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Posted 3/1/2003 [March Newsletter]
- The MacMINT Asylum March Newsletter, 2003.
In this month's issue:
* Birthdays for March
* Peter to appear on "Dead Zone"
* Peter to appear on "John Doe"
* PW's "Edge of Madness": A Report
* Asylum membership closed
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- Birthdays for March.
03.01 - Kate Lynn (PC#128)
03.13 - Crystal MacLeod (PC#71)
03.18 - Zada (PC#43)
03.20 - Silver Moon (PC#18)
03.20 - Maia (PC#26)
03.20 - Svetlana (PC#99)
03.22 - MethMac (PC#13)
03.22 - Malissa Parsons (PC#93)
Happy birthday to all patients with March birthdays! If your birthday is in March and I missed you, or if your birthday is wrong on this list, please email me to confirm that I have it recorded right. :)
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- Peter to appear on "Dead Zone."
From PWFC:
[Snipped for copyright reasons.]
"...Peter's episode is called "Cabin Pressure" and is
scheduled for airing on March 2 with encore presentation on
March 4 and 6..."
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- Peter to appear on "John Doe."
From PWFC:
[Snipped for copyright reasons.]
"...The episode is in production the week of February
24..."
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- PW's "Edge of Madness": A Report.
WARNING: VERY MINOR SPOILERS.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Someone recently asked if anyone could report on this straight-to-video
film of Peter's and speak to: "How was his Scottish accent?"
Very few people have seen EoM since it *just* became available.
My copy was pre-ordered from Amazon and arrived 2 days ago--so
I thought I'd give ordering details, DVD info, and a wee bit
of my speculation & opinion.
[Note: If you are NOT "A Wingfield Collectionist" . . . then you might want to save your money and get someone to make a tape of it for you. Or not.]
I. DVD SITES TO ORDER FROM:
Deep Discount DVD: http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/ $17.09
-Free shipping
------>> NOT IN STOCK YET; must pre-order and wait till
they have it.
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/ $22.49
-Free shipping if order=$25.00
------>> AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY FOR SHIPPING.
Buy.com: http://www.buy.com/default.asp $19.49
-Free shipping/no minimum
------>> AVAILABLE in 24-48 hrs for shipping.
DVD Planet: http://www.dvdplanet.com/main.asp $18.74; pay s/h; sign up.
------>> IN STOCK IN USA ONLY. (Don't know about Canada
customers.)
DVD Empire: http://www.dvdempire.com $21.49; free shipping IF buy 4 DVDs.
------>> IN STOCK; SHIPS IMMEDIATELY.
II. DVD Details & Info:
1. Run time: 99 minutes; Special Features: 24-Scene Access; 5.1 Dolby Digital
2. Format: Widescreen; Colour; Closed-Captioned; Span/Eng
subtitles avail.
3. Region 1 encoding (US & Canada only)
4. Filmed by: CBC Films
5. DVD Studio: Lions Gate Entertainment
6. Locations: Winnipeg, Manitoba; the town of Minnedosa; and
at the Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site.
7. Rating: R (rapes/nudity/sexuality)
8. Director: Anne Wheeler
9. "Budget": Obviously quite "spartan", but spent their pennies
wisely. <g>
10. Cast & Crew "Feeding": the Storm Restaurant and Maverick
Catering :)
11. Cast & Crew "Temperature & Comfort": Deep freezing
to icy cold. 8-(
12. Crew: Majority were trainees and "dailies" (paid only
when needed).
13. British Dialog Coaching: 2 guys (forgot names)
14. Scottish Dialog Coaching: The MacDonalds (husband &
wife team).
III. CAST:
1. PETER WINGFIELD as the "Reverend McBain" - GOOD Scots accent, tho' sometimes
slips a bit; I think he was channelling Adrian as DMOTCM.
<g> [More on Peter below.]
2. Paul Johansson - as the Sheriff - AWFUL British accent;
still scruffy-looking.
3. Caroline D'Havernas - as Annie Herron; young, pretty; does
well; charming.
4. Corey Sevier - as George Herron, 17, rosy-cheeked, "pretty";
a good job.
5. Brendan Fehr - ("Roswell") - as Simon Herron; handsome;
"one-note" role.
IV. PETER SPECIFICS:
1. He has only 4 scenes and maybe 30-40 lines of dialog total
+SINGING <g>
2. He is not seen until at the 38-minute mark into the film.
3. Wears the most godawful haircut, skinny muttonchops; ugly
clothes...but he still mesmerizes you and is powerful in his
performance.
4. Is humorless/mean-spirited in scenes 1 & 3; barely
noticeable in 2nd scene; is a real surprise in last scene
performing a marriage; preaching; singing with congregation.
<You will want to replay this one ... it's *such* a change
from anything he's ever done...I laughed like a maniac.>
5. No evidence of ol' Death on a Horse, but does "mean man/squinty
eyes."
6. SPECULATIVELY..., I believe Peter did this one for the
money ONLY...and certainly suffered the privations and freezing
cold while making it! [What a guy! What a trooper!! Ya gotta
love him for doing this one.]
7. BOTTOM LINE: BUY IT if you love Peter and his career and
don't care what he's in (eg: 6-foot-tall frog suit)...and
you want ALL of his "oeuvre."
[The Completionist.]
DON'T buy it if you only want him being Methos or looking scrumptious.
[The Selectivist.]
That said, I will definitely enjoy seeing this DVD at least one more time now and will undoubtedly watch it from time to time when I'm going through my entire Peter Collection, ie: everything he's ever done EXCEPT the STILLS of Rocky Horror Show, St Barts Hospital & Medical College Drama Society, Senior Class Follies . . . and I'm *still* working on that. :-D
Cheers!
TCBO2, a Wingfield Completionist
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- Asylum membership closed.
I have closed Asylum membership. Anyone who submitted a request to join before today will be processed. New memberships are no longer being considered. This status will remain indefinitely. So far I have decided to keep the announcements list running, but I may only keep it going for another year or so, or I may turn it into an open forum where anyone can post. This would be easier for me since I could just forward on anything I find about Peter rather than trying to compile a newsletter, and anyone else who wanted to post announcements would be able to.
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Join us next month for more clan updates. Same clan time.
Same clan channel.
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