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Posted by Amy on October 16, 1996 at 11:43:21:
Here's how I do it. Find the web page that has a picture you want to include at the top of your message.
Find the entire URL for the graphic with a .gif or .jpg extension. Sometimes you can click on the picture and it will load all by itself in your browser window. In this case, copy the whole address, such as
http://domain.com/section/pic.gif
and paste it in the field here that says "Optional image URL"
Sometimes you have to hunt for the name of the picture by going to "view source" or "view document source" on your browser menu. Among all the HTML tags you should see a image tags that say something like:
img src="http://www.domain.com/sectionpic.gif"
But maybe it won't specify the whole address of the picture. If it only says:
img src="pic.gif
then you have to use the http and domain name and directory tree of the HTML page you are on. Or otherwise figure out the relative path, but that may be getting a little complicated.
Amy
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Posted by Bernie on October 16, 1996 at 11:49:01:
: : : : : Latest news form over the pond is that Emma will be screened on ITV (not BBC) some time in November. Script is written by Andrew Davies and produced by Sue Birtwhistle. It will be two hours long and screened as a "film".
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: : : : Oh no. I was aware of everything but the two-hour part. I am bitterly disappointed. Are you absolutely sure. There can be no mistake?
: : : : Amy
: : :
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: : : Amy,
: : :
: :
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: :
: : But which production group is which? If the BBC/A&E version
: : is the 6 hour one, is it not being done by
: : Davies/Birtwhistle? If not, who is doing it? I assumed that
: : BBC/A&E would get the same group together for the 6 hour
: : "Emma" as they had for the 6 hour P&P.
: : Ann
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: This has been my deerest wish for
: some time now. Donīt tell me we will only get two hours of the Davies/Birtwhistle Emma! It is too cruel.
: Ann2
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Ann2,
I hope this answers your question.
London Times, 9 July 1996
Emma and Moll take on BBC in classic fight
TELEVISION'S passion for literary classics is to continue unabated. Adaptations of works by Daniel Defoe, Joseph
Conrad, Anne Bronte, and Jane Austen will be competing for viewers as ITV and BBC square up for a battle of
costume dramas this autumn.
Following the success of the BBC's serialization of Austen's Pride and Prejudice last year, ITV has made a
two-hour film of Emma at a cost of £ 1.5 million. The adaptation has been produced by a team poached from the
BBC and stars Kate Beckinsale in the title role.
ITV has also commissioned a four-part adaptation of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders. In reply, the BBC has adopted
Conrad's political novel Nostromo and Bronte's morbid Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
A spokesman for BBC drama said: "We see it as a form of flattery that ITV is now making drama that is not
unashamedly popular."
--Peter Foster
Bernie
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Posted by Grace on October 16, 1996 at 11:50:33:
: Great additions. Anybody want to compile the signs we did a couple weeks ago and I will put them up permanently. Cheryl, you started it.
: Amy
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: I'll take a short break to continue with the signs of addiction for Mich:
-Overheard by your neighbors: To a yard sale with the Steinway, I'm gettin' me a pianoforte!
-local police are puzzled over repeat calls from the
fencing academy (something about a woman at the
window wearing weird hats and yelling, I will
conquer this.)
-you've got the venture capital people convinced about
coming demand for WonderCorsets (must have been the
talk of pushing up assets)
-Mom to Santa: Forget the new bikes for the kids this
Christmas. What we need is a phaeton with ponies!
....and of course, I am guilty of the worst symptom of addiction, neglecting duty for this nonsense. Grace
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Posted by Raphael on October 16, 1996 at 11:59:46:
: The Vanity Fair from a couple of months ago with Emma on the cover confirmed her amicable divorce from Branagh. However, when questioned she refused to confirm or deny reports about her relationship with Wise. I haven't heard anything since then.
: Your obliging rumor-monger,
: Mary H
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Thank you, Mary. My rumouring has been momentarily satiated. Of course, if you were to report on the lives of, say, Ehle or Winslet I would, of course, find ample room for new hunger.
Cordially,
Raphael
Posted by Bernie on October 16, 1996 at 12:02:14:
:
: I have been seeking the teleplay to little success.
: A general distress call: if there are any individuals frequenting the list from the U.K., can you tell me if there are any script warehouses which pirate B.B.C. material there? That would be our best chances of finding the screenplay, for it is highly unlikely that it would ever be published at this point. My searches in U.S. businesses has been fruitless. They just don't deal with British stuff generally.
: Cordially,
: Raphael
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Raphael,
I can't help you with the P&P 2 script, however if you enjoyed S&S, then Emma Thompson's script (together with her diaries -- which are hilarious) is available in either hard or softback. The title of the book is "The Sense and Sensibility : Screenplay & Diaries : Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film". It is published by Newmarket press (ISBN : 1557042608) and costs $19.96 for hard and $14.35 for softback versions (+ shipping of course). I know you can purchase it from Amazon.com.
With regards to the P&P script, I really wouldn't know where to start but I'm welcome to any suggestions!
Bernie
Link:
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Posted by Raphael on October 16, 1996 at 12:03:51:
: When the Gardiners arrive at Longbourn to pick up Lizzy for their holiday, does it sound to anyone else like Mrs Gardiner is saying,
:
"Nothing can compare to the wired, untamed beauty of the Peaks."
Amy,
I believe she said "WILD, untamed beauty ..."
Cordially,
Raphael
Posted by Bernie on October 16, 1996 at 12:05:35:
: When the Gardiners arrive at Longbourn to pick up Lizzy for their holiday, does it sound to anyone else like Mrs Gardiner is saying,
:
"Nothing can compare to the wired, untamed beauty of the Peaks."
Amy,
I thought she said :
"Nothing can compare to the wild, untamed beauty of the Peaks."
Bernie
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Posted by Amy on October 16, 1996 at 12:10:06:
: Amy,
: I thought she said :
"Nothing can compare to the wild, untamed beauty of the Peaks."
Oh, yes yes yes you guys. Of course I know the word was supposed to be "wild." It's just one of those silly little things that you hear a certain way once and then it bugs you each time. Never mind ;)
Amy
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Posted by Ann2 on October 16, 1996 at 12:13:06:
: : While we are in the subject I might as well ask what the other Pride and Prejudice actors are engaged in at the present time?
: : Paola
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: According to the Friends of Firth web site, Colin is
: currently in the US working on Jane Smiley's "Thousand Acres"
: (a modern interpretation of King Lear.)
: Ann
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Would that be the one with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange(?) ?
Ann2
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Posted by Bernie on October 16, 1996 at 12:30:47:
:
: Oh, yes yes yes you guys. Of course I know the word was supposed to be "wild." It's just one of those silly little things that you hear a certain way once and then it bugs you each time. Never mind ;)
: Amy
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Amy,
I know what you mean. While I was in W.Lafayette IN, people had a terrible time of understanding what I was saying half the time. Perhaps it was my QUAINT BRITISH accent!!
Bernie
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Posted by Ann2 on October 16, 1996 at 12:38:18:
: : : :
: : : :________
: : :
: : : Ian,
: : : Beg to differ, respectfully. On the contrary I think it is their faults that go a long way toward endearing them to us.
: : : Amy
: :
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: : I agree. Darcy is arrogant, concieted, and selfish.
: : Elizabeth is quick to find faults in others when there are
: : no faults to find (Darcy--sort of), and slow to find the
: : faults that are relly there (Wickham). Both suffer from both
: : pride and prejudice...Hey, that would make a great title!
: : Ann
:
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:
. And yes, Darcy is proud, and Lizzy is prejudiced. Ding!
: - K
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A N D Lizzy is proud ( canīt forget the slight) and Darcy
is prejudiced (about people in the country for instance)
Ann2
Posted by Bernie on October 16, 1996 at 12:41:32:
: :
: : : : I always like to think the clothes are wedding finery. This brings to mind a point related to finery: Don't you think they could have dressed Bingley and Darcy a little bit better for their own weddings?! I know it was a simple ceremony in a country church, but I think the costume dept. failed us on this one.
: :
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: : I recently heard Regency men described as being real peacocks always preening themselves, so I agree that perhaps that Bingley and Darcy should be more lavishly attired, however, I don't think either are vain Darcy especially so I just can't picture him dressed in a lot of frippery. I think that his clothes would be on the plainer side, though obviously they would be crafted from the best quality fabrics and by the most accomplished tailor.
: : Maybe its just the British reserve ?
: : Bernie
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: When talking about Darcy and preening etc, the scene that springs to mind is when he's going to visit Lizzy (at Lambton I think) and he chooses the green riding coat over the black. I thought that was a neat insight into his character, because even though you would suspect that he would be rather vain (with those looks who wouldn't?!) it sort of confirmed it. And he thought enough of Elizabeth to care about how he looked.
: Saman
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Oh yes, he definitely would want to look his best for Lizzy (especially since I think one of his motives for visiting Elizabeth was to propose to her again). What I was really trying to say was that I don't think he was the type of person to spend hours in front of the mirror. He certainly didn't spend hours on combing his hair -- throughout the film it had a "scrunched" look, which became him rather well!
Bernie
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Posted by Ann2 on October 16, 1996 at 12:50:50:
: :
: : : Well, Ian - all of a sudden, tonight, the link to OJ worked. But the particular links (to graphics?) that you had left earlier have all now expired. How about running them up the flagpole one more time?
: : : Joan, too
: :
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: : Thanks Joan for your patience and persistence. That's almost the Davey family motto: Courage through Perseverance. But I digress. Here is the image I wanted All to Enjoy. I hope you may All Enjoy It!
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: Ian,
: Great picture, it came up beautifully on my computer. Thanks!
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And mine . Gratefully
Ann2
Posted by Eric on October 16, 1996 at 12:51:52:
: . If you know of any sites where such images might be obtained, I would greatly appreciate hearing of them.
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:
: Eric,
: You are in Italy? Then you may have better luck than we have had lately in reaching the Ostentatious Jane Page in Australia. There is a link to it from the Links page here. The pics may have come origially from the BBC page though I can't really say for sure.
: Amy
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Amy - Yes. I'm in Italy. I am a U.S. Navy chaplain assigned to a naval air station near Catania (Sicily) and happened across the P&P2 videos at our local exchange. Then, of course, we had to see the other movies and now we shall have to read the novels. And two months ago, if someone had mentioned Jane Austen to me they would have gotten a blank look.
I'll try the Australia page. Thanks.
Posted by Ann2 on October 16, 1996 at 12:56:06:
: : what was the reaction to Wickham of anyone not knowing the plot before they say P&P2?
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: : .
: : Who do you suppose might have been better? How about the guy who played Mr Denny? How about the guy who played Will Ladislaw in Middlemarch? Rufus Sewell? Or Colin Firth would have been good too. I'd have bought his line along with Lizzy. But that would leave us Darcyless.
: : Amy
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: However, I do have think Rufus Sewell is very attractive and might have been better. Adrian Lukis is just a little too smarmy.
: Rebecca
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Is it in the making... or somewhere else that Crispin B-C was first thought of for Wickhams part?
Ann2
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Posted by Eric on October 16, 1996 at 13:01:15:
: Rather, I should invent some elegant and pleasant young lady of Kent or Derbyshire. In this way, we can satisfy all our desires for the Colonel's happiness without needing to radically alter or correct the failings of the other characters.
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: But Eric, you don't seem to understand. That would be no fun at all.
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Fun? I thought we were serious. Besides, I find the failings of the other characters as delightful as the Colonel's light-hearted wit. Indeed, how should connoiseurs of human folly do without the likes of Kitty, Miss de Burgh, Mary, and Miss Bingley in all their glory?
Posted by Zimei on October 16, 1996 at 13:07:15:
: :
: : I have been seeking the teleplay to little success.
: : A general distress call: if there are any individuals frequenting the list from the U.K., can you tell me if there are any script warehouses which pirate B.B.C. material there? That would be our best chances of finding the screenplay, for it is highly unlikely that it would ever be published at this point. My searches in U.S. businesses has been fruitless. They just don't deal with British stuff generally.
: : Cordially,
: : Raphael
:
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: Raphael,
: I can't help you with the P&P 2 script, however if you enjoyed S&S, then Emma Thompson's script (together with her diaries which are hilarious) is available in either hard or softback. The title of the book is "The Sense and Sensibility : Screenplay & Diaries : Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film". It is published by Newmarket press (ISBN : 1557042608) and costs $19.96 for hard and $14.35 for softback versions (+ shipping of course). I know you can purchase it from Amazon.com.
: With regards to the P&P script, I really wouldn't know where to start but I'm welcome to any suggestions!
: Bernie
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I found this at FoF site, it seems they have the screenplay:
Waterstone's: Burlington 617-229-2222 or Boston 617-859-7300
Pride and Prejudice screenplay/ Making of.., Be sure
to specify this is a British publication.
I haven't got a chance to call them but has anybody tried ?
Zimei
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Posted by Ann2 on October 16, 1996 at 13:10:40:
Does anyone know the tune Mary performs at Aunt Philipsīs cardevening
before Kitty makes her play The Barley Mow(?) ?
And secondly: Who is meddling with Wickhamīs golden epaulet fringes.
Kitty is standing next to him but it does not look like it was
her hand, so must we suppose it is Lydia again...Oh Lydia!
Ann2
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