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RE: Around the World with Jackie Chan?

From: Dennis Kytasaari <djk~at~epguides.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:39:52 -0500
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Brian et al,

Nobody ever expressed a concern, most likely because it is not widely
known that Nemo was of Indian descent. But, since we are on the
subject, that is going to change with the film adaptation of Alan Moore
and Kevin O'Neill's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic book
series slated for sometime in 2003.

According to the current entry which features Sean Connery as Allan
Quatermain at http://www.imdb.com/Title?0311429

        Naseeruddin Shah will be playing Captain Nemo

According to his screen credits, this looks to be his first appearance
in a non-Indian film.

        http://www.imdb.com/Name?Shah,+Naseeruddin

But note that the information at the IMDb is preliminary as: "Since this
project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to
change or could be removed completely."

For those who aren't familiar with Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's "The
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic book series, you can find out
some basic information here regarding the second volume of the series
which is currently coming out.

        http://www.wildstorm.com/minisites/loeg/loeg.html

You can see Kevin O'Neill's take on Captain Nemo on this page.

        http://www.wildstorm.com/minisites/loeg/players.html

There are also numerous fan sites dedicated to the work of Alan Moore
(author) and Kevin O'Neill (illustrator) if you merely place their names
into a search engine.

-djk
 
Dennis Kytasaari djk~at~epguides.com http://epguides.com/
 Jules Verne-"Mobilis in Mobile" http://epguides.com/djk/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il
> [mailto:owner-jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il] On Behalf Of Brian Taves
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:14 PM
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> Subject: Re: Around the World with Jackie Chan?
>
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 16:16:05 -0700
> From: harryhayfield~at~btopenworld.com
> Subject: Around the World in Eighty...Kicks?
>
> Besides, what is wrong with an a Chinese actor known for his
> stunt work playing the athletic Passepartout? How many times
> has Passepartout been played by a French actor? Certainly
> the best known, Cantinflas, was not.
> Yet it scarcely damaged the 1956 film. By comparison, I
> don't recall any concern that no Indian actor has ever played
> Captain Nemo.
>
Received on Tue 17 Sep 2002 - 04:40:23 IDT

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