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Date Posted: 04:14:37 09/08/07 Sat
In reply to:
Elizabeth
's message, "Favorite Feature" on 22:10:01 08/20/07 Mon
"The first time I saw this movie I didn't even recognize RN. I had only seen him as LJS, so it absolutely blew my mind when I saw him so young and handsome - not that Silver isn't cute, too!"
Whew, I'm so glad to know I wasn't the only one who didn't recognize him! (Not to mention his accent and vocal intonation are totally different to the way I'd heard him in any of his movies up to that point, namely TI, Oliver Twist, Major Barbara, and Hatter's Castle! I was too used to seeing him as a ruffian!)
Hmm, I don't know for sure, but (watching it again--I don't need much of an excuse) my educated guess would be that, considering the view you see of Jem falling when she cuts him down is from the back of his head and then the camera cuts back to Mary and when you next see RN's face, he's lying on the floor, that was probably a stunt double.
Yeah, I'm sure the unconscious thing must have been difficult, requiring even more trust because he's got his eyes closed. (BTW, I just noticed that he had another good opportunity to flinch--and you can't really tell if he did because his face is turned away--when Thomas kind of drops his arm. I think by that point, if it were me, I'd be asking to start over! Of course, they probably rehearsed it enough times that Bob already knew they weren't going to drop him. And at least if they did, he didn't have very far to fall. In a theatre class I took, we did a scene where a couple of us were supposed to be not just unconscious but dead. The guy who was half-carrying me--we weren't going for perfect realism, so I was helping out a little--actually seemed surprised that I did trust him as much as I did. I figured what's the worst that could happen? a little rug burn on my face for the sake of an A? It would be worth it! Fortunately, it all went smoothly.)
BTW, that scene reminds me of an interesting bit of trivia I just realized ... Did you know that the guy who plays Dandy (who Harry is fighting with over the buckles as Mary is cutting Jem down), Edwin Greenwood, was a co-writer, along with Emlyn Williams, on the 1934 Hitchcock film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" ... while Leslie Banks (Joss) was its star? Small world!
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