(Maria) He looks as young as Oliver in the first one! LOL! He sure does. Too bad whoever made up this poster wasn't around when they filmed in Morocco. ;-D Thanks Odile for the great find! I liked the French title for Dennie Gordon's other claim to fame: Joe Le Crasse. *snort*

Okay....must get back to work....I have just watched the WAGW trailer three times...in French (and my French is as good as my Portuguese)....just so I could hear the announcer say "Colin Firth". Don't think ODB's dubber sounds at all like him, but it is fun to hear (and see...of course) Hunk Daddy parle in another language. Also noticed that they are using different music. Didn't recognize the song they played toward the end. Thanks again Odile! That was fun!!

Merci, Odile! Nice to know the translation to "she rocks". I like the title too. I wonder what it will be in Italian? Unfortunately, it will be dubbed there too.

(Odile) French poster; the text: "she doesn't have their manners Pfft! Shouldn't this be "manors?" ;-) *That* is what she doesn't have. Great find, Odile, and fun to hear Henry en francais. I don't think the dubbed voices are too bad. (Evelyn)I see they denuded the poster from any flags. Smart thinking;-))) Yep, they want the French to actually go to see the movie.;-) Aww, they should just tell 'em that Jerry Lewis is in it.;-) (Maria) He looks as young as Oliver in the first one! LOL! He sure does. Too bad whoever made up this poster wasn't around when they filmed in Morocco. ;-D What, you didn't go for that Methusaleh Does Casablanca look?;-) (Tress)if they had used the leather pants, then the pic may have been a bit too pervy! I'm thinking that the "grip" pic is bordering on pervy; he's so damn good-looking. Woo Hoo!! WHO'S YOUR DADDY??!!

I just noticed that in Finland WAGW has been pushed back, it won`t be here in August but in October. Hunk Daddy, will I ever see you?

(Mari) I don't think the dubbed voices are too bad. I'm not a dub fan (you miss out on the director's intent and the actor's inflection)...but knew that this film would be dubbed since it is considered a kid flick. I just love the way the announcer says "Firth". I just can't imagine watching all of WAGW (or should I say...CDRLF) without hearing ODB's dulcet tones! Still....what a lovely eye-full! (Mari) I'm thinking that the "grip" pic is bordering on pervy; he's so damn good-looking. Woo Hoo!! WHO'S YOUR DADDY??!! Sorry...has to be done: Daddy never looked so good!

What fun, Odile. Thanks! Thank God they did clean up the obnoxious poster. (Mari) I'm thinking that the "grip" pic is bordering on pervy; he's so damn good-looking. Woo Hoo!! WHO'S YOUR DADDY??!! LOL, Mari! (It's scary how many of us think alike. ;-)) The graphic is perfect, Tress. ;-)

(LisaJH)LOL, Mari! (It's scary how many of us think alike. ;-)) Count me in...He looks too, AFG to be a HD. Oh gawd, those hands, the fingers, the...the ears. thanks, Odile. ...what's your name...who's your daddy...is he rich like me. Thanks, Mari, that song will be running through my head all weekend.

(Mari)Yep, they want the French to actually go to see the movie.;-) Aww, they should just tell 'em that Jerry Lewis is in it.;-) LOL! If they want the French to go to the movie, maybe they need some ads wtih AB saying "The English call them chips, but I call them FRENCH fries." (Mari)Pfft! Shouldn't this be "manors?" ;-) Maybe the translator doesn't get puns? Maybe they're playing on the jokes about the English being stuffy? (Do the French think the English are stuffy?) Don't apologize, Tress, it's a great graphic. Take another look at the "grip" picture. Is her hand turning blue?

(Tress)Sorry...has to be done Yes it did, Tress, and I thank you for that!:-) (Linda)He looks too, AFG to be a HD. En francais, "il Papa de hunk." ;-) ;-) (Kate)"The English call them chips, but I call them FRENCH fries." Good one, Kate. Now is not the time to be talking "freedom fries." ;-) Ok, we now also have from Deutschland "Was Madchen Wollen" (literal, but who's Madchen?) and from Italia, "Una ragazza e il suo sogno." (a girl and her dream?) Go to the warners site at http://www.warnerbrothers.com and hit the drop down box for the different countries. Looks like France is the only one using a different poster. I'm not saying anything.;-)

(Mari) Looks like France is the only one using a different poster. Vive la difference! Thaik you all for the sites, sounds and pics.

"A girl and her dream" starts in selected cities Aug. 4th. Thanks, Mari!

(Mari)Looks like France is the only one using a different poster. I'm not saying anything.;-) What a wonderful restraint you're showing... No Bingley sisters pointing out the "abominable sort of conceited independence" :)

(Mari) Was Madchen Wollen" (literal, but who's Madchen?) "M�dchen" = "girls" in german... yoohooo, petra ??? (Mari again) Aww, they should just tell 'em that Jerry Lewis is in it.;-) jerry who ? about the dubbing : we usually get both dubbed & subtitled copies, even for that kind of movie. subtitles versions are screened in the evening. i'm not too crazy about what i heard, esp. amanda bynes : she sounds kind of obnoxious in french. as for le papa-canon, ermmm... rather flat sounding, as well as too high pitched (but then, i'm not used to hearing him in french, that's very very weird, as if my native tongue sounded like a foreign language). anyway, i'm rather surprised this movie gets distribution in france : i have absolutely no idea who's going to be interested here in such a cast... well, yours truly excluded... saw a rather bad review this afternoon, didn't even mention ykw. one last word about fries : we french people believe they come from belgium anyway. jolie trouvaille odile, et finement jou� sur la trad' du titre, je serais all�e carr�ment plus loin, du genre, "she kicks ass"... hum ! mon anglais est presqu'aussi ch�ti� que mon fran�ais...

(Sophie) jolie trouvaille odile, et finement jou� sur la trad' du titre, je serais all�e carr�ment plus loin, du genre, "she kicks ass"... hum ! mon anglais est presqu'aussi ch�ti� que mon fran�ais... For those of us who speak spanish;-), would you pl do us the honors. I don't expect a big surge in BO receipts from France; but glad you will be able to see it on the big screen. Re: dubbing and sub-titles. Do they do a literal translation or do they re-write the script. Could you pl. translate the dialogue in the trailer for us? How about the Italian, Moon. Petra for the German? Good idea to compare translations here.

(Sophie) jolie trouvaille odile, et finement jou� sur la trad' du titre, je serais all�e carr�ment plus loin, du genre, "she kicks ass"... hum ! mon anglais est presqu'aussi ch�ti� que mon fran�ais... For those of us who speak spanish;-), would you pl do us the honors. I speak Spanish and here goes: Great find, Odile and well done on the translation of the title. I would have gone further on "she rocks" to "she kicks ass". My English is almost as crappie as my French. How about the Italian, Moon. I haven't had the time yet to listen.

Just checked the Italian WB site but there is no trailer in Italian. They just have the poster.

(Evelyn) Could you pl. translate the dialogue in the trailer for us? I'm not up to date on the current French expressions so please be gentle ;-) When possible I indicated in parentheses the US dialogue I remembered. The voice overs (VO)are Daphne's except for the title and actors info. Here goes: VO: So, I�ll explain. Here, I�m stuck in NY dreaming about a father I�ve never known. What I really need (more than anything in the world) is to find my father. And now here I am in London. Mind boggling, no? I feel there�s no better moment to land. Clarissa: Did you see that an enormous bird-like creature just fell off the wall(an impossibly large bird fell off that wall) VO: Make a little surprise visit, no? Daphne: It�s you. My name is Daphne Reynolds and according to this document I�m your daughter. Glynnis: Henry you�re not going to believe her HD: She has a birth certificate, my picture (she has my photograph and) She has my eyes VO: And apparently my father is some sort of royalty. Suits me fine Libby: She�s arrived, is she alright. HD: Why didn�t you tell me I have a child (I fathered a child)? Adviser: All we know about her is that she�s an American adolescent (teenager). HD: My (sense of her upon) first impression is that she�s quite mature for her age. Well behaved. Soft spoken. Reserved (self-contained) Lady Dashwood: Many people will go all out to have you fail (people will root for you to fail) Clarissa: This girl is positively barbaric Daphne: Get your feet back on the ground (get over yourself), I have no intentions of leaving (I�m not going anywhere). HD: You, as my daughter, must respect certain codes of conduct (behaviour) Daphne: Alright, I�ll change Daphne: From now on I�m going to behave Ian: Behave like what exactly Daphne: Like a well brought up young lady VO: Warner Bros Pictures Presents Ian: Why do you want to be like her when you�re born to be different (why are you trying so hard to fit in when you�re born to stand out) VO: Amanda Bynes Daphne: Do you know what I miss now? To be able to be myself VO: Colin Firth HD: I don�t want to change one thing, I don�t want you to change a single hair Daphne: Thank you London VO: What Girls Dream Of (WAGW) Butler: Mr. Wallace asks to see you Daphne: Don�t let him in I don�t have my look (I�m not cute yet)

(moon) I speak Spanish and here goes: damn ! i'm so busted ! next time i'll write it in "verlan" (retro-french, kind of tricky)... (evelyn) I'm not up to date on the current French expressions so please be gentle ;-) you did fine, don't worry ! what i would like to know though, and it's always interesting in that case, is how they translated your typical teenager phrases. from what i heard in the trailer, it's pretty standard fare so far, even a bit old fashioned. re: translations : usually, they stick to the original script (albeit minor alterations related to specific phrases). not the same with subtitles, where efficiency and speed rule : sometimes hilarious underplayed (or overplayed) translations occur ! i just love it when the subtitles and the original dialogues are really miles apart (ok, you can call me a dialogue perv)...

(Sophie)damn ! i'm so busted ! next time i'll write it in "verlan" (retro-french, kind of tricky)... Good grief Sophie! You've got my brain working overtime. But it's so much fun to see the better Droolish brains come out of the woodwork;-) Thanks for throwing down the guantlet.........

(sophie), not the same with subtitles, where efficiency and speed rule : sometimes hilarious underplayed (or overplayed) translations occur ! i just love it when the subtitles and the original dialogues are really miles apart (ok, you can call me a dialogue perv)... You and me both! Sometimes the errors are so blatant! next time i'll write it in "verlan" (retro-french, kind of tricky)... Always up for learning. ;-D

Thanks for the translations, ladies.

BBC1 is showing a repeat of one of Angus Deayton's Before They Were Famous programmes tonight at 9.30. I think it might be the one which has a clip of Colin's early appearance in Crown Court.

The new HS Gallery looks great, Karen! All that hard work really paid off!

i've done this before, but really, this is too much. sing along with me : *a shrine, a shrine, a shrine to karen & kathy c* this hs gallery is bordering on insane... but it gives me plenty of material for new animatronicolins, nyarhnyarhnyarh (mad hyena mode)... thank you thank you thank you !

LOL! If you need more scarf twirlers, let me know. I couldn't put them all up, but Kathy got every frame of it. ;-D That one might need music..."Let me entertain you, let me make you smile."

(Karen) LOL! If you need more scarf twirlers, let me know. *In Mr. Bennett mode* "Pl. Ms Karen, no more twirlers...we've had quite enough". A low point in that movie, IMO.I keep telling you, the high point is the ending!

Karen) LOL! If you need more scarf twirlers, let me know........ (Evelyn)A low point in that movie, IMO.I keep telling you, the high point is the ending! That may be so, but as I've said before, I'm getting so much pleasure from the captures/photos in the gallery! Again, great job to all involved. Now that was the cooler part of your day Karen?;-) What you suffer for us.....

Great pics, Karen, thank you! They were worth the wait--especially all of those lovely pics of his bare, muscular chest. Yowsa! ;-) And thanks to Sophie for wielding your magic. Karen, I, too love the pic of him with KST. *sigh*

Karen, adding my thanks for the great work with the pictures. Looking at them reminds me that the new F must make an appearance soon. (for LD's sake I hope it's very soon) I saw WAGW for the first time on Sunday night, and am on a high. It only opens officially in SA on 25 July, so I have a long wait before I can see it again. I sat the entire show staring at the screen, mouth open and drooling! (I missed lots of the dialogue - my brain can only take so much) He looks AFG!!

(LeahP)(I missed lots of the dialogue - my brain can only take so much) Yes, repeated viewings really are required. Glad you finally got to see it!

Happy for you Leah! WAGW is definitely worth seeing again and again... That's what makes HS so hard to take. He blew that one big time. I get more out of the HS gallery at cf.com than watching the movie. Thank you, Karen and Kathy! (Evelyn), *In Mr. Bennett mode* "Pl. Ms Karen, no more twirlers...we've had quite enough". LOL! A sad point.

Great news, Leah. Hearing that you are only at the preview stage makes me very melancholy. I miss HD and WAGW v.v. much. Enjoy it while it lasts. At least we are less than a month away from the DVD. (Leah)I sat the entire show staring at the screen, mouth open and drooling! (I missed lots of the dialogue - my brain can only take so much) He looks AFG!! I sat like that for at least 10 viewings;-)

(Linda)I sat like that for at least 10 viewings;-) Was I supposed to reach a point where I watched it without drooling? Maybe if I had made it for the 13th viewing;-) I'm glad you finally got to see it, Leah. Isn't Henry to die for?

As WAGW rolls out into other countries, please remember to use our "Spoilers" topic to talk about it. If you want to post local articles/reviews (i.e., news), they belong here. Discussion is at the Spoilers topic.

Article about a 13-year-old cousin of HG's who is in Love Actually: On the back of that part, Thomas - whose father is starring in The Lion King in Hamburg and whose mother is also an actress - has landed a further rolein one of the most anticipated movies of the year, romantic comedy Love Actually. Cousin Hugh also has a part in it, albeit a more modest one. Thomas stars as a boy with a troubled relationship with his stepfather, played by Liam Neeson. Uncle Hugh has a smaller role in the film, playing a Prime Minister who falls in love with a maid, played by Martine McCutcheon. The film also stars Billy Bob Thornton-Emma Thompson and Colin Firth. Unkind observers might say that Hugh's relationship with Thomas has given him a leg-up with his acting career, but that is far from the case. A friend of Hugh's said: "Thomas has talent far in advance of his years. He has managed to land some fantastic parts on the back of the few roles he has performed to date - and those parts appear to be getting more and more substantial. "For example, Hugh's part in Love Actually is in fact a lot smaller that Thomas's. "I suppose the inference would be that Hugh gave Thomas some kind help with his career - but that's far from the case. The interesting thing is that no one on the set of Love Actually even knew that Thomas and Hugh were even related. "I just spoke to Duncan Kenworthy, who is the producer, and Richard Curtis, the director, who said it was news to them." http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/entertainment/films/articles/5634980?source=Evening%20Standard

Looks like WAGW opened at #3 in Germany and Austria. Sehr gut. Glad you enjoyed the preview, Leah; tell us your fave scenes on the Spoilers board. I miss my HD. :-( A huge belated thanks to Kathy and Karen for the Hope Springs captures! (Too bad we couldn't have watched L'Dumb this way;-) And where, oh where, is Eileen Green when we need her? She'd have a field day with HS;-)

Renee's Back, and Colin and Russell's got her! From Variety: Zellweger shoe-in for 'Cinderella' Thesp to see $21 mil for pic, 'Bridget' sequel By MICHAEL FLEMING Renee Zellweger is set to star with Russell Crowe in the Ron Howard-directed "Cinderella Man," a Miramax and Universal co-production that begins production in spring. Imagine's Brian Grazer is producing. Zellweger's engaged in a package deal with Universal and Miramax that will pay her $21 million to do both "Cinderella Man" and the sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary," which begins lensing in October. On both films, U has domestic and Miramax has foreign territories. In "Cinderella Man," Crowe will play Jim Braddock, a Depression-era boxer who became a folk hero by winning a brutal 15-round match with heavyweight champion Max Baer in 1935. Zellweger will play his wife. Akiva Goldsman was brought on to do to a rewrite of a script originated by Cliff Hollingsworth and previously rewritten by Charlie Mitchell. Goldsman came aboard after Howard committed, making it a reunion for "A Beautiful Mind" alums Crowe, Goldsman, Howard and Grazer. Zellweger has been interested in the role since Crowe first pondered pairing with director Lasse Hallstrom. Since then, the actress turned in a Golden Globe-winning performance for Miramax in "Chicago." She recently agreed to play Janis Joplin in a biopic for Paramount and Lakeshore and will next be seen starring with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman in the Anthony Minghella-directed adaptation of "Cold Mountain" for Miramax. "Cinderella Man" will be overseen by U's Scott Stuber and Miramax's Meryl Poster and Bob Osher. CAA and John Carrabino rep Zellweger.

Thanks, Murph! Not interested in Cinderella Man. U has domestic and Miramax has foreign territories. Hear that Lola? But you already knew, I'm sure. How about confirming the actors. Who will play Rebecca?

Thought the starting date for "Edge" might be of interest, though I guess that is known already. Sorry.

Don't be sorry, Murph. It not only gives us a new start date, but a new distributor--Universal--here in North America. That's good news for the fans as Uni is so vastly superior from a marketing standpoint to that M company.;-) I have to wonder, though, how M got its grubby hands on the rights for the entire world except for here. That's the most lucrative part of the deal, the part that Uni held last time. CM sounds like it will be great--The Beautiful Mind team of Howard, Crowe, Goldsman, and Grazer is a winner. Am guessing that RZ's wife role will be as meaty as Jennifer Connelly's in ABM, or she wouldn't have done it.

Thanks, Murph. I'd place far more credence in Michael Fleming than so many of the other yahoos. ;-D

I got this from Warner Brothers today, promoting the WAGW DVD (empahasis mine): Special Features: Additional Scenes Fashion Etiquette 101 What's A Girl To Wear? Commentary by Writers Hidden Bonus Features (casting sessions and on-set gags) Theatrical Trailer Somehow I can't picture Colin as a gag-meister, goosing the gaffers, but you never know.;-)

casting sessions and on-set gags Hmmm, the casting sessions will probably be all the guys who tried out for Oliver James' part... On-set gags? Isn't that what AB's TV program is all about? :-(

Somehow I can't picture Colin as a gag-meister, goosing the gaffers, but you never know.;-) Didn't he say (maybe in the context of TIOBE) that he tends more to be the butt of jokes than the originator? Commentary by Writers Well, there's some hope here. I really think it was written by at least one Firthette.

Bring it on.

Googling about Love Actually sent me to this article about Shannon Elizabeth (mindless stuff about upcoming projects), but where it mentions her as part of the cast of Love Actually: The actress, who most recently co-starred in the CBS telefilm "Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron," will next be seen in the features "Love Actually," "Johnson Family Vacation" and Wes Craven's "Cursed." I don't recall seeing her name associated with it before (IMDB does not have it) so I thought I'd mention this... Full article: http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=televisionNews&storyID=3066229

I don't know which topic to use for this, so I hope it's okay here: Last night one of our tv-channels had a documentary on Mick Jagger. Today my son said to me: Did you see your guy on tv last night? No, I said (too busy reading drool, but couldn't tell him that). Well, he continues, he was in the documentary (just briefly) with a woman, a drink and perhaps Elton John at some sort of party. I hope you taped it, I almost yelled. No, he said - had a few friends over and didn't think of it. Now I wish I hadn't mentioned anything to you at all! So - what I would like to know: has any of you seen the documentary and if you have, is he really in it? I would like some sort of confirmation, before I start phoning the tv-channel to persuade them to rerun the documentary ;-)

I'm afraid I don't know which country you're in, Annette, but in the U.S. the Biography channel is featuring Mick Jagger this month. The next one airs on 7/21 at 11 pm ET.

Elton John recently had a Aids benefit auction where Hugh Grant bid a large amount on one of the items. The article was posted on O&E. Could have been there. Annette ask your son if the woman he was with was pregnant and what she looked liked. Livia could have had the baby by now.

For those looking for a bit of a mention of WAGW's opening in the UK, there's a bit here: http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,996994,00.html

I wish the quality were better! Is he making animal shadows or what? http://books.ladybird.co.uk:8000/static/packages/uk/booksellers/catalogues/general/general_mj_06_12_03.pdf I'm on the Penguin UK site now but the dang ISBN number does not compute!

Link brings you to page one, go to page 10!

Not a clue, but animal shadows seems as good as any guess. ;-D Fantastic find, Maria. We'll have a script to this one with color pics. Reminds me of the Notting Hill book and how we didn't get anything for BJD.

(Moon Dreams)Elton John recently had a Aids benefit auction... I just asked him. He said it was Elton John hosting a "Venice" (as the town in Italy, don't know if the spelling is right)-party in his garden. Among the guests were Colin. When I asked about what the girl accompaning him looked like, he couldn't remember. In fact - he said it in manner of Mr Bennett: No lace, Mrs Bennett ;-) Maria, I'm sure it's a great find, but I can't make the link work. Am I the only one having trouble getting through?

(Annette) but I can't make the link work. It is an Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf); I have put the relevant info up on the Love Actually page (including pic) and here are urls to preorder the book from amazon (US) and amazon (UK) to benefit Spring: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312318499/spring-20 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0718146433/thespring-21

Thank you so much, both Karen and Maria. Looks very promising indeed. I managed to contain myself from ordering WAGW, the book ( ;-) ) but this one seems to be a "definetly must have".

Here is the text and the pic:

Thanks Maria and Karen. Wot is LL doing with Colin Ware's "scarf?" :-) Could the poses (save for LN and small child) be any dorkier?

Thanks Maria and Karen! (Maria) I wish the quality were better! Is he making animal shadows or what? ROTFL...animal shadows...or he's throwing gang signs. He's got that trench coat thing going on...I do so love it when he wears those...that walk combined with the coat is enough to keep a girl happy for quite some time.

(LisaJH) Could the poses (save for LN and small child) be any dorkier? Maybe it is just their taken-out-of-contextness that makes it seem so?? let's hope so! (Tress)or he's throwing gang signs. ROTF!!! Don't tell me we are to have another trite Portuguese gangsta rap scene! Everyone is doing that these days! ;-))

(LisaJH) Could the poses (save for LN and small child) be any dorkier? (Maria) Maybe it is just their taken-out-of-contextness that makes it seem so?? Dorkier? Doubt it, we're talking Richard Curtis here. Dorky is his middle name. Sorry, Whoopsy daisies. ;-)

(Maria)Link brings you to page one, go to page 10! Thanks Maria! Page 13 is a book called How To Feel Wonderful, Just As You Are..;-)

Maria, how do you find these things? You're amazing! (Maria)Don't tell me we are to have another trite Portuguese gangsta rap scene! Everyone is doing that these days! Or maybe it's a pose from a special sign language they have in the movie since they don't speak the same language? Can't wait to find out. Thanks, Maria.

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Is this new? Two reviews for Love Actually at AICN: http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=15668 From review # 2: 5. Hopeless crime writer Jamie (Colin Firth), who discovers his wife has been cheating on him with his best friend, and heads off to his holiday home in France, where romance blossoms with his Portuguese cleaning lady Aurelia. The majority of this plotline consists of poor language-barrier semi-gags, but there is a fabulous scene towards the end as Jamie treks through town alongside Aurelia's dad, fat sister and a few hundred others in search of Aurelia. As ever though, this thread is also as predictable as a prune-eaters bowels.

Thank you Murph....both reviews sound positive! This is good news! As ever though, this thread is also as predictable as a prune-eaters bowels... I'm no expert, but I imagine that a prune eaters bowels could be highly volatile!

(Murph)Is this new? Two reviews for Love Actually at AICN It is to me1 Thanks Murph. I'm no expert, but I imagine that a prune eaters bowels could be highly volatile! LOL! Tress, you are fast becoming one of my favorite wry optimist!

I know these pictures from GWAPE have been making the rounds in e-mail and on other sites, but I don't think I've seen anything posted about them here, so I thought I would post a link. Heaven knows you don't want to miss 'em! These are from that Italian site that we were looking at a while back. Click on the small images to see the bigger ones. Thanks to a lurker for supplying the URL. GWAPE pictures

(Rika) These are from that Italian site that we were looking at a while back. Evil iMac!!!! GAH! I shall conquer this...I shall! (Beedee) LOL! Tress, you are fast becoming one of my favorite wry optimist! LOL....I aim to please....and much nicer than what my mum used to say....that I was just 'full of p*ss and vinegar!' I just see everything as going 'up' from L'dum! Surely ODB can't sink to those depths again....and if I can survive that viewing...well, then, bring it on! I can handle anything!! ;-)

(Tress) I just see everything as going 'up' from L'dum! His ascendancy from that seems to have leveled off a bit and even a tad in danger of sliding back with HS.

(Dorine) His ascendancy from that seems to have leveled off a bit and even a tad in danger of sliding back with HS. Haven't seen HS yet (still living on WAGW residuals)....but I'm looking ahead now....Trauma, LA, GWAPE, TDW....and TEOR. The stuff he has going now doesn't make me hold my breath (which I did when I heard about WAGW, but was most pleasantly surprised). I'm looking forward to all the drama that is back in ODB's life (with a splash of Bridget, for good measure)! Maybe in the future we can refer to this period (bump) in ODB's CV as his Hope Springs L'dum years! Those bleak days before the golden era (not too bleak as Rika has a DVD copy of TA, which makes things a bit better....cuz we all know what that means)! ;-)

you are right tress... it's another **mac users alert** : the links to the gwape pix don't work again. hey rika, you tease, this is not fair, i repeat, not fair... i want wigs, puffy sleeves, furrowed brows and stained fingers as much as any PCed drooler does. can you type here a direct link to one of the pictures (they should be organized as a numbered series i guess), *not* as a link, but as plain text, so we can work out different possibilities ??? thanx a lot dvd queen. re: "(...) this thread is also as predictable as a prune-eaters bowels" : i have to say this is one of the weirdest metaphors i have ever seen (or is it a symbol ? who knows, and frankly, who cares)... don't get me started on the interpretation of this, ah !

Thanks Rika for that to die for pic! Also for the link, this us one I really can't wait for!

Rika, thank you. Very promising indeed ;-) Sophie, this worked for me at help (but Rikas link also worked) - well, worth a try. We can't have you not being able to have your share of the pictures ;-) http://digilander.libero.it/firthissimo/gwape.htm

well annette, the thing is : i can access this index page alright, but my various browsers cannot recognize the sub-links to the pix themselves : this is why i was begging for direct links to the pictures. pretty please ?

Thanks for posting the LA test screening comments, Murph: and music figures prominently in some great moments of classically stodgy actors letting loose with some impromptu dancing and karaoke. Have my candles lit already. Noooooooooooooooooo! I'm sure the execs are worried that American audiences are too dumb to keep up with so many people and the way they're related to each other. What an imbecile. Guess he's not aware of the American filmmaker who started all this (Altman) and his many imitators. For the GWAPE pics, try this: http://cfirth.topcities.com/gwape.html I've found that the Italian site is incompatible with too many browsers at very release levels.

Thank you Karen and Kristi for the beautiful pictures. Some have the feel of painted portraits. I have a feeling this film will be visually stunning.

Ooops. Sorry Rika. Thank you for the great find.

(karen)(...) try this aha! now *that* works : thank you karen. i believe i can see square hats, wooden hands, as well as some index finger jewelry. this is getting promising, i only hope it won't just be visually stunning sonia... you know, the old 'more historical than you' curse... avoiding slow tomatoes, as weel as turnips and other assorted vegetables (karen again) What an imbecile. maybe he was only referring to studio execs' belief that american audiences cannot follow multiple thread stories... we all know where postmodernist moviemaking comes from, don't worry.

Okay, so I take it the Mac users are all squared away now? If not, I can still post direct links to the photos.

(rika) Okay, so I take it the Mac users are all squared away now? yep ! we're all set (well, i hope so for tress) ! thanks for raising the issue rika, i hadn't seen all of these pictures. a press release for cannes 2003, huh ? they probably sold it at the 'march� du film' section, but i thonk you guys already talked about this, right ?

The pics would've been from the sales material from Pathe, provided at the 'march� du film' section. It isn't a presskit as some seem to believe.

Soph and I have been talking about the Love Actually book pic. While I love the shadow animal idea, how about pantomime (charades) for communication? eh, there? Two words, first word is two syllables...well, not exactly, but... ;-D

(Karen) While I love the shadow animal idea, how about pantomime (charades) for communication? Ahem.....as I mentioned before.....sign language! You all (well Karen did anyway ;-)) scoffed, but see how close I may have been?! ;-D

I didn't remember yours, Dorine, and I surely didn't scoff. I only commented on the shadow animal comment.

the july drool betting party for your enjoyment today, the image we are about to study is this one : now, place your bets, ladies & gentlemens what do you think this is ? a/shadow animals : "lookee, i can do a rabbit ! and wait till you see what i can do without my hands !" b/sign language : "help... me.... essss-cape... this dread... dreadful... PR.... job" c/i really don't know, you see, being a member of the golden droolers club*, my eyes sort of betray me on that one, and anyway, they haven't been that good since the end of the war.... d/a card saying, "pleese, i am not criminal, i haff wife and children to support, can you spare a dime / go see dis movie pleese* ?" e/ooooh, what do we care ??? bring on more pictures of towel scenes ! footnotes: * everyone familiar with european public transportation of some sort will recognize this. ** the 'golden droolers club' was founded ages ago by those of us who do not even need a picture of cf to drool

(Karen) I didn't remember yours, Dorine, and I surely didn't scoff. I believe there was some scoffing in jest during Colin's last birthday party when I gave him a sign language book for his birthday.....to learn for the Oscar-winning role he'd get as a mute. ;-)

(Sophie) what do you think this is ? Actually, in all honesty, it does look like he's holding his hand in the ASL sign for "I love you." Except his hand isn't upright, palm facing us. It's like they caught him in the middle of putting his hand up or down. Or he was trying to do the hip-hop version like you see rappers do sometimes.

Took another look....it's hard to tell where his thumb is though. It should be out, but looks like could be making a circle with his thumb and middle or ring finger,too. It's a hard one to call.

(Sophie) what do you think this is ? His version of CCR's I Put a Spell on You ( so you'll go see LA in spite of HS) ;-)

(Sophie)d/a card saying, "pleese, i am not criminal, i haff wife and children to support, can you spare a dime / go see dis movie pleese* ?" LOL! Original thought.... (Sonia)His version of CCR's I Put a Spell on You ( so you'll go see LA in spite of HS) ;-) Because your miiiiinnnne........ More accurate vote! He certaily has put a spell on me!

Where is Mari when we need her? Looks to me like the Italian gesture we use when "putting the horns" on someone to ward off jealousy or evil.;-)

http://www.luckymojo.com/manocornuto.html You could be on to something.

mmmmh, i don't know about the evil sign, i think you usually do it with the horns extended upward, right ? to be serious (it must be a first), it looks a bit like the gesture you'd have while balancing a roman scale on your index finger (or gesturing someone to come over) : palm upward, thumb extended, three last fingers folded and the index finger slightly crooked (this is a hard job to describe this in english: i need to improve my anatomy vocabulary). in fact, due to the perspective, you can actually see the thumb (top thing). browninsh area is the palm, and brownish spot totally on the left side is the index finger, distorded because of the perspective again. it could also be the way you use your hand to hold something flat/thin/fragile to show around (card for instance).

(Sophie) it could also be the way you use your hand to hold something flat/thin/fragile to show around (card for instance). Hmmm......now that you say that.....maybe he's doing magic tricks!! The old 'slight of hand' thing. Why, Mr. Firth....what is that you have up your sleeve??! (I won't even *snicker* after that....okay...I just did)! ;-) (Rika) Okay, so I take it the Mac users are all squared away now? Mac user reporting in....all is fine! VERY fine!!! Thanks Rika and Karen.....must remember to keep paper bags near computer in case I start to hyperventilate....

Maybe he's demonstrating the hand and wrist movement Spiderman uses to throw a web, that Will showed him after being in the movie. ;-D

(Sophie) palm upward, thumb extended, three last fingers folded and the index finger slightly crooked .....in fact, due to the perspective, you can actually see the thumb (top thing) That's funny how it looks so different to so many people. To me it looks like his palm is down and the top thing, if I am looking at what you are, looks like the index finger to me, with the fingers curled under. Where's the photographer when you need him/her? Well the speculating is fun, anyway.

Help needed! There's a chance I may be able to travel to London for the Premiere of WAGW on 3 August (I think that's the correct date). But does anyone know where it's being shown, and at what time? It's not the Odeon Leicester Square, BTW, according to their info line.