Hey folks, Harry here... Well seems that RED DRAGON made a splash on the BBC as part of a documentary upon Sir Anthony Hopkins. Sounds like it was a pretty darn nice doc, but of highest interest was the new footage from RED DRAGON that the documentary unveiled. Now as odd as can be, Quint was actually in the editting bay with Brett Ratner yesterday getting a peek at what that film is shaping up into. From the first trailer, it felt a bit odd, not entirely sold. I'm curious to see Fiennes and Norton and Hopkins at it, but I really hope that Universal and Ratner in particular don't take the tact of belittling the original MANHUNTER as part of their standard rhetoric about this movie. The reason for doing a remake is simple... To complete the Hopkins Trilogy of Hannibal films. That's pretty simple. So you can watch all three Hopkins films in a row as a series. That doesn't require taking pot shots at Michael Mann's wonderful film or Brian Cox's chilling turn as Lecter himself. Ultimately the comparisons should be left to those that pay to see both. Here's a wonderful little update from Frank... Hasn't that name just acquired a chill ever since DONNIE DARKO? Sorry, here ya go...
Hi
You've probably been told this a thousand time already, but in case you havent the BBC in the UK screened quite a bit of behind the scenes Red Dragon Footage as part of a documentary entitled 'Anthony Hopkins: a taste for Hannibal' on Wednesday night 10.35 pm.
The documentary was basically a Sir Hopkins retrospective/ interview, with him discussing his carreer, including some rather funny candid comments he made re his script selecting proccess and the Bad Company movie. It also inculded contributions from Jodie Foster, Oliver Stone, Gary Oldham etc, The documentary followed him around as he was filming his lastest movie, namely Red Dragon, so we got to see,
• Anthony giving us a tour of the Lecter cell set (the same as in Silence) with him commenting about the little details (ie the drawings which they had to buy off MGM)
• Footage of Hopkins being fitted with THE mask and then of Lector being wheeled on the trolly down the cell corridor, with Barney buy his side (interesting to note its the Hannibal mask rather than the silence one, cleaning up that continuty error, being Barney stole the old one rather than the new...if that makes sense)
• Hopkins delivering Lecter's lines as Tommy Cooper (his favorite comedian and another of his spot on impressions, VERY funny!!)
• Filming a sequence at a concert where Lector is in the audience (the extras clapping Hopkins as they finished, he even winked at the documentary camera and did the Lecter stare and tongue flick)
• Photo shoot footage for the poster and outside the theater with Hopkins in costume, as young Lecter (hair dyed black and with a small pony tail)
• Best of all about two mins of the Lecter and Graham interview (he was seated like Starling) with Lecter giving advice on the Tooth fairy, saying Graham was just like him and Graham asking if there was anything Lecter was frightened of, with his reply being boredom.
Overall a pretty good and surprising documentary with Sir Anthony coming across as the down to earth gentlemen he so readly appears.
Hope that was of interest (and note old news!!)
Thanks
Frank
