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RE: Around the World with Jackie Chan?

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:35:35 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Ironic, is it not, that in order to get proper casting of Nemo, it has
required a film of a pastiche, rather than an original? Which in turn
argues for the importance of all these manifestations of Verne.

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Dennis Kytasaari wrote:

> 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 Thu 19 Sep 2002 - 22:36:21 IDT

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