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Áslaug   Þóra Halldórsdóttir

25.03.2000


 

What´s up in the world of Avonlea?
The release of the new Anne Shirley movie is probably what everyone is waiting for- I know I am. I absolutely love "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea" -so   I´m really looking forward to see how it turned out. Amber Sears, the editor of the Avonlea Spectacle, has seen the movie. If you are interested to read a preview of the movie click here to visit Shelly´s Road to Avonlea Page.

Every Mickey fan should go visit Mickey´s lounge at yahoo and also check out My Michael Mahonen Site owned by Kitty:0)

New! Check out The Red Dirt of Avonlea!

Index

 

 


 

Oh, my gosh  

06. 02..2000

Road To Avonlea - Felicity's Challenge/Malcolm & the BabyRoad To Avonlea - Dark & Stormy Night/High Society

 

 

 

Road To Avonlea - Felicity's Perfect Beau/Friend In NeedRoad To Avonlea - Sarah's Homecoming/It's Just A Stage

This is just the best news I´ve heard in ages- Sullivan is releasing  four new Avonlea-videos on March 14th. I´m going to get a clean copy of Dark and Stormy Night and High Society !!! 

Click here to pre-oder your copies:

Road To Avonlea - Sarah's Homecoming/It's Just a  Stage
 http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/9994/9994566.ihtml

 Road To Avonlea - Dark & Stormy Night/High Society
 http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/9994/9994564.ihtml

 Road To Avonlea - Felicity's Perfect Beau/Friend In Need
 http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/9994/9994563.ihtml

 Road To Avonlea - Felicity's Challenge/Malcolm and the Baby
 http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/9994/9994560.ihtml

PS. Why is Arthur on the cover of Felcity´s Perfect Beau- It should be Gus!!

 


 

Zack  carrying a lightsaber? 30. 12. 1999
I just visited one of my favorite Star Wars page (I´m a huge fan of the Star Wars Universe) and I found that our very own Zack Bennet has been suggested by a fan to play Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in Episode II and III. Well, I think he is not a good candidate for the role of Anakin- but it´s nice to know he is becomming well known. It would be fun to know who nominted him:0D.

To see it for your self visit Episode 2 Casting Picture Comparison-Anakin Skywalker  and look in the -Fan Picks- Even Lesser Known Actors- section.

 


 

Some articles on Sarah

18. 12..1999

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Here are some interesting articles on our very own Sarah Polley:

You can also visit her fanclub at:

 

 


 

Zack´s got a fan club 17. 12. 1999

The Devoted fan of Zachary Bennet has recently created a club for Zachary Bennett where you can discuss any of his projects, past and present. To join in the fun, just visit:

http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/thefansofzachbennett

 



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"Anne of Green Gables " on DVD

17. 10.1999

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Anne of Green Gables is now available on DVD.

The exciting thing is that it has clips from other Sullivan productions, trailers, cast biographies and stills. So this just a real treat  for every Anne/ Avonlea fan!

You can get your copy at Videoflicks.com.

I would really like to hear from anybody who has bought the DVD- I have so many questions:0)

 

 


 

The Gemini nominations are out

23.09. 1999

Happy Christmas, Miss King got four nominations:
  • Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series
  • Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (Stefan Scaini)
  • Best Costume Design (Ruth Secord)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (Mag Ruffman)

Although Jackie Burroughs didn´t get nominated for her excellent work in HCMK she is likely to win (cross your fingers) the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series (Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City "Part 1"). It was a disappointment that Lally Cadeau didn´t get nominated for the role of Janet King in HCMK- she would have deserved that for her outstanding preformance:0)

For more information visit Gemini´s award-list.

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Great news for everyone who gets the Odyssey network

21.09..1999

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"Road to Avonlea" is on Odyssey´s fall schedule- airing Monday--Friday at 7:00 p.m and weekdays at noon. So check out your cable status and enjoy the 91 episodes. The fun starts October 4th.

Check out Odyssey´s Avonlea-page. It has a lovely photo of Cedric, Lally and Zack!!

 


 

"Road to Avonlea"  on CBC- Saturdays at 10AM

18.09. 1999

"On the September 5th I checked out CBC homepage and got the following information:On October 4th  CBC will start to air "Road to Avonela"- weekdays at 16:00. I just checked their schedule and Road to Avonlea isn´t on it now!! I hope this is all a big mistake and RTA will be reairing on CBC this fall."

It was all a misunderstanding. Road to Avonlea will be on CBC Saturdays from 10-11. Keep your alarm-clocks set and your VCR ready and enjoy your visit to Avonlea:0)

For more information, visit CBC.

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Guinevere opens September 24th.

17.09. 1999

poster In Guinevere, Sarah plays the wealthy 21 year-old Harper Slone. Harper meets the irish photographer Connie Fitzpatrick(Stephen Rea) who is thirty years older than she is. He makes her come out of her shell and is the first person to believe in her. Later, Harper,  joins an unofficial club of women Connie has seduced and cultivated.

Sarah had this to say about the movie in Empire Magazine:

"There were people who came up to me and said, 'I had a relationship just like this'. Every part I´d played until this, I´d be petrified, thinking I couldn´t do it. But with Harper, I knew exactly who she should be."

  • Visit Guneveres´s site at Miramax.
  • Visit Guneveres´s site at IMDB.
  • Check out some movie reviews.

 

 


 

Jackie in a new mini series called "Cover Me"

11.09. 1999

Our very own Jackie Burroughs will be appearing in a six part mini-series called "Cover Me" on CBC. Jackie stars as Caitlin Crawford, an resolute superior in Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).

"Cover Me" airs September 26, 27, & 28 at 8 p.m. on CBC Television.

For more information on the mini series click here.

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L.M.Montgomery heirs v.s. Kevin Sullivan

08.08..1999

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L.M.Montgomery heirs are said to have been fighting with Sullivan Entertainment for nearly a decade over the profits of "Anne of Green Gables" series. The family signed a contract with Kevin Sullivan in 1984 which gave the company the right to make "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea".  For this, L.M.M. family got $425,000 and a promised 10% of the net profits.

Now, the family feels like their being stonewalled by Sullivan Entertainment. They claim not to have gotten net profits (royalities) for the movies.

Sullivan Entertainment put out a press release in response to the family´s complaints. Randy Pepper (Sullivan Entertainment´s lawyer), said according to a standard, legal definition, the two Anne series did not make a "net profit." Pepper added that this dispute over the definition is the reason why the company hasn't submitted to an independent audit.

Randy Pepper also staited that the company offered a final settlement of $150,000 to the family which they refused. They also refused the company's offer of mediation. The company denied having stonewalled the heirs of L.M.Montgomery.

In conclusion Sullivan Entertainment will not be going public in the near future and it's blaming the family of Lucy Maud Montgomery. Sullivan says those comments have created "market uncertainty." In light of that, it will not proceed with its initial public offering as planned. Sullivan Entertainment says it is also considering suing the family for damages caused by, "defamatory statements."


As a great fan of Sullivan Entertainment´s Anne series and Road to Avonlea, I hope that this dispute will be settled and will not interfere with the decision of  Kevin Sullivan to release other Avonlea-related productions. We are all hoping for another "Road to Avonlea"-reunion, am I right?!!

Information achieved from these articles on CBC.

 


 

Mickey´s age mystery solved

07.08..1999

Well, the cats out of the bag!!

Finally, one of Avonlea´s most frequently asked question has been answered. Mickey was born on the 27. April 1964 in Kirkland Lake, Canada. That makes him a 35 year old taurus- 12 years older than Gema Z (born in May 1976).

Visit Mickey´s file at IMDB to see it for your self:0)

Thanks to the perceptive eye of Becky of Rainbow Cottage.

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The Anne of Green Gables Trilogy

07.08..1999

AoGGpost.bmp (69946 bytes) As most Avonlea admireres know, this fall "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" will hit the TV-sets in Canada. There is no reliable information on when the movie/TV-series will be shown in other countires.

Most of the original cast will resume their role in AoGG. Currently I only know of one exception. Bruce McCulloch, who played Diana´s husband Fred Wrigh, will not be returning. A familiar face to RTA fans will take his place. Felicity´s first heartbreaker- Greg Spottiswood, the actor who played David Hawes. If you don´t remember him, he visited Avonlea in the episode "How Kissing was Discovered". He was very interested in cricket but didn´t give Felcity the time of day- lucky for Gus!!

For the synopsis and other inside information about the third installment of "Anne of Green Gables", visit Sullivan Entertainment homepage.

 


 

"Christmas in  August " for RTA fans 

07.08..1999

On August 10th the Avonlea-reunion movie, "Happy Christmas, Miss King", will be available on video. Hopefully this is just the beginning of a series of Avonlea-reuinions (keep your fingers crossed)!! If you want to get a copy of this remarkably lovely movie, you can get it at:
  1. Videoflicks | price is $16.99
    click on the link below:
    http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/9996/9996591.ihtml
  2. DireckVideo | price is $19.95 (Canadian dollars) or $13.26( US dollars)
    click on the link below:
    http://www.directvideo.com/hijk.htm
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Sarah Polley in "The Weight of Water"

07.08..1999

sarahpolley.bmp (1155114 bytes) It seems that everything, our Sarah, touches turnes into gold:0)
In an article on Variety.com, Sarah is said to be closing a deal along with Sean Penn to star in "The Weight of Water".

About the book "The Weight of Water".

Anita Shreve is the authoress of "The Weight of Water".

Synopsis:
"In 1873, two women were found brutally murdered on a small island off the New Hampshire coast. A third woman survived the attack, hiding in a sea cave until dawn.

More than a century later, a photographer, Jean, comes to the island to shoot a photo-essay about the unsolved crime. She becomes obsessed with accounts of the dead women's lives in this barren fishing town: the long stretches of loneliness, the relentless winds that threaten both people and their property. Is marital misery connected to the killings?

Jean's marriage is enduring heavy weather of its own. On the boat she has chartered for this project, she and her husband are growing more distant from each other. Their nights are full of drink and terrible silences, and Jean feels jealousy and distrust invading her life and her work. The forces that blasted the island a century earlier come alive inside Jean, bringing her to the verge of actions she never dreamed herself capable of -- with no idea whether her choices will destroy all she has ever valued or bring her safely home." (Synopsis is taken from The Books Homepage).

For more information on Sarah you can visit "The Unofficial Sarah Polley Homepage".

 


 

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