-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Beaver <
jumblejim@prodigy.net>
>Sent: Jan 24, 2007 10:36 AM
>To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: OT: personal news
>
>Tooting my own horn:
>
>I've been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award
as part of the ensemble
>cast of DEADWOOD. The awards are broadcast live this
Sunday, January 28 on
>both the TNT and TBS channels. The times are 5 p.m.
Pacific, 6 Mountain, 7
>Central, and 8 Eastern, I believe. Tune in if you
can. Maybe you'll see me
>and my sister Denise on the red carpet. If that's
your idea of a good time.
>>
Congratulations, Jim! Hope your team takes the Gold. Not only
are you a great actor and writer, but your opinion of
Altman's The Long Goodbye proves you are a man of high
intelligence and impeccable taste as well!
(Ah, the old Long Goodbye debate. Does any movie cause more
trouble on the streets - and listservs - than this one? It's
like mentioning religion or politics at a dinner party. Lines
are automatically drawn in the sand and sabers begin to
rattle. I should add that I am writing this post from
Marlowe's Long Goodbye apartment at the High Tower apartments
in the Hollywood hills, so you know which side of the battle
I'm on. I think the movie is a true work of art that does no
disservice to the novel whatsoever. As Cain - and others -
have said, the novel is doing fine right there on the shelf.
The movie is a seperate entity and offers unique delights for
those who want to open their minds to an expanded experience
and a terrific time capsule of the early 70s. As a sidebar:
the legendary cinematographer of this film, Vilmos Zsigmond,
is nominated for an Oscar this year for The Black Dahlia. He
was great then, he's great now.)
But back to Deadwood: Jim, any news as far as the proposed
wrap up of the series goes? Is it happening? Or has Milch
abandoned it for the surfing show?
(Although the one thing I agree with Jim Doherty about is
that the show seemed to fall apart after your departure.
Luckily for them the season was almost over.)
Good luck at the awards!
TL
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