30 Dec
2002
30 Dec
'02
5:10 a.m.
To whom it may concern,
I am interested in buying or renting the Amstrad PPC640 for a movie called ETERNAL
SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Staring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. The movie tells the
story of a couple who have elected to rid themselves of their memories of on another by a
machine.
Noah Fox
30 Dec
30 Dec
5:36 a.m.
Would somebody legitimately connected with the props work for a MAJOR
Hollywood movie, be likely to know the spellings of the last names of the
cast?
Or is this a home movie that actually DOES star Carrey and Winslet?
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Noah Fox wrote:
To whom it may concern,
I am interested in buying or renting the Amstrad PPC640 for a movie
called ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Staring Jim Carrey and
Kate Winslet. The movie tells the story of a couple who have elected
to rid themselves of their memories of on another by a machine.
Noah Fox
6:23 a.m.
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Would somebody legitimately connected with the props
work for a MAJOR
Hollywood movie, be likely to know the spellings of the last names of the
cast?
Quite possibly not... Correct spelling seems to be the exclusive
preference of BOFHs and Codgers nowadays.
In any case, I'd be looking for references, and a darned healthy
security deposit, before I loaned or leased my gear to anybody.
Doc
6:36 a.m.
The movie industry magazine Daily Variety has, every Thursday, a
complete list of all films known to be in current production. Any film of
sufficient stature to have Kate Winslet in it will most likely be listed
there.... though it is not infallible. Most large bookstalls and news
outlets in major cities carry DV and the Hollywood Reporter. It shouldn't
be too hard to verify.
And usually prop people have their famous 'notebooks', as well as more
than a dozen industry-specific publications, just for this purpose. And
most of the time they'd be a bit reticent to name the movie and the
principal talent right off the bat.... I thought this guy's post was a
bit naive, at the least. Usually they represent themselves as working for
such-and-such Production Company - sometimes you dont' find out the name
of the movie until much later, after the gear has been returned.
From having been in the movie business for 15 years, and from having
worked, prior to that, in two large Surplus companies who relied heavily
on prop rental, I never dealt with anyone who came off as Mr. Fox does.
YMMV
Cheers
John
31 Dec
31 Dec
3:21 p.m.
I also worked as crew on a bunch of films. As asst. prop,
driver, returning and picking up props, as well as other
positions like electric, special effects, and grip. I actually
worked on films that I never knew their names, such as
one that had about 3 name changes before it became
"Big Town" (?).
A film with Jim Carey in it would be a major production
and Australia has many professionals, including
propmasters who would have a pretty good idea where
they could obtain props likely long before the name and
principals were decided. One 30 year veteran propmaster
I worked and ate with had a 1 year lead-time to line up
props for some dreadful right-wing funded film starring
Chris Cristopherson. One of the major concerns is costs
of rental versus outright purchase and return from sale
after production.
This is a phony.
Lawrence
On 30 Dec 2002, , John Lawson wrote:
The movie industry magazine Daily Variety has, every
Thursday, a
complete list of all films known to be in current
production. Any film of sufficient stature to have Kate
Winslet in it will most likely be listed there.... though
it is not infallible. Most large bookstalls and news outlets
in major cities carry DV and the Hollywood Reporter. It
shouldn't be too hard to verify.
And usually prop people have their famous 'notebooks', as
well as more
than a dozen industry-specific publications, just for this
purpose. And most of the time they'd be a bit reticent to
name the movie and the principal talent right off the
bat.... I thought this guy's post was a bit naive, at the
least. Usually they represent themselves as working for
such-and-such Production Company - sometimes you dont' find
out the name of the movie until much later, after the gear
has been returned.
From having been in the movie business for 15 years, and
from having
worked, prior to that, in two large Surplus companies who
relied heavily on prop rental, I never dealt with anyone who
came off as Mr. Fox does.
YMMV
Cheers
John
May you get halfway to heaven, before Satan learns you're
dead or 3/4s of the way to the bar before your wife finds
you've gone out.
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
5 Jan
5 Jan
11:30 a.m.
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, John Lawson wrote:
The movie industry magazine Daily Variety has, every
Thursday, a
complete list of all films known to be in current production. Any film of
sufficient stature to have Kate Winslet in it will most likely be listed
there.... though it is not infallible. Most large bookstalls and news
outlets in major cities carry DV and the Hollywood Reporter. It shouldn't
be too hard to verify.
Yeah, there are also these things called Google and IMDB which are
useful for finding out information about films in production:
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0338013
So, _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ does seem to be a legitimate
production. According to IMDB, they begin shooting in mid-January of
2003. Fred's comment about the spelling of Carrey's and Winslet's names
is a bit confusing; the names are spelled correctly.
Charlie Kaufman, who wrote _Being John Malkovich_, is the writer for the
film, so I imagine it'll be pretty interesting in spite of Jim Carrey
starring in it.
Whether or not Noah Fox's request is authentic or not is left as an
excercise for the owner of an Amstrad PPC640; however, I don't see
anything in his request that doesn't jibe with reality. It is maybe a
bit unorthodox, but then I'd not at all be surprised by someone
searching Google for information on Amstrad PPC640s and finding this
list as a reasonable place to ask about one.
-brian.
30 Dec
30 Dec
5:52 a.m.
Hi,
I've got one but I'm located in Belgium-Europe.
Tension is 220 Volts, 50 Hz !
Best regards,
Michel
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Onderwerp: Amstrad PPC640
To whom it may concern,
I am interested in buying or renting the Amstrad PPC640 for a movie called
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Staring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
The movie tells the story of a couple who have elected to rid themselves of
their memories of on another by a machine.
Noah Fox
8:14 a.m.
Damn!!! All I have is a PPC 512. so close to make it to fame (and back)
Oh well maybe if they film the prequels or something.
Francois
To whom it may concern,
I am interested in buying or renting the Amstrad PPC640 for a movie called
ETERNAL
SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Staring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
The movie tells the story of a couple who have elected to rid themselves of
their memories of on another by a machine.
Noah Fox
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