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Dutch-Burt (The Unofficial Dutch Burt Reynolds Site)Updated: 24 september 2008 September 24 Plot "Catch .44" To find out what the plot is for the upcoming Burt Reynolds-movie "Catch .44", Dutch-Burt wrote an e-mail to the production company of the movie. The kind Jonah Hirsch wrote an e-mail back to me.
This is the plot:
Tes, Dawn and Kara are three girls working dead end jobs barely getting by in Vegas. Their lives radically change when Tes has a run-in with an interesting stranger named Mel. When Mel offers the girls a chance at a better life through crime, they take him up on the offer only to find themselves thrust into a life or death situation involving a psychopathic hit-man, a grizzly trucker, and a delusional line cook.
Jonah also wrote that Burt Reynolds plays "Mel", a calculated, manipulative character who is a bit of Orson Welles mixed with Howard Hughes.
They are excited to work with Mr. Reynolds and they hope that they can bring back the classic characters that Burt used to play during his heyday.
Thanks Jonah September 10 Burt Reynolds in "Not Another Not Another Movie"Burt Reynolds will have a part in the movie "Not Another Not Another Movie" from director David Murphy.
The story fixes on a movie studio that's willing to do anything to make a mint - even if it means ruining their reputation, and running the business into the ground.
The cast includes Chevy Chase, Michael Madsen, Burt Reynolds and Jennifer Sciole.
According to actress Jennifer Sciole it is a really fun cast and the script is hilarious.
Filming will start at the end of August
More info on http://www.notanothermovie.com/
Sources: Jennifer Sciole-MySpace, moviehole.net/
 Burt Reynolds zal een rol spelen in de film "Not Another Not Another Movie" van de regisseur David Murphy.
Het verhaal gaat over een film-studio dat alles wil doen om geld te verdienen ook als dat hun reputatie kost en uiteindelijk de film-studio. De filmcast zal oa bestaan uit Chevy Chase, Michael Madsen, Burt Reynolds en Jennifer Sciole.
Volgens actrice Jennifer Sciole is het een leuke cast en een hilarisch script en zal er eind augustus
begonnen worden met filmen.
September 08 New photo of Burt and Charles in "a Bunch of Amateurs"Here is a great brand new photo of Burt Reynolds and Charles Durning
in the upcoming movie "a Bunch of Amateurs.(Click to enlarge)
Source: constructscenery.co.uk
Er is een nieuwe foto geplaatst van Burt Reynolds en Charles Durning
in de nog te verschijnen film "a Bunch of Amateurs". (Klik om te vergroten) September 03 Entertainment Legend Jerry Reed DiesLegendary entertainer Jerry Reed has died of complications from emphysema. He was 71.
Reed began his career as a guitarist, before launching into songwriting, singing and later rising to fame as an actor with 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, co-starring Burt Reynolds. He later starred alongside funnyman Adam Sandler in 1998 comedy The Waterboy. Reed also enjoyed a string of music hits during the 1970s and 1980s, including the 1971 Grammy Award-winning track When You're Hot, You're Hot - the second of three Grammys for the star. Reed signed his first recording contract at 17 with Capitol Records, after dropping out of high school to tour with Ernest Tubb and Faron Young. His perseverance paid off when rock legend Elvis Presley recorded two of his songs, U.S. Male and Guitar Man, in 1968. Johnny Cash later took note of his talents, recording his hit A Thing Called Love in 1972. The legend also wrote songs for Brenda Lee, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and the Oak Ridge Boys. Reed had quadruple bypass surgery in June 1999. He is survived by wife Priscilla Mitchell and their two daughters. Source: IMDB Leave a message for Jerry Reed in:
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August 25 Visiting the museum & meeting Mr. ReynoldsDUTCH-BURT VISITING THE BURT REYNOLDS & FRIENDS MUSEUM
Finally, after almost 25 years of being a Burt Reynolds’-fan I visited The Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum in Jupiter, Florida. http://www.burtreynoldsmuseum.org/index.html Let me tell you something… It is a 5 star (5/5) recommend to visit it and every Reynolds-fan should go there. Special thanks goes out to the Director of the museum: Mike Daniel, he was willing to open the doors even though the museum is closed during the week. The museum (a former bank branch) is highly decorated with photos of Burt with Presidents, friends, family and famous people. Personal letters from Jack Lemmon and Frank Sinatra. Personal gifts from Sally Field and Goldie Hawn. There are some great props from his movies: helmet from “The Longest Yard”, Burt’s outfit from “Smokey and the Bandit II” and the original canoe from “Deliverance”. You can also take a look at Burt’s impressing TV and movie awards: People’s Choice awards, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Awards and his recently winning World Stunt Award and many more. I needed 2 hours to visit the museum and still wanted to stay longer, there is a lot to see. During the week the museum is offering educational programs include a “Master Acting Class” for experienced actors that is often personally taught by Mr. Reynolds. Director Mike Daniel was very kind and told me that he mentioned my “Unofficial Dutch-Burt Reynolds Website” with Mr. Reynolds. He also mentioned that Mr. Reynolds will give his “Master Acting Class” next week. Me and my girlfriend will stay for another 2 weeks in Florida so Mike will try to put us on the “Master Acting Class”-list to see how Mr. Reynolds teach his students. Later we talked about Sally Jo Wagner and Charles Nelson Reilly and how Mike was Set decorator for the Burt Reynolds’ movie “The Maddening”. I walked out the door with great Burt-memorabilia such as a “Longest Yard” -shirt and a die-cast model of the famous Trans-Am from “Smokey and the Bandit”.
Entrance of the museum. Director Mike Daniel, "Burt" and me .
Highly decorated! Burts outfit from Smokey and the Bandit II.
Fan-shop corner. This is the stage were Mr. Reynolds teach his actors.
(Photos: Anita Hegedus)
MEETING BURT REYNOLDSAugust 5, 2008... it was D-Day or better… Burt-Day. We will attend a “Master Acting Class” teached by Hollywood legend Mr. Reynolds. Here we were, our second visit of the museum and it looks even better. Mike Daniel is there to welcome us. I almost got a nerveous breakdown cause there he is…. I see Mr. Reynolds standing in the back, near a bar. All dressed in black, Burt look great. We sat down on our chairs and wait for the students to attend the stage. Actresses Avery Sommers (“B.L. Stryker”) and Jo Ann Pflug (“Mash”) were also in the public. As the Class began, Mr. Reynolds sat down on his chair near the stage. The whole “Master Acting Class” will be taped by two cameras (The Film Commission is currently making a documentary of Reynolds' classes for distribution in Palm Beach County school's drama departments). After every scene Mr. Reynolds gave advise to improve and stimulate te actors about their performances. It was incredible and unbelievable awesome to see the Hollywood legend teach the actors. Different scenes were played and now and then Mr. Reynolds got on stage. Once in a while Mr. Reynolds told stories about Charlton Heston and James Dean. It is amazing to watch. I had told Mike Daniel that we couldn't stay the whole night cause we had to go back to Miami. During a short break I walked my way to Mike to thank him for be a part of this great night. Mike wanted me to wait and introduce me to Mr. Reynolds... My heart almost stopped. Mike took me to Mr. Reynolds and said: “Burt, this is the guy we were talking about last week”. I said that it was an honour to meet him and that Burt is my hero for almost 25 years. Mr. Reynolds shakes my hand and puts his hand on my neck, he said some nice things to me. In the meantime the actors were on stage again and the show must go on, Mr. Reynolds had to teach. Sure it was a short conversation and offcourse I wanted to ask a lot of questions. But how many fans in the world can say that they met and talked with Burt Reynolds? I said goodbye and returned to my seat. I see my girlfriend is very touched, cause she knew this was one of my greatest moments and a wish came true. Mike… Burt… Thanks.
DUTCH-BURT BEZOEKT HET BURT REYNOLDS & FRIENDS MUSEUM
Eindelijk na bijna 25 jaar fan te zijn van Burt Reynolds, heb ik zijn museum bezocht in Jupiter, Florida. http://www.burtreynoldsmuseum.org/index.html
Het is de reis dubbel en dwars waard geweest, wat fantastisch en elke Reynolds’ fan moet dit beslist een keer gezien hebben. Speciale dank gaat uit naar Directeur Mike Daniel, van het museum, die speciaal voor mij buiten openingsuren bereid was om de deuren te openen, dit na wat mail contact in Nederland en een telefoontje in Florida. Het museum (een voormalig bankgebouw) hangt vol met foto’s van Burt met presidenten, vrienden, bekenden en familie en natuurlijk zijn er allerlei props uit bekende films en series van Burt te bewonderen. Zo is oa ook de originele kano uit “Deliverance” te bewonderen, de football-helm uit “The Longest Yard” en de outfit die Burt droeg in “Smokey and the Bandit II”. Ook zijn er persoonlijke brieven te zien van oa: Jack Lemmon en Frank Sinatra. Persoonlijke kadootjes van Sally Field en Goldie Hawn. Ook zijn de imposante film en tv-prijzen van Burt te bewonderen zoals zijn People’s Choice awards, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Awards en zijn recent gewonnen World Stunt Award en nog veel meer, zondermeer geweldig. Ruim 2 uur had ik nodig om alles goed te bekijken en heb daarbij nog een zeer leuk gesprek gehad met Mike Daniel. Zo vertelde hij dat hij het met Burt over mijn Dutch-Burt website heeft gehad en dat ze samen eens een kijkje moesten nemen op de site. Verder vertelde hij dat Burt Reynolds elke dinsdag en vrijdagavond Master-Class geeft in het Museum en hij zal proberen om mij en m’n vriendin erbij te krijgen om eens een kijkje te nemen. We zullen nog 2 weken in Florida op rondreis zijn dus dat wil ik wel meemaken. Mike verteld nog een prachtig verhaal over dat hij de set decorator was tijdens het filmen van de Burt Reynolds-film “The Maddening”. Later loop ik de deur uit met allerlei gekochte Burt-memorabila.
MIJN ONTMOETING MET BURT REYNOLDS
Het is D-Day of beter gezegd….Burt-Day.
Op 5 augustus 2008 is het dan werkelijkheid, samen met m’n vriendin gaan we vanuit Miami voor de tweede keer naar het Museum, maar dit keer om een Master-Class bij te wonen van de Hollywood-legende zelf. Bij onze binnenkomst worden we vrijwel direct welkom geheten door Mike. Nabij het podium zijn rijen stoelen geplaatst voor de Master-Class en verderop (aan de bar) staat Burt Reynolds, de zenuwen en de adrenaline gieren door m’n lijf. Burt is geheel gekleed in het zwart en hij ziet er niet anders uit dan op tv. We nemen plaats op de stoelen en wachten tot de acteurs op het podium verschijnen. De actrices Avery Sommers (“B.L. Stryker”) en Jo Ann Pflug (“Mash”) zitten in het publiek te kijken. Er worden verschillende scènes gespeeld op het podium en alles wordt met twee camera’s opgenomen (De Film Commission is bezig met het maken van een documentaire over de Master-Class van Reynolds om ten slotte te distribueren voor de dramaopleiding van de Palm Beach County school) Burt zit vlakbij het podium en springt af en toe het podium op om de acteurs voor adviezen te voorzien en om extra stimulans te geven, maar meestal gebeurd dit nadat de scène is uitgespeeld, echt prachtig om hem zijn adviezen te zien uitdelen/regisseren. Burt vertelt ook nog prachtige verhalen over Charlton Heston en James Dean. Ik had Mike al van te voren aangegeven dat we niet tot het einde kunnen blijven omdat we nog een lange terugreis hebben, dus in een korte pauze loop ik naar Mike toe om hem te bedanken voor alles. Mike ziet dan een kans om me bij Reynolds te krijgen en vraagt of ik nog even blijf, hij neemt me mee en ik sta dan oog in oog met Mr. Reynolds. Mike introduceert me met: “Burt, this is the guy we were talking about last week”. Ik geef Burt een hand en zeg dat het een eer is om hem te ontmoeten en dat hij al 25 jaar een held van me is. Burt geeft me een hand en grijpt m’n nek en zegt dat ie zich zeer gevleid voelt en dat hij het ook leuk vind me te ontmoeten.
Op dat moment staan de acteurs klaar om de volgende scène te oefenen en moet er verder les gegeven worden… Ik pak nog even z’n arm en neem afscheid. Natuurlijk had ik nog veel meer willen zeggen en vragen, maar kom op, dit pakt niemand meer van me af. Terug bij m’n plaats aangekomen zie ik hoe m’n vriendin zwaar onder de indruk op me wacht, ze wist dat dit één van m’n grote wensen was.
Mike…. Burt…. Bedankt.
(Fotos: Anita Hegedus) June 29 Burt meets BurtBurt meets his double on the filmset of "A Bunch of Amateurs".
Burt's double gives Burt Reynolds his hand.
Burt's double is leaving.
It is Burt Reynolds' turn.
It is nice to be Burt Reynolds.
Photos: Tim K. June 28 Catch .44
Burt Reynolds will play Mel in a new movie called "Catch .44".
The movie will be directed by Aaron Harvey who directed "The Evil Woods".
"Catch .44 zal de nieuwe film van Burt Reynolds worden, hij speelt de rol van Mel.
De film zal geregisseerd gaan worden door Aaron Harvey, die ook "The Evil Woods" regisseerde.
New set-photos of "A Bunch of Amateurs"Again Dutch-Burt found some great pics of Burt while leaving the set of his new movie "A Bunch of Amateurs"
 Burt leaves the set. Burt is heading to his Hotel.
Carol Saunders talks to Reynolds. It has been a while but I finnaly have had some time to update "Dutch-Burt".
Carol Saunders had a great interview with Burt Reynolds on May 13th, 2008.
You can read the whole interview on :
You can also find great pictures of Burt, photographed by Deborah Silver.
Burt Reynolds photographed by Deborah Silver Het heeft een tijdje geduurd, maar ik heb weer wat tijd gevonden voor een nieuwe "Dutch-Burt"-update.
Carol Saunders heeft een leuk interview gehad met Burt Reynolds op 13 mei 2008 in het Burt Reynolds-Museum in Jupiter, Florida.
Het hele interview is te vinden op:
Ook zijn er leuke foto's te vinden van Burt, gemaakt door Deborah Silver. April 01 Counter
March 03 First Pictures of "A Bunch of Amateurs" The first pictures of the new Burt Reynolds movie "A Bunch of Amateurs".
De eerste foto's van de nieuwe Burt Reynolds' film "A Bunch of Amateurs"
Source: Fergus McEwan, www.iomtoday.co.
  January 12 Burt Reynolds in “A Bunch of Amateurs” Burt Reynolds is coming to Blighty to star in “A Bunch of Amateurs,” the first movie to be greenlit by CinemaNX, the new production financing venture backed by the Isle of Man. “Bunch of Amateurs,” which starts shooting Feb. 2, is a fish-out-of-water comedy about an ageing Hollywood action star who accepts an invitation to play King Lear at Stratford, in the hope of reviving his career. When he arrives, he discovers that the play is not being staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, as he thought, but by an amateur dramatic society in the rural village of Stratford St. John. The charity performance has been widely publicized, so he is unable to back out. The local thesps are played by Samantha Bond, Derek Jacobi and Imelda Staunton.
Pic is directed by Andy Cadiff.
Source: ADAM DAWTREY (Variety)
December 26 Evening Shade-DVD CBS/Paramount is planning on releasing season sets for the populair 1990 CBS series Evening Shade, starring Burt Reynolds as an ex-pro football player who moves back to his small town in Arkansas to be a high school football coach. With the popularity of the current hit Friday Night Lights, it makes sense to bring this show out now. The plan is to release Evening Shade-season 1 on june 24th. No further information about this release is known yet.
Source: tvshowsondvd.com November 16 Dell & Burt Reynolds
DALLAS (AP) — Hoping it can boost holiday sales, Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice T and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others. Through a new Web site launching Friday, visitors to http://www.YoursIsHere.com will be able to create a virtual piggy bank where friends and relatives can donate money for gifts. There are tools to create e-mail distribution lists, and gift-seekers can embed their fundraising requests on their Facebook and MySpace pages. Source: Matt Slagle November 14 Burt Reynolds in the rain
BURT REYNOLDS IN THE RAIN (By Thys Ockersen)
There he is, standing in the pooring rain in a Dutch place called Muiden. It is 1979 and Burt Reynolds agreed to play the lead in “Rough Cut”. Maybe on paper it was an interesting project but in reality it is nothing more than trouble. Don Siegel, who often directed Clint Eastwood, is the director of “Rough Cut” and “Mash”-writer Larry Gelbart wrote the script, wich is more a remake of “To Catch a Thief”. But Burt was tired of all those car-movies and was ready for a more sophisticated comedy. A sort of Cary Grant-movie. He has the charming Lesley Anne Down as co-star, but she is really unhappy. Producer David Merrick did a lot of Broadway-productions but doesn’t trust the movie-buisiness. He has a lot of fights with Don Siegel, so he is replaced with Peter H. Hunt, but after a couple of weeks Siegel is hired again.
But Siegel has health problems and Burt did do the directory for one day. The last scenes are recorded near a windmill in Muiden and some red light-district-footage will be shot in the Cinetone-studio’s. Burt Reynolds doesn’t look happy, there is no California sun and maybe he realise that this picture won’t be the one he hoped for. Burt is wearing a long rain coat and is making jokes with Lesley Anne Down.
I am walking on the set with a cameraman and a soundman for my documentary about Don Siegel for NOS-Dutch television: “Don Siegel, last of the independents”. I am trying to speak and get Burt Reynolds in front of the my camera. During a break I see him and say: I hope you don’t mind I’m making some recordings with the camera”. “No problem” is his short answer and walks away. This isn’t going well, I have one more day left. Tomorrow in the Cinetone-studio’s is my last chance to interview him. I won’t get him to talk. But then I see Don Siegel: “Is it going well?” he asks. Well to tell you the truth, I won’t get Burt Reynolds to talk to me. Siegel has a solution: “I will tell him that you will interview Clint Eastwood, then he will talk to you and when you are in L.A., I will tell Clint that you interviewed Burt”. I think it is a great idea.
Before “Rough Cut”, Siegel did “Escape from Alcatraz”, with Clint Eastwood, it is already released in England. Because of the problems he didn’t want to talk to the press. Now he changed his mind. It is about to be released in Holland and the buzz is that it is a real good movie. “Can you get me find some journalists for tomorrow during lunch, Thys”, Siegel asks. “Sure, I will call them”, and later that evening I’m calling some college’s to ask if they wanted to talk with Siegel. They all wanted to come. Those meetings were good for the movie and made some good publicity. Publicity-manager Doreen Landry is surprised, she couldn’t and was forbidden to arrange something back in London. But she is working for Merrick and I think that is the problem.
The next day they are filming in the Cinestone-Studios. Art-Director Red Hayworth (he also worked with Siegel on “Invasion of the bodysnatchers”) build a street in Amsterdam that looks just like the red light district in Amsterdam. He build a house with girls behind some windows. Siegel’s wife Carol is doing a cameo as a prostitute and I also recognise Dutch actress Belinda Meuldijk as an extra in the role of a prostitute. Siegel himself is also doing a cameo but his scene will cut out of the end-version.
I’m filming a scene of Burt and Leslie Anne Down having a fight with a pimp, played by German actor Wolf Kahler. I recieve a sign that I can talk with Burt. We instal the camera/sound quickly, and a short conversation will start. Burt is relaxed and is in a good mood, “I always wanted to make a film with Don Siegel and my friend Clint always said that we have to work together sometime, If you are working with Don Siegel it seems like you are going to the filmacademy, you can learn a lot from him”.
I ask: “You directed 3 movies of your own, who inspired you?” “Mel Brooks, advised me to fire someone the first day of shooting, it gives you respect. Robert Aldrich, I made “The Longest Yard” and “Hustle” with him, was also a big inspiration for me”. Burt is not so enthousiastic about Peter Bogdanovich. He putted him in a Cole Porter-musical “At Long Last Love”, the movie flopped. “If you are making a movie were I sing, you take a big risk, but I really take Bogdanovich for a blame when he didn’t insured me for “Nickelodeon”, I had a lot of troubles because of that”. “And how is your relation with Clint Eastwood?” “We are good friends and we are looking for a project for both of us to play in. We started our movie-career at the same time. He was rejected because of his adamsapple and he had dirt on his teeth, I was not talented enough. I said to him, I can learn to act, but you never get rid of that adamsapple. Since that time we didn’t do bad in this buisiness”.
You can find more information about the documentory "Don Siegel, last of the independents”. on Thys Ockersen's Official Website: http://www.thysockersenfilms.com/pages/Siegel-page.html
  (Above) Don Siegel and Thys Ockersen on the set of "Rough Cut".
(Under) Don Siegel Directing.
BURT REYNOLDS IN DE REGEN (Door Thys Ockersen)
Daar staat hij dan in de regen in Muiden. Het is 1979 en Burt Reynolds heeft zich verbonden aan een film, “Rough Cut” die er op papier aantrekkelijk uitzag, maar in werkelijkheid vol met problemen blïjkt te zitten. De vaste regisseur van Clint Eastwood, Don Siegel, doet de regie. Het script van MASHschrijver Larry Gelbart is eigenlijk een remake van “To catch a thief”, maar Burt was na al die autoracefilms wel toe aan een sophisticated comedy waar Cary Grant zo in excelleerde. Hij heeft de lieftallige Lesley Anne Down tegenover zich, maar ze is behoorlijk ontregeld. Producer is David Merrick beroemd van heel veel Broadwayprodukties, maar een man met een groot wantrouwen tegen alles wat met film heeft te maken. Dus zijn de ruzies tussen regisseur en producer niet van de lucht en is Don Siegel al een paar weken vervangen door Peter H.Hunt en vervolgens weer opnieuw aangenomen. Maar Siegel is niet gezond en Burt heeft ook al een dag de regie moeten overnemen. En nu worden de laatste opnamen bij een molen in Muiden gemaakt en in de Cinetone Studio`s waar een stukje rosse buurt is gebouwd.
Burt Reynolds kijkt ongelukkig, want hier vindt hij niet de Californische zon waar hij zo gewend aan is en misschien vermoedt hij dat de film niet het gewenste resultaat gaat opleveren waar hij zo op heeft gehoopt. Burt heeft een lange regenjas aan en maakt wat grapjes met Lesley Anne Down. Ik loop zelf op de set rond met een cameraman en geluidsman omdat ik een documentaire over Don Siegel maak voor de NOS: “Don Siegel, last of the independents”. Ik moet alleen nog zien dat ik Burt Reynolds voor mijn camera krijg. Tijdens een “break”zie ik hem staan en zeg tegen hem: “Ik hoop dat U het niet vervelend vindt dat ik filmopnamen maak”. “No problem”is het korte antwoord en hij loopt weg. Nou, dat schiet niet echt op en ik heb morgen nog maar een dag in de Cinetone Studio`s om mijn interview te doen. Hij is niet erg toeschietelijk. Dan zie ik Don Siegel: “Gaat het goed?” vraagt hij. “Ik krijg Burt Reynolds niet te pakken”is mijn eerlijke antwoord. Siegel heeft de oplossing:”Ik zeg dat je Clint gaat interviewen en dan kan hij niet achterblijven en als je in LA bent dan zeg ik het omgekeerde tegen Clint, dat je Burt al hebt. Zo doen we dat”. Ik vind het een prima plan. Voor “Rough Cut “ heeft Don Siegel met Clint Eastwood “Escape from Alcatraz” gemaakt die inmiddels in Engeland is uitgekomen. Maar door alle moeilijkheden had hij geen zin om met de pers te praten. Nu is hij van mening veranderd. De film staat op uitkomen in Nederland en de “buzz” is dat het om een eersteklas product gaat. “Kan je voor me regelen dat ik morgen tijdens lunchtijd in de Cinetone Studio`s wat filmjournalisten ontmoet, Thys” vraagt Siegel. “geen probleem, ik bel ze op” antwoord ik en s`avonds hang ik aan de telefoon om mijn oudcollega`s op te bellen om met Siegel te komen praten en ze komen maar al te graag. Die ontmoetingen leveren een golf van publiciteit op die de film alleen maar ten goede komt. Publicity manager Doreen Landry die in Londen niets mocht en kon regelen is verbaasd. Maar ja, ze werkt voor Merrick en ik denk dat daar het probleem ligt.
De volgende dag zijn de opnamen in Cinetone, waar art-director Ted Hayworth ( die al eerder met Siegel werkte bij “Invasion of the bodysnatchers”) een Amsterdams straatje heeft gebouwd dat sprekend lijkt op een straat in de rosse buurt met een woning waar meisjes achter de ramen zitten. Siegel`s vrouw Carol Rydall doet een cameo als prostituee en ik herken ook Belinda Meuldijk in een figurantenrol van hoertje. Siegel zelf doet ook een cameo als hoerenloper, maar die scène verdwijnt uiteindelijk in de eindversie van de film.
Ik film een scène waarbij Burt en Leslie Anne Down ruzie krijgen met een pooier, gespeeld door de Duitse acteur Wolf Kahler . En dan krijg ik een seintje dat ik met Burt Reynolds kan praten. We stellen snel de camera en geluid op en er vindt een kort gesprek plaats. Burt is relaxed en in een goede stemming.: “Ik wilde al heel lang met Don Siegel een film maken en mijn vriend Clint zei altijd jullie moeten een keer samenwerken ,maar ik kwam er nooit tussen en nu is het gelukt. Als je met Don Siegel werkt dan is het alsof je naar de filmacademie gaat, je kan heel veel van hem leren.” Ik vraag:”Je hebt inmiddels zelf drie films geregisseerd en door wie ben je nog meer beïnvloed? “ “Oa door Mel Brooks, die adviseerde me om op de eerste dag van de opnamen meteen iemand te ontslaan, dat dwingt respect af. Maar Robert Aldrich met wie ik “The Longest yard”en “Hustle”heb gemaakt was ook een grote inspiratie.” Hij is minder te spreken over Peter Bogdanovich. Die zette hem in een Cole Portermusical “At long last love” die kolossaal flopte. “Als je een film maakt waarin je mij laat zingen neem je een risico, maar erger is- en dat neem ik Bogdanovich kwalijk- dat hij mij bij “Nickleodeon”niet verzekerde waardoor ik veel moeilijkheden heb gekregen.” “En hoe is je relatie met Clint Eastwood? “ “We zijn goede vrienden en we zoeken al jaren naar een project waar we allebei in kunnen spelen. We zijn op het zelfde moment begonnen bij de film. Hij werd afgewezen, omdat zijn adamsappel uitstak en hij had vuil op zijn tanden, ik werd bij gebrek aan acteertalent niet aangenomen. Ik zei toen ik kan leren acteren ,maar jij hebt een groot probleem met die adamsappel. Sinds die tijd hebben we het allebei erg aardig gedaan”. Helaas ontbreekt de tijd om verder te praten want Burt moet terug naar de set. “Rough Cut”wordt die dag beëindigd ,maar weken later wordt er besloten een niewe einde te filmen. Don Siegel is dan zo ziek dat Robert Ellis Miller wordt ingehuurd voor die laatste scène.
You can find more information about the documentory "Don Siegel, last of the independents”. on Thys Ockersen's Official Website: http://www.thysockersenfilms.com/pages/Siegel-page.html October 26 B.L. Stryker-DVD B.L. Stryker is coming to dvd and it will be released early next year. It will be a Multi-Disc set that will include all 12 Feature Length episodes.
Burt Builds a Bandit
Look out, smokeys, here comes a whole fleet of Bandits. Jon Lafayette Source: From CB to DIY and http://burtreynolds.hyves.nl/
Click to enlarge "The real Bandit" Burt Reynolds August 27 Burt Reynolds to be honoured in Toronto
Burt Reynolds is heading north from his Hollywood home next week to be feted for his charity work, but don't expect to see the grizzled movie icon on the Toronto International Film Festival party circuit guzzling martinis with George Clooney. "I'd rather be shot in the legs than go to a cocktail party," the typically straight-shooting Reynolds said in a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles. "I'm just not good at those. It's the whole idea of 150 of your closest friends; I don't quite get that. I don't mind George Clooney – I am a huge fan of his, actually, and I would go somewhere with him, but not to a cocktail party." Reynolds is being given a lifetime achievement award on Sept. 10 by Best Buddies Canada for his decades of children's charity work in his native state of Florida and beyond. Best Buddies is an international charitable organization dedicated to fostering friendships between students and people with intellectual disabilities. "I'll do anything for kids that I can do," Reynolds says. "If they ask me to come to an event, and the proceeds go to any kids for anything, I'll do it. There's no end to the organizations you can find." The actor's charitable side isn't widespread public knowledge, one of the reasons Best Buddies was happy to honour him and bring him to Toronto smack dab in the middle of the film festival as hundreds of celebrities descend upon the city. "We were quite surprised about all the charity work he's done," Daniel Greenglass, chairman of Best Buddies Canada, said in a recent interview. "It's actually nice for us to introduce this to the people who are coming to our event because I think that's something people don't know about him. ... Burt has really been involved for a long, long time in helping promote youth education and various children's causes." In his 40 years in the public eye, in fact, Reynolds has been better known for his memorable naked centrefold in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1972, high-profile romances with women as diverse as Dinah Shore, Chris Evert and Loni Anderson, and a string of movie roles that made him the No. 1 box office draw from 1978 to 1982. He was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar in 1997 for his role in Boogie Nights but lost to Robin Williams, who took the prize for Good Will Hunting. "I came so close that I almost got halfway out of the seat before I heard the other name," Reynolds remembers with a rueful laugh. "But I don't have any animosity towards Robin Williams – I waved at him – but he swears I shot fingers at him. I swear it was a thumbs-up, but he doesn't believe me." At 71, Reynolds' legendary swagger is now somewhat muted, and he even describes himself as "an old hen" as he raises 18-year-old Quinton, his son with Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati" fame. "He's living with me and it's a comedy of errors; we could probably have done a television series about it," he says. "It's like: 'Why didn't you call me? Where are you going? What are you doing?' But he's just a great kid. I do all the things now that I saw other fathers do that I swore I'd never do – I'm doing it right now, just talking about him this way." Quinton is his only child, but Reynolds' love and concern for children stem back to his childhood, when he insisted his parents, the chief of police in Riviera Beach, Fla., and his Italian wife, adopt a neighbourhood boy from an abusive home. Reynolds is still close to his adopted brother, Jimmy Hooks. "I had two very special parents – I mean how many parents can you bring a kid home and say: 'This is going to be my brother and he's going to live here,"' Reynolds says. "My father went upstairs and just kind of put his hand in the middle of all my clothes and said: 'All of these clothes on this side, Jimmy, are yours and the others are yours, Buddy' – and I thought maybe this wasn't a such good idea after all," he recalls with a chuckle. "But he was a great brother and he still is." Reynolds is clearly a sentimental softie, especially when asked about his romance with Shore. The late Shore was a genteel southern talk-show host in the 1970s who was 20 years his senior. It was a puzzling match that captivated the media at the time, the equivalent of, say, Brad Pitt going out with Barbara Walters. "I was really smitten with her, she had everything," Reynolds wistfully recalls, adding he still thinks about Shore. "She was a grown-up and she had such class. I used to say if you asked her about Hitler, she'd say he was a good wallpaperer – she had nothing unkind to say about anyone, ever." For now, the still-handsome Reynolds – he laughs when he's reminded he was once one of Hollywood's biggest hunks and that he's holding up well – is alone, saying he's getting too old to get out there and sell himself to women. "I think it's probably good because it lets me have a lot more time with my son," he says. "You get up to a certain age and, I don't know, I can't put any signs in the paper that I'm available." Canada, however, may present some opportunities. "I am coming to Toronto soon, and someone said to me just last night that you're not allowed into Canada unless you're a nice person. So that could be a great place to find a lady." Lee-Anne Goodman Source: www.thestar.com
July 22 Coming soon: Thys Ockersen about BurtAll you BR-fan's out there know that this website is made by a Dutch-BR-fan (me).
I'm sure a lot of you guys know that BR worked in Holland a couple of times ("Snapshots" filmed in Amsterdam). He also worked with the Dutch writer and producer Leon de Winter for "The Hollywood Sign".
Once in a while you get to meet someone who worked with Burt Reynolds in real life, well I'm talking about the Dutch director of the documentory "Don Siegel: Last of the Independents": Thys Ockersen. Although I didn't met him in person, I had some great mail-contact with Thys. I asked him to write something about his first meeting with Burt Reynolds (on the set of "Rough Cut" in 1980) and he did. He also sent me some pictures. I will translate the article soon, so you all come back soon on Dutch-Burt.
 Lesley-Anne Down and Burt Reynolds (click to enlarge)
Echte BR-fan's weten ongetwijfeld dat Burt Reynolds diverse keren in Nederland heeft gewerkt ('Snapshots" gefilmd in Amsterdam). Hij heeft ook gewerkt met schrijver en producer Leon de Winter voor "The Hollywood Sign". Onlangs kwam ik in contact met Thys Ockersen via de e-mail. Ockersen heeft Reynolds ooit gesproken voor zijn documentaire "Don Siegel: Last of the Independents" (op de set van "Rough Cut" in 1980). Ik vroeg aan Ockersen of hij iets wou schrijven voor Dutch-Burt over zijn ontmoeting met Burt Reynolds, en dat deed hij. Hij stuurde ook nog een aantal foto's mee. Ik zal het artikel binnenkort op de site zetten nadat ik het het vertaald voor onze Engelstalige BR-fan's. Dus hou de site in de gaten. May 11 "Comeback" Burt & Pam Burt Reynolds is back in the arms of his one-time bitter ex after moving back in with Pam Seals. The couple once fought each other in court over he-said-she-said assault charges and settled, but the ageing movie stud reunited with his ex after splitting from girlfriend Kate Edelman. According to US tabloid the National Enquirer, Seals, 51, never stopped loving the 71-year-old Deliverance star, despite their bitter court battle. An insider tells the publication the reconciliation took place after a depressed Reynolds told Seals he'd always love her. The pal says, "Pam told friends, `I really think he still cares about me.' "Pam drove over (to his Florida home) every day. She cooked for Burt and waited on him hand and foot. "Burt hurt Pam deeply with his lawsuit , but she's forgiven him and has opened her heart back up to him."
Source: contactmusic.com
 Burt Reynolds and Pam Seals at the Hollywood premiere of Boogie Nights in 1998. April 19 Taurus Stunt Award For Burt ReynoldsBurt Reynolds will take home a lifetime achievment award from the Taurus World Stunt Awards, to be held May 20 at Paramount Pictures. The awards show honors Hollywood's stunt workers. Reynolds' award comes because of his longtime support of the stunt industry, according to a Taurus press release, as well as for his own stunt work on films like "Cannonball Run" And Smokey And The Bandit." "I have the highest respect for the stunt professionals who risk their lives every day," Reynolds said in a press release. "I want to thank the Taurus World Stunt Awards for not only bestowing me with this honor, but taking the time to honor these professionals and the amazing work they do." The show, now in its sixth year, will air May 25 at 10:30 p.m. (EST/PST) on AMC.
(Source: AHN) March 04 Burt Reynolds replaced due medical problemTen days before filming of the romantic comedy ''Chatham,'' is scheduled to begin, director Daniel Adams of West Barnstable has replaced the leading actors, due to an undisclosed medical problem for Burt Reynolds.
Another last-minute change has Jacqueline Bisset as the female lead, replacing Anne Archer as the mail-order bride. Once Reynolds dropped out of the film, Adams decided to replace Archer because he felt Bisset would be a better match with Carradine. Reynolds, 72, who performed most of his own stunts earlier in his career, and has broken more than 30 bones throughout his life, is struggling with a temporary and non life-threatening medical issue, Adams said. Reynolds notified Adams a couple of weeks ago, and Adams tried to rewrite portions of the script so that Reynolds could continue to star in the film. But Adams wasn't satisfied, so he opted to try to find new actors. February 16 Burt Reynolds Naked AgainBurt Reynolds' 1972 Cosmopolitan nude spread is being used in a quirky new print ad for US satellite firm DirecTV. The photo, which features a hirsute Reynolds lounging on a bearskin rug, features in a three-page spread in the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue under the caption, "Everything should be seen in DIRECTV HD (high definition)... Well, maybe not everything."
(Source: contactmusic.com and Deutsch LA)
(Click to enlarge) February 11 Happy Birthday Mr. Reynolds
Congratulate Mr. Reynolds by signing the Messageboard!!!
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