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Re: "The Estraaordinary Voyage of Jules Verne"

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:07:17 -0500 (EST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

We may need to call on Andrew Nash and our Canadian contingent. I recall
Andrew bringing a tape of a recent docu on Verne's life to the 2002
gathering in Hamburg; we were able to see some but not all of it, perhaps
the first half or so. It was certainly an improvement on the Kent film,
but a wholly different effort (per Tim's posting). The Trevisick bio has,
to the best of my knowledge, not be shown in the US. However, some of the
footage and interviews were shared with a rather poor effort by Trevisick
on 20K made for The Learning Channel, an hour-long docu (minus time for
commercials, ie about 48 min.) which has shown in the US.

Ironically, there was a slightly different version of the Kent film shown
on A&E's BIOGRAPHY FOR KIDS--and in simplifying the docu, some of the
distortions and inaccuracies were actually omitted.

Brian Taves
Email: btav~at~loc.gov


Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.


On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Norm Wolcott wrote:

> I believe this may be a different program. It is 40 minutes long, and
> directed by Shaun Trevisick, Executive Producers Anthony Geffen and Carol
> Sennett. Doesn't say in the advert who the company is; could be a BBC
> effort.
> nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu Friar Wolcott, Gutenberg Abbey, Sherwood Forrest
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Taves" <btav~at~loc.gov>
> To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: "The Estraaordinary Voyage of Jules Verne"
>
>
> > I assume this is the 1995 production of the same title, produced by Martin
> > Kent for Graystone Productions, which has played here widely on A&E on the
> > series BIOGRAPHY.
> >
> > See my article
> >
> > "Les Récentes émissions documentaires sur Jules Verne à la
> > télévision." Tr. Jean-Michel Margot. Bulletin de la Société Jules
> > Verne. No. 125 (1998): 44-52.
> >
> > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Norm Wolcott wrote:
> >
> > > The video of the above name showed on BBC2 a few weeks ago,
> > > recommended to me by my informant (not a Verne scholar) as "very good,
> > > displacing Saturday evening football, etc." The description follows:
> > >
> > > "The author of classics such as "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
> > > foresaw space missions, movie-making, and electronic communications.
> > > Privately, howeer, the modest Frenchman was tormented by his
> > > portentous powers. This one-off documentary reveals that the
> > > significance of his work lies not only in his "inventions", but also
> > > in his prophesies of the way society would develop -- and potentially
> > > end. "
> > >
> > > If anyone has taped this program, it would be nice if we could show it
> > > some way at the North American Jules Verne Society meeting in May in
> > > Washington DC. Email me privately and maybe we can make arrangements
> > > etc. Conversion from Pal, to DVD, VHS, playability, are all questions
> > > to be resolved.
> > >
> > >
> > > nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu Friar Wolcott, Gutenberg Abbey, Sherwood
> Forrest
> >
Received on Fri 02 Apr 2004 - 03:07:28 IST

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