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‘Prince Caspian’ less ‘Fairy Tale,’ More Swashbuckling Says Publicist Ernie Malik

Paul Martin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:16:00 +0000

One of the first big summer family friendly adventures will be “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.”

For a “peek” of “Caspian.” courtesy of publicist Ernie Malik (“We Are Marshall”), the chronicles this time have less of a “fairy tale aura ” and more “swashbuckling” action than 2005’s “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.”

“The same four children return, all ably supported by a big screen newcomer named Ben Barnes. While swashbucklers may appeal to a male audience, girls will swoon over this matinee-idol handsome young Brit,” Malik said.

“Evil personified jumps off the screen in the guise of the story’s villain, Miraz, wonderfully embodied by Italian movie star Sergio Castellitto. He was a delight to watch on the set.”

The sequel returns Aslan the Lion, but anticipate new CGI characters, brand new special F/X make up from Oscar winners Howard Berger and Tami Lane (who took home the coveted gold statue for the first film), and an amazing array of costumes as well.

Publicist Malik has written the “official Making of…” book which contains lots of scenes from “Prince Caspian” and remembering Empire Books from his stay in Huntington, he projects “it may be available in that wonderful bookstore you folks have in the new downtown mall.”

Oscar winner Tami Lane comes home

Paul Martin — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:12:00 +0000

Tami Lane walked through the door of her parents’ Dunlap townhouse Friday, lugging a backpack weighed down by clothes, magazines and an eight-and-a-half pound, gold-plated statue.

Minutes later, the Oscar was glinting under the living room lights, in the hands of her father, Roger Lane. He passed it gently to her mother, Linda, and her sister, Tracy, 34, all of them smiling and, like so many Oscar winners, marveling at how heavy it was.

Lane, 31, a Woodruff High School and Bradley University grad, took a seat on the couch and obliged her curious public with the details of last Sunday, the day she won best makeup for “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” at the Academy Awards.

It began at 10 a.m. Lane and her friend Penny Mackie, part of Narnia’s costume team, arrived at co-nominee Howard Berger’s house, where a team of makeup and hair specialists awaited them.

They arrived at the Kodak theater just before 3 p.m. “It was kind of a bummer” to get to the theater before the swarm of celebrities and popping flashbulbs, she said, but there was plenty of that to come.

Just before the award for best makeup was announced, pages ushered Lane, Berger and the other nominees backstage. Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench greeted them. (If you’re wondering about those shots of Lane in her seat, waiting for presenters Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell to open the envelope, those are special seats in front set up just for the cameras, she said.)

“All I heard was ‘How-’” said Lane, “and I was whipped up on stage.” She stared out into a crowd she described as “like your own 3-D People magazine,” with Jack Nicholson and George Clooney looking up at her.

Berger, as Lane’s loyal supporters have pointed out repeatedly since the Oscars, got to do all the talking. But Lane’s not bitter. “We had that worked out” in advance, she said. “I’m not upset at all by it.”

And in fact she did say a few words, after the mike cut out: “Thank you for making dreams come true.”

Then ushers marched her and Berger past Morgan Freeman – the first to congratulate them on their win – to have photos taken. They ate dinner at the Governor’s Ball and zipped past Elton John’s party (much too crowded) to the Vanity Fair party. “Madonna was there, but I didn’t see her,” said Lane, sounding a tad disappointed.

By 1:30 a.m., the party slowed down. “It went way too fast,” she said.

Lane isn’t sure yet what the effect of her win will be. “I’ve been told that my rate will go up and I’m more in demand,” she said. She’ll begin work soon on “Prince Caspian,” the sequel to Narnia.

And for the next few days she’ll be home in Peoria. “I love this town,” she said. “There’s so many people I want to see.”

She’s having a party tonight from 8 to 11 at Agatucci’s restaurant in Peoria – a chance for friends to catch up.

She might bring the Oscar, she said, even though it’s already a little worse for the wear. The sapphire rings she wore left tiny marks around the statue’s legs. “I don’t know,” she said, surveying the scratches. “I kind of like them there.”

Narnia Wins Academy Award

Paul Martin — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:55:00 +0000

Achievement in Make-Up
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Howard Berger and Tami Lane

FILM SYNOPSIS
The four Pevensie children have been evacuated from wartime London to the country home of Professor Kirke, where they discover a magical wardrobe through which they can enter the land of Narnia. There, they must help Narnia’s rightful ruler, the majestic lion Aslan, defeat the evil White Witch who has seized control of his kingdom.

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Well, I’m just glad that Clooney doesn’t do make-up. So it worked out well. This is really an amazing life. It all started when I was a little boy and my mother read me “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak and at that point I knew I wanted to go live with the monsters. Real quick I want to thank Disney, Mark Johnson, Walden Media, Cary Granat, Perry Moore, my partners in crime at K.N.B effects group, Robert Kurtzman and Gregory Nicotero. Everyone that was there with me through the journey a year and a half of this magnificent project. My Aslan, Andrew Adamson, my inspiration, Kelsey Travis and Jake, my best friend, Sandy. Rick Baker, Dick Smith, Stan Winston, Richard Taylor, Danny Striepeke, and I want to dedicate this to my parents Kenneth and Susan Berger, right now I know they’re looking down upon me and saying we’re proud of you that you’re living with the monsters and running through the forest with the wild things. Thank you.

SPECIAL ONLINE THANKS
Howard Berger and Tami Lane

Wow, what a wonderful life and it all started when my mother read me WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and I knew then I wanted to be that little boy Max. I want to thank Disney, Walden Media, Mark Johnson, Perry Moore, Cary Granat, Douglas Gresham and my Aslan Andrew Adamson. My amazing children, Kelsey, Travis and Jake, I finally got to make a film they could see, my best friend Sandi Berger, Dick Smith, Stan Winston and Dan Striepeke, my partners in crime Greg Nicotero and Robert Kurtzman, everyone at KNB EFX GROUP, INC who followed me through Narnia for a year and a half, you know who you are, Charlize Theron for loving my nose, and I want to dedicate this award to my parents Kenneth and Susan Berger, who if they were here today would be so proud that their little Max who is still playing in the forest with the Wild Things. Thank you and good night.

THANK YOU
Heidi, Heather & Holly; Stacie; Uncle Bill; Jeannie and Sonny; Bob Carrelli; Akihito Ikeda; Connors; Nick Marra; Scott Stoddard; Delchambre; James Leonard; Christopher Cera; Rob Freitas; Alex Diaz; Steve Hartman; Matt Killen; Mike Manzel; Steve Munson; Gary Pawlowski; Frank Ryberg; Shannon Shea; Mike Deak; Scott Patton; Jaremy Aiello; Mitch DeVane; Garrett Immel; Eric Gruenderman; Michael McCarty; Dave Grasso; Chad Atkinson; Fred Cervantes; Anthony Diaz; Grady Holder; Carey Jones; Gil Liberto; James McLaughlin; Erica Olsen; Dave Perteet; Caleb Schneider; Kara Krasnoff; Lindsay Vivian; Adrian Atwood; Katherine Brown; Tanya Bermingham; Annamarie; Linda Hal Couper; Rebeccah; Sean Foot; Kristelle Gardiner; Sarah Graham; Paul Katte; Ray Massa; Shannon McKean; Haley Oliver; Jess Reedy; Sarah Rubano; Maryanne Rushton; Russell Seifert; Consuelo Duran; John Fedele; Terri Flucker; Bruce Mitchell; Ben Rittenhouse; John Calpin; Derek Krout; Patricia Urias; Marion Held-Bixby; Mark Boley; Annelises Boise; Connie Criswell; Tyson Fountaine; Paul Molnar; Karin Hanson; Khan Tran; Jake McKinnon; Kamar Bitar; Jenny Wallace; Nikki Gooley; Isis Mussenden; Tom Williams; Beth DePatie; Roger Ford; Dean Wright; Randy Starr; Maggie Todd; Connie Cadwell; David Fedele; Karen Mason; Molly McGee; Katherine Sully; Margeau Bull; Steve Katz; Arnold Goldman; Ginger Anglin; Louis Kiss; Marina Barsalo; Jack Bricker; Justin Ditter; Phannin Jurvlaivui; Ron Pipes II; Rapeeporn Rodehompu; Jeff Edwards; John Criswelll; Veronica Torres; KC Holdenfield; Naime; Tracey Reeby; Kimberly Adams; Alina Phelan; Tim Coddington; Ian Gracie; Bill Westenhofer; Erica Burton; Julia Orr; Abby Vickery; Elka Wardega; Bliss Macgillicuddy; Paige Banenoch; Dalia Fernandez; Roxie Hodenfield; Pip Lund; Beth Hathaway; Mark Ballou; Liz Blackwell; Dawn Dininger; Fred Fraleigh; Patrick Mullan; Clare Mulroy; Jeff Himmel; David Wogh; Robert Derry; Sonny Tilders; Harrison Lorenzana; Jeff Okabayashi; Randy Ball; Jessica Needham; Phil Steuer; Mark Simone; Rich Chapla; Don McAlpine; Jim Berney; Brigham Taylor

Special Thanks to
James McAvoy; Richard and Tania Taylor; Gino Acevedo; The Gang at WETA Workshop; William, Anna, Skandar & Georgie; Tilda Swinton; All the Fauns, Satyrs, Minotaurs, Goblins, Boggles, Dwarves, Giants, Cyclops, Ogres, Hags, Centaurs, & Minoboars

[Press Room Interview]

LWW Nominated for Three Academy Awards

Paul Martin — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:58:00 +0000

The 78th Annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) Nominees were announced this morning, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was nominated in three categories.

* Achievement in Makeup
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Howard Berger and Tami Lane.
Up against: Cinderella Man and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

* Achievement in Sound Mixing
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Terry Porter. He was previously nominated for: Aladdin (1992), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). These are the first Academy Award nominations for Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson.
Up against: King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Walk the Line and War of the Worlds.

* Achievement in Visual Effects
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer and Jim Berney. This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Scott Farrar. He was previously nominated for: A.I. – Artificial Intelligence (2001), Backdraft (1991) and Cocoon (1985).
Up against: King Kong and War of the Worlds

[For a full list of nominees]
[For our LWW Awards page]

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