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The Wildest Dream
I found this article, but I can't find anything else anywhere to confirm the making of this film. I've never heard of it before. If the article is correct, I really look forward to seeing what's become the final collaboration amongst these friends.
EXCLUSIVE: Director: Natasha Richardson "Powerful and Harrowing" in Final Film
Thursday March 19, 2009
The director of Natasha Richardson's last work, a yet-to-be-released film called The Wildest Dream, opened up to Usmagazine.com exclusively about what it was like to work with the late actress.
"I’ll always remember her as somebody who’s full of enthusiasm, drive, and incredibly talented at what she did," Anthony Geffen told Us Thursday about Richardson's work on his film, in which she portrays a woman who must deal with the death of her husband.
In the biopic, Richardson played the voice of Ruth, the wife of famous mountain climber George Mallory -- who attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1924 but disappeared during the expedition.
"She got very emotionally involved in the film because it’s a very powerful story about a woman who’s trying to come to terms with her husband and knowing that if he goes one more time, he may well not come back," Geffen said. "She just grasped the role and wanted to be connected with things. When she left, it was almost like there’s a void in the room because she’s so full of enthusiasm for things."
He added: "She’s a very warm person and it struck me... she was a family person. Here she was in a family role and reading this and responding to it in an emotional way because she was a family person. To me, in the brief period that I got to know her, [that] is the kind of person that she was."
Her husband, Liam Neeson, narrated the film, and Ralph Fiennes gave the voice of George, who exchanged letters with Ruth throughout his journey. But it was Richardson, Geffen said, who was most involved throughout the film's production.
"She was one of those people who immediately came into the recording studio and spent some time with us," Geffen said. "Everybody responded to her, she was full of energy, she was totally engaged to the project and it didn’t matter who they were -- whether they were making the coffee or the engineer -- she got on with them and connected with them. That’s the Natasha that should be remembered... Maybe it’s fitting as her last project because she was very involved with it and it meant a lot to her but it also was something that she related to."
Richardson recorded her role during the last week of January in a New York City recording studio. Although she had seen a great deal of the film previously, she had plans to see the final cut of The Wildest Dream next week.
"I was planning to show her the film," he said. "We were trying to get [the entire cast] together in New York to show it to them. I wanted her to understand where her part fit in."
Geffen, who will likely release the film this fall, said he is considering dedicating the film to the memory of Richardson.
"I think that’s something that would take discussion and talking to Liam. There’s no question that the film, in its own way -- although she’s only a part of it technically -- is a fitting tribute to her. I know it’s only her voice, but her voice is very powerful and it’s harrowing in a way, listening to it now."
Richardson -- who was injured in a ski accident in Canada on Monday -- passed away Wednesday at the age of 45.
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/director-natasha-richardson-powerful...
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Has anyone else seen or heard anything about this?
EXCLUSIVE: Director: Natasha Richardson "Powerful and Harrowing" in Final Film
Thursday March 19, 2009
The director of Natasha Richardson's last work, a yet-to-be-released film called The Wildest Dream, opened up to Usmagazine.com exclusively about what it was like to work with the late actress.
"I’ll always remember her as somebody who’s full of enthusiasm, drive, and incredibly talented at what she did," Anthony Geffen told Us Thursday about Richardson's work on his film, in which she portrays a woman who must deal with the death of her husband.
In the biopic, Richardson played the voice of Ruth, the wife of famous mountain climber George Mallory -- who attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1924 but disappeared during the expedition.
"She got very emotionally involved in the film because it’s a very powerful story about a woman who’s trying to come to terms with her husband and knowing that if he goes one more time, he may well not come back," Geffen said. "She just grasped the role and wanted to be connected with things. When she left, it was almost like there’s a void in the room because she’s so full of enthusiasm for things."
He added: "She’s a very warm person and it struck me... she was a family person. Here she was in a family role and reading this and responding to it in an emotional way because she was a family person. To me, in the brief period that I got to know her, [that] is the kind of person that she was."
Her husband, Liam Neeson, narrated the film, and Ralph Fiennes gave the voice of George, who exchanged letters with Ruth throughout his journey. But it was Richardson, Geffen said, who was most involved throughout the film's production.
"She was one of those people who immediately came into the recording studio and spent some time with us," Geffen said. "Everybody responded to her, she was full of energy, she was totally engaged to the project and it didn’t matter who they were -- whether they were making the coffee or the engineer -- she got on with them and connected with them. That’s the Natasha that should be remembered... Maybe it’s fitting as her last project because she was very involved with it and it meant a lot to her but it also was something that she related to."
Richardson recorded her role during the last week of January in a New York City recording studio. Although she had seen a great deal of the film previously, she had plans to see the final cut of The Wildest Dream next week.
"I was planning to show her the film," he said. "We were trying to get [the entire cast] together in New York to show it to them. I wanted her to understand where her part fit in."
Geffen, who will likely release the film this fall, said he is considering dedicating the film to the memory of Richardson.
"I think that’s something that would take discussion and talking to Liam. There’s no question that the film, in its own way -- although she’s only a part of it technically -- is a fitting tribute to her. I know it’s only her voice, but her voice is very powerful and it’s harrowing in a way, listening to it now."
Richardson -- who was injured in a ski accident in Canada on Monday -- passed away Wednesday at the age of 45.
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/director-natasha-richardson-powerful...
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Has anyone else seen or heard anything about this?
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Permalink Reply by Abs on -
Hmmm....no I haven't....I had heard of another one not that long ago called Birdsong that Ralph was to be in....no Natasha...but....I hadn't heard of that one either...
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Permalink Reply by sweetralph on
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I haven't heard of it, too.
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Permalink Reply by Liza on -
Here's another article that makes a small reference to this film...
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b105362_broadways_dimming_final_fil...
This sounds like a documentary or biopic type of project with Natasha, Liam and Ralph doing voice-overs. Unfortunately these projects never get the publicity they should. Hopefully, this one will. I really want to see it.
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Permalink Reply by Liza on
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Here's another confirmation about this project. Thanks to trugannini for finding this! : )
http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=5861C8AD...
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