FHSTheFlash The Flash Volume 46, Issue 1 October 2005 | Page 7

7 October 2005 Disney star travels to Detroit to promote his new movie the way they hold their hands ther, which he could never get handle the clubs, how they interact with caddy, how they wipe their brow. But Francis kind of got lost because there wasn’t any footage of him. There weren’t camera’s around, so I had to somewhat model myself after Bobby Jones, whose idol was Francis. Q: From your perspective what’s so appealing about these under dog movies that make them so great and haven’t lost their timelessness or attraction at all? A: First of all this film is just a timeless movie like Casablanca in a sense that it’s a movie movie. But as far as the underdog thing goes, this isn’t just an underdog story, this is THE underdog story, one of the greatest sports stories ever told. You have to think about where Francis was and who he was. Francis was a nobody and his father was an immigrant farm worker. He had nothing. He grew up across the street from a golf course; his father was fired from that golf course. All Francis wanted was, was not to be a golfer, but to feel affection and love from his fa- issues with being the man of the house, and being fired, and not being able to provide for his family. Now here’s Francis trying to help out; he’s at the age now, and something’s going to happen, something happens in every household, but in 1913 especially, you had to be respectful to your family, it was like a requisite. But Francis wanted to be involved in the golfing world. His father had been shunned from that world, so he didn’t want him to be a part of that world; he didn’t want his to get lost. But here’s Francis saying, “No father, let me do this.” So he goes off, and Francis ends up becoming one of the most well known ambassadors for golf. Q: The younger kids relate to you more because of Even Stevens, they don’t know Bill [Paxton, the director]. Do you take that into account, with your future film roles? A: Well, I mean look at the films that I make. I could be making Herbie: Fully Loaded (pretends to shoot himself), which was all available to me. I turned down 12 movies last year, I By Snarski and Hamel while they’re moving, how they because his father had pride Flash Movie Reporter Recently, we had a chance to sit down with Shia LaBouf, star of the new film, The Greatest Game Ever Played. This is that interview…. Q: Did you play golf before making this movie? What kinds of training were you required to go through to prepare for this role? A: No. As a matter of fact I didn’t even like golf before I made this movie. That’s the truth of it. I mean I love golf now. The thing is as an actor you get into these roles, and you slowly start becoming these people. I mean if you’ve met golfers they are extremely neurotic, but what it changed for me is the training. I had to do three months of training onset, and three months of training offset, and the reason for that is Bill said “Look we’re not making Bagger Vance man, it’s just not happening. You’re really going to have to become a golfer”. But that’s how I learned to become my character and love golf. Every golfer has his own mannerisms: the way they line up the putt, walk around, could have been a really, filthy rich human being, and not being able to sleep in my bed because I don’t have respect for myself anymore. So, my choices then become, I can sit around and wait for good projects to come along. I know who my audience is, but I want them to celebrate art with me; I want them to share what I’m making. I don’t have to work to get paid anymore like I did on Even Stevens. The only reason I’m in this business was because I wanted a new Jansport [backpack]. Then I met Jon Voight, and he introduced me to art, but before that I was doing Even Stevens to get paid Q: We saw that you had directed a short film. Are there any plans to do any more directorial projects. A: Well, the short film I did was pretty successful; we won the jury prize at the Chicago international film festival. I made it with Andy Davis who did Holes with me. I don’t know though, me and Bill [Paxton] are still pretty good friends, so you never know. I’m really into what I’m doing now; I’m pretty passionate as you can see. So I don’t know, maybe someday. Read the full interview with Shia at our website. Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride The Fraser Flash is Sure to Knock Audiences Dead Visit The Flash online at www.myhighschooljournalsim.org/mi/fraser/fhs By Snarski and Hamel Flash Movie Reporters From the depths of the underworld comes a new Tim Burton film. The Corpse Bride is Tim Burton’s follow up to the now classic film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Using the same style of filmmaking, stopmotion animation, he crafts a wonderful story, filled with fantastic visuals, great music, and incredible voice acting by an allstar cast. The story follows a young man, Victor Van Dort (voiced by long time Burton collaborator, Johnny Depp), who is set to wed Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson), the supposedly wealthy daughter of Lord Everglot, whose fortune has run dry. Problem is, Victor and Victoria have never met before. The story begins with Victor and Victoria’s wedding rehearsal day. When the nervous Victor just can’t seem to get his vows right, he causes a catastrophe that results in the delay of their marriage. He soon flees the premise and goes into the woods to practice his vows. Unfortunately, the one time he manages to get it right, he makes a grave mistake. He puts the ring on the finger of the Corpse Bride, (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter, who teamed with Burton and Depp on this year’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) making her legally his wife in the underworld. Once down in the underworld, Victor meets some strange characters, and this is when the film really takes off. It’s been more than 10 years since Tim Burton’s last stop motion film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and many people have been long anticipating his return to the medium. The wait was definitely worth it, with fantastic visuals, voice acting, and songs by the incredible Danny Elfman, this production was really something everybody could enjoy. At some points in the film, the story had become so captivating that the big named stars almost seemed irrelevant to the quality of the movie. The movie is sure to be a big hit with the fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the fans of Burton’s legacy of films. 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