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Two-hour bus tour to explore 'Hidden Secrets of Fort Ord'
CSU-Monterey Bay's Fort Ord Alumni Association will offer a tour of the "Hidden Secrets of Fort Ord" on Oct. 15.
The public is invited to tour seldom-seen places on the historic former Army base, where 2 million people -- including Clint Eastwood, Jerry Garcia and Elvis Presley -- went through basic training before the installation was closed. CSUMB, which opened its doors in 1994, occupies about 1,400 acres of the former base.
The two-hour guided bus tour will make stops at the stockade, where Army protesters and deserters were held during the Vietnam War; the Impossible City, an urban warfare training zone; and the East Garrison area.
Held in conjunction with the Marina Air Faire, the buses will load at the Marina Airport on Reservation Road and depart every 30 minutes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each tour will take about two hours. Admission is $10 for the public and $5 for students and active or retired military members.
Proceeds will benefit the Fort Ord Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
For information or directions, or to purchase tickets, call 582-3595, or e-mail foaa.csumb.edu.
During Sunday's panel discussion on Music For Film, actor/musician Kevin Bacon said an actor's input on a film soundtrack is not always appreciated, exemplified by his unsuccessful attempt to get director Clint Eastwood to use a particular band in his score for the movie "Mystic River."
Clearly, the number of cuts detailed in Paul Williams' review of Fox's R4 do not match at all against the above cuts as censored from the UK R2 release! At a staggering 56 seconds (estimated), the cuts do not at all mirror the 12 seconds of cuts requested of the UK edition. So, the question remains, where did Fox source their master for the R4 release?
I had entertained the idea that the Australian master had been lifted from a European R2 original, and reformatted, but a decisive email from one of our readers from Denmark confirmed that the R2 disc is definitely uncut. There has been strong confirmation that the French R2 PAL disc is complete.
Thus, and I'm going out on a limb here, based upon the censorship history of film in a variety of world-wide territories; confirmation that the French R2 disc is uncut; coupled with confirmation that the UK R2 disc will undoubtedly mirror that territory's video release (ie: the 12 seconds of cuts will stand), there is only one remaining European territory where the film was trimmed for violence for both its cinema & video releases. That territory was Germany. I am happy to be proven wrong in this instance, but all current information points towards Fox utilising an edited German R2 master for the Australian R4 release. Until somebody owns up to the facts, or I am deluged by email from our European readers confirming otherwise, this is the best hypothesis I can offer as to the reasons behind the R4 disc of "Commando" being released in such a shoddy, emasculated
Power Plate has already been adopted by many sports personalities and celebrities including Colin Montgomery, Michael and Ralph Schumacher, Clint Eastwood and is also used by many professional sports teams including Arsenal FC, New York Mets, New York Yankees and LA Lakers to name but a few.
Just before the red curtains opened for Tony, they parted every so slightly and Clint Eastwood walked out. He welcomed the crowd, mentioned the “Higher Ground” hurricane relief concert held at Jazz at Lincoln Center earlier that evening, and reminded us that the Festival was taking donations to benefit the many New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina.http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/5403/59/
Linney credits Clint Eastwood, her director both on 1997’s “Absolute Power” and on 2003’s acclaimed “Mystic River” with teaching her about the value of doing the necessary research and preparation – and then forgetting all those things when the job begins.
“The way Clint works, you have to be very relaxed,” she says. “And he teaches you to come rigorously prepared, and then to just let it go. He teaches you that it can be easy. Do a lot of work and a lot of preparation, and then relax and let it go.”
FILM ON PAPERhttp://www.calendarlive.com/books/bookreview/cl-bk-schickel11sep11,0,1793834.htmlstory?coll=cl-home-more-channels
The good, the bad and Leone
Christopher Frayling’s "Once Upon a Time in Italy" shows why Sergio Leone, master of the spaghetti western, should be ranked among the 20th century’s great filmmakers.
mulligan big joe is abit upset now
FISTFUL OF DOLLARShttp://www.rednova.com/news/health/229579/brown_is_the_new_green_for_golf_in_parched_spain/
On a far grander scale is the Desert Springs club, which has been hewn out of scrub and desert near Almeria, southern Spain and has hosted the Spanish Open International Championship.
The course was designed by golf champion Peter McEvoy, who led Britain and Ireland to success in the Walker Cup.
The club uses selective watering and aims to blend into the stretch of desert, beloved of "spaghetti Western" directors in the 1960s and where Clint Eastwood filmed "A Fistful of Dollars."
"Rather than watering everything, you're just watering the playing areas. You don't play solid green all the way from tee to green," said McEvoy. "It's a question of trying to design something that looks right in the landscape."
