017-01-30T19:47:39.445-08:00A Century of November Jay Wolpert Interview Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is part 1 of a nearly one-hour uncut interview recorded with one of the people responsible for helping to create one of the most successful and largest Film Franchises in Hollywood History.</div>
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Jay is also credited for the screenplay adaptation of a novel that maintains Iconic stature.</div>
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He is the very talented and charismatic screenwriter Jay Wolpert of Pirates of the Caribbean and The Count of Monte Cristo. </div>
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Jay shares his thoughts on his early career as a game show producer, life in Hollywood, story and characters on Gone with the Wind and Casablanca. </div>
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The source material from script to screen, the strength that bonds a father and son and how far would a parent travel and sacrifice to endure the love of a child and family, on the development of a feature film project entitled A Century of November.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In addition to a completed Oscar caliber Script from Jay Wolpert, a
5 min short film was shot based on the story recreating moments of The Great
War.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A very well thought out, aggressive shot list was put together and
over the course of 7 months <a href="http://www.richardschmon.com/">Richard
Schmon</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>was hired by Pacific
Empire Corporation to document a part of the Journey of a Lifetime, to shoot
stills and time-lapse video for <a href="http://acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a> short film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is based on the acclaimed novel by
award winning American Author W.D. Wetherell with a screenplay adaptation
by Hollywood Screenwriter Jay Wolpert (Pirates of the Caribbean / The
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">On a Saturday that produced some of the most undesirable
conditions for human beings (really cold, overcast, wet, muddy and raining)
(perfect conditions for recreating the First World War), over 100 cast and crew
began at 6:00am and an average of 300 people gathered throughout the day in
Mission, BC to shoot a promotional teaser for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a>. With
cinematographer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710405/">Joel Ransom</a> behind
the camera, everybody forged through a blustery wet day in the mud.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362659/">Jack Hardy</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(RIP), Oscar Nominated Production
Designer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484885/">Peter Lando</a>,
Oscar Nominated Costume Designer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698889/">Monique Prudhomme</a>, Visual
Effects Supervisor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301474/">John
Gajdecki</a>, Key Grip <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925899/">Tony
Whiteside</a>, Stunt Coordinator <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538387/">JJ Makaro</a>, and Props
Master <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159463/">Jimmy Chow</a>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The promotional teaser was captured with a combination of <a href="http://www.panavision.com/product_detail.php?maincat=1&cat=36&id=375&node=c0,c137,c138">Panavision
Genesis</a> cameras as well as <a href="http://www.arri.com/camera/35_mm_film/arriflex_435_xtreme.html">Arriflex
435</a> film cameras and Kodak's <a href="http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Production/Color_Negative_Films/5219.htm">5219
Vision 3</a> film stock, all with Panavision's gorgeous glass. The camera
crew also had the epic 50 foot <a href="http://www.supertechno.com/">Super
Technocrane</a> with the <a href="http://www.mega3.tv/gallery.htm">Mega
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halves, the first being the elaborate trench set and the second being "No
Man's Land", the lethal bombed out space separating enemy and friendly
lines on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_%28World_War_I%29">the western
front</a>. These were constructed one piece at a time over the course of the
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those found in France and Belgium, both blue and green screens were employed to
enable the Visual Effects team to composite the war torn backgrounds of the era.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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course of 12 hours<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.richardschmon.com/">Richard Schmon</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>captured over 600 raw files and my
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illustrate that nothing’s impossible: respectful persistence, drive,
determination, heart, passion and a never give up attitude is everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Remembering moments that help you and the people around you
grow as human beings…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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researching, learning, making mistakes, feeling,
practicing and moving on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is difficult to
describe the feeling you get when you step into a home with a history – a
checkered one at that, where the initial owner was a shady stock promoter and
his guest, in the final stages of life, was none other than Errol Flynn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been fascinated by Errol Flynn, and even more so by his sudden death in
Vancouver over fifty years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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West Vancouver businessman George Caldough hosted the Hollywood legend and the
actor’s 17 year old girlfriend in his home, located at 1026 Eyremount Drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for what was only supposed to be a few days, Caldough paraded Flynn around to
various hot spots to “be seen” – and in between, Errol’s condition was
worsening. The compounding effects of a slipped disc and rapidly failing organs
(helped along by copious amounts of vodka and heroin) caused Flynn to suffer
greatly, and often during the visit, he would need to lie in bed at the
Caldough house – sweating profusely yet shivering at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Flynn, en route to the airport, dropped dead of a heart attack in the penthouse
apartment of a doctor who was trying to treat him and a couple of years later
Caldough was convicted of stock fraud and sent to jail for 6 years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The house on
Eyremount was occupied by a number of families over the years since then, and
until recently, was very much intact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reading about
something is not good enough, and seeing as though Patrick was researching and
trying to develop a film based on these last days, paying a visit to the house
was definitely in order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick actually
spent time at the house many times over several years, mostly peeking through
the windows at empty spaces and eventually was able to actually shot some
re-enactment scenes of Flynn’s last moments prior to leaving for the airport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick found himself
spending even more time there, as it was in the last stages of demolition.
Needing to take even more detailed notes about the house before it was gone
forever, Patrick would stop by from time to time, wandering through the
door-less entrance and stepping over the broken bits of drywall and glass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Leading up to
Halloween, Patrick would stop by the house every single day, but each time he
felt a little unsure of his surroundings: the feeling in his stomach was
sending him many different signals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Doors swinging open
and shut (he was sure it was the wind) was enough to cause me to exit the scene
rather quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick’s trouble is,
however, that curiosity would get the better of him and draw him back to the
house – over and over again…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This time, Patrick was
not going to the house alone…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The first person
Patrick decided to bring along was a professional photographer – someone to
help record the last images of the house. She did her best, snapped some great
images, but couldn’t wait to get the hell out of there. She admitted to feeling
sick and chilled to the bone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Chilled to the bone
Patrick thought…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">That was something I
too had started to feel every visit…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">An unusual coldness
inside the house, even when the weather was rather warm outside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick continued to
ask others to come to the house with him… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Maybe, this was
because he wanted to confirm his own beliefs that there was something unusual
going on…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick states that
he is not terribly spiritual, or rather, he wasn’t before these visits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">There was definitely
something unusual in the house on Eyremount Drive, and Patrick wanted to get
second, third and even fourth opinions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Every single time,
the reactions were consistent – the place was otherworldly. Everyone felt the
gut wrenching feeling, the cold, the “bad air” as some described it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick mentioned his
research exploits to his co-producer on <i><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a></i> Nicolas
Awde, and if you know Nick, he never comes across as someone who is easily
shaken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At the end of Nick
and Patrick’s work day, (Halloween), Nick agreed to come up to the house to
check it out. We wandered through the house, and Nick was observing the
conditions of the house – the piles of broken gyprock, the skeletal remains of
the framework, the appliances carelessly dumped over the balcony and into the
swimming pool, now filled with murky water. Nick even noticed a double sink in
good condition that he might like to take home with him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick escorted Nick
downstairs, exploring darkened rooms, cold and empty fireplaces, scattered
documents – and then around the deck of the pool. And then - it started to get
to Nick. The chill. The air. The damp and the dark. The gut instincts that tell
you to get out while you can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Pretty soon, that
newish double sink wasn’t so attractive, and the need to exit the building
intensified and before we knew it, we were heading for the vehicle. Enough was
enough. And the experience was disturbing enough that Nick didn’t seem interested
in discussing the house again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Today, there is
simply rubble that remains where this house sat for fifty years. The pain and
suffering that film legend Errol Flynn endured during his last days on earth
can only be left to the imagination. Who knows if others had suffered behind
those walls since?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Who knows if others
who had lived in that house over five decades had strange feelings about the
house?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick had heard one
story, from a realtor, that the wife of a very recent owner refused to allow
her husband to build their new home on the site because she didn’t feel right
about the existing house when she entered. She even forced him to sell it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick imagines that
this property, with the million-dollar view of the entire City of Vancouver will
see an opulent mansion built upon it. He can only hope, for the new owner’s
sake, that the cold and sickening feelings that everyone shared within those
walls, crumbled away with each crushing blow off the backhoe that knocked the
original structure down…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Created throughout the development of <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/"><i>A Century of November</i></a></span>, the company decided to storyboard some images, to produce an animated presentation based on the reviews of the novel <i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a></span>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was one of the first concepts completed to build a visual foundation on story and characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything was completed throughout one day in a recording studio. Many days of research and prep were involved in gathering all the elements to make it happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Studio time started with an amazing individual who is dedicated to carrying on the art and tradition of Morse Code. Her name is Lavina Shaw of the <i>Morse Telegraph Club</i>. The telegraph clicking sounds accurately depict all the words appearing in the animated presentation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Studio recording session concluded with the very talented violinist & songwriter Susie Mares <i>Suzka Music</i> playing various connecting tones and themes off words and images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final words chosen, were from the novel;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A haunting story, of the power and death, the pain of loss with the possibility of hope during a time of war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><i>A Century of November</i></a> Conceptual Animated Presentation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Remembering moments that help you and the people around you
grow as human beings…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Assumptions... Murphy’s Law… Intuition… Instinct… all go hand in hand, they can be challenging to differentiate
between one another. Learning, making mistakes, feeling, practicing and moving
on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">There is truth in the
what it is said about the word “assume”, making an ass out of “u” and “me”... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It happens every day
in life with the little things, and sometimes can affect decisions that can
have tremendous impacts on your daily life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The story of signing
Jay Wolpert to write the script for <i><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a></i> falls
in this category. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick assumed that
the novel he sent to the agent at Paradigm, would be tossed or would never find
its way into Jay’s hands. Patrick simply believed that any material not
represented by an agent, lawyer or manager would ever get to someone like Jay,
regardless of its virtue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thanks to some
friendly persuasion by Nick, Patrick eventually wrote a little note, slipped it
inside a copy of the novel, and sent it to Paradigm…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The rest as they say
has become history…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Even after that
lesson, Patrick continued to fall back into the same thought patterns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick’s research on
another passion project regarding Errol Flynn’s last days, was looking for
individuals to interview, who may have spent time with the ailing actor during
the last week of his life in Vancouver. The trouble is that it was fifty years
ago, and many of the people involved in the story are either dead or extremely
old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">While trying to
acquire all of the details about Flynn, Patrick managed to get to know
something of the other people who were with Flynn at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">There was George
Caldough, who hosted Flynn and was poised to purchase the actor’s yacht.
Patrick’s research turned up that Caldough died of a heart attack at age 50
back in 1978.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There is Beverly
Aadland, who was Flynn’s 17 year old </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">protege</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. He died in her arms in a West End
apartment of Dr. Grant Gould. She is still alive, but is very private and
doesn’t necessarily want to be bothered again (she has recently been
interviewed for an Australian documentary entitled “Tasmanian Devil: The Fast
and Furious Life of Errol Flynn”, and is in talks with HBO regarding a film
based on her romance with the actor).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Then there is Dr.
Grant Gould. He tried to save Errol, but to no avail. It was his apartment that
Flynn died in. What are the chances that he is still alive? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick’s extensive
research over many years turned up nothing. Until now…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick believed that
Dr. Grant Gould was also gone. Patrick dug some more and wanted to write an
article, with credibility. More research, phone calls and finally struck gold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">To Patrick’s delight,
Dr. Gould was still alive and well and still practices medicine, despite being
semi-retired and he is the answer to many questions Patrick’s had about the
true details regarding Flynn’s death.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">From this point
forward Patrick’s new mantra, was to consider looking at all sides, exhaust all
possibilities, before jumping to conclusions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">True success will
come from turning over every single rock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">To be concluded…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676126409856511736.post-14417512649535553642015-11-11T11:00:00.000-08:002017-01-30T21:34:28.294-08:00A Day to Always Remember...<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Inspiration can be found anywhere…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Nicolas Awde recently reflected on an
inspirational moment while searching through some reference materials and old
newspapers that contained elements relative to the story of A Century of
November.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Upon opening one of the newspapers there was a photo
of a child running to his father. This reminded him of growing up with his
Grandfather (WW2 Vet).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After reading the article he felt compelled to
call his Grandfather and thank him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">His Grandfather replied "thank me for
what?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Nicolas said<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>"<span style="text-align: start;">thank you for giving me the opportunity to be able
to live the life I have and become the human being I am today". He
questioned further, "what do you mean?" Nicolas answered, "If it
wasn't for people like you that sacrificed their lives so that others didn’t
have to in the way that you did… again… thank you for all that you are and all that
you have done".</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This story below continues to inspire A Century
of November…</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Remembering how human beings can endure…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When Patrick heard that Jack Babcock, 107
years old, had become the last surviving Canadian soldier from the First World
War and that he lived mere hours away from Vancouver in the eastern Washington
city of Spokane, Patrick knew he had to meet him. An incredible opportunity for
anybody to actually speak to someone who was there – a young soldier caught up
in the excitement of defending his country, over 90 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Numerous articles had been written about
our country’s last soldier after the death of the only other surviving Canadian
veteran, Dwight Wilson – and although there was a lot of information to go on,
Patrick wanted to hear it from the man himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jack, although he tried, never made it to
the front lines and in turn, managed to live another 9 decades. Destiny
diverted him from battle and allowed him time to find the girl he would start a
family with, have a career, serve in another country’s Army, and be a witness
to history of the 20th century as it unfolded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Patrick, simply found Jack’s home number,
and called.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">“Make sure you bring along your wife and
baby.” Babcock’s second wife, Dot, sounded enthusiastic about the visit with
Patrick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Developing a feature film on this scale
involves so much research, listening, learning, hearing stories first hand.
Jack and his wife loved the idea of a social scenario, nothing formal: not a
structured interview, simply conversation. They had recently been bombarded by
multiple interviews from newspapers across Canada, so it was well understood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Patrick drove down to Spokane with his
family on a Sunday afternoon and they arrived at the neatly kept bungalow after
a lengthy journey (multiple pit stops), and they were warmly welcomed into Jack
and Dot’s home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jack was positioned in the middle of the
sofa, while Dot sat off to one side. Jack was definitely not slight – thick
white hair & solid as a rock with hands that enveloped Patrick’s hand in a
handshake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jack and Dot have cats, which were an
immediate distraction for Patrick’s son Kieran, and although watching Kieran
chase the cats around the living room was definitely entertaining, Jack came
back to Patrick’s various questions. Patrick wanted to be spontaneous and enjoy
the moment, not worried about “getting the good stuff”. The meeting was
fantastic with much additional insight gained into remembering how human beings
can endure…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Life is amazing…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676126409856511736.post-30333757497686583242015-10-20T12:33:00.000-07:002017-01-30T21:37:57.580-08:00Two Special Days...<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reflecting on two Special Days…</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is almost a year since <b>Nicolas
Awde</b> & <b>Patrick Stark</b> (Producers) signed Hollywood
screenwriter <b>Jay Wolpert</b> (<b><i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>/<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Count of Monte Cristo</b></i>)
to write the film adaptation based on the highly acclaimed novel by award
winning American Author<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>W.D.
Wetherell’s <i><a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of
November</a></i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Screenwriter and
executive producer Jay Wolpert spent an action-packed two days in Vancouver to
meet with Nick and Patrick to go over script and story points. The schedule was
tight, but Nick, Patrick and Pacific Empire Corporation managed to pull it off
without a hitch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jay was in for a busy
two days: not long after being picked up from the airport he was whisked away
in Company’s 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Limo and delivered to his hotel. Before
long, Jay, Nick and Patrick were immersed in a 5 hour script and story meeting.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">From there, Jay was transported
to the Blink Media Works studios where he was interviewed (for a special
presentation piece Nick and Patrick assembed for the project) by local
EPK/Field Producer Marian Dodd (Entertainment Tonight), where Jay discussed the
process of adapting <a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of
November</a> as well as regaling those ‘behind-the-scenes’ stories of his life
and career in Hollywood.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Research is key to
staying true to the authenticity of the film and the ‘when’ and ‘where’ the
story takes place – so at Jay’s request, Nick and Patrick discovered an apple
orchard to visit on Vancouver Island, very close to where our protagonist,
Charles Marden made his home, and from where his journey half way around the
world to find the exact spot his son fell, began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It was a brutally
early start to the next day in an effort to catch the 6:30AM ferry from
Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Nanaimo’s Departure Bay: once they journeyed
across the strait began, they quickly lost track of the time. The voyage from
Vancouver to the apple orchard became a tremendous opportunity for all of them
to simply converse, break bread together and further solidify their plans to
continue to develop the feature film <a href="http://www.acenturyofnovember.com/">A Century of November</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">After a brief but
informative stop by Nanaimo’s century-old courthouse, they drove 45 minutes
south to the Merridale Estate Cidery, one of the largest of its kind in North
America. Everybody involved was thrilled to be able to stroll through the
orchard consisting of numerous varieties of cider apple trees, all from Europe
and to take in the same air our characters would have breathed, experiencing
life as they may have experienced it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">After some cider
sampling, they drove back to Nanaimo in time to catch a 12:30 ferry back to the
mainland and straight to the airport to conclude Jay’s two Special Days…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u1:p></u1:p>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Another step forward
in their journey from novel to script to screen…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676126409856511736.post-7970609314641791312015-09-22T22:46:00.000-07:002017-01-30T21:39:12.038-08:00Journey of a Lifetime Part 1<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">To look forward is to
always remember where we came from and how we came to be where we are today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reflecting on this
Journey of a Lifetime;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is nearly five
months since<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Nicolas Awde</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>&<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Patrick Stark</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Producers) signed Hollywood
screenwriter <b>Jay Wolpert</b> (<b><i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>/<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Count of Monte Cristo</b></i>)
to write the film adaptation based on the highly acclaimed novel by award
winning American Author<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>W.D.
Wetherell’s <i>A Century of November</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes it’s
difficult to take that first step, especially when you are shooting for the
stars. When you consider dealing with a commercially successful writer who has
helped create one of the largest and most successful box office franchises
in film history, that task can seem daunting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It’s been said that’s
it’s not real until you sign on the dotted line, or until you can feel the
script in your hands, the idea of making a feature film at this level still
seems like a dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Where does it all
begin to make a feature film? Story and Characters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">First, Patrick found
the source material that was all about a beautiful Story filled with rich
Characters, a novel entitled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>A
Century of November</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Where would a
parent’s love for a child end…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gone with the Wind</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Meets<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Saving Private Ryan</i></b>…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is a story set
on the canvas nearing the end of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>First
World War</b>, of a father who receives word that his only son has been
declared “killed/missing”. Leaving his home and peaceful life behind him,
journey’s halfway around the world through extraordinary situations to lay to
rest any chance that his son was coming home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The story of any
parent whose loved one(s) have journeyed half way around the world, to fight in
a dangerous conflict for their country transcends time and even though the
novel is set in the past, the story holds many contemporary values of today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Second, Nick &
Patrick secured the option on the novel, giving them the exclusive right to
develop the novel into a feature film. This process took about six months and
the experience was tremendously rewarding in so many ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nick & Patrick
received the blessings from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Mary
Bisbee-Beek</b>, (Director of Trade Marketing, Publicity and Foreign Rights
at University of Michigan Press), and the tremendously talented
author, <b>W.D. Wetherell</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nick & Patrick
asked each other what movie, adapted from a novel in recent years, impressed
them the most.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Almost
simultaneously, they said <b>The Count of Monte Cristo</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Not knowing who the
screenwriter was, they quickly looked it up on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/">www.imdb.com</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to discover that Jay Wolpert not only
wrote the adaptation to The Count of Monte Cristo, but he was the first
screenwriter hired to adapt <b>Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the
Black Pearl.<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Patrick, having
worked in the film industry a long time felt realistic on
how Hollywood works, he practically threw up his hands, saying
“Forget it; we’ll never get a guy like that to write this script.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nick, the eternal
optimist, however, has a different way of looking at things and simply
suggested sending Jay’s agent the novel. After much prodding, Patrick finally
surrendered and sent a FedEx package that included the novel and a small typed
letter to Jay inserted inside to Rich Freeman at Paradigm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">When Nick &
Patrick sent the novel out to their first choice screenwriter Jay Wolpert to
adapt it into a screenplay. They sent the novel to his agent<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Rich Freeman</b>, they weren’t sure
what to expect. Would Jay get the novel or even read it? The reality of this,
is that Jay did receive the novel, read it and fortunately loved it as much as
Nick & Patrick did. Thank you Rich!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The next step for
them, was to move on with an out of sight and out of mind attitude. In the
meantime, they continued to pursue many other leads for potential
screenwriters, but they could never quite find the right fit for adapting the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Months later, out of
the blue, Patrick received a call on his cell phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“Patrick? This is Jay
Wolpert…Thank you so much for your letter, and I read the book. I loved it. But
there’s not a hope in hell that I can adapt this into a script for you. I’m way
too busy, and quite frankly, I’m sure you can’t afford me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">All Patrick could
think of was, “Holy shit”. Jay Wolpert is on the phone, he read the book, and
he loves it.” The rest of the stuff about not having any time and that we couldn’t
afford his rate, etc. seemed to be blocked from his brain. All he could think
of to say was, “That’s encouraging.” Jay replied “what do you mean that’s
encouraging, I just told you that I can’t do it”. Patrick said “you said you
loved the book”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moment, they were convinced:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>A
Century of November</i> is gold.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jay’s call encouraged
them to really get to work. They thought that if he likes the book, then other
top Hollywood screenwriters would too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fortunately for them,
before any others could respond, Jay called back, saying that he couldn’t stop
thinking about the book, but was still too busy to tackle this project. He also
mentioned that if some of his pressing assignments started to clear up, maybe
he could consider talking about an adaptation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that Nick & Patrick come up with a potential offer, something Jay wouldn’t
normally receive from a studio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and started to get excited. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jay called once again. “My slate is clean. Let’s negotiate.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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came up with the beginnings of a screenwriter deal and Jay flew
to Vancouver to meet with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was of great importance, Nick had a previous engagement he could not break or
reschedule, so Patrick met with Jay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The meeting was a
tremendous success, as they discussed creative story points and what needed to
happen to negotiate successfully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Although it took
nearly 10 agonizing months, Nick & Patrick worked out a viable partnership.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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write the adaptation to <b><i>A Century of November</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>and signed on as an Executive
Producer to the film project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">There are some
moments from their story that help illustrate that nothing’s impossible:
respectful persistence, drive, determination, heart, passion and a never give
up attitude is everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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