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In LA? Wanna help kids by watching Han Solo and Chewbacca chat about EMPIRE STRIKES BACK? Plus Hero Complex FF in June!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. In Austin. Which is not where Harrison Ford is going to do one of his rare Star Wars related appearances, presenting a screening of The Empire Strikes Back and doing a Q&A alongside Mr. Peter Mayhew. That will be this coming Wednesday at the Arclight in Hollywood.
There's good news and bad news here. The good news is that there are tickets still available and while expensive your ticket money goes to benefit the St. Jude Children's Hospital, so it's one instance where your nerdiness can actually help some kids.
The bad news is that the main theater is sold out and that the remaining tickets are in another theater that will have the Q&A broadcast onto the screen. Now, all is not lost. The LA Times' Goeff Boucher has an article here about the event and hints big time that those in the second theater may be getting some "special star attention."
So, $75 ticket will help sick kids and give you some classic Star Wars happiness. It's a high price, but considering 10 years ago Harrison Ford wouldn't even answer any questions about the franchise it's a pretty special occasion.
Continuing on... Goeff Boucher's HERO COMPLEX Blog is not only behind this screening, but also the first annual Hero Complex Film Festival June 11-13th... which, like Wednesday's screening of Empire, focuses solely on past genre fare with great personal appearances by amazing filmmakers discussing their films.
It'll kick off June 11th with Leonard Nimoy appearing to do a Q&A at a screening of STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME and continue on with June 12th's double feature of INSOMNIA and THE DARK KNIGHT with Christopher Nolan on hand and it ends June 13th with Ridley Scott screening ALIEN and BLADE RUNNER.
I'm actually planning on heading out to LA for this series. If I was more on the ball I would have been out there for Harrison Ford, too... and you better believe I hit Travelocity with a wish on my lips and a tear in my eye when I saw the cheapest last minute flight seat was $500+.
But I figured we may have a fare share of LA readers that might want to know about this... The three day pass for the Hero Complex Fest is sold out, but you can still purchase individual tickets for each night at the website here.
If any LA reader attends the Harrison Ford talk email us with a rundown, will ya'?
-Quint
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How about you record it and post it on YouTube?
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Because the real Harrison Ford disappeared ages ago (We all know you have him locked in a vault, George). Plus the Chewbacca guy. Oh well. Honey, time to sell little Luke to the Mexican sex rings.
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The ESB main hall was booked like a day after it opened. 'Cause that's when I found out about the screening and curse my metal parts, I wasn't fast enough.
But I did get into the 2nd Arclight screening. Quint, thanks for the Boucher article, great news. -
asked him if he ever banged Carrie while she was coked up, and if he is going to fucking sleepwalk through Indy 5 like he did in 4?I bet that old fuck would jump over 4 rows of geeks, mid-life diamond earring catching the glint of the studio lights, and proceed fuck said dorks eye socket like it was Calista's pre-baby fun hole.
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It will be cool to see him on stage, but I don't expect him to be there very long or excited about anything.
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...can anybody explain to me what's so funny about "It's a trap"? I don't get it.
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I hope someone asks him about the Holiday Special.
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It would be fucking awesome to see Han and Chewie on the stage together talking about the greatest sequel ever made. And its for a good cause too. If you don't agree then perhaps you should re-evaluate your geek credentials, you cynical fucks.
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Stupid Volcanic ash cloud, i bet theres some guy in LA who just picked up the tickets for this and lives just around the corner from the bloody place. What have i got to look forward to this summer, the bleedin World cup, whoopy-fucking-doo, my cup runneth over.
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Seriously, before it's too late, he's gotta start actually acting again. As in showing up to work on actual good film projects and acting like he gives a fuck, putting the effort in to deliver the goods like he used to so effortlessly, or at least seemed to, rather than phoning in another momotone line reading in yet another generic throwaway piece of crap, as he has all too often in recent years. Get out of that rut Harrison Ford and bring back the quality, the world of film could seriously do with some of that old magic right about now.
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Oh come on, it's Anthony Daniels. It's always Daniels. He'll turn up to your house if you watch a SW DVD.
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...to do this thing.
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ah ha ha... and i said to George... i said... ahaha... George, you can WRITE this s**t but you can't SAY it!!
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in exchange for giving money to charity.
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ungrateful piehole for an explanation of that statement. Or don't.It's not like you'll understand it anyway.
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i'd suggest that the 'It's a trap!' line is amusing due to the seriousness of the delivery coming out of the mouth of a a giant goldfish. It would probably be hilarious if House called on him to deliver the bad news to terminally ill patients too.
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cast of House is just about the only think that would make it watchable.
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Wish I could be there. Great charity, too.
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About the only thing we haven't heard about Star Wars was if Fisher was a freak in bed.
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Then it could be kinda funny.
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that joke is boring now, find a new one or fuck off
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I fought this man. He had a mechanical arm.
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...in Adywan's amazing STAR WARS:REVISITED fan edit, which is now up on YouTube too by the way.Can't wait for his nearly completed EMPIRE:REVISITED follow-up!
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That would be great. And he only answers in roars and Ford has to translate for him.
Mayhew: "Rwaaaaa, arrrrr, raa arrr."
Ford: (listening and nodding)" Ahh, Chewbac- Mr. Mayhew said yes young man, it was hot in the costume. -
Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi. Divorcee Lando Calrissian and widower Han Solo live next door to each other on Hoth. They have been friends for years, but have not gotten along since Lando screwed Han on Cloud City. They share a rivalry in anything they can think of. Lando lives alone and spends most of his spare time watching the holovision and moping, while Han is in trouble with the Hutts over past unpaid debts. A major subplot of the fim involves Han's continued attempts to avoid bounty hunter Payme Moneez (played by Buck Henry).
The rivalry gets more heated when a new Twi'lek neighbor Ariel(Raquel Welch) moves across the street from their igloos.
Co-starring Chewbacca, Bait Shop owner (Ret.)General Chuck Riekken, Shia LaBeouf as Jacob Solo, and Sean Connery as Grandpa Solo. -
I wonder if they ever did announce episodes 7-9 - would he be so reluctant to be involved? It appears (quality) job offers have dried up.
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May 18, 2010 9:34:24 AM CDT
His Tauntaun will freeze to death before the first question
by i_shot_cyrus
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... Is ALWAYS funny.
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May 18, 2010 10:22:12 AM CDT
Ford has to hate being in 3 of the top 10 NerdManChild films
by thejudger
Blade Runner.
Star Wars.
Indiana.
Nardy Man Child flicks for fucks who can't or won't grow up. I bet he hates it beyond words. People running up on him screaming "Han!" "Indy!" "Deckard!"
Fuck I'd walk around with a bb gun to shoot these man children in the ears or nuts, as soon as I saw em coming for me.
Random Fan: " Holy shit it's Dr. Fucking Jones!!!!"
phannnnnnnnnnnk!
Random Fan: "Owww you shot me in my nuts!!!"
HF: "Take that you A-sexual, fat, ugly, celler dwelling man child!" -
St. Jude Children's Hospital is a great cause! No child is EVER denied treatment if a family cannot pay and they cover the cost of food, travel and lodging for patients and families, who come from all 50 states and more than 70 countries. Their research is also freely shared with doctors and hospitals worldwide.
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Get that made.
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I live in an attic.
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no cellar to dwell in. Couch is close to the tv and the pantrys and shit. All I need is with in a few feet. Fuck the cellar dwellers!
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...can Ackbar stick his big lobster claws through those sleeves?
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only rich people have cellars - usually full of fine wines. I can only dream of living in a cellar.
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..."WHERE IS MY WIFE!!!"
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him famous and set him on the road to being a multi millionaire. Because all his other performances are so mind blowingly awesome that Deckard, Solo and Indy pale by comparison.
Tell me, TheJudger, what is it like being a dimwit? -
is subtitling for Mr. Ford's mumbled answers.
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Q: How would you explain Han Solo's arc in 'Empire'? A: Fuck you, faggot!
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May 18, 2010 5:47:00 PM CDT
Harrison Ford in WHERE IS MY WIFE/DAUGHTER/SON/DOG/CAREER?
by maxcalifornia.
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Remember when this guy had a little life left in him? The only time he cracks a smile anymore is when Calista puts on a Sham-Wow glove polishes the inside of his earing with her skeletal forearm (it tickles him).
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Our timestreams cross once again, wazzup?
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that Indy 4 sucked rocks, then see him get up and say, "Fuck it fanboys, I'm outta here" and storm off. That's my money well spent.
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because it is clear that you are long passed needing to blow your load.
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May 18, 2010 7:12:01 PM CDT
Mr. Ford, can you please say: "Laugh it up, fuzzball." Pleeeeeee
by azultool
zzzzz..Wha? Huh? Oh, yeah. **cough** Uh, 'Why did have to be snakes.' Oh, I mean, 'I've got a bad feeling about snakes.' What? Oh, that's not the right bullshit line for you motherfuckers? What am I, a fucking dancing monkey for you nimrods? No! You settle down! I don't have to take this shit! I don't care what charity this is for. How much are you making for this fucking event anyway? I'll double it. Here's the check. Now, can I fucking leave?
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He'd be Hanley Ramirez.
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And there were rumors of on set cocaine usage and heavy drinking as part of their non stop on set sex romps.
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I wouldn't hire his arrogant ass to shine my shoes!!!
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of a fool that statement makes you. You oaf.
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Well he must be, most of the characters he played were mega cool - yet he is a grade A asshole. QED.
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Q: Harrison, will there be a Regarding Henry 2?
A: (glares)
Q: Mr. Ford, we've brought a fridge to the event--will you get inside it for a photo?
A: (glares)
Q: Did you bang Helen Mirren while shooting Mosquito Coast?
A: (glares)
Q: Harrison! Will there be a Hollywood Homicide 2?
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I can joke with everyone else and say Harrison is a curmudgeon, but when it comes down to it, if for Han Solo, Indy, and Rick Deckard alone, I would shine his shoes with my tongue and be glad for it.
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And I like Amish pie.
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that it's the real Harrison and not a replicant? Someone make an origami unicorn.
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Mr. Ford, will you sing "Some Enchanted Evening" like you did in American Graffiti again?
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Seeing Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew
Best money I have ever spent. -
I can use a a good dipping...
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was awesome. That and Witness, what a great one-two.
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