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Ataahua
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Mar 16 2007, 8:47pm
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Stephen Fry to write Dambusters script.
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Given PJ's interest in war and The Dambusters, I had assumed he and Fran would take a key role in the scriptwriting - but evidently not:
Comic to pen NZ film Dambusters
Versatile British actor and comedian Stephen Fry - best known for Jeeves and Wooster with Hugh Laurie and Blackadder Goes Forth - has revealed he is writing the script for Peter Jackson's Dambusters, to be shot in Wellington.
Fry, 49, who has written for film and television as well as several novels, confirmed he was writing the script while promoting his TV series Kingdom in Britain this week.
A spokesman for Jackson also confirmed Fry was writing the film's script about a famous World War II bombing mission.
The US$35 million (NZ$50.3 million) film, to be directed by newcomer Christian Rivers, will be shot this year, mainly in Wellington.
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Darkstone
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Mar 16 2007, 9:17pm
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....one would have also expected Jackson to direct it, and Walsh to do some second unti work.
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greendragon
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Mar 16 2007, 9:34pm
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I think Stephen Fry will do a great job!
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He's a very intelligent man, knowledgeable of the period and witty, so I think his script will be excellent. I was excited by this news. I had thought, however, that it was a film which PJ wanted to make himself - maybe I just had missed this news before but I am surprised he isn't directing it.
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L. Ron Halfelven
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Mar 16 2007, 11:14pm
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"(harrumph) If I may suggest, sir...
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If a flight of bombers with specially trained crews were to effect a breach in the dam, the ensuing torrent would sweep away not only Miss Bassett but the stolen policeman's helmet and the cow-creamer as well, thus resolving all your present difficulties at a stroke."
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Mar 16 2007, 11:18pm
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And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The genius and the plan thus inspired
Depart me and I, entering a room,
Find myself on the threshold, stand still
And wonder what I came to do there.
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grammaboodawg
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Mar 17 2007, 1:15am
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Maybe that means he's busy doing something else!!!!! OTHER than The Lovely Bones and buhzillion other projects! Maybe he's thinking of something else! Maybe they're busy writing SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!
*rubs hands together, nodding frantically*
 
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Patty
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Mar 17 2007, 4:37pm
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This is one of my favorite series ever, consequently this post is one of my favorites ever.
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Elven
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Mar 17 2007, 6:34pm
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Yeah gramma!!! My first thought too!!
Maybe that means he's busy doing something else!!!!! OTHER than The Lovely Bones and buhzillion other projects! Maybe he's thinking of something else! Maybe they're busy writing SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!
*rubs hands together, nodding frantically*
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