Amy, the name is spelled correctly. Here is link that I just found thru the Internet Movei Database; hop it works http://kevin.net/~erika/sn.html

Amy, the name is spelled correctly. Here is link that I just found thru the Internet Movei Database; hope it works http://kevin.net/~erika/sn.html

Amy, the name is spelled correctly. Here is link that I just found thru the Internet Movie Database; hope it works http://kevin.net/~erika/sn.html

Thanks for that link Mari - I think I stumbled upon it a few years ago, but I'd forgotten about it - and I love the kakapo story . I should probably post this in the voices thread, but that's one of the things I love about Mr Neill (perhaps the hint of the familiar Kiwi accent :). And the fact that he "scrubs up well".

He's good at saving people from velociraptors too.

Did'nt he turn up the Downunder charm in A Country Life http://www.miramax.com/dlpages/countrdl.html and loved his royal countenance in Restoration http://www.miramax.com/movies/restorat.html This looks pretty good : The Revenger's Comedies, directed by Malcolm Mowbray, with Helena Bonham-Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Martin Clunes, Steve Coogan, Rupert Graves, Liz Smith, Charlotte Coleman, John Wood, Anita Dobson, Adrian Scarborough: "An eccentric heiress and a recently sacked middle manager formulate an insane plan to swap revenges." In post-production.

Thanks for this topic! Sam Neill is one of my very favorite actors. I have just about every film he's ever made - even popped for the boxed set of REILLY-ACE OF SPIES. For those who are interested, there's a Sam Neill mailing list (see the link above for more info). Its not very active anymore, since one woman started insulting people every time they started getting silly or going off topic - they all moved to an "unoficial" list. But they still post when there's some Sam news.

Oh Kaff I've not been thinking of Reilly for a long time, it was very good. And he is a dangerous man. You have no idea how I hang with my nose over the dictionary practically every evening in bed.(I have this tiny stool beside my bed with two thick volumes on it) Either translating my silly Darcy bits or trying to understand what it was all about here. Now I've got 'scrubs up well' and velociraptors, that last one sounds to me like something not altogether decent going on while on a bike?! ;=)

Sorry Ann - I keep forgetting about the silly phrases I use. "Scrubs up well" - I don't know if that's uniquely NZ, but it's used to describe men who look good when they are dressed in formal wear i.e. tuxedo. Probably most often used when you see the groom at a wedding and suddenly realise why the bride is attracted to him (you never realised before because you've always seen him with a can of beer, jeans, filthy t-shirt and 5 o'clock shadow ;). Hmm - CF scrubs up well! Velociraptor - now is that a type of dinosaur, or another word for a dinosaur? In any event it was used to refer to Sam Neill's appearance in "Jurassic Park".

Velociraptor : those cute and very agile little reptiles, scratching at the door to get a bit of those children

Thanks alot Saman and Johanne. I did not mean to complain...my dictionary is very good and almost always gets my imagination going, and I occasionally learn a new word that stays in my mind..;=)

Ann - don't apologise please! The other day in chat we had a discussion because some of the Aussies and I didn't understand the expression "go figure". And I wouldn't expect any dictionary to have "scrubs up well" in it - mine doesn't!

Saman, Ann, you make me feel so much better knowing that I am not the only one who has problems with English around here. "Scrubs up well" , I assumed, had connotations of the speaker doing the scrubbing! And I didn't mean he looked like a velociraptor,Saman! I meant he did a good job of saving people....

I understood the Jurassic Park reference Caroline - I just wanted to make sure everyone else did. And "scrubs up well" does have to do with the object of the comment scrubbing - their face - so that they look cleaner/more attractive than you've ever seen them ;) It tends to be a comment made while watching awards ceremonies - "Gosh, he scrubs up well - I never realised he was that handsome, even though I've seen him in [movie name]".

I think "scrubs up well" should go in the dictionary along with "daggy" and "mr Love-butt".AnnH, are you up to a dictionary page after you have tidied up all our stories? ;-}

It could be done like the Hacker's jargon file: http://www.fwi.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/

I see that back in February there was some discussion here about Mr. Neill. He is my favorite actor. Someone mentioned that the mailing list was inactive, but I can say that it has been quite active over the last several months that I have been a member. I invite any fans to email me at BetsyPear2@aol.com if they'd like to chat or would like any info on sites or the mailing list.

By the by...... Last months edition of Movieline has an excellent interview with Sam Neill. What a guy!

what is he up to lately? last thing i saw him do was Jurassic Park (and he was good)

Oh Geez! He's been very busy since Jurassic Park! Horse Whisperer, The (1998) .... Robert Maclean "Merlin" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Merlin Event Horizon (1997) .... Weir Grimm Brothers' Snow White, The (1997) .... Lord Friedrich Hoffman Revengers' Comedies, The (1997) Children of the Revolution (1996) .... Nine In Cold Blood (1996) (TV) .... Alvin Dewey Forgotten Silver (1996) In the Mouth of Madness (1995) .... John Trent Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995) .... Restoration (1995) .... King Charles II Victory (1995) .... Mr. Jones Jungle Book, The (1994) .... Colonel Brydon Sirens (1994) .... Norman Lindsay Country Life (1994) .... Dr. Max Askey Jurassic Park (1993) .... Dr. Alan Grant

Man talk about prolific!

have been under a rock, my goodness!

As far as I know, Sam is currently in the U.K.filming NBC's mini series "Merlin". He plays Merlin! There's a great picture of him in this week's Variety magazine, a full page ad for the show. Betsy

Either this is a pretty exclusive site or there are not very many Sam Neill fans out there. Does anybody have background info on this bloke? I live in the "outback" or Great White North of Canada, so my resources are not infinite. I am also new to the internet. Pretty cool talking to people from all over the world. So, is anybody out there?

We just had a major discussion in 'babes' about the women in the tv miniseries Merlin. Sam Neill did an excellent job in the lead role. Did you happen to see this?

I saw the Merlin mini series. Pretty good two parter. I enjoyed Martin Short's (Canadian actor, eh) performance as well. Sam Neill does do well in this sort of genre. I really don't know what he was thinking when he accepted his part in Event Horizon. That was an awful picture and not worthy of his tallent. Tia

Martin Short, Rutger Hauer, Neill, and an outstanding female cast (which I detail in babes), NBC has a pretty good website on this and you can get details and bios on Neill and the others. You can figure out the link by going the the link I use in 'babes' (if you can stand going there!). Neill is a master of expression and enigmatic feeling. He was well cast in the role or Merlin.

I had one major problem with "Merlin". It was allegedly about Merlin, and yet Sam Neill seemed to walk on only occasionaly for a 2-minute cameo. Agreed, this was pretty much what he did in Arthur's life, according to myth, but oh how I hungered to see more and more of Neill's unique take on this legendary wizard. Not enough! Again I say, MORE! :)

I agree with Charlotte, there wasn't enough of Sam Neill in Merlin. He was popping in and out of scenes. I found out a little about him, his birthday is Sept. 14, 1947. (Pretty good-looking for his age, wouldn't you say?) His real name is Nigel Neill.

I thought this was a nice pic of Sam Neill.

See my comments about 'Merlin' in the 'babes' conference. Babes is our response to drool.

There ARE very few Sam Neill fans out there, huh?!? Man, people have lost their class. They have to learn who is respectable in movie land. Sam Neill is one of the better actors on television nowadays. (Not to mention one of the better looking older men in the movie business)

Don't feel bad, MaryBeth. Ralph Fiennes, in my opinion one the finest actors of all time, doesn't even HAVE a drool page. :)

(Charlotte) Ralph Fiennes, in my opinion one the finest actors of all time, doesn't even HAVE a drool page. :) Ralph Fiennes is topic #40...has been for quite a while, but it hasn't moved in ages. MaryBeth, don't listen to Charlotte. She hasn't yet forgiven me for removing Kevin Costner's photo from the main page ;-p Speaking of which, could I swipe one from your page, Char? I need to do the next montage (so that you'll talk to me again) ;-D

Damn. Who knew you'd be listening, Nan-love? SOrry about that, MaryBeth. I, for one, think Sam Neill is a supersexy, superclassy, superintellectual hunk. I just wish he would select more leading roles so that we can all have more drool time! Nannypoo, what is mine, is of course, yours.

Nan, i'm putting my latest acquisition up on Kevin's drool topic. Maybe you should take a look. : )

(Charlotte) Damn. Who knew you'd be listening, Nan-love? I see all...ooooh, scary ;-) Well, not that scary really...it's my job. Nannypoo, what is mine, is of course, yours. Oh goodypoo! ;-D MaryBeth, I'd be happy to add a Sam photo to the montage if you think it'll help the drooling cause... (Charlotte) i'm putting my latest acquisition up on Kevin's drool topic. Merciful heavens, woman! What are you trying to do? Kill me? I know you're upset, but really! ;-p

Oh, please do Nan. There isn't enough of Sam on the web nowadays. :( "I, for one, think Sam Neill is a supersexy, superclassy, superintellectual hunk. I just wish he would select more leading roles so that we can all have more drool time!" I agree, Charlotte, boy, do I agree!

I'll add him when I change the photo next time, Mary Beth :-)

Who are you , Nan11? And what have you done with our sweet Nan?

Great Nan. Now I'll have a reason for visiting the main page during every visit. :) You know, I was thinking to myself... Sam Neill makes a great doctor, of any sort.

Great opening page Nan!! Sam really looks drool-worthy in that one.

I found a site with great pics! There are some major Sam Neill fans out there. Maybe we can get some of them to come play with you :-)

Nan, What's the URL??

Here you go, honey: The "Official" Sam Neill Site The photos take a bit of time to load, but what a collection!

Thanks, Nan!!!!!!!!! There are sooo many pics....

And Sam Neill is the dino-man, right?

Yes, but that's only his most famous role, not his best. I liked him in The Piano, and he stole scenes from Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October, and he was riveting with Nicole Kidman in Dead Calm. He is perhaps best known as Reilly, Ace of Spades.

I'm still pi�$$ed off that The Piano won an oscar, and not Shadowlands - Anthony was so utterly . . . UTTER! . . . in that movie. He has such hypnotic eyes, that man, and the voice is enough to melt my stomache. But Sam Neill is okay - not ugly at all . I liked him in The hunt for Red October too. And those are the only three movies I saw starring him, I'm afraid.

My theory? Shadowlands was too cerebral for the masses.

I just watched Martha Stewart doing a wedding show. I can't feed my cats let alone make windmills out of for my friends. zzzi'm a loser and so are my cats

Let alone make windmills out of your cats?

Can Sam Neill make windmills for his cats? :) Jeez, it's too early in the morning for me to be acting this silly. My apologies. :)

ha-ha! I think I found Shadowlands stunning BECAUSE it was so 'cerebral'. Hopkins always comes across as intellectual anyway, but what made this one special for me was that it was intellectual in an 'accessible' sort of way; but, and I hate to confess, it probably also had a lot to do with the woman who played Joy (sorry, her name is gone from my memory). She dealt with the intellectual aspects in such an intelligent, but utterly down to earth manner that it actually became very amusing in some parts. Her pe formance was for once just as wonderful as Anthony's . . . but DAMN her for getting to be so close to him!