Quote of the Day

[wowie]

One day, during the filming of I can’t remember which film, I went back to my hotel and found a message: "Sean Penn called you," with a telephone number. I asked myself which of my friends was playing a trick. And there was a spelling mistake in Sean. I call: "Sean Penn?" "Yeah," replies Sean Penn, grumpily. "It’s Viggo Mortensen. What do you want?" I didn’t even realise I could have been friendlier. (Laughs.) And then, he told me about ‘Indian Runner’. He saw me in ‘Fresh Horses’, a TV film which I had made for HBO. I had a little scene at the end. He sent me the script and I was instantly hooked. At the start, I preferred the character which was finally played by David Morse. Mine was just described as ‘the baddy’. But I said to myself that, behind the slightly too obvious behaviour of Frank Roberts, there had to be a really complex reason. The filming was extremely interesting … The more so because Sean was very involved. It was there I became friends with Dennis Hopper. After that, the offers arrived.

French Magazine Studio Article
By Juliette Michaud, translated by Eledhwen on viggo-works

Comments

[raggedyannie.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen "fresh horses" but adore the pictures!!! Another quote I don't remember reading..thanks Wowie!! And to this day he still has a close relationship with Dennis Hoppper...how sweet!!!

[wwowie.livejournal.com]

The movie is one of those "not worth seeing at all without, barely worth seeing with" Viggo type deals.

Unless you're a bratpack fan!

[urgayleswoman.livejournal.com]

TV Movie for HBO?

[wwowie.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize that either. I wonder if it says that on the DVD release, or the old VHS release that it's an HBO production?

But IMDb does list the gross as $6,640,346 (USA)so it had to be a theatrical release, right?

[urgayleswoman.livejournal.com]

Yes. I don't think it was an HBO movie. I wonder if maybe it was intended to be an HBO movie but was instead a theatrical release? I remember seeing previews for it at the movies and also in the beginnings of VHS movies we rented. I seem to think it was a theatrical release. Also, the "Brat Pack" was such a box office magnet at the time, I think it would have been more likely that it would be released in the theater rather than HBO. I didn't see this until it was on VHS so I can't remember. You can rent some HBO movies on tape,too. Frankly (just between you and I) I don't think it's a good enough movie to be an HBO film hee hee! HBO films are usually very good. I could see Indian Runner being an HBO film. Things like that.

[wwowie.livejournal.com]

Most of the bratpack movies seemed to me to be before FH. Someone trying to cash in on the success of those young actors?