September 21, 2004
Demi Moore's new movie, Half Light, ticking off the locals
This comes from Digital Spy:
Locals outraged by Demi Moore movie The producers of Demi Moore's new movie, Half Light, have been accused of destroying a natural beauty spot, according to Ananova. The movie is being filmed on the remote island of Ynyf Llanddwyn, off Anglesey in Wales, however locals are unhappy about the way that the film's producers are using the island. The island's lighthouse, its main tourist attraction, has been painted red, while the film sets are ruining the beautiful landscape. A 12th century wall was bulldozed to make way for parking space, and locals have been inconvenienced by producers closing the community centre without any notice.This is really sad. When you watch the special features on The Lord of the Rings DVD's you see how careful Peter Jackson and his crew were with preserving all the natural beauty of the places they shot. They even went WAY out of their way to make 100% sure that as little as possible was disturbed and that EVERYTHING was left EXACTLY as they found it. It's too bad when you come across stories like this one of Hollywood producers not giving a crap about the locals or the history of a place. BULLDOZING A 12th CENTURY WALL FOR PARKING?!?!?! Someone should be hung.
To read the whole article head over here.
Posted by John Campea at September 21, 2004 07:19 AM
Comments
Posted by: miles at September 22, 2004 09:34 AM
I love the way the media pounce on a story like that I bet it's a couple of old biddies who won't be able to walk their dog in the usual place for a couple of weeks They have nothing to say about the huge amount of money that will come to the local economy and you'll hear nothing from them in a month's time when the only sign that they were ever there will be the publicity it generated
Posted by: Virgil at September 26, 2004 04:08 AM
I am a resident of Newborough and was delighted the film was taking place. The stories related to are rubbish and came from anonymous sources. The film company have left now and the island will be returned to normal. We will be delighted to see the film on its release and hope that it generates interest and brings tourist's to the area and create some much needeed employment.
Posted by: Barrie Freeman at September 30, 2004 02:14 AM
The film is set to be fab with the best northwest england irish band around. Check out the band that appear in the movie on www.thebogtrotters.com.
from the audition panel for suitable band actors
Posted by: Darren T at December 6, 2004 12:26 PM
Just checked out the site, thanks to 'Darren'.
The band are fab. I met them once(before the line up changed).
The musicians to appear in the film are;
Len Whitehead,(guitar)
Eimear Bradley (the pretty one!-fiddle)
Martin Hall (accordian-he was in the band a few years ago when I met them)
Fab bunch of musicians. I wish you guys all the luck in the world,
Pat from near Horwich, England
Posted by: Pat D'arcy at December 6, 2004 12:31 PM
the film will b shit. they spoilt the burialsite of branwen and the money went to the welsh assembly the ppl ov ynys mon will not benefit,and if we did it would not matter, they desecrated a holy and ancient sight, this is how shitholes r created look at england all that filming makes it look worse than it ever was.
Posted by: jay from ynys mon at December 7, 2004 08:13 AM
mmmm, and for some crappy demi moore movie...i would rather check out the wall then any of the crap she has been in...well...striptease was alright.