Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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Of course he is....I stand corrected
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Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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Humble apologies....I dont wanna interrupt the flow. Agreed....Ian McKellan would be an ideal candidate/nomination.
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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Looks like we might all have gone a little off topic in this thread. It struck me we dont have a place for general chit chat so I started one here:- http://americymru.ning.com/forum/topics/general-chat Please try and post on the subject of 'Hollywood and Glyndwr' in this thread....on the General Chat thread please feel free to post anything you like. Diolch
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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Found the owain Glyndwr vid....1 of 8 apparently
Hers a link to get to theother parts:-
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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That might do it
Get the ball rolling....any takers?
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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I suppoose by way of a shameless plug I should add that we will be showing it at the LCE 'Night of The Living Bards' event. Sorry....couldnt resist:)
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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Animation is an interesting idea...but a cult following doesnt always guarantee that a movie will be easily available. For instance it is very difficult to get hold of a copy of the S4C animated movie of The Mabinogion ( Y Mabinogi/Otherworld 2003 ) despite the fact that there is a huge potential audience for it.
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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'Owain Glyndwr: Prince of Wales' by R.R. Davies published by Y Lolfa " Owain was voted the most influential Welsh person of the millennium in a BBC Wales poll and revolutionaries from around the world including Fidel Castro have been influenced by his pioneering guerrilla warfare tactics. There have been petitions and internet campaigns for a Braveheart style film on Owain Glyn Dr, with names such as Ioan Gruffudd and Matthew Rhys being touted to play the leading role. Publishers Y Lolfa hope that this accessible book will raise the profile of Glyn Dr introducing one of the most inspiring stories of Welsh history to thousands of new readers. Lefi Gruffudd, chief editor and former student of R R Davies said,... ."As far as I'm aware the internet campaign for a Braveheart style movie about Owain Glyndwr started on this site in this forum nearly two years ago . Looks like some progress is being made? Does anyone know of any online petitions. Who would we be petitioning?
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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Yes...I think that the career and character of Richard III is one area where historical revisionism has produced some interesting results. I once had to research the period for a student who was doing GCSE history I believe. I spent far more time reading around it than I need have done and probably completely confused the guy by bombarding him with conflicting theories and opinions. I'm sure that Richard has been sadly misrepresented in literature. Sharon Penman at the one extreme and Shakespeare at the other. Still , no matter how inaccurate the portrayal, its no bad thing having one of the most powerful characters in world literature named after you. I have heard it suggested that Shakespeares Richard is a caricature, a kind of Blackadder without the humor. But then again he has such tremendous lines:-"I can smile, and murder while I smile...." etc
Hollywood and Owain Glyndwr?
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I agree with much of what you say and I suppose I should have made it clear in my original minimalist post that my main problem with the book was that she vastly over-compensated for his former notoriety. I fully expected him to borne heavenward by choirs of angels after Bosworth.Having said that I enjoyed the book because I'm a sucker for historical fiction. I dont read as much as I used to though and I havent revisited the Richard III controversy for some time. Just one more bad habit I suppose like smoking and drinking a six-pack on Friday nights....lol
