the film is directed by david slade and stars josh hartnett and melissa george .

the story focuses on an alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty-day long polar night .

30 days of night was originally pitched as a comic , then as a film , but it was rejected .

years later , steve niles showed idw publishing the idea and it took off .

the film was produced on a budget of $ 30 million and grossed over $ 75 million at the box office during its six-week run starting on october 19 , 2007 . critical reviews were mixed .

a sequel , dark days , was released on october 5 , 2010 straight to home video .

a prequel mini-series , blood trails , was released on urltoken and fearnet on demand in 2007 .

30 days of night ( film )

30 days of night , vol . 1 ( 30 days of night # 1 )
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ben ketai has been named the director of 30 days of night : dark days , the sequel to the 2007 vampire thriller 30 days of night , according to bloody disgusting .
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30 days of night is a 2007 vampire film directed by david slade and starring josh hartnett and danny huston .
a terrific horror premise goes begging in the garbled halloween offering 30 days of night .
30 days of night takes an interesting premise but doesn ' t execute it effectively .
i didn’t think the ending in underworld and 30 days of night were that similar .
start by marking “30 days of night , vol . 1” as want to read :
30 days of night : a novelization ( book , 2007 ) [ worldcat . org ]
cisco davis , jr’s 29 days later film shadowtale will premiere at friday night’s screening .
30 days of night is the official novelization of the 2007 horror film 30 days of night . the novel was written by tim lebbon and published in mass market paperback edition by pocket star . the story and the film is based on the 30 days of night series of comic books and graphic novels written by steve niles and illustrated by ben templesmith .
30 days of night : dark days doesn ' t offer anything to recommend . look at the cover and move on .
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previously , kentai had co - written , with original 30 days of night graphic novel writer steve niles , the web - based and on - demand prequel to the first film , 30 days of night : blood trails . the 30 - minute blood trails had been shown on urltoken and fearnet on demand just prior to the theatrical release of 30 days of night . kentai then went on to co - write with niles and ed fowler the web - based and on - demand sequel to 30 days of night entitled 30 days of night : dust to dust .
30 days of night was originally pitched as a comic , then as a film , but was rejected . years later steve niles showed
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this cast list of who was in 30 days of night includes both lead and minor roles . ( 46 items )
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any day now ,
30 days of night : dark days
will start shooting in vancouver with director ben ketai at the helm .
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( original title - 30 days of night ) © 2007 columbia pictures industries , inc . all rights reserved .
richardson was also responsible for ushering steve niles’ high - concept hit “30 days of night” into a hollywood bidding war .
30 days of night is based on a dark horse comics comic book series written by steve niles and matt fraction .
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30 days of night is available now on dvd . read our review of the cinematic release here ; and the dvd here .
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30 days of night is a 2007 american horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name . the film is directed by david slade and stars josh hartnett , melissa george , and danny huston .
30 days of night : a novelization / tim lebbon ; steve niles ; new york : pocket star books , ©2007 .
30 days of night cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of 30 days of night actors includes any 30 days of night actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view trivia about each 30 days of night actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to a page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of 30 days of night have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of 30 days of night , vol . 1 by steve niles .
niles says that utilizing the “30 days of night” name , and setting these stories in the same universe , just makes good business sense . when idw published the sequel to “30 days of night , ” “dark days , ” the “30 days of night” brand was not included . as a result , niles said there was some confusion as to what the project was and sales weren’t what they had hoped for . the writer followed that project up with “30 days of night : return to barrow” and sales went up , due in part to the inclusion of the “30 days of night” name . with niles still itching to explore the world of vampires , he saw no reason not to place them in the same universe and continue to capitalize on the “30 days of night” name , which has become a legitimate franchise within comics .
in other film news , niles said the latest version of the script for “30 days of night” by writer stuart beattie ( “collateral , ” “pirates of the caribbean” ) is receiving incredible feedback and he expects the film to begin rolling shortly .
for more on “30 days” of night , click here . for a real audio interview with niles conducted march 27th , click here .
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30 days of night ,
gone baby gone
and
rendition .
raimi told daily variety that “30 days” is “so unlike the horror films of recent years . ”
30 days of night : dark days trailer interview kiele sanchez , diora baird , rhys coiro , steve niles , ben ketai , j . r . young comic - con | collider
30 days of night : dark days trailer plus interviews with kiele sanchez , diora baird , rhys coiro , steve niles , ben ketai and j . r . young at comic - con
30 days of night takes an interesting premise but doesn ' t execute it effectively . utilising a weather phenomenon known as
polar nights
in which night lasts more than 24 . . .
this page uses content from wikipedia . the original article was at 30 days of night ( film ) . the list of authors can be seen in the page history . as with horror film wiki , the text of wikipedia is available under the gnu free documentation license .
30 days of night is a great example on how to combine chills , thrills and gore with the end result a serious and effective horror movie .
debbie baldwin and derek thomas of continuity pictures took home second place for the 29 days later film project .
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niles and the rest of the
dark days
creative team will have to work quickly , as the
30 days of night
sequel is gearing up to begin shooting in vancouver within the month .
cast member ben foster attends the premiere of
30 days of night
at grauman ' s chinese theatre in hollywood october 16 , 2007 . reuters / phil mccarten
always night : the film is set during the one month where barrow , alaska is without sun .
industry pundits had expected most of the five new releases to reach $ 10 million for the weekend — a figure that only “30 days of night” is likely to reach .
niles thought about it for a while , trying to choose whether to let writers play in the “30 days of night” or cal mcdonald sand boxes and ultimately he felt more comfortable letting writers into the “30 days of night” universe . niles admitted , “i realized i’m just not ready to let anybody else write cal .
one of the projects niles is most excited about debuts this october , “ 30 days of night : bloodsucker tales . ” since the announcement was made just a few weeks back , some have accused niles of trying to milk the “30 days of night” name , the book that launched his career to a new level , which he disagrees with .
dark days is hardly mediocre , but barely interesting ; lacking a solid hook like the first film .
30 days of night is a 2007 american vampire horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name . the film is directed by david slade , and stars josh hartnett , melissa george , and danny huston . the story focuses on an alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty - day long polar night .
30 days of night is based on a three - issue graphic novel of the same name , written by american comic book writer steve niles and illustrated by australian comic book artist ben templesmith . a sequel to the movie , 30 days of night : dark days ( 2010 ) , was released in 2010 . the screenplay was written by steve niles and screenwriters stuart beattie and brian nelson .
a growing trend in today’s film and television industry is the adaptation of comic books and graphic novels . the horror genre is no exception . so i thought i’d start writing some book - to - film comparisons for those of you who may be unfamiliar with one of them . we’ll begin with 30 days of night .
it’s well known that most comics that get optioned for film are based on super heroes . “30 days of night” is clearly not a super hero film which puts it in the same group with other recent comic based films like “road to perdition , ” “from hell” and “ghost world . ” while “30 days” doesn’t share anything thematically with the previously mentioned comics , it’s an indication that hollywood isn’t just super hero happy even with the outrageous success of the “spider - man” film .
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30 days of night
creator steve niles attended baltimore comic - con this past weekend and spoke with comics continuum about the upcoming movie , saying that they have one priority in mind right now : casting the film ' s lead .
filmed here : 30 days of night , the chronicles of narnia : the lion , the witch and the wardrobe ; the ferryman ; ash v evil dead ; crouching tiger , hidden dragon 2 : sword of destiny .
he ' s the man behind 30 days of night . he ' s writing stories set in gotham city . and he ' s spared some time for a chat . . . .
the first 30 days of night film , starring josh hartnett in 2007 , was enjoyable , especially with the uniqueness of the snow - covered alaskan town of barrow and the fact that the graphic novel ( and film ) wasn’t afraid to kill off anyone . now , with the film being a success , a new 30 days of night film , dark days , got the green light , but with a completely different cast . having read both of the graphic novels , i decided to jump at the chance to interview the cast and crew of the new film on friday during comic - con to find out more . join me after the break for a complete synopsis to get you up to speed , the new red - band trailer that debuted during comic - con , highlights of the interviews , and a full transcript .
with 30 days of night riding high in the dvd charts , and talk of a follow - up gathering pace , den of geek squeezed in some time with steve niles to find out what ' s what . . .
there are not many decent vampire films to date . unfortunately , 30 days of night doesn ' t satisfy all those looking for a saviour . however , it does deliver some decent scares .
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according to daily variety dreamworks and mgm were also keenly interested in picking up “30 days of night , ” but ultimately raimi and senator intl . won out . niles will write the screenplay for the film version of “30 days . ” dark horse comics publisher mike richardson brought niles and the book to caa and will serve as executive producer of the film . richardson also ep’d “the mask” and “timecop , ” and produced “mystery men” and the upcoming “hellboy , ” all based on comics . while raimi will be producing , he will not direct “30 days” due to production conflicts with the “spider - man” sequel .
the fact that
30 days of night
wasn ' t a smashing success at the box office isn ' t necessarily an indicator that a sequel film is off limits—on the contrary , a follow - up to the comic book adaptation is about to go into production .
is it just me or are there a lot of trailers hitting the web this week ? and we haven’t been posting all of them ( as some of them just rent worth watching ) . yesterday we posted the new trailer for will smith’s i am legend . and now ign brings us the first movie trailer for another vampire film , 30 days of night . a couple days back we showed you the 30 days of night movie poster , which we thought looked super cool . in the new trailer , i like how the director used a blue but almost colorless palette to tell the story . i have never read the graphic novel , but i’ve flipped through it more than a couple times . and this film looks like the comic . 30 days of night looks to be everything i was anxiously expecting plus some . check out the trailer after the jump .
dark days
focuses on stella oleson , the female lead of the original
30 days of night
film , as she travels to los angeles to wreak vengeful havoc upon the vampires that destroyed her town and led her husband to his death . stella was played by melissa george in the film , and while recent rumors suggested that the role would be recast , that ' s certainly not niles ' hope .
meyers and erika olde of black bicycle entertainment began working on the project early last year , and brought witherspoon on board last summer . meyers - shyer shot the film in los angeles in 30 days in december .
the 30 days of night begins here ! this is first tpb in the series . creative team : writer & co - creator : steve niles illustrator & co - creator : ben templesmith letterer : robbie robbins 30 days of night barrow , alaska , is a town where from november 18th to december 17th , each year , they have thirty days of night , since due its position in the globe , the sun isn’t visible over there during that period . surely it’s an inconvenience alright , but when you add to this situation , vampires , real blood -
i bought the film ages ago and it came with a little sample of the graphic novel . i love the film and the sample graphic novel was pretty ace !
one of the best vampire novels i ' ve read . what better premise for a vampire story to take place where they could have 30 days of night in the far northern city of barrow , ak . how could one survive that long in the dark in general , let alone avoiding blood thirsty vampires . no sparkles from these vampires . they are here for 30 days of vampire mardi gras !
the official ghost house pictures website has posted a short video clip with 30 days of night director david slade talking about adapting the steve niles graphic novel . columbia pictures will release the movie on october 19 , 2007 .
30 days of night : dark days is a video starring kiele sanchez , rhys coiro , and diora baird . after surviving the incidents in barrow , alaska , stella olemaun relocates to los angeles , where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband , eben .
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back in march we introduced you to “ 30 days of night ” a three - issue horror comic by steve niles with art by ben templesmith and published through idw publishing . “30 days” is the story of a small town in alaska which experiences 30 days of total darkness . when this occurs and the town finds itself over run by the undead , the husband and wife sheriff and deputy team working in the city have a completely different type of criminal element to contend with . while the first issue hit the stands a month ago and the second issue is set to hit comic shops later this month , there’s even bigger news for “30 days” readers : it’s gonna be a movie .
30 days of night has been credited with reinventing the vampire as an actually scary monster , rather than the anne rice style hedonists they seemed to have turned into . why did you decide to make them so vicious and animalistic ?
adapted from steve niles’ acclaimed graphic novel , 30 days of night boasts something that has long been absent from modern fiction : genuinely frightening vampires . decades of camp counts nipping at the necks of buxom virgins have long inured people to dracula and his ilk . but slade has returned the vampire to its rightful place as lord of things that go bump in the night .
i can kind of see what you mean , but no , i didn’t think the ending in underworld and 30 days of night were that similar . what i liked about the end wasn’t really that development anyway , though . i just like the idea of the last shot .
everyone is eager to get the
last flight out
before the airport closes down for 30 days . the airport may close for occasional storms , but it never shuts down for 30 days . alaska airlines flies to barrow at least once a day all year . see more »
with 30 days of night , slade has laid the groundwork for a true vampire renaissance . his is a new breed of vampire , one that cares nothing for crosses or garlic and will drag you screaming from your house whether you invite them in or not .
the 30 days of night production team were housed at digipost’s auckland facility for the post phase , allowing a close working relationship between the vfx supervisor and the digipost team . prior to the cannes film festival , a hard - hitting dolby® digital surround sound mix was produced for the trailer in the digipost dolby® certified audio facilities .
30 days of night is only 81 pages long , so it ' s quite a quick read . there ' s not much writing but it ' s quite effective and the art is a little confusing but incredibaly good at the . . .
what we have here is vampires and an abundance of nighttime , and not a whole hell of a lot more . 30 days of night takes place within the upper confines of alaska . the northernmost town , barrow , is situated well within the arctic circle , and the community suffers a protracted period during winter when sunlight never appears . based on the steve niles and ben templesmith graphic novel , 30 days of night begins shortly before last sundown before the town descends into a month - long period of darkness . let’s just excuse the factual discrepancy that barrow , alaska , actually endures over two months of total darkness , because with a vampire flick , “67 days , give or take , of night” just doesn’t sound quite as fashionable . this is a very slick and stylish film , and when it works , it really works . unfortunately , a weak script , even simpler than the graphic novel itself , eats this film alive .
as the winter sun sets over the isolated town of barrow , alaska , the residents prepare for 30 days of total darkness . but sunset heralds the arrival of a pack of hungry vampires , who have a whole month to kill .
all in all , the film adaptation of 30 days of night is pretty faithful to its original source . changes needed to be made to make it a feature length film , but most of them were pretty solid . if you have only seen the movie , i would recommend reading the book and vice versa . the movie is probably better because it is a much more complete story , though the book still stands on its own and is worth the time .
to many familiar with raimi’s early films like those “evil dead” films and “army of darkness , ” you might think he’s the perfect fit for “30 days of night . ” when niles first heard raimi had interest in the book , he didn’t believe what he was hearing .
i thought you might be interested in this item at urltoken title : 30 days of night : a novelization author : tim lebbon ; steve niles publisher : new york : pocket star books , ©2007 . isbn / issn : 9781416544975 1416544976 oclc : 173147828
well , that was a major letdown . i absolutely loved the film version , so i thought i ' d give this a shot . i gotta say , though , this graphic novel from which the film originates is actually pretty shitty . at least , this first volume is ( it ' s not like i ' m going to continue with this series , but still . . . ) . what i thought would happen was each volume would cover a few days during the actual
30 days of night
. . . but no . instead , we rush through the entire 30 days in just under 80 - something pages . the
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
30 days of night ,
which revolves around a zombie invasion of an alaskan town shrouded in 24 - hour darkness , earned about $ 6 . 25 million on its first day of business friday , according to data issued on saturday by box office tracking firm box office mojo ( urltoken ) .
( 50 minutes ) is comprised of eight behind - the - scenes featurettes . viewed together , this documentary on the making of the film is an unexpected treat , dodging grotesque epk ass - kissing for a true snapshot of the film’s creation .
invada records has announced that they will be releasing composer brian reitzell ‘s score to the 2007 vampire film 30 days of night as one of three releases for record store day . this is the first time the soundtrack will appear on wax and it will be limited to 1 , 000 copies of 2xlp on blood red vinyl . the artwork was designed by marc bessant using director david slade’s photography .
, along with kevin shields of my bloody valentine , for the score to sofia coppola’s film lost in translation .
the film’s distributor , columbia pictures , predicted the film would end up with a three - day tally of about $ 15 million , in line with industry forecasts before it opened . columbia is a unit of sony corp .
for 30 days every winter , the isolated town of barrow , alaska is plunged into a state of complete darkness . it’s a bitter time when most of the inhabitants head south . this winter , a mysterious group of strangers appear : bloodthirsty vampires , ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness to feed on the residents remaining in town . barrow’s sheriff eben ( josh hartnett ) , his estranged wife stella ( melissa george ) , and an ever - shrinking group of survivors must do anything they can to last until daylight in 30 days of night .
kelly park film studio is set in the picturesque rural landscape of wainui , 35km ( 21 . 7mi ) north of auckland ' s cbd and situated just off the northern motorway exit ( 30 minutes’ travel time ) .
although a direct sequel of its predecessor , 30 days of night , the story behind this picture is enough to stand on its own . with that said , even though it can be called brief with a runtime under 90 minutes , there isn ' t much in the way of intrigue in the story .
“30 days of night” is a picture molded on a purely visceral level of appreciation . it strictly for audiences who like to be submerged and beaten instead of trusted . i found it to be one of the larger disappointments of 2007 ; a ridiculously wicked premise lost on a filmmaker who doesn’t have the vision , patience , or slightest thread of talent to breathe life into it .
digipost’s team worked closely with the 30 days of night production team , including vfx supervisor charlie mcclellan , to deliver a range of effects , including extensive rig removal , set extension and gore shots . specialised environmental enhancements were carefully designed to add to the intense mood of the film . the vfx team used the power and speed of flame and inferno for the demanding effects , with fire , shake and combustion complimenting the workflow .
niles admits letting someone else play in the “30 days of night” universe was something that took a little getting used to . the thought of someone else writing his characters made niles a bit uncomfortable at first , but he decided that following the example of someone he used to work for wouldn’t be a good idea .
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according to wikipedia , you initially pitched 30 days of night as a movie before writing it as a comic book and then adapting it into a movie . you ' re now working on another comic book - will you be looking to turn that into a movie , too ?
los angeles ( reuters ) - the new zombie thriller “30 days of night” took a commanding early lead at the north american box office on saturday , while the serious dramas “gone baby gone , ” “rendition” and “things we lost in the fire” were on track for disastrous debuts .
they
turn out to be a horde of vampires itching for a taste of fresh blood , and they plan to take every advantage of a month without sunrise . the sheriff and his estranged wife gather up a group of survivors and plan to survive the thirty days of night .
i read this first before seeing the movie , and enjoyed it immensely . horror writer tim lebbon novelizes the film 30 days of night ( which itself is based on the graphic novel series of the same name ) . many novelizations fail because they are only cheap knock - offs of the movie written quickly - - and too often , poorly - - by hack writers in order to capitalize on the popularity of a film . in this case , the result is appropriately creepy and terrifying . lebbon is a talented writer and it shows here .
the film is directed by david slade , a music video turned film director who broke on to the scene with hard candy at sundance 05 . the movie stars josh hartnett and melissa george as a married sheriff and deputy in an alaska town where they encounter a month without daylight . i always was amazed that this idea was never really explored before , because a town like this is a perfect feeding ground for a group of vampires . 30 days of night hits theaters on october 19th 2007 .
30 days of night , is a novel adaptation of the movie of the same name . it has the atmosphere of john carpenter ' s
the thing .
the location is a town that is at the northernmost point of alaska , and they are being haunted by a supernatural killer . or in this case a bunch of vampires who came north , to be able to live in the dark for 30 days . this is more a fun story , than scary , in my opinion , just because of the atmosphere . the alaskan setting is a lot of fun . the book just runs along like an ad
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chuck stone ( right ) of csm accepts the michelle ann farrell award for innovation from presenter and long - time sponsor craig herron of herron designs . chuck also took home third place for the 29 days later film project .
with the latest series , “bloodsucker tales , ” niles is joined by writer matt fraction . niles is writing his 11 pages per issue while fraction writes his . niles’ story is illustrated by newcomer kody chamberlain while fraction is joined by the original “30 days of night” artist ben templesmith .
the only really jarring point is the film’s chronology . the timeline skips forward days at a time with little indication that things have moved on in the interim . the film could just as easily have occupied a single night , although that would negate the undeniably smart premise so that , when dawn finally approaches , the sense of exhausted relief is all the more powerful for the implied wait .
publishing the idea and it took off . the film was produced on a budget of $ 30 million and grossed $ 75 million at the box office during its 6 - week run starting on october 19 , 2007
melissa george played stella in the first film , but the part will be recast for the sequel .
a dock - way provides easy access for lighting and film trucks , and drive - on sets .
niles told cbr news that raimi has seen the first issue of “30 days” and niles shared the rest of the story with the producer over the phone . their discussions so far have been mostly about the story and the characters .
is a 2007 american horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name . the film is directed by david slade and stars josh hartnett , melissa george , and danny huston . the film was released in the united states on october 19 , 2007 . the story focuses on the alaskan town of barrow , beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty - day long period without sunshine . the film follows a group of people who struggle to survive until sunlight returns .
the second issue of “30 days of night” will be available july 31st , just in time for san diego , along with the second issue of niles’ other creator - owned comic , “fused . ” as for interest in taking his other properties like “fused” or “cal macdonald” to the big screen , niles tells us currently there are some nibbles out there .
a few months ago we were the first site to break ( and get absolutely no credit for ) the news that even though the first one hadn’t been finished yet , sony and producer sam raimi were plotting a sequel to their freaky vampire horror - thriller 30 days of night . now with the movie opening this weekend , everyone involved is talking more openly about future plans for more 30 days films . in an interview with reelzchannel , 30 days of night screenwriter brian nelson talked about how much he loved ben foster’s work in the film . ben plays a minor character known only as “the stranger” . though it’s a minor part , as usual foster steals every scene he in . in fact he’s so good the role was actually expanded to give him more screentime . during the interview , nelson hinted that they’re planning another film and said “i ' ll just tantalizingly say it is possible you might see more of the stranger in the future . ” the movie actually leaves the stranger’s fate somewhat open ended , so it would be extremely possible to bring the character back for a sequel . in fact , if they plan to make a franchise of these things , a really cool way to connect them together would be to have each film open by following the stranger’s entry into whatever new setting the vampires are going to ravage . the sequel possibilities are endless , and for once 30 days of night is a movie good enough to warrant revisiting .
niles noted that the pitches in at both dc and marvel are very recent , so saying any more at this point could jinx the projects and no one wants that . at the same time , niles is also hard at work on the first of his “30 days of night” novels for pocket books , the first of which is due on his editor’s desk this november . all the while , production on the feature film “wake the dead” moves along quickly .
awards include cash prizes of $ 200 for the winner of each screening group , $ 100 for the new michelle ann farrell award for innovation , $ 200 worth of special effects services from herron designs , a free film score for a future short film ( under 15 minutes ) from film composer craig dayton , and certificates for categories such as cinematography , acting , writing and special effects .
but , yes , it is death , which is very cold . in
30 days of night ,
barrow will soon be invaded by vampires , who have apparently trekked across the 300 miles of ice and snow wearing their street clothes . you ' d think they could find easier blood to drink in fairbanks or anchorage , but sunlight is fatal to vampires , and so the month of perpetual night in barrow lures them like canadians to florida .
to its credit , 30 days of night : dark days starts with another brilliant premise to exploit - - the polar ( pun intended ) opposite of the first film . instead of setting the film in a land of eternal darkness , the filmmakers move the location to sunny los angeles . what a great idea - - putting the vampires on the defensive instead of the offensive , forcing them into hiding in much the same way humans were forced into hiding in the first film . considering it follows a ragtag group of vampire hunters , this could have been a great opportunity to explore a moral gray area - - have the hunters leveled the playing field by forcing all the vampires to clump together in easily destroyed nests , or have they turned into the same sort of monsters ? do the filmmakers make clever use of this incongruous setting ? nope ! the vast majority of this film takes place entirely at night , and with the exception of an unintentionally comical scene in which vampires ( looking like pale extras from the matrix ) are flushed out using high - intensity uv lamps , there ' s not a single reference to the sun . urltoken
the 29 days later film project screenings kick off this week on thursday , sept . 22 and friday , sept . 23 at the creative alliance in baltimore . check out our list of teams for each screening night at urltoken and visit the creative alliance web site or call 410 - 276 - 1651 for tickets .
for the interview , i was given access to the stars kiele sanchez ( stella oleson ) , diora baird ( amber ) , and rhys coiro ( paul ) . then i had a separate interview with steve niles ( creator of 30 days of night and co - writer ) , ben ketai ( director , co - writer ) , and j . r . young ( co - producer of dark days ) . hit the jump for more :
one of these days , i want to see a horror film where the coming of the dawn is a bad thing for humans . ( eben doesn’t count . he’s not a human anymore . where are the monsters that thrive on daylight ? )
“30 days of night” has a marvelous premise , a reasonable cast , and a sublime location to play around with . but the producers just had to give the material to director david slade , a truly unimaginative filmmaker , who drowns any promise this nihilistic tale of frosty survival held by smothering the picture in excessive , pedestrian visual gymnastics .
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the film is set in barrow , alaska , which the film quickly tells us is the northernmost town in the usa and as such has one month with no sunlight . during this period , most of the townsfolk leave for sunnier pastures .
adapted from a well - received ( and thoroughly franchised ) graphic novel , “30 days” is a concentrated horror stand - off ; a survival tale with fantastical fringes , slicked with waves of blood and gore . the very concept of vampires let loose in a location that contains no sunlight to temper their hunger pains holds fantastic promise . however , “30 days” as a movie is frustrating , more concerned with artifice than primal scream results .
honestly , even though i ' ve seen the movie quite a few times , reading the book was still so very enjoyable ! i bought it at the secondhand about 2 days prior to finishing it , and i started it instantly ! it was almost like i was reading shutter island all over again , reading the book after i had already watched the movie a handful of times . . . it was great ! the one constant idea that lingered in my mind as i read the 30 days of night : official novelization of the film was that the vampires depicted i
unfortunately it also tamed them . rice made us want to be vampires . i wanted to make them scary again . it really was just that simple . the vampires in 30 days of night could care less about seducing you . they want your blood and all the begging and praying in the world won’t stop them .
the focus of 30 days of night undeniably ends up on huston , who is captivating onscreen in a very different way than gary oldman’s dracula . his marlow is at some moments quite cruel and mocking before he kills his victims , yet at other times , the character’s intelligence seems to point towards a larger backstory . poor little hartnett , for all his ubiquitous squinty - eyed expressiveness , really does make a valiant effort as the town’s sheriff . george , for her part , must have spent more time having her lipstick and eye - shadow reapplied than perfecting her role . in cases where the plot is so simple , a film’s execution simply must be aggressively and thoroughly cool , or it just won’t work . 30 days of night almost delivers the goods , but not quite .
reid scott , who plays an agent in the film , said “ home again ” took him back to his own youth . “it’s the kind of film they don’t make much anymore — the kind of movie i grew up on so it’s nice to finally be part of one , ” he added .
daily variety made it official today when they announced that senator international , a production label specifically geared to produce modestly budgeted horror , sci - fi and fantasy films , has acquired the screen rights to “30 days of night” in a seven figure deal . the film will be produced by “spider - man” director sam raimi and producing partner rob tapert with joe drake of senator intl . supervising its development . senator intl . will fully finance and handle worldwide distribution rights .
oh , the vampires . don’t be fooled by my praising the creepy nails above ; the vampires in this movie are awful . seriously , they may not be sexy , but that doesn’t make them any less irritating . they are easily the worst part about 30 days of night , and considering that it’s a vampire movie —
“steve niles is doing a number of books for [ dark horse ] and we took ’30 days’ over to sam raimi and rob tapert , who are friends of mine , ” richardson said . raimi , tapert and richardson all collaborated on “timecop . ”
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
producer sam raimi ( spider - man™ ) brings audiences the terrifying thriller 30 days of night , set in the isolated town of barrow , alaska , in the extreme northern hemisphere , which is plunged into complete darkness annually for an entire month . when most of the inhabitants head south for the winter , a mysterious group of strangers appear : bloodthirsty vampires , ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness to feed on the town ' s residents .
the vampires speak a completely original language . it was created for the film with the help of a linguistics professor at a new zealand university .
this edition is signed by ben templesmith and steve niles , which i did not realise when i bought it , so i was very excited , when i saw this . the edition has the first three installments of 30 days of night , i have been hooked to these graphic novels ever since i saw the movie . well worth the money spent , i find .
break out some garlic and get your crosses ready , hollywood . this past weekend must have seemed like one long night for some of your biggest a - listers , as the vampire flick
30 days of night
took a huge bite out of the box office , earning $ 16 million to come in at # 1 . creatures of darkness , vampires are said to wilt in the sun , but it was actors like jake gyllenhaal , halle berry and ben affleck who dissolved in the bright glare of competition , their projects scoring disappointing or downright disastrous openings .
above all else , 30 days of night reads like a horror movie - - a great horror movie . if you thirst for something that ' s guaranteed to scare the pants off you , you ' ve gotta pick this up . but take my advic - - read it with the lights on .
- - casey seijas ,
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after recent pics “into the wild” and “the last winter , ” alaska is once again the go - to place for premature death in “30 days of night . ” horror opus derived from a graphic - novel series charts the mayhem that ensues when vampires invade an isolated far - north habitat during its annual month of sunlessness . mainstream bow by david slade , [ … ]
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forget the weary , bedraggled victims — even the undead look like they’re pining for a good long nap in 30 days of night . adapted from a horror comic so bloody it gives new meaning to the term graphic novel , this soporific splatterfest is set in an alaska oil town during the month of no sun , which means , in essence , that it’s a fright film that takes place entirely at night ( what a revolutionary new concept ! ) . you do have to give it this , though : the extended time period is vividly conveyed , since the movie itself feels about a month long .
as impossible as it seems , eben and a handful of terrorized survivors huddled in an attic piece together the horrifying truth : their snowbound hamlet has been invaded by an insatiable band of vampires intent on feasting until the sun comes up . . . in 30 days .
steve niles is one busy horror - writing machine . before the year is over there will be a large number of books with niles name on the cover at your local comics shop . there’s “ batman : gotham county line ” for dc . “ lurkers , ” “secret skull , ” “horrorcide , ” “30 days of night” and “wake the dead” short stories in the “tales of terror” anthology and “ 30 days of night : bloodsucker tales ” coming from idw . he’s even pitching in over at digital webbing presents with “ sherman danger . ” so , when things get this busy , what the next thing you do ? well , do more work . niles sat down for a chat with cbr news to talk about some of his current projects and hint at some new ones .
after viewing the trailer , i am more optimistic than i would have been had i just saw the dvd or blu - ray on the shelves of a retailer near me . yes , this is a straight to home video release , but trick ‘r treat has convinced me that it isn’t just a place for bad films . i like that they are taking the dark days in a different direction than the graphic novel . if the film makes enough money , they will push for a third in the series , but all is dependent on the finished product and the reactions to it . look for 30 days of night : dark days on dvd and blu - ray on october 5 , 2010 .


gayle , lady jenkins ( born february 6 , 1943 ) , known by her birth name gayle hunnicutt , is an american film , television and stage actress , who was based in the united kingdom for many years .

she has made more than 30 film appearances .

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gayle hunnicutt was born on february 6 , 1943 in fort worth , texas , usa as virginia gayle hunnicutt . she is an actress , known for
american actress gayle hunnicutt who plays irene adler in the british television . . .
gayle , lady jenkins ( born 6 february 1943 ) , known by her birth name gayle hunnicutt , is an american actress .
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gayle hunnicutt embracing michael sarrazin in a scene from the film ' eye of the . . .
gayle hunnicutt , the former star of dallas , has found love with the tennis commentator richard evans .
english actress gayle hunnicutt with her son nolan hemmings , uk , 21st october 1971 . . . .
gayle hunnicutt followed by michael sarrazin in a scene from the film ' eye of the . . .
gayle hunnicutt embracing michael sarrazin in a scene from the film ' eye of the cat ' , 1969 .
gayle hunnicutt followed by michael sarrazin in a scene from the film ' eye of the cat ' , 1969 .
may 05 , 1972 - gayle hunnicutt to star in ' ' scorpio ' ' . director stock photo : 69466998 - alamy
american film , television and stage actress , gayle hunnicutt at the entrance to bank station , london , 2nd august 1969 .
michael sarrazin sitting and holding gayle hunnicutt ' s hand in a scene from the film ' eye of the cat ' , 1969 .
american actress gayle hunnicutt posed during filming of the television series ' philip marlowe , private eye ' in london on 5th august 1982 .
gayle hunnicutt was born on february 6 , 1943 in fort worth , texas , usa as virginia gayle hunnicutt . she is an actress , known for marlowe ( 1969 ) , target ( 1985 ) and scorpio ( 1973 ) . she was previously married to simon jenkins and david hemmings .
gayle , lady jenkins , known by her birth name gayle hunnicutt , is an american film , stage , and television actress who worked both in the united states and great britain . she made more than 30 films .
gayle hunnicutt was born on february 6 , 1943 in fort worth , texas , usa as virginia gayle hunnicutt . she is an actress , known for the legend of hell house ( 1973 ) , marlowe ( 1969 ) and target ( 1985 ) . she was previously married to simon jenkins and david hemmings .
american actress gayle hunnicutt who plays irene adler in the british television series the adventures of sherlock holmes , posed in golden square , london on 27th march 1984 .
may 05 , 1972 - gayle hunnicutt to star in ' ' scorpio ' ' . director michael winner today announced that gayle hunnicutt has been signed for a leading role in his new film ' ' scorpio ' ' which stars burt lancaster , alain delon , and paul schofield . miss hunnicutt will play the role of ' ' susan ' ' - a secret agent who is romantically involved with the character played by alain delon . born in fort worth , texas , gayle hunnicutt began her acting career in 1966 in the television play ' ' mr . roberts ' '
jenkins married the american actress gayle hunnicutt in 1978 ; the couple had one son . they separated in 2008 and have since divorced . he married hannah kaye in 2014 .
wilson tells that mel ferrer
is extremely interested in attractive gayle hunnicutt , who recently acknowledged that her wedding to david hemmings was probably not strictly orthodox . . .
gayle was born and raised in fort worth , texas . she studied at the university of california , where she majored in theatre studies and english . soon after graduation , gayle began receiving roles in urban theaters of los angeles . almost simultaneously , gayle was began appearing in guest roles on numerous tv series .
hemmings hosts a press party for alfred the great at london ' s dorchester hotel .
david and his wife gayle hunnicutt are attending all the big premieres , common at this time of the year .
english actress gayle hunnicutt with her son nolan hemmings , uk , 21st october 1971 . nolan ' s father is the actor / director david hemmings , and he later followed his parents into the acting profession .
gayle hunnicutt , who told mandrake in 2008 that she had initiated divorce proceedings against sir simon jenkins , the chairman of the national trust , after a 30 - year marriage , has a reason to smile again .
hunnicutt has also written a book , health and beauty in motherhood . it was published in 1984 . in 2004 , she brought out dearest virginia : love letters from a cavalry officer in the south pacific . the book brings together love letters which were exchanged by her parents , colonel sam lloyd hunnicutt and virginia hunnicutt .
columnist earl wilson reports :
david hemmings ' admission of his secret marriage to actress gayle hunnicutt of fort worth was quite an event at arthur . after david had told it all , gayle , bride of a few days , said : ' you ' ve got a big mouth , ' at which he smiled . . .
hunnicutt returned to america to play the role of vanessa beaumont in the us series dallas from 1989 to 1991 .
early life and education the daughter of colonel sam lloyd hunnicutt and mary virginia ( dickerson ) hunnicutt , she was born in fort worth , texas . hunnicutt attended the university of california , los angeles on a scholarship to study english literature and theatre . she worked as a fashion model before going into acting . marriage and family hunnicutt is mother of two boys ( through separate marriages ) . on november 16 , 1968 , hunnicutt married british actor david hemmings , with whom she had a son , the future actor nolan hemmings . they divorced in 1975 . hunnicutt subsequently married journalist sir simon jenkins ; the couple lived in primrose hill , london . with jenkins , she had a second son , edward . they divorced in 2009 . hunnicutt also has a home in delray beach , florida .
after she moved to england with hemmings in 1970 , hunnicutt was able to use the finer range of her acting .
also involved somehow is beautiful up - and - coming sitcom actress mavis wald ( gayle hunnicutt ) , who has gotten herself romantically entangled with an unpleasant gangster aptly named sonny steelgrave ( hm wynant ) . people are stabbed literally in the back ,
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hunnicutt would have become the first bond girl of the roger moore era had it not been for her pregnancy . hunnicutt married british actor david hemmings a few years earlier in 1968 and the couple later had a son , the future actor nolan hemmings .
gayle hunnicutt was very game in this episode – she dodges a bull ( although doubled for the most dangerous parts , she still had to do a great deal of running around ) and she then becomes thoroughly disheveled after trudging through the swampland to escape duchamp and bernadotti . but when she’s not covered in dirt , hunnicutt is rather gorgeous and forms a strong partnership with ogilvy .
marlowe will discover that the cases will intersect and the suspects include tv star mavis wald ( gayle hunnicutt ) , gangster sonny steelgrave ( hm wynant ) , his henchman winslow wong ( bruce lee ) , pediatrician dr . vincent lagardie ( paul stevens ) ,
wise investment : hunnicutt bought the house on regents park road for £87 , 500 in 1978 . it ' s now worth £6million
hunnicutt was born in fort worth , texas , the daughter of colonel sam lloyd hunnicutt and virginia hunnicutt , and attended the university of california , los angeles . she worked as a fashion model before going into acting . she was married from 1968 to 1975 to the actor david hemmings , by whom she is the mother of actor nolan hemmings . she is married to the journalist sir simon jenkins , and lives in london . on 27 july 2008 , the sunday telegraph reported that the couple had separated and ms . hunnicutt had initiated divorce proceedings . during her brief hollywood career , hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot . after she moved t
i’ve known all the shopkeepers for so long , they’ve watched my children grow up , ’ says gayle , who has two sons .
‘i’ve no regrets about marrying david , ’ says gayle . ‘he was one of the most electrifying human beings i’ve ever met . ’
hunnicutt returned to the united states in 1989 , where she played the role of vanessa beaumont in the us series dallas until 1991 .
from her film debut in 1966 ' s marlowe until she left hollywood in 1969 , brunette leading lady gayle hunnicutt was typecast in sexpot roles . she was often cast as a golddigger on the prowl for wealthy , older men , ranging from raymond burr in pj ( 1968 ) to jed clampett ( buddy ebsen ) on tv ' s the beverly hillbillies . upon relocating to england in 1970 with her then - husband david hemmings , hunnicutt began to be taken seriously as an actress . among gayle hunnicutt ' s more prestigious credits are the tv miniseries a man called intrepid ( 1979 ) , the martian chronicles ( 1980 ) and a woman of substance ( 1985 ) .
hunnicutt was born in fort worth , texas , the daughter of colonel sam lloyd hunnicutt and virginia hunnicutt , and attended the university of california , los angeles . she worked as a fashion model before going into acting . she was married from 1968 to 1975 to the actor david hemmings , by whom she is the mother of actor nolan hemmings . she is married to the journalist sir simon jenkins , and lives in london . on 27 july 2008 , the sunday telegraph reported that the couple had separated and ms . hunnicutt had initiated divorce proceedings .
as a naive young actress in the 1960s , gayle hunnicutt fell head over heels for david hemmings , the star of antonioni ' s classic film blow up . now 61 , she looks back on the fairy - tale romance  and how it came with a deeply wounding betrayal
in 2012 , hunnicutt is featured in the hgtv reality tv show selling london , season 1 , episode 6 ( hsld - 106h ) .
turns out the kansas boy was a photographer who snapped pics of a tv star ( gayle hunnicutt ) . bruce lee arrives as a messenger warning marlowe to quit sniffing the brother & # 39 ; s trail . he hints at the consequences by destroying the pi & # 39 ; s office
gayle and simon , chairman of the national trust and a former editor of the times whom she divorced in 2008 , bought the end - of - terrace house from stanley johnson , father of london mayor boris . gayle is now selling to move closer to her grandchildren who live in the chilterns .
according to steven schiller , the agent who is selling gayle’s home , she couldn’t have chosen a better time to put the house on the market .
celebrity residents in primrose hill are ten a penny these days but they weren’t when hollywood actress gayle hunnicutt – who starred in british tv costume dramas in the seventies – bought her imposing five - storey victorian house in prestigious regents park road in the heart of the village more than 30 years ago .
he was knighted in 2004 , but does not regularly use the title . his wife , better known as gayle hunnicutt , is a texas - born actress who played vanessa beaumont in the tv soap dallas . they have one son , and a stepson by her first husband , the actor david hemmings .
their son nolan , an actor who starred in tv mini series band of brothers , is living with gayle after separating from the mother of his children .
the marriage pulled hemmings in two . gayle hunnicutt , for all the glamorous party - going and hollywood looks , was an old - fashioned girl who drew on the stability of her family background and was a loyal maintainer of friendships . he liked that , but it conflicted with his need to be part of a livelier scene .
a man for all seasons & # 39 ; best actor oscar winner paul scofield and gayle hunnicutt are also in the cast . robert siodmak & # 39 ; s 1946 film noir the killers is one of the best - looking efforts in the genre thanks to elwood bredell & # 39 ; s glistening black - and - white
a cache of forgotten love letters . cobwebbed with neglect , usually pulsing with secrets . no matter how often this dramatic cliché turns up in real life or fiction , it always exerts a voyeuristic fascination . the american - born actress gayle hunnicutt must have felt she was back as a character in a henry james story when it happened to her .
good films stuck with forgettable titles all too often slide past discriminating home - viewers on cable . a perfect example this week is ' ' once in paris ' ' ( 1978 ) , a romantic comedy about a hollywood scenarist ( played by wayne rogers ) and his first encounter with the paris movie world - and a paris love ( gayle hunnicutt ) . written , directed and
lead : the first olympics - athens 1896 starring louis jourdan , david ogden stiers , edward wiley , hunt block , hutton cobb , jason connery , angela lansbury , gayle hunnicutt . directed by alvin rakoff . 1984 . rca / columbia pictures home entertainment . 4 hours , 46 minutes . $ 69 . 95 . not rated . the first olympics - athens 1896 starring louis jourdan , david
‘the house is too big for me . i’ve had 33 amazing years here and simon and i did a lot to make it special , but it’s time to move on , ’ says gayle .
‘it’s in a gated community on a golf course , ironically called sherwood forest , ’ says gayle , who was introduced to delray by her partner of two years , the tennis commentator richard evans .
during her brief hollywood career , hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot . she co - starred with james garner in the 1969 film marlowe , in which her character was a glamorous hollywood actress .
during her brief hollywood career , hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot . she co - starred with james garner in the 1969 film marlowe , the character she played being a glamorous hollywood actress .
wilson reports that she and hemmings have resumed their romance in san francisco .
hemmings flew from london for a 3 - day reunion with gayle who started filming wylie opposite michael sarrazin . . .
columnist dorothy manners reports that gayle and david have separated since the completion of their movie , voices . hemmings attends the hollywood party of producer robert enders with alana collins hamilton ; she remains in england .
west’s widow , annabel ( gayle hunnicutt ) , is staggered to learn that west died apparently penniless . this isn’t the case though – he was a rich man ( thanks to a bullion robbery some eight years ago ) . the problem is that his associates have recently been released from prison and are keen to collect their share – but they don’t believe that annabel doesn’t know where the money is hidden … . .
now she rubs shoulders with celebrities including gwyneth paltrow and jamie oliver , but when gayle and her then husband , journalist sir simon jenkins , bought the five - bedroom house in 1978 it was a different story .
from her film debut in 1966 ' s
marlowe
until she left hollywood in 1969 , hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot . after she moved to england with hemmings in 1970 , hunnicutt was able to use the finer range of her acting , including : a notable role as charlotte stant , in jack pulman ' s adaptation of henry james ' s novel
the golden bowl
, lionel ' s wife in
the legend of hell house
and tsarina alexandra in
fall of eagles
. hunnicutt returned to the united states in 1989 , where she played the role of vanessa beaumont in dallas until 1991 .
gayle assumed the role of irene adler in the movie a scandal in bohemia ( 1984 ) , the first episode of the british - canadian granada television network series the adventures of sherlock holmes ( 1984 - 94 ) .
she and hemmings are pictured arriving at dallas ' love field en route to fort worth to meet her parents .
a new york columnist reported that they were secretly married . a fort worth newspaper quoted gayle ' s father as saying ' i ' ll be surprised if they are married . ' the couple refused to confirm or deny the report . hemmings stated that they would make no comment until after talking to gayle ' s parents .
as one of london’s resident rakes in the swinging ’60s , patrick , the fifth earl of lichfield—and a cousin of queen elizabeth ii—loved beautiful women , glittery nightlife and himself almost as much as he loved photography . he was linked to jet - set beauties such as britt ekland , jane seymour , gayle hunnicutt and dewi sukarno ; his premarital manifesto concluded that “fidelity is not essential . i’m sure i shall never be completely faithful to one woman . ”
according to actor jeremy brett , gayle wore the perfume
bluebell
from penhaligon ' s in london and it was extremely memorable during filming of the adventures of sherlock holmes ( 1984 ) episode
a scandal in bohemia
.
if there’s a couple that was more modtastic and appeared in more outstanding horror films & thrillers than the fabulous david hemmings and the vastly underrated gayle hunnicutt , i don’t know who they are . hemmings and hunnicutt were married between 1968 and 1975 . during that brief period of time they made fragment of fear ( 1970 ) and voices ( 1973 ) together ( as well as the love machine , which i’ll be writing about soon ) . they also individually starred in such noteworthy films as eye of the cat ( 1969 ) , unman , wittering and zigo ( 1971 ) , nuits rouge ( 1974 ) , the legend of hell house ( 1974 ) and deep red ( 1975 ) .
despite missing out on her bond girl role , hunnicutt had a couple of brushes with other franchises connected with roger moore . she appeared in the 1984 tv series
the adventures of sherlock holmes
and twice with the saint , in the 1979 episode
the saint and the brave goose
and also the 1989 tv movie
the saint : the brazilian connection .
a british citizen , hunnicutt now splits here time between the english countryside and florida .
whilst the unconvincing accents sported by the likes of stratford johns , john hallam and derren nesbitt are a little amusing ( it’s understandable that the production team preferred to cast british actors , but you’d have thought they could have found the odd french - born thesp ) it doesn’t detract too much . a major plus is gayle hunnicutt , who is one of the more fleshed - out female leads in the series ( helped in part by the length of the story ) .
in 2012 , gayle was featured in an episode of the hgtv reality show selling london . it followed her during the sale of her primrose hill victorian house and her subsequent purchase of an english country property to be close to her grandchildren .
some early gayle from the first year of her big / small screen career . as with some other us network family shows of the time , the bikini bottoms had to cover the bellybutton , which was seen as a threat to public decency .
american actress gayle hunnicutt , then aged 30 , was the first choice for the role of solitaire in
live and let die
after the part had been re - written for a white actress . screenwriter tom mankiewicz originally ( very loosely ) adapted ian fleming ' s novel with solitaire being african - american - specifically , diana ross . but pressure from united artists for a ' safe script ' , despite the blaxploitation trend at the time , forced the racial flip with the rosie carver role .
‘texans have a thing about light , ’ says gayle , who grew up in a ‘typical american suburban house’ in fort worth , the only child of her father sam , who served in the south pacific during the second world war , and mother virginia .
sues for divorce from hemmings in london . her divorce petition is filed among a list of undefended suits in the london divorce court . gayle names as
the other woman
baroness prudence de casembroot , who for the last year has been hemming ' s secretary .
repeated requests to take film parts lured him back to acting , and after blow up they multiplied . he appeared in barbarella , camelot and the charge of the light brigade and married the american actress gayle hunnicutt . but in the early 1970s he turned to directing , making the well - regarded running scared and just a gigolo which starred david bowie . when the great cry of astonishment went up over his return as cassius in gladiator , he quipped :
people thought i was dead but i was just directing the a team .
gayle met hemmings ( of blow - up and the charge of the light brigade fame ) at a party thrown by rat pack actor peter lawford . they married in 1968 and moved to the uk the following year . the couple divorced in 1974 after david’s many infidelities .
virginia hunnicutt , who hadn ' t read the letters since she boxed them up 60 years ago , told her daughter :
well , honey , i hope lloyd ' s letters will remind people that sharing true love and complete trust is life ' s greatest blessing .
she pulled out four or five and began to read . when sam lloyd hunnicutt was posted to the island of new caledonia with his cavalry regiment in 1942 , his wife , virginia , was pregnant after a series of miscarriages . the much - wanted child , gayle , was born while he was away and was 18 months old when he returned . the letters are full of longing , humour , boredom and , as time drags on , unfocused jealousy and fear that she is going to be ensnared by
some city slicker
before he gets home .
writing hunnicutt has written two books ; the first , health and beauty in motherhood , was published in 1984 . in 2004 , she published dearest virginia : love letters from a cavalry officer in the south pacific , which contains the letters exchanged by her parents during world war ii .
compare the still of gayle hunnicutt as charlotte stant presenting a quietly ( subtle this adaptation ) vulnerable face to the prince upon her reintroduction to him to that of uma thurman as charlotte ( above ) . the difference is not just in subtlety but hunnicutt ' s assumption of self - possession which thurman lacks from the outset . i can ' t compare the stills of maggie and her father from the two adaptions because both resolutely make maggie innocent and erase the incestuousness driving the purchase of the prince and charlotte - - the most disquieting and central part of the book . nick nolte ' s coldness and tyranny come from his actions and are not seen in his steely face ( except that it is steel ) ; barry morse is enigmatic . jill townsend does present strength when she ejects charlotte , but we get no sense of her egoism and perhaps more violating transgression . e . m . e . m . ellen
the star factor means gayle’s family home is now on the market for £6 million although the 68 - year - old former star of dallas and movies including marlowe ( with james garner ) and target ( with gene hackman and matt dillon ) is more enamoured of the village atmosphere than the area’s celebrity kudos .
gayle admits it’s a ‘race against time to sell’ as she’s made an offer on a large country house with land and a swimming pool . ‘i hope a family with children buy it and enjoy living here as much as we have . it’s a great house for sunday lunches and dinner parties , ’ she says .
that charlotte is left shattered , just shattered and without a will ( here gayle hunnicutt comes into her own at the close ) . maggie is presented as frantic and jealous of the prince and angry about this sexual liasion , but here is what i find the presentation not adequate to the case : there is no sense really of adam verver as himself having evil or sinister tendencies he is presented as loving his daughter and while incest is in the air as something emotional , we are not made to feel really that the father and daughter tried to buy their way to a private life of their own , using this desperately poor pair .
in addition , ' ' the golden bowl , ' ' produced by martin lisemore and directed by james cellan jones , has an exceptionally fine cast : jill townsend as maggie verver , the wealthy american innocent abroad ; barry morse as her devoted father ; daniel massey as the italian prince she marries , and gayle hunnicutt as charlotte stant , her childhood friend who , unknown to maggie , has long been in love with the prince . these four constitute a central rectangle , which , if observed from a distance , might prompt the casual observer to conclude that maggie and her father were one married couple , her husband and friend the other .
hunnicutt , 67 , was previously married to david hemmings , the late star of the cult sixties film blow - up . she added of evans :
the person who introduced us in 1975 reintroduced us last summer . we both became separated and neither of us knew . it is one of those extraordinary things .
spectacularly forgetting her well - bred background , hunnicutt warned eggar that
if she thought she was going to see me off , she had another think coming . i then said something very rude . i told her : ' if he fucks his leading ladies , i ' m starring in the next film with him . '
although she wanted to be an actress from the age of five , gayle’s parents also set great store by academic achievement and she won a scholarship to the university of california in los angeles to study english literature and theatre . it was here that she was spotted by a warner bros talent scout while performing in a student production .
over the years gayle has made her mark on the property , which has the well - worn , traditional decor of a much - loved family home . she and simon brought up nolan , 40 ( her son by her first husband , the late british actor david hemmings ) , and their son together , edward , 29 , here .
at 61 , hunnicutt is still recognisably the cool creature who entered dallas as jr ' s english mistress and became the epitome of enigmatic reserve in the television adaptation of henry james ' s the golden bowl . she starred with james garner in marlowe . fragment of fear was her first film with hemmings and in running scared , he directed her .
hemmings says in london that he and gayle were never legally married but went through
a form of marriage ceremony
in sorrento , italy , last september . she ' s reported to have left london to stay with friends in paris . british newspapers quote her :
the ceremony was emotional and impetuous and , we realized later , quite invalid .
as to the meaning , there was even less about maggie and her father . no sense of them as somehow emotionally incestuous at all . at least the 1972 movie showed that over time if it was never explicitly acknowledged and the pair remained unblamed . interesting to me here is no more sex in this one than the 1972 . in the 1972 we see daniel massey a couple of times just about to take gayle hunnicutt ' s clothes off and we get the sense of a long lived affair while maggie and her father stay together . in this movie they do nearly strip and jump into bed , but the sex is done discreetly and over quick and hardly seen among bedclothes and seems only to happen once .
there still are , and hunnicutt talks sharply about the questionable morals of a small group of
spoilt , rich privileged people
among the chattering classes who make up her present social circle .
it ' s all about behaving well in public and doing what you like in private ,
she says .
i find it disgusting . nothing could be more different from my father .
hunnicutt ' s parents were seduced by hemmings ' s charm but his treatment of their daughter must have tested to the limit their christian ethic of forgiveness .
i think they were utterly bewildered . nothing like this had ever come into their lives . i don ' t think they knew people behaved like this . they adored david and they never said whether it changed their view of him .
his own cast - iron fidelity is never in question . while other men are trying to get off with the limited supply of nurses on the island , or planning sexual exploits at the end of the war , lloyd hunnicutt is writing to his wife :
i know that i could , with a little trouble , play around over here . but my love for you is strong enough to keep me from being tempted .
although i guess i was very much a part of the swinging sixties , i was never a swinger ,
says hunnicutt .
in a funny way , we were a good pair . but , in the end , his unpredictability and infidelities became too much and , in 1974 , i filed for divorce . david was the most stunningly attractive man and women just threw themselves at him . there were a lot of predatory ladies out there .
the letters have been a kind of crucible for me ,
says hunnicutt .
getting to know my father when he was a young man , understanding the fineness of his feelings , his sense of honour and his profound love for my mother , which he never betrayed . until i read the letters and edited them for publication , i had not understood how much of who i am and what i believe is because of my father – and my mother .
hunnicutt , the adored only child among seven adults in her family , was brought up in the palpable wholesomeness of fort worth and seems to have spent most of her adult life trying unsuccessfully to recapture its values in her adopted country . she certainly missed out on that kind of dedication from her first husband , the beautiful boy actor david hemmings , because within three months of their extravagant marriage in los angeles in 1968 , hemmings was misbehaving and his friends were lying to protect him .
lloyd hunnicutt could have feigned more interest in the pregnancy to please his wife , but he admits the unborn child isn ' t real to him and his main concern is for her .
having babies ,
he writes ,
is a very important business but it is definitely secondary to your health and wellbeing to me . i married you because i love you and want to live with you until i am an old , old man , regardless of the number of children we may have , if any .
hunnicutt ' s son , nolan , is now a 33 - year - old actor with a baby of his own . she and jenkins , who live in primrose hill , london , have a 22 - year - old son , edward , deputy editor of the music magazine undercover . in the past 10 years , the extended family has moved closer because of a healing friendship with hemmings ' fourth and last wife , lucy williams . and when hemmings died while filming in romania , eight months ago , the two wives helped one another to get over his death .
soon thereafter , gayle left the usa with then husband david hemmings in 1970 , and began primarily appearing in european tv series and film productions . able to use the finer range of her acting . she had a notable role as charlotte stant , in jack pulman ' s 1972 tv adaptation of henry james ' s novel the golden bowl . she played lionel ' s wife in the legend of hell house ( 1973 ) and tsarina alexandra in fall of eagles ( 1974 ) . . at this time , she also appeared in american television shows , such as the love boat , taxi , fantasy island , and matt houston . she returned to the united states in 1989 , where she played the role of vanessa beaumont in the cbs - tv series dallas until its final season in 1991 .
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‘it was a very friendly area with the odd media type . then about 15 years ago suddenly all these restaurants and cappuccino bars opened up and people like daniel craig and jude law moved in . we paid £87 , 500 and that seemed like enough at the time , ’ she says .
‘i’d never been to primrose hill before i got together with simon but i fell totally in love with it . it’s retained its english vibe , which i love .
‘all the celebrities live here now because nobody bothers you . alan bennett and i always wave at each other as he cycles past and coast presenter nick crane and his wife annabel huxley live opposite and are great friends . ’
‘it had been a commune in the sixties and the johnsons had done a bit to it but it still had sixties decor with lots of orange and purple .
‘i was shocked at how much it’s worth now but then i was shocked at how much everything else on the market is going for , ’ says the texan who played jr’s long - lost love vanessa beaumont in dallas and appeared in the seventies bbc adaptations of henry james’s the golden bowl and fall of eagles .
they turned the warren of rooms on the basement floor into an open - plan living area and kitchen and added a conservatory which houses a dining room . in 2005 they added a three - storey extension to the side creating an atrium - style entrance hall with a glass - roofed bathroom above it and a library below and they added extra windows in the stairwell , bedrooms and living room .
‘darling orlie and sam are great friends of the family . they’ve known my sons for years , ’ she says .
the actress also has a home in the southern florida city of delray beach .
‘it’s always been popular but in the past year it’s gone absolutely crazy in primrose hill , ’ he says .
‘demand is fuelled by that fact it’s such a small area blocked in by the park and camden .
‘we recently sold a house for £2 , 000 a square foot which people would have laughed at a few years ago . '
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the glamorous actress is enjoying an emotional reunion with the bbc tennis commentator richard evans , who was her boyfriend until the year before she married sir simon .
i am spending quite a lot of time with this lovely man in florida ,
she told me at the launch of the paperback edition of miranda seymour ' s book chaplin ' s girl : the life and loves of virginia cherrill , at the house of hardy amies in savile row , london .
it is lovely being with someone who knows you so well and understands you .
we first met in 1975 and were together for two and a half years . as he is in the tennis world , he travels constantly . i had a career and a child to raise , so i couldn ' t always be travelling around the world and we never married .
her father had been dead for 10 years , her mother was in a nursing home , and in the dutiful process of clearing out the home they had shared in fort worth , texas , for the last 30 years of their 55 - year marriage , she found a wooden box of tightly packed letters . there were hundreds . some typed , but most of them in her father ' s formal , sloping hand , written to her mother when he was serving as a cavalry officer in the south pacific during the second world war .
one week , he ' s telling her to carry on buying nice frocks and not to let motherhood make her frumpy . the next , he ' s warning her about the dangers of platonic relationships and teasing that she ' s not writing to him often enough .
the great mistake separated couples make ,
he observes on october 3 , 1943 ,
is in thinking they can have a little fun and not shoot the works .
on february 21 , 1943 , he writes :
it ' s funny that i seem to have a great deal more physical desire for you now that i ' m sure the baby has been born . . . i feel as i ' d feel if we were just starting on a honeymoon .
if she doesn ' t go
too maternal
, he warns her , they may need an auxiliary bed
because one couldn ' t stand the punishment
.
he can ' t wait to
whip the japs
and get back home ,
because the war is causing me the unhappiness of being separated from you – and i don ' t ever intend to let anything separate us again .
virginia ' s letters to him did not survive because , under military regulation , he had to destroy them .
he was so straight ,
says his daughter .
what i found so moving is the clear expression that , though he knew he would love the child , his wife was the most important thing and without that relationship his life was worth nothing . isn ' t that what any woman wants and so rarely gets ? how many women have this kind of dedication ?
i was a bride of three months and he was having a very public affair with samantha eggar . it nearly destroyed me . i never got over it .
the truth is , that was a moment of bravura . david apparently talked about that moment and said he was proud of me . but you can never unring a bell , and the end of the marriage was written then .
but it lasted for another nine years and produced a son , nolan .
it was a real rollercoaster ride , but there was also much happiness .
why did the sheltered , principled and deeply conservative girl from fort worth stand for so long by an out and out womaniser ?
he was the most charismatic human being i have ever met . he had an appetite for life that was quite irresistible . i was totally , utterly in love with him . i didn ' t think i could breathe if he wasn ' t there .
one of the things she says she found reassuring when she met the man who became her second husband , simon jenkins ( writer and former editor of the times ) , was that his father was a non - conformist welsh minister .
i thought this was wonderful . after those unbelievably rackety , kafkaesque years – never knowing who was lying and who was telling the truth – i was with someone who had been brought up with the same kind of values . with simon , it was a coup de foudre . i knew within minutes of meeting him that i was going to marry him .
it sounds as if she is uncomfortably blunt with friends who are less monogamous than she is . it would be no good confessing an affair to her and expecting to be understood .
it ' s one of the cardinal rules of my life that i would never flirt , let alone sleep with , a married man . it is a total betrayal of other women .
she blames sixties sexual liberation and self - indulgence for the
i need it , i ' m going to have it
approach to personal fulfilment .
she ' s bonier , more fragile , than she was – a bit bashed about by life , she says – but there ' s still the 200 - watt smile , the sixties cloud of hair , flicked up on the shoulders and anchored with a broad , sparkly alice band . and the upturned nose . she talks a lot , and seems to live on her emotions , but her voice , almost stripped of its american inflexions , is mesmerisingly low .
she says she came across the letters when she most needed her father and at an age when genealogy becomes important . she ' d been ill for four years following a hysterectomy and despaired of ever feeling well again .
one of the saddest things about being unwell is the sense of isolation . i was very lonely .
she was also reeling from the anti - american feeling she experienced after 9 / 11 – especially as , after 35 years , she regarded england as her adopted home . the letters , she says , brought back a lost world of probity , unselfishness and old - fashioned courtesy .
i came to understand my own set of values and code of living through reading them . they are not necessarily the norm in the rather exotic , complex worlds i have been part of in my adult life .
gradually , she began to see that the letters – 600 of them , running to more than 350 , 000 words written between 1942 and 1944 – had a significance beyond family and decided , with her 94 - year - old mother ' s blessing , to publish them .
the men and women of world war two are slipping away . i would like my father ' s life to help celebrate the millions of others who served in both world wars . the letters contain not just the private emotions of an officer far from home and at war , but a message for our times .
in pictures - the story of love and romance : from adam and eve to tinder and chemsex . compiled by martin chilton
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