Duck! More movie stuff!

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4993

Greetings, O patient and tolerant Potter fans, who let the Alan Rickman
maniac post here.....here's a few movie snippets I got off an Alan
Rickman guestbook. No idea as to accuracy, but I thought I'd throw them
out since they were quoting other sources. Please, please tell me to
shut up if I'm always repeating stuff you guys already know. And
honestly, I'm not familiar with British papers and magazines--I could be
quoting the equivalent of the National Enquirer or the Star or
something. Ugh. Rita Skeeter indeed.

--Amanda

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According to Empire Online today, the producers of "Harry Potter" are
going to do their best to make sure no one sees what the characters look
like:

"...the heavies attached to the Harry Potter production team have
managed to annoy yet more upstanding citizens. Last week we heard that
the villagers of Goathland had been snubbed by filming taking place in
Yorkshire. This time it's the students at Oxford University that are
feeling the effects of the security surrounding the movie.

The movie version of JK Rowling's best-seller is currently being filmed
on location in the City of Dreaming Spires, but such is the secrecy
surrounding the film that students are being frisked whenever they
approach the set. 'If they see any of us with a camera, they try to
confiscate it,' a student at Christchurch College told Empire Online.
'Even if you put your hands in your pockets, they think you're up to
something suspicious. It's completely upset life at college - and we
don't even get to watch them filming.'

The filmmakers have gone to great lengths to prevent prying eyes from
seeing what is actually being filmed in the college's ancient cloisters.
Entrances to the set are blocked by a combination of college and studio
security and a lecture room which overlooked filming has been locked
since filming kicked off on Monday."

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Da man is weilding his influence on the set of HP... An article in the
Daily Record credits AR with leading them to their "Oliver Wood" the
captain of the Quidditch team for what ever house it is HP is in. And it
goes a little something like this:

Sean's big break came when he was cast in Alan Rickman's movie The
Winter Guest. Alan, who plays baddie Severus Snape in the new film,
spotted Sean's talent, organised an agent for him - and Sean won his big
part in August.  Sean said: "I really owe a lot to Alan Rickman for
having faith in me and being a friend. It's a bit daunting to be here.
It has been really exciting on set and it's all down to me now." Full
article found here
http://www.record-mail.co.uk/shtml/FEATURES/P15S1.shtml

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According to Saturday's Telegraph, Richard Harris has arranged a share
of marketing profits on "Harry Potter," and John Cleese has managed a
larger one.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003724995426894&rtmo=0iRJRJKq&atmo=tttttttd&pg=/et/00/10/28/npot28.html

(this is a huge URL, hope it comes through)