posted January 22, 2005 10:54 AM         

In it's first week of opening, it has apparently taken in R 125 000 (don't ask what that is in $).
But the most amazing thing about the movie, it was shot in my province here in South Africa. So I want to know,if any of you have seen it yet, what the scenery is like in
the movie?
Is it magnificent? beautiful, awe- inspiring?

The movie is only opening here in SA in March.
I hope it is a good movie.
Nice to think that a movie that is doing well in USA was shot right in my backyard.

posted January 22, 2005 09:16 PM         

Did a search... Says it takes place in Navada, but we know it was filmed in Bisbee, AZ.

Stephen King's 'Desperation' Cast News

By Brad Brevet
Source: StephenKing.com | November 15, 2004

Yet again another Stephen King novel is getting the made-for-TV treatment as Desperation is currently being filmed in Arizona.

StephenKing.com is reporting that Mick Garris, whose previous Stephen King projects include Riding the Bullet, The Stand, The Shining, Quicksilver Highway [Chattery Teeth], and Sleepwalkers, wrote the screenplay and is directing this production.

As far as the cast goes it looks like they didn't hold back in trying to get bigger names for this one as Hellboy is even taking a role as Ron Perlman will be playing Collie Entragian. The rest of the cast includes Tom Skerritt as Johnny Marinville, Steven Weber as Steve Ames, Matt Frewer as Ralph Carver, Annabeth Gish as Mary Jackson, Henry Thomas as Peter Jackson and Charles Durning as Tom Billingsley.

The site also makes sure to emphasize that this is being filmed as a feature film, not a mini-series, which should be promising.

The book it is based on is quite complex, and I am curious to see just how they are able to recreate the story of a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It's not a very nice place to live. It's an even worse place to die. It's known as Desperation, Nevada.

And these...
Top 10 Movies Filmed in Arizona
Guide Picks

From Judy Hedding,
Your Guide to Phoenix, AZ.
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There have been many movies filmed in Arizona. From the desert sands of Yuma to the red rocks of Sedona and the grandeur of the Grand Canyon, Arizona has long been a popular place for filming movies. Here are some of my top picks. Can you tell where in Arizona the filming took place?

1) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 - Wyatt Earp decides to quit being a lawman and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. Stars Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas.

2) Lilies of the Field
1963 - An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. Stars Sidney Poitier.

3) Raising Arizona
1987 - When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives get more complicated than they anticipated. Stars Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter. 1987.

4) Major League
1989 - An exotic dancer marries the owner of a baseball club. He does not survive the honeymoon and she is in control of his ball club. Stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Rene Russo, Wesley Snipes.

5) Broken Arrow
1995 - High grossing adventure movie includes pilots, aircraft, nuclear bombs and such. Stars John Travolta, Christian Slater.

6) Days of Thunder
1990 - A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level. Stars Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid.

7) Tombstone
1993 - After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone. Stars Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Dana Delaney.

8) Nurse Betty
2000 - Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star. Stars Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear.

9) Three Kings
1998 - Acclaimed Gulf War action film. Stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube.

10) Traffic
2000 - A judge is appointed to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a heroin addict. Stars Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

posted January 22, 2005 10:28 PM         

"Racing Stripes Premise/Synopsis:
A tale of an abandoned baby zebra named Stripes (Frankie Muniz) that grows up on a Kentucky farm believing he's a racehorse. With the help of barnyard friends he overcomes prejudice and self-doubt to pursue his dream of running with the thoroughbreds."