Fans of Alan Rickman

hey!

2008-09-06T10:54:01Z

Hello to everybody from Russia! This is my first post here :)
I see many people here who feel the same way I do and it's so pleasant!
Hope to meet new friends - Alan's fans - and just to have fun! =)
Alan rocks....

Vote for Alan Rickman as "Your Favourite Londoner"

2008-09-04T13:10:53Z

Your chance to vote for Alan Rickman as your favourite Londoner!

So go and vote everyone and spread the word Time Out - My Favourite Londoner

GO VOTE NOW!

Alan Rickman fan community help

2008-08-26T16:42:55Z

Can anyone help improve the Alan Rickman article on Fan History Wiki? The article on the Alan Rickman fan community is pretty sad. It mostly only has details about when LiveJournal communities and MySpace groups were created. It would be really nice to see more information added, especially in terms of adding links, improving the timeline, developing a list of members of the fan community and documenting any fights in the fan community. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Rickman on BBC World

2008-08-19T13:58:25Z

TV-Channel BBC World shows an interview with Alan Rickman in order to promote Bottle Shock. I´ve seen it propably three times now. Couldn´t find it on the internet, but just as an info :)

;;EDIT;; here it is : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7569613.stm found by stradiwhovius :)

Why does everyone (including this Dr Phil lookalike interviewer) have to emphasize this VILLAIN/ BAD GUY thing ? :o

Fun with Sense and Sensibility

2008-08-15T23:25:27Z

Last year, I decided to make a wedding photo album for Col. Brandon and his wife. I stumbled upon it again today and thought you all might like to check it out.

Here's a preview:

Here's the link to my LJ post. Warning: Image heavy.

I hope you all enjoy!

Good news and bad news

2008-08-15T17:44:13Z

You know, there's a video out there on Youtub of Alan Rickman at the Q&A in Pelham in which he describes the movie process as (paraphrasing) breaching the gap between the artist and the fans while getting past all the Greedy Bastards in between that try to make all the money the can out of your efforts. People flew in from all over the country to see this man answer a few questions about a little known movie. So well said, Mr. Rickman- and warner brothers has just verified his point.

The BAD news :

HBP is delayed until June.

Apparently this was a last minute decision that even Warner Brother's publicity dept (or whatever it's called in the movie industry) didn't know about until it was announced yesterday- er last night in the US. Entertainment Weekly even landed its "Fall Preview" on shelves today with HBP as it's cover story. They released a blog online about the "oops" which wasn't their fault- I guess. Read more about that decisoin (to make more money?) and the fans response at the LA TIMES

The Good News:

But.. not before they made a full media push and released a bunch of NEW pictures.

Snape dealing withthe cursed necklace. A scene that was only alluded to in the novel but here they've decided to show Snape and his Dark Arts expertise in full glory. This image was originally found on pipocacombo.com - check mugglenet.com for more. Look quick before WB tries to clean up thier mess and ask for all of them to be taken down.

Snape and Narcissa have just made the unbreakable vow.

This is obviously a set photo- minus special effects and not shot from the angle of the actual film camera. So don't panic about the quality or the poses. I assume there is a film camera somewhere taking a CU of thier hands.

Livejournal ohnotheydidnt has scans from the EW article- but this image above is the only mention of Snape. *sigh*

Alan in Pelham New York....

2008-08-08T15:19:08Z

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering for those of you who attend the Q&A at Pelham if you would be willing to share the photographs you took of him. All of mine are on my photobucket page which there is a link too on my journal. What I want to do is make a big scrap book of the event, so i would love to get as many other fan photos as i can get.

So if you are willing share please send me a link to were you have them posted or email me at Tayastarr@aol.com and if you know of anyone else who was there but does not belong to this site that might be willing to share please pass the message along to them. I will be very grateful to all.

Thank you again in advanced

Live Long and Prosper
Taya

Another Survey - Favorite Rickman Character by types

2008-08-07T03:07:44Z

OK now that you've helped me categorize the characters tell me who's your favorite Rickman hero, your favorite Villain? What about all the ordinary guys he plays?

here's your chance

Click Here to take survey

Bottle Shock Q&A in pelham posted on YouTube

2008-08-06T18:40:54Z

For those of us who couldn't make it, some beautiful wonderful kind-hearted Rickman Fan had the presence of mind to bring a video camer to the Q&A at the Pelham theater and is uploading it to Youtube in segments.

The rest can be found on YouTube under a user called boushh2187 Go check it out!

Alan Rickman in Pelham

2008-08-06T15:18:37Z

I was lucky enough to snag tickets to last night's pre-screening of Bottle Shock in Pelham, NY, where Alan Rickman did his Q&A after the film!

I had no expectations for Bottle Shock going into it, but I was pleasantly surprised. I figured it would be okay, but it wound up being better than I thought, with a lot of heart and about a BILLION gorgeous, sweeping pans of Napa vineyards. The soundtrack was great too, I really hope I can find it somewhere. Alan's role was a bit smaller than I expected, but he was excellent every time he came on screen and pretty much upstaged anyone else in the shot. If the movie's coming anywhere near you, I suggest you see it. It's cute and clever, and I'd definitely recommend it.

Alan was running a bit late after the movie finished, just as I had been on the way there. We hit traffic on the highway driving down so we arrived at the theater a half hour late, and though we only missed less than five minutes of the movie, the place was packed so we had to stand in the back. We were told that there was a handful of Rickman fans standing outside the theater and he was taking pictures with them, so he would only be a few minutes, but when he came running in (yes, there was actually a little bit of running in there) he blew right past me and I was like WUT O HAY ARICK. I could barely react. XD

He wasn't very talkative at first when the Q&A started, always let the producer and director speak first before he added his own two cents, but when questions were opened to the audience, most were directed at him. People probably should have asked a bit more about the movie rather than his other roles, plus several people brought up things he barely remembered himself. He seemed to feel a bit awkward because of it, which, not gonna lie, I found kind of cute. ^^ There was talk of Harry Potter, but it was only referred to as "a certain mega-franchise," which I found essentially hilarious. We all know what it is, just call it by name! But he didn't really like talking about it, he said it had enough publicity already and there was no reason to say any more on the subject when it's the reason some kids have started reading at all.

Overall the Q&A wasn't all that impressive, most of the questions were pretty pointless, and it was painfully obvious that many people were there just for Alan Rickman (then again, I know I was.... I just didn't advertise it XD). Actually, my age probably advertised it in itself, as a lot of the audience members were over fifty and from the Pelham area supporting the theater. But in any event, when the Q&A was finished, a small line formed for pictures, and Alan was very obliging. I had brought some nice notecards and the Deathly Hallows cover for him to sign, and eventually I forced myself to have him sign the cover even though it probably made it look like I only know him as Snape. Hopefully the fact that I paid for tickets instead of just standing outside the theater offset that, because I really do enjoy his work outside of HP. It would be nice to be able to say I was really charming and witty when I approached him, but I so wasn't, and managed to say about six syllables total to him. But I got a signature and a picture, so I figure I couldn't ask for much more. ^^

My favorite part of this picture is probably my ridiculously blatant overenthusiasm, and his complete lack thereof. XD

And that's that, I suppose. Even now the experience is surreal to me, and it was absolutely fantastic.

A survey I wrote

2008-08-06T05:48:15Z

Not sure if it's ok to put this here but I made a survey about Alan's movie characters

if you'd like to take it here's the link

Click Here to take survey

The movement of tastes

2008-08-05T03:17:52Z

Alan Rickman describes how wine moves across the tongue, enuff said. Tell me more...

Yes, it keeps coming... video interview

2008-08-04T17:27:58Z

What can I say....it's raining Rickman I feel like I'm spamming with all this (Should I be consolidating these somehow?) Alan was on Good Morning America today. It's a pretty good interview, mainly because Diane Sawyer actually knows how to stay on topic, and the word "villain" doesn't come up once.

Here's a link to the video. Notice the movie clip and notice Mr. Spurier's *wink* at the end. Oh... Dear. Oh, and is it me or does Ms.Sawyer seem a little tipsy to be interviewing her guest about his new movie about wine– or that may just be the Rickman affect. no? Methinks Diane has a little crush. (Check the posture!)

Video here

Even More Pictures... (again)

2008-08-04T14:47:29Z

Alan must have heard the comments about those tan suede shoes he was wearing back in Napa....

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More picts of Alan in L.A.

2008-08-03T05:12:39Z

Over at www.wireimage.com they have an assortment of images from a Bottle Shock press conference. I hope we will see some of these in full resolution soon. ... but in the mean time... Yum

New interview time...again

2008-08-02T06:16:45Z

I would have posted this here this morning (yesterday morning now), but I had a big family gathering to rush for.

ALAN RICKMAN Does “Bottle Shock”
Posted by Bonnie Siegler on August 1st, 2008
Source: http://atnzone.com/wp/2008/08/01/alan-rickman-does-"bottle-shock"/

He certainly doesn’t look like the villainous Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”, nor does he display any of Professor Severus Snape’s Potions Master characteristics from “Harry Potter” films. Alan Rickman could pass for any other British gent visiting Beverly Hills, dressed in dark jeans, white cotton tea and slightly coiffed salt and pepper hair. But at a closer glance, Rickman is a villain extraordinaire with a comedic personality, dry wit and romantic leading man characteristics.

Rickman comes walks into the Four Seasons Hotel which, just an hour ago, shook and rattled to a 5.4 earthquake, one of the largest Southern California had demonstrated in a decade. None worse for wear, the handsome – and jovial - Brit is eager to talk about his new movie “Bottle Shock” in which he plays real-life Steven Spurrier, a snobbish British expatriate trolling Napa Valley, California in search of wine bottles for an upcoming wine tasting event he has arranged in France. Rickman came on board this project after 20 pages were quickly written for his review. He had previously collaborated with Jody Savin and Randy Miller on “Nobel Son”, and decided to join the movie because of their previous creative relationship. In 1976, a small American winery sent shock waves through the wine industry by besting the exalted French wines in a blind tasting, putting California wines on the map for good. Chateau Montelana vineyard and novice vintner Jim Barrrett, along with his son, Bo, risked everything to realize their dreams. What ends up on the screen is a 2008 Sundance Film Festival dramatic comedy based on a true story that quickly became an audience and critic favorite.

Welcome to the land of shake and bake. Is this the first earthquake that you’ve been through.
No, it’s not. I was also here for the 1994 bit one.

This one never compared with that.
I know, but the body doesn’t know that and the body goes `It’s that again!’ (laughs) All natural thought leaves your body, doesn’t it. All.

So if you had to play an earthquake scene in a movie, you’d have it down.
No research required (laughs). Yeah. (fakes wide-eyed terror and hangs onto the table). That’s what I did in ’94. I woke up and just hung on to the bed. How stupid was that? (laughs)

Well, how much do you know about wine now after this movie?
Not a lot more than I knew before, to be honest. I still enjoy it very much. Fortunately, when you talk to great experts like Bo Barrett and we were at Chateau Montelena for the premiere the other night, he said rather encouragingly, well, it’s not so complicated. Wine is somewhere between grape juice and vinegar (laughs).

So what is your alcohol of choice?
It would be red wine, yeah.

Any favorites – is it French?
It depends a lot on what country I’m in and what food I’m eating. I tend to be loyal to the country I’m in. I tend to spend a lot of time in Italy so I would never think of drinking anything other than Italian wine. And similarly in South Africa.

Can you tell us how you got involved in this project?
Yeah, Randy and Jody said `we got this script. There’s a part we think you should play. Here it is.’ (laughs) And it’s an English part so maybe that was a clue.

None of it was shot in the south of France, was it?
No. No, it’s never that sunny in France (laughs). But they did a good job. And I was there with some European know-how to say don’t park the cars so neatly.

What kind of preparation did you do for the role – your character speaks French, knows French culture and knows how to taste wine.
Thank god for school. I took French lessons in school so I was at least able to do that. And because I’m playing that kind of upper class Englishman, it’s a matter of honor to speak French with a terrible accent. (laughs). No concessions would be made at all. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard the Queen speaking French. (laughs) You still know she’s the Queen. And I did accidentally as it turns out, meet Steven Spurrier a few years ago in Italy but, of course, at the time didn’t know what any future agenda was going to be. I spoke to him on the phone. I’m so million miles away from being the right casting to play him but in a sense, you’ve just got to go well, it’s OK, he’s called Steven Spurrier and there are facts circulating around this story; we honor those and it is true. It is based on him so in a sense it isn’t an impersonation of him apart from being English and a man in a suit and tie. And we tend not to take our suit and ties off even in 100 degrees (laughs).

You smile at the end when you give the award away…did you ask him how he felt that day when he found out that Napa Valley had won for the best wine?
No. I just thought, there again, it’s a movie and there’s a relationship there so it has to become part of that story. Similarly, the end of the movie is largely because of the conversation with him on the phone because I didn’t know he had restaged the competition in 2006. And he said to me on the phone, I was sure this time that the French wines were going to win and it would rescue my reputation among the French. America won again.

You played some very iconic characters over the years and several have been written for just you. Angela Pell made no secret about when she wrote you Alex in “Snow Cake”, Randy designed and retooled Spurrier for you. Does this put a greater burden on you as an actor knowing that you are the man they want?
Not really. In the case of those 2 films, fortunately, neither of those characters has anything to do with the other. And so, that means that they’re expecting you to get a particular color of the character; it means, they’re going to let you free and that’s luxury.

There was also a period of Die Hard and Robin Hood where you had these classic villain performances. Do you still get offered a lot of villains after all these years later?
No. Nor did I really over that period of time. It’s just like they were a couple of movies that had huge publicity budgets, but there was a lot of other stuff in between that…it depends on where you’re looking at it from and what you’re setting it against but you are talking about 20 years.

With Harry Potter, your character….
First of all, I never talk about Harry Potter.

There’s a great line in “Bottle Shock” where Spurrier says “I’m not really an asshole; It’s just that I’m British.” He so succinctly put the other guy in his place. Have you ever wanted to say that to somebody?
No, it’s an appalling thing to say, isn’t it? But it’s an absolutely true line for Steven Spurrier cause it’s got a vaguely, charming honestly to it. It’s very typical of that strand of teabag. We had an empire, we made it. People like him created an English empire; people like him lost it.

Going over the production notes, several crew members worked before with you and Randy, and you’ve been part of another sequel franchise…is it easier for you working with the same people as you go from one film to another?
Well, I’m always wary of words like “easy” because that’s not the point. The point is that it’s gratis and that doesn’t always mean easy.

Well, comfortable perhaps?
Even comfortable. I like it being difficult and uncomfortable but at least it means there’s a conversation that’s possible because there’s a lot of mutual trust and respect but at the same time, nobody’s fawning over anybody. I like breathing that air which isn’t always easy but it’s constructive and creative and rewarding.

What did you like about filming in Napa Valley?
Well, it’s beautiful and it feeds your imagination because you’re in the real thing. It’s not like it’s a film set…Oh, this really exists. It’s not so much fun wearing a wool suit and a tie and socks and shoes in 100 degrees but then again, you just have to make it part of his lunacy. There’s no way his tie comes off because he’s British.

Are you the type of actor that likes to do a lot of research?
It absolutely depends on what you’re doing. For Snow Cake, absolutely none because it was very important I was playing somebody who knew nothing about autism, and I was working with Sigourney Weaver who’d done like six or nine months of research because she needed to know everything. So if you named a project I could tell you how much research had been done, it’s just a question – ultimately what you want to be is free, not trapped, so the knowledge you put in there, in other words research, is only to free you. So it just depends what you need to do.

So many times on movie sets you also see the actor say, ‘Oh we didn’t really drink wine, it was grape juice.’
It was grape juice. First of all I should think it’s probably illegal to have alcohol on set, in fact I’m absolutely certain of that, because the continuity people just said, ‘The insurers would just have our guts for garters.’ And it’s actually dangerous. You’re in a fairly – literally explosive environment, so I don’t think it can happen. They do it in France, of course. They have big lunches, French movies, drink a lot of wine.

What do you look for in the roles that you play? And is there a genre or role that you’d like to play that you haven’t done?
Well, I never thought I’d do a musical and that just happened. You’re a changing unit yourself and so you open a script and it depends on who you are as to what combustion there is between you and a piece of writing. But it’s always the writing, I don’t have any – they are usually tall characters that I play.

Do you miss playing the villain at all, since it’s been awhile since that role has come around?
No, but I don’t put labels on anything I play, I don’t call them that. They’re not that to me, whatever they are, it’s the last word – I would never put any judgmental word on any character, you can’t play it if you do that.

Do you have a preference of theatre or film?
Not really, because the thing is you guys see the finished result. This took five weeks in my life, with a whole bunch of people, so you see the word Bottle Shock and you just remember people and places and –

No alcohol?
Right, just grape juice.

Bottle Shock IS Coming to Denver!

2008-08-02T04:51:27Z

I had thought it was going to skip over us but it will be here opening August 22 (in time for the DNC)

Here's the list of Theaters that will have Bottles Shock some will have them as early as Aug 8

Yes It's coming to Denver! I have to wait until the 22nd (hey it will be playing here when the Democrats get here!

hey they put up an updated list of theatres and I downloaded and will put it here

Opening August 6th

California
Irvine, CA- University Town Center 6 Cinemas
Los Angeles, CA
ArcLight Hollywood 15 (Hollywood, CA)
Monica 4 Plex (Santa Monica, CA)
The Landmark (Los Angeles, CA)
Palo Alto, CA- Palo Alto Square
Pasadena, CA- Playhouse 7 Cinemas
Paseo Nuevo- Santa Barbara, CA
San Francisco, CA
Kabuki 8
Embarcadero Center Cinema
San Jose, CA- Santana Row 6
Santa Barbra, CA- Fiesta 5
Albany, CA - Albany Twin

Georgia
Alpharetta, GA- Mansell Crossing 14 Theatres
Kennesaw, GA - Town Center 16
Atlanta, GA- Tara Atlanta

]Illinois
Chicago, IL
River East 21 (Chicago, IL)
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema (Chicago, IL)
Evanston, IL- CineArts 6- Evanston
Glenview, IL- Glen 10
Highland Park, IL- Renaissance Place

Massachusetts
Boston, MA- Boston Commons 19
Cambridge, MA- Kendall Square Cinema
Waltham, MA- Embassy Cinema

Michigan
Detroit, MI
Forum 30 - Sterling Heights (Sterling Heights, MI)
Livonia 20 (Livonia, MI)
Maple Art Theatre (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

New York
New York City, NY
Empire 25 Theaters
Union Square Stadium 14

New Jersey
Voorhees, NJ- Showcase at the Ritz Center 16

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Ritz East (Philadelphia, PA)
King of Prussia, PA - King of Prussia 15 & Imax
Bensalem, PA - Neshaminy 24

Texas
Dallas – Ft. Worth
Legacy 24 (Plano, TX)
Angelika Film Center and Café (Plano, TX)
Grapevine 30 Theaters (Grapevine, TX)
Angelika Film Center and Café (Dallas, TX)
Houston
Studio 30 Theaters (Houston, TX)
Greenway Grand Palace Stadium 24 Cinemas (Houston, TX)
Angelika Film Center (Houston, TX)

Washington DC
Washington DC
E Street Cinema (Washington DC)
Georgetown 14 (Washington DC)
Bethesda Row Cinema (Bethesda, MD)
Shirlington 7 (Arlington, VA)

Washington
Seattle
Meridian 16 (Seattle, WA)
Guild 45th Theatre (Seattle, WA)

]Opening August 15th

]Arizona
Scottsdale, Az- Camelview 5 Theatre

]California
Aliso Viejo, CA- Aliso Veijo Stadium 20 Cinemas
Foothill Ranch, CA- Foothill Center 22
Long Beach, CA- Market Place 6
Los Angeles
Burbank 16 (Burbank, CA)
Manhattan Village 6 (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Rolling Hills 20 (Torrance, CA)
Westlake Village Twin (Westlake Village, CA)
Promenade Stadium 13 (Rolling Hills Estates, CA)

Brea, CA- Brea Stadium 22 Cinemas- East 12
Monterey, CA- Osio Plaza 6
Newport Beach, CA- Island 7 Cinemas
Orange, CA- Block 30 @ Orange
Orange, CA- Century Stadium 25 Theatre- Orange
Ontario, CA- Ontario Mills 30
Palm Desert, CA- Cinemas Palm D’Or
San Diego, CA- Hillcrest Cinemas
La Jolla Village Cinemas (La Jolla, CA)

San Francisco/ Bay Area
Sequoia Twin (Mill Valley, CA)
Cinedome 8 Theatre (Napa, CA)
CineArts 5 – Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, CA)
Rialto Cinemas Lakeside (Santa Rosa, CA)
Sebastiani (Sonoma, CA)
Laemmle Cameo Cinema (St. Helena, CA)
Santa Cruz, CA- Nickelodeon Theatres

]Illinois
Chicago Area
Woodfield 20 (Schaumburg, IL)
Lincolnshire 20 (Lincolnshire, IL)
South Barrington 30 (South Barrington, IL)
Orland Park Cinemas 14 (Orland Park, IL)
Rosemont 18 (Rosemont, IL)
Cantera 30 (Warrenville, IL)

Indiana
Indianapolis, IN- Keystone Art Cinema 7
Greenwood, IN- Greenwood 14
Carmel, IN- Village Park Cinema 17
Fort Wayne, IN- Coldwater Crossing 8

Massachusetts
Capawock (Vineyard Haven, MA)

Maryland
Baltimore, MD- Landmark Harbor East 7
Annapolis, MD- Harbour 9 Theatres
Hanover, MD- Egyptian 24

Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI- Quality 16
Ypsilanti, MI - Showcase Cinema Ann Arbor
Detroit, MI
Market Place Cinema 20 (Sterling Heights, MI)
Star Great Lake Crossing 25 (Auburn Hills, MI)
Southgate Cinema 20 (Southgate, MI)
Star Gratiot 21 (Clinton Township, MI)
Emagine Novi 18 (Novi, MI)

Minnesota
Minneapolis
Edina 4 (Edina, MN)

Missouri / Kansas
Kansas City, MO
Studio 30 (Olathe, KS)
Rio Theatre (Overland Park, KS)
Palace 15 (Kansas City, MO)
St Louis, MO
Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Frontenac, MO)
Chesterfield Galaxy 14 (Chesterfield, MO)
West Olive 16 (Creve Coeur, MO)

Connecticut
Criterion Cinemas 7 (New Haven, CT)
Criterion Cinemas at Blue Back Sq #6 (West Hartford, CT)
Stamford, CT- Crown Majestic 6

New York
South Hampton, NY- South Hampton 4
Key Gardens, NY- Kew Gardens Cinemas
Malverne, NY- Malverne Cinema

North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC- Chelsea Cinema
Charlotte, NC- Park Terrace 6 Cinemas
Cary, NC- Crossroads 20

Ohio
Cincinnati, OH- Mariemont Theater
Deerfield Towne Center Stadium 16 (Mason, OH)
AMC Newport on the Levee 20 (Newport, KY)
Lennox 24 (Columbus, OH)
Easton Towne Center 30 (Columbus, OH)
Cleveland, OH- Cedar Lee Theaters (Cleveland Heights, OH)
Crocker Park Stadium 16 (Westlake, OH)
Valley View 24 (Valley View, OH)
Montrose Movies 12 (Akron, OH)

Oregon
Portland, OR- Fox Tower 10

Texas
Dallas
Stonebriar 24 (Frisco, TX)
North East Mall 18 (Hurst, TX)
Austin
Gateway 16 (Austin, TX)
Houston, TX
Houston Marq*E Stadium 23 Cinemas (Houston, TX)
Willowbrook 24 Theatres (Houston, TX)
First Colony 24 Theaters (Sugarland, TX)

Florida
Miami Beach, FL- South Beach 18
West Palm Beach, FL- Parisian 20
Boca Raton, FL- Shadowood 16
Boca Raton, FL- Palace 20
Winter Park, FL- Winter Park Village 20
Tampa, FL- Veterans Expressway 24
Sarasota, FL- Hollywood 20- Sarasota

Wisconsin
Oriental Theatre (Milwaukee, WI)
Sundance Cinemas 608 (Madison, WI)

Opening August 22nd

California
Laguna Niguel, CA- Rancho Niguel 8 Cinemas
San Francisco, CA- Empire 3
Ventura, CA- Century Stadium 16 Theatre
Del Mar, CA- Flower Hill, CA
Lancaster, CA- Cinemark 22

Colorado
Golden, CO- Denver West Village 12
Boulder, CO- Century 16
Colorado Springs- Carefree Circle 17

Delawar]
Rehoboth Beach, DE- Movies at Midway

Illinois
Batavia, IL- Randall 16

Kansas
Overland Park, KS- Palazzo 16 Theatre

Louisiana
New Orleans, LA- Canal Place Cinema

New York
Amherst, NY- Amherst
Syracuse, NY- Carousel Center 17

North Carolina
Greensboro, NC- Grande 16

Ohio
Beavercreek, OH - The Greene 14
Lexington, KY- Lexington Green Movies 8
Hamburg Pavilion 16
Louisville, KY- Baxter Ave 8

Richmond Heights, OH- Richmond Town Square 20
Willoughby, OH- Willoughby Commons 16
Akron, OH- Interstate Park Cinema 18
Elyria, OH - Cobblestone Square 20-

South Carolina
Greenville, SC- Hollywood 20- Greenville, SC
Mt. Pleasant, SC- Cinebarre- Mt. Pleasant, SC

Tennessee
Memphis, TN- Malco Paradiso
Nashville, TN- Green Hills 16
Knoxville, TN- Downtown West Cinema 8

Vermont
Burlington, VT- Merrill’s Roxy Theatre

Another sigh interview...

2008-08-01T16:35:31Z

OK I've had it.

I'm thinking perhaps we Rickman fans should bring together a cause. Somehow someway we need appoint a well spoken and well informed writer to infiltrate a major newspaper or magazine, play journalist, and/or petition a well-chosen journalist to call Rickman's people and arrange an interview wherein SOMEONE can ask the man some intelligent and well thought out questions! Wouldn't we like to see an interview that;

Recognized the variety of Alan's roles, and paid some respect to his comedic skills (i.e. "Some might remember him as a flawed but human husband suffering the pangs of a mid-life crises in Love Actually, " or "Rickman's comedic talents surfaced in Robin Hood and have slyly peppered his roles ever since..." )
Did not assume that his sole purpose is to man "Hollywood films" with a steretype of the stuck-up effete and materialistic and over-educated Brit (i.e. an ex con in Snow Cake who hasn't much left in his life to lean on ... is hardly effete.)
Filled in the blanks with pertinent questions about future projects, (Ever heard of Strindberg, no, then ask Alan about it ... and about a book that take place a single day in Paris, for example?)
Or, oh, you know, a writer who might read ahead about the character, and film in question (i.e. Why the hell would any actor play the same man in two competing movies - ? *see below... )

Yes? No?

Well in any event, I present another well-meaning but lackluster interview: this one is a Canadian news outlet. Notice the many brief answers from Mr. Rickman in the beginning. To be fair, the conversation does open up a bit towards the end but right from the beginning paragraphs it seems to me that this journalist had his Brit =stuck up stereotype lined out and ready to fill it with anything he could find. (notice the "related articles" at the end).

I think perhaps we fans should fill in the blank with what Mr. Rickman should have said. Maybe a little game of "Alan said 'this', but what he was really thinking was...."

Dry, with a distinctive British bite

R.M. VAUGHAN From Friday's Globe and Mail

SOURCE

August 1, 2008 at 3:46 AM EDT

To Hollywood, there are three types of British men: drunken but kind-hearted dolts (the Simon Pegg type); oafish Oxbridge twits with floppy hair and equally unstable morals (the Hugh Grant type); and villainous fops with permanently curled upper lips (the Alan Rickman type - in fact, almost always Alan Rickman).

Although Rickman has played a variety of characters and, as he proved in the classic Truly, Madly, Deeply and the giddy Brit-com Love Actually, also makes a convincing comedic lover, he is far more likely to be remembered for his wonderfully sinister presence in such films as the Harry Potter series, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the title roles in Rasputin and Mesmer, Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd and, of course, the original Die Hard. Rickman's latest film, Bottle Shock - a period film about California vintners determined to beat the odds (and the critics) at 1976's infamous "Judgment of Paris" wine competition - is a perfect vehicle for the actor's particular brand of arch Britishness.

Playing real-life British wine dealer Steven Spurrier, an obliviously obnoxious but likeable snob, Rickman need only lift his voice a half octave, or his wiry eyebrows a few millimetres, to telegraph the vast cultural differences sustained by the Atlantic Ocean. It's hardly surprising, then, that his real-life conversation is equally measured, reserved and very, very quiet. Full, robust sentences are, one guesses, un-English. Alan Rickman stars as an obnoxious but likeable wine dealer in Bottle Shock, a perfect vehicle for the actor’s brand of arch Britishness.

Whatever his off-screen nature, Rickman the actor steals Bottle Shock with all the aplomb, and speed, of a seasoned car-jacker. While watching the movie with a flock (a casket? a barrel?) of wine nerds, I noticed that Rickman's charm had half the crowd agreeing with his character's blinkered, highly disagreeable world view. Now that's acting.

Aren't there two films being made about the 'Judgment of Paris'?
I'm not really sure. I think there are. We were only allowed, or could only tell the story, of the white wine. Because I think there is a project relating to the red wine.

Are you playing Steven Spurrier in that one too?
I shouldn't think so.

Would you want to?
Well, it would be the same plot.

I've read quotes from the real Steven Spurrier wherein he has praised the film, and quotes wherein he has denounced the film.
Well, then, you better get on to him, because I don't know.

You didn't meet with him, follow him around and study him?
I spoke to him, but this was way ... you know, a long before kind of thing. I dunno. I didn't study him. I met him, like three or four years ago, and I don't even remember. But somebody said we were in the same place at the same time in Italy. But of course there was no knowledge on either part.

This film makes gentle fun of wine connoisseurship -
And it's respectful, of wine makers.

Yes. But there is definitely a gulf depicted - between the people who make wine and the people who comment on it.
Well, in terms of playing Steven Spurrier I'm only playing someone who was, and indeed is, a highly respected expert in the field. You know, there's nothing bogus about him whatsoever. He really knows what he's talking about. And I think that was true then as well. It just wasn't his expectation ... that what happened was going to happen.

Are you a wine man or a pint man?
I'd be more of a wine man. Because, uh, it's not rocket science - one of the great pleasures in life is sitting around a table with friends, food and a glass of wine.

Do you collect?
No, no. I tend to drink it.

Bottle Shock reminds us that, 30 years ago, Europe and North America were much more alien to each other than they are now.
Completely! Not only North America, but because of this thing [the 'Judgment of Paris' contest], doors were opened to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and indeed to Canadian wine, which I've enjoyed. But back then, to me, wine was what was cheapest, something to take to a hideous party with a red light on the ceiling. And there would be many bottles of this crap, and many vomiting young people afterward.

There's nothing stopping you from continuing the tradition.
What? Cheap, horrible wine? Oh, no, no, you've got to learn something as you get old.

Can we talk about the awful seventies suits you wear in the movie?
Let's! Ha!

They didn't look very comfortable.
They certainly were not, and certainly not in 100 degrees of heat. Only an upper-class Englishman would keep those clothes on in that.

Were they made for you, or were they vintage?
Oh, no! Our costume designer was brilliant at going to vintage stores and hire shops. So they were real, old, and extra itchy.

You usually wear your hair quite long and wispy in films. Wouldn't you like to shave it all off and play an army commando?
Ha! Um, it's pretty short at the moment, actually. I'm trying to think ... 1976, this film, demanded it [be long]. But I think it's pretty short in another film I have coming out soon, called Noble Son. But no buzz cuts. No, I don't think I'll be going to get cast in that part. It just doesn't seem likely to ever happen. Bottle Shock opens on Wednesday.

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PARTICULARS: Born Feb. 21, 1946, London

A humble upbringing Rickman is the second-oldest of four siblings. His mother was a housewife; his father, a factory worker. His father died when Rickman was 8. His mother married again but divorced after just three years.

Rickman excelled at art and attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design, aspiring to a career as a graphic designer. "Drama school wasn't considered the sensible thing to do at 18," he has said. The dresser He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (class of 1974). To pay his way through school, he worked as a dresser for Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Sir Ralph Richardson.

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LA Bottle Shock interviews

2008-07-31T01:25:33Z

Aside from causing earthquakes, Alan was promoting Bottle Shock in a number of events in LA today. (Catsplay has linked them on all her journal!) The best I've seen is one on Good Morning LA. NOT because the interviewers are particularly astute but because Alan is so adorably patient with their idiocy. His body language says it all. Ugh these people are idiots Then there is a web interview here. Not much better. She almost calls him Voldemort!

All these interviews make me wonder if he'll be hitting any evening talk shows at all???

Half Blood Prince Info...

2008-07-30T20:07:09Z

Hey! First post here...

I was just browsing around and I didn't see anything about the new HP trailer....so I just wanted to let you all know that the OHP has updated with a link to the trailer.

Go watch it!

public service announcement

2008-07-30T13:36:45Z

Alan is OK.

I hope all of you in So.Cal. are hale and hearty, too.

Rickman Sighting in Napa

2008-07-28T13:54:42Z

Here he is promoting Bottle Shock and sporting a new haircut .

More images at the GettyImages and WireImage

New ? Nobel Son Trailer?

2008-07-25T04:02:05Z

I haven't seen this one before...

Attention! NY area: Q&A with actor Alan Rickman At The Picture House

2008-07-24T16:25:38Z

Alan Rickman At The Picture House GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!

Information below the cut.

Pelham, NY - The Picture House has announced the latest “Conversation” to be hosted by eminent Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers: a Q&A with actor Alan Rickman, director Randall Miller and producer J. Todd Harris, along with a sneak preview of their not-yet-released film, BOTTLE SHOCK.

“I’m pleased to bring these three film-making luminaries to the Picture House to help support its transformation into a state-of-the-art film and education institution,” said Mr. Travers, senior editor, Rolling Stone magazine. “To begin delivering on the Picture House’s promise, this ‘Conversations’ series is providing our area residents with exciting, direct interactions with major independent film stars, directors and producers, as well as a deeper perspective on some of the great films of our time.”

“I am excited to have a preview of BOTTLE SHOCK in Pelham” said Jeff Morfit, CEO of Lighthouse Financial Group, LLC. “Independent films are critically important in our lives and I’m personally very supportive of the creation of a film-focused cultural center in this area – film can change people’s lives, and we need to create more alternatives to the multiplex.”

BOTTLE SHOCK tells the story of the early days of wine-making in California. The film focuses on the 1976 “Judgment of Paris” wine tasting, in which for the first time a California wine beat out a French wine, and put Napa Valley vineyards on the map. The film stars Alan Rickman, best known for his portrayal of the villain, Hans Gruber, in the original DIE HARD as well as iconic roles in GALAXY QUEST, DOGMA, and the HARRY POTTER series.

“Conversations with Peter Travers” is a discussion series in which members of the film industry – actors, directors, writers, and producers – talk about their art and lives with Rolling Stone senior editor and film critic Peter Travers. Mr. Travers is also a member of the Picture House Film Advisory Board. Recent participants in “Conversations” have included George Clooney, Tom Cruise, and Sean Penn. These events drew sell-out audiences from across the region including the Bronx, lower Westchester, and Connecticut. The Picture House is in the leadership phase of a capital campaign to transform its historic theater into a state-of-the-art film and film education center.

Tickets will be available beginning Saturday, July 26 at 9:00AM only on the Picture House website, www.thepicturehouse.org. Tickets will be $35.

About the Picture House
The Picture House is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to restoring, renovating, and transforming an historic 1921 movie theater. The organization has a two-part mission:

GREAT FILMS...
In the newly restored Picture House, audiences will see independent films – features and documentaries from around the world -- classics, retrospectives, themed series, festival films and revivals.

... AND FILM EDUCATION

The Picture House believes in the power of movies to change peoples’ lives for the better. The group’s educational focus will provide people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to learn about the art, technology, and business of film.

12 Rickman/Snape icons

2008-07-21T10:05:50Z

TEASERS :

Only 12, but only Rickman's icons ! at THIS POST@zaz_icons