kraken : tentacles of the deep , also known as deadly water , is a 2006 made-for-television natural horror b-movie produced by nu image films and brightlight pictures as a sci fi channel original film .

it premiered on the sci fi channel on september 23 , 2006 .

directed by tibor takács and starring charlie o'connell , victoria pratt , and jack scalia , the film focuses on a marine biologist and a sailor who join forces to find lost trojan treasures while battling the giant squid who killed the sailor 's parents while he was a child , and a treasure hunting mobster who wants the items for himself .

the film was primarily panned by critics for the special effects , far-fetched plot , and scarcity of scenes involving the titular creature .

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vex summons a shark to help in the attack against the kraken just as the kraken grabs trinket .
vax teleports using whisper and sneak attacks the kraken . he frees keyleth from the kraken’s hold .
whenever an opponent casts a spell , if deep - sea kraken is suspended , remove a time counter from it .
the kraken attacks again , this time with his tentacles , hitting tary , percy , and grog . each one of them is grappled .
keyleth , who has been watching the movement above , sees the kraken suddenly move away . as vex pulls out the next lode stone , the kraken approaches them , grabbing at them with its tentacles .
from inside the kraken , grog makes reckless attacks . the kraken vomits up both grog and vax . however , as vax is expelled from the kraken’s stomach and floats away , he dies .
“tentacles : the astounding lives of octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes” is included with aquarium admission .
the two remaining tentacles continue to attack the last two members of vox machina . grog destroys one of the tentacles , leaving just one remaining . however , the tentacle hits tary , knocking him out .
vex swims over to keyleth , healing her and bringing her back to consciousness . the tentacles grab for both of them . vex is taken by the kraken .
creatures with power less than the number of islands you control can ' t block kraken of the straits .
grog pulls out the alchemy jug as the kraken’s stomach acid burns him . he asks it to produce oil to make the kraken throw up .
• tentacles : the astounding lives of octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes opens april 12 , 2014 .
keyleth uses grasping vine to pull grog free from the tentacles . she then changes out being a whale and is knocked out again by the kraken .
many tales talk of the kraken , but sometimes there are stories that mention multiple giant cephalopods . this would make the waters particularly hazardous for those sailing over deep waters .
percy successfully manages to cut himself out of the kraken’s tentacle . just as he starts to swim away , however , the kraken grabs him with another tentacle .
the king of the deep understands all languages , and can communicate telepathically with any intelligent creature within 100 ft .
vex’s shark frees tary . he uses one of the gems from his helmet to cast prismatic spray on the kraken . the kraken saves against it , but still takes damage .
deep - sea serpent can ' t attack unless defending player controls an island .
disc # 1 - - raging sharks play scene selection bonus features trailer behind the scenes settings spanish subtitles - on spanish subtitles - off dolby stereo 2 . 0 dolby digital surround 5 . 1 dts surround disc # 2 - - kraken : tentacles of the deep play scene selection secrets of the deep settings dolby digital 5 . 1 surround dts surround dolby 2 . 0 stereo
“tentacles : the astounding lives of octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes” is the most dynamic special exhibition ever from the aquarium that pioneered award - winning exhibits of jellies and deep - sea animals . it opens on april 12 , 2014 .
feeding tentacles giant squid can snatch prey up to 33 feet ( 10 meters ) away by shooting out their two feeding tentacles , which are tipped with hundreds of powerful sharp - toothed suckers . these feeding tentacles are very long , often doubling the total length of the giant squid on their own .
percy , freed from the tentacles and unable to attack with his guns , escapes through the portal .
the kraken makes a bite attack against grog . the attack succeeds and grog is swallowed . from inside the kraken , grog attacks the stomach lining . he recklessly swings his hammer , but it is not quite enough to make the kraken throw him up .
keyleth casts fireball in the stomach of the kraken . the fire bursts out and ignites the oil in the krakens stomach . though grog and keyleth are also burned by the fire , they are also expelled from the kraken’s stomach .
the kraken unleashes another lightning attack . trinket is sent back to vex’s necklace .
the weight of the evidence should be proportioned to the strangeness of the facts .
, we ' re still unravelling the secrets of these deep - sea inhabitants . we know they taste like metal ,
control undead ( su ) : the king of the deep can rebuke or command undead as a 20th - level evil cleric .
giant squid have eight arms but use their two long feeding tentacles to seize prey .
after their feast , keyleth approaches uvenda , who is dozing off in her chair . keyleth asks uvenda what they can expect when facing the kraken . uvenda responds that the kraken is very hungry and has a swarm of tentacles . she adds that the creature is extremely dangerous and maintaining the rift is of the utmost importance . she reminds keyleth that , being in the water plane , they should be prepared to swim and be prepared for darkness , both from the deep depths and from the kraken’s ink spray .
in the end , all of the pirates sequels fall short of greatness , each of their plots more tangled than the kraken’s tentacles . even so , verbinski entries do escape the doldrums of mediocrity and blandness because of that filmmaker’s cinematic eye , wonderfully bizarre style and
rollercoaster - ride storytelling .
notes : - although the tentacles don ' t deal much damage by themselves , they can be devastating on an isolated enemy . - summon kraken can easily take down towers if no one is here to defend them . - while the tentacles themselves are untargettable and invincible , deep spirit is complete vulnerable while channeling . - try to catch enemies in a well placed puddle before using summon kraken to prevent them from interrupting you .
flamboyant cuttlefish is one of the species featured in
tentacles
, the new exhibition at the monterey bay aquarium . © monterey bay aquarium
vex shoots her arrow past the kraken’s eyeball . keyleth casts daylight on the arrow . her arrow hits the kraken . light shines out from the kraken , but he is not as distracted as she hoped . her second arrow also hits . she then hides .
bite ( su ) : the king of the deep ' s beaked mouth is a gate that leads directly to the abyss . an opponent struck by the king of the deep ' s bite attack must make a will save ( dc 39 ) or be transported instantly to the abyss .
legend says that the sea monster enjoys solitude and resides deep on the ocean floor . it uses its tentacles to stay tethered to the bottom and hunts for food . the beast will only surface in warm weather—or when disrupted .
deep sea species cephalopods are found from the poles to the tropics , in tide pools and even in the deep ocean . the aquarium will continue to explore the depths of monterey canyon with our colleagues at the independent monterey bay aquarium research institute in the hope of occasionally exhibiting living deep sea members of this intriguing family – potentially including the vampire squid . chilled seawater supplies are available in this gallery if collection efforts prove successful .
grog attacks his tentacle , quickly freeing himself . he then attacks keyleth’s tentacle , freeing her as well . grog attempts to free vax to no avail . five of the kraken’s tentacles are left .
because of its sheer size , the kraken is believed to conjure a whirlpool when diving back into the ocean . the watery suction drags ships to the depths of the sea .
the kraken ' s giant , ship - destroying tentacles have wound their way through sailing lore for millenia , but it wasn ' t until 1873 that the first of these mythical appendages was found – or so the story goes .
vax uses lay on hands on keyleth to revive her . the kraken grabs him again .
vax is knocked out by the kraken and swallowed . grog and keyleth both see this .
7 . carl von linn é listed the kraken as a real creature in systema naturae .
the mission of the monterey bay aquarium is to inspire conservation of the oceans .
spells : the king of the deep casts cleric spells , plus spells from the domains of chaos , evil , and water , as though it were a 20th - level cleric .
q - kraken ' s embrace deep spirit calls forth an ally from his sunken home to wreak havoc upon targeted area . summons several tentacles in a target location that attack a random unit in the affected area . if no unit is present , they may attack buildings . the initial attack interrupts on hit .
i ' ve got a real soft spot for moronic movies about massive monsters , but even i have my limits . call it deadly water , kraken : tentacles of the deep , or mega - calamari on human safari . it won ' t matter . this one ' s a turkey fit only for the stunningly bored and the astonishingly stoned .
bucketround presents the eighth ep written and produced by manuel costela , 3 tracks and the remix of tominori hosoya ( japan ) inspired by japanese middle ages , when mythological monsters wake up from the deep .
omibozu ( original version )
is a trip of rhythms and percussion in the middle of a survival battle in the purest sound of american deep house style .
when craken show up
provides us with a delicious fragrance and textures from the reefs , mixing feelings with the voice of the composer .
omibozu remix
is the powerful touch of tominori hosoya
tomi chair
( hq pressing - japan ) and the dance floor face of the monster directly from pacific ocean .
tentacles of the deep
is the relaxing movement of the ep , from the caves of the darkness and naughty voices of andrea rocha to enter the depths mixed with manuel costela ' s piano .
despite being a mythical creature , the kraken doesn’t boast any supernatural abilities . the fearsome nature of the kraken is its sheer size ; sailors do not have to worry about it flying out of the water or putting a curse on them . some modern - day cartoons suggest that if you defeat the kraken , it will grant you a wish , but that deviates from norwegian folklore .
vax successfully finds and digs out the final lode stone . however , the kraken then reaches out and grabs him .
lieutenant — as long as you control your commander , stormsurge kraken gets + 2 / + 2 and has
whenever stormsurge kraken becomes blocked , you may draw two cards .
when shipbreaker kraken becomes monstrous , tap up to four target creatures . those creatures don ' t untap during their controllers ' untap steps for as long as you control shipbreaker kraken .
while many modern depictions show the kraken as a giant squid , earlier accounts of the beast described it as having spindly appendages like a crab’s .
in mcmenamin ' s purported midden , the kraken would play with the bones of the unfortunate ichthyosaurs , perhaps even arranging them into deliberate patterns . the double lines of disc - shaped vertebrae in the death assemblage closely mimic the arrangement of suckers on a cephalopod ' s tentacles - - which could make the patterns seen in the ichthyosaur fossils the world ' s oldest self - portrait , mcmenamin suggests . (
the kraken uses one of the lair actions to hit the party with an electrical attack . percy , taryon , vax , and grog are able to brush off half of the damage but vex , keyleth , and trinket take the brunt of the attack .
kraken ? try crack , which is what this movie ' s directors were on . . .
over the life of the exhibit , visitors to tentacles might see any of the two dozen species that will rotate through a dozen living exhibits , from giant pacific octopus to hawaiian bobtail squid , the wunderpus and others – including one of the world’s smallest squid and one of the world’s largest cuttlefishes . from time to time there may also be displays of never - before - exhibited deep sea squid and octopuses collected in collaboration with the aquarium’s sister organization , the monterey bay aquarium research institute .
as grog does this , the kraken grabs him with his last tentacle , and swallows him . grog , who is still conscious , though near death , makes a desperate attempt to escape , smashing the insides of the kraken . the titan , unable to hold him down , throws him back up . grog uses the momentum from being expelled to push himself back through the portal , flipping the kraken off with both hands .
psychic vulnerability ( ex ) : the king of the deep possesses only one weakness , its reliance upon the psychic strength of the ten death statues that summoned it to the material plane . this psychic force continues to support the king ' s existence on the material plane , and if one of the death statues is destroyed the king of the deep is weakened , and gains 5 negative levels . this also occurs if a death statue is affected by a trap the soul spell or removed from the material plane . if all of the statues are destroyed , the king vanishes from the material plane .
the king of the deep is a shadowy entity of monstrous size and aspect . it possess a piscean body with a kraken ' s six - tentacled head , two savage pincers , and a repulsive mane of silky , tangled hair , and is covered by razor - sharp scales . this fearsome creature is also known as the blood sea monster .
grog uses his alter self coin , and leaves through the portal , leaving tary ( and the final lode stone ) unconscious with the kraken .
grog gives keyleth a greater healing potion , reviving her . he then throws his hammer at the kraken , hitting one of its giant eyes .
−5 : you get an emblem with
at the beginning of your end step , create a 9 / 9 blue kraken creature token .
the king of the deep is a supernatural being that manifests due to the combined powers of the wisked priests of destroyed istar , known as death statues ( see related article ) . up to ten of these undead priests exist beneath the blood sea of istar , and together they are able to summon the king from the abyss . if all of these death statues are destroyed , the king dissipates into nothing .
tary pulls another patch from his robe , casting vampiric touch . this attack succeeds against the kraken and heals him .
13 . sailors had to worry about not only the kraken itself , but also what it left in its wake .
mcmenamin m . a . s . ( 2016 ) deep bones . in : dynamic paleontology . springer geology . springer , cham
vax tries to cut off the tentacle holding keyleth . he isn’t able to cut her out . meanwhile , the kraken smashes tary and percy together . keyleth insists to vax that he go find the last lode stone . she redirects the current of the water and pulls the kraken and everyone its holding 20 feet away from the final lode stone .
the kraken bashes against grog , keyleth , and tary . the attacks all hit and all three are transformed back into themselves and grappled .
• from time to time there may be displays of never - before - exhibited deep sea squid and octopuses collected in collaboration with the aquarium’s sister organization , the monterey bay aquarium research institute .
have head and eyes , mantle and siphon , beak and radula , no ink sac and up to 100 tentacles without suckers .
if sailors saw gurgling bubbles , surfacing fish , or a plethora of jellyfish , they knew something was up down below . while fleeing sea - life always preceded the kraken’s approach , their appearance unfortunately didn’t give sailors enough time to get out of the way . the monster’s great size and many tentacles make it a difficult predator to evade .
over the multi - year life of the exhibition , visitors might see any of two dozen species that will rotate through a dozen living exhibits . “tentacles” is the largest , most diverse living exhibition ever created to showcase these cryptic creatures .
tentacles : the astounding lives of octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes
features the greatest variety ever of rarely seen animals , plus multimedia interactives , and art and artifacts tracing 4 , 000 years of fascination with these many - armed masters of disguise . it opens april 12 .
zoologist pierre denys de montfort was studying giant cephalopods in the 1700s after hearing accounts from captains of giant tentacles being discovered . he cited old pieces of artwork and ship disappearances as evidence of these beasts . after 10 ships went missing in 1782 , de montfort made the bold assumption that the kraken was to blame . the boats were truthfully lost in a hurricane and his reputation was ruined .
have head and eyes , mantle and siphon , beak and radula , an ink sac and eight arms with two tentacles with suckers .
return all nonland permanents to their owners ' hands . if crush of tentacles ' s surge cost was paid , create an 8 / 8 blue octopus creature token .
roar ( su ) : once per day , the king of the deep can produce a horrendous roar that causes fear in all opponents within 30 ft . ( will save negates , dc 39 ) .
that’s where paxton’s research comes in . his paper , fittingly entitled “unleashing the kraken : on the maximum length in the giant squid , ” was published may 17 in the journal of zoology . paxton uses statistical analysis to argue that scientists have vastly underestimated the size of the giant squid . while previous studies have said that no squid could be larger than 43 feet , paxton points out that there could be hundreds of thousands of such squids in the deep ocean , giving plenty of chances for them to grow larger than suggested .
“the data paxton analyzed included 164 measures of mantle ( body ) length ; 39 measures of standard length , which included the lengths of their bodies as well as the lengths of the longest of their arms ; and 47 measures of total length , which included the lengths of their bodies as well as the lengths of the tentacles . ( tentacles are squid limbs that often end in teeth and hooks , and are usually significantly longer than squid arms . ) paxton also examined 46 instances where beak , or mouth , size was measured along with mantle length . he found that beak size could help predict mantle length , confirming previous studies . ”
but i watched the whole thing . unfortunately full of errors regarding diving as my daughter kept commenting on throughout the movie . charlie o ' connell is definitely not the actor his brother is ( not that his brother is a great actor ) . the kraken was not much of a scare . i hated the underwater shots where it was hard to tell the difference between the good and bad guys . the best part of the movie was the jokes we made about it . watch it if nothing else is on but don ' t have any expectations about quality . the tentacles of the kraken are supposedly razor sharp but they only cut some of the time . the ending sucked the big enchilada . you gotta give the folks at scifi some credit , they keep churning out these films so we can relive the whole b - movie thing of the 50 ' s .
exhibits in tentacles include video clips that reveal these animals’ amazing color - and shape - changing abilities and other fascinating but rarely seen behaviors .
keyleth tells vex to ready her arrow for the daylight spell and calls out to taryon to find the other lode stone and not kill the kraken . taryon doesn’t have the magical earrings , but understand the gist of what she’s saying .
the squid looks fake when it ' s in full form , but when you just see flashes or it ' s tentacles , it actually works really well .
“lots of people believe all sorts of stuff about giant squids , which actually isn’t what the evidence says , [ including ] that it was the kraken and that it is pretty small , ” charles paxton , a statistical ecologist at scotland’s university of st . andrews and the author of the study , told national geographic .
they soon realize that tary’s shiny armor may attract the attention of the kraken . they try to convince him to become a whale , but he still refuses . instead , they decide to cover up his armor with one of his robes . vex stitches the front of the robe closed .
like its other squid cousins , the giant squid ' s body is composed of a mantle , eight arms , and two longer tentacles . the mantle , or main body , of the squid is typically around six and a half feet ( 2 meters ) in length . the arms and tentacles account for most of the animal ' s length . the inside surfaces of the arms and tentacles are lined with hundreds of suction cups , ranging in size from about one to two inches in diameter . each suction cup is surrounded by sharp , serrated edges that help the squid hold on to its prey . the upper part of the mantle has two small fins that are used to help maneuver the animal in the water , although its main source of locomotion is jet propulsion . the squid can move through the water at high speeds by taking water into its mantle cavity and then expelling it with great force .
the king of the deep is one of the dark queen ' s most fearsome minions . although it can only drag its bulk slowly on land , the monster ' s powerful claws and tentacled maw remain a terrible danger to foes . in the seas , the king of the deep is in its element , and will prove a match for almost any opponent . it enjoys toying with opponents , using its roar or spells to dismay them or focusing physical attacks upon a single enemy while others strike at it ineffectually .
also offers jack scalia at his most unquestionably evil , hateful and obnoxious . the guy ' s just begging to become a kraken snack .
according to 13 th century norse legend , hero örvar - oddr and his son came into contact with two threatening creatures from the deep . one of these encounters is later described in detail by konungs skuggsj á , a norwegian educational text written in the same century . kraken comes from the norwegian word krake , which is probably related to the german krake , which means octopus .
watch online full movie kraken : tentacles of the deep ( 2006 ) for free thirty years ago , ray reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange , octopus - like creature . now determined to exact revenge , he joins archaeologist nicole on a . . . directors : tibor takács ( as tibor takacs ) , john blush ( uncredited ) writers : abram cox ( screenplay ) ( as tim cox ) , sean keller ( screenplay ) stars : charlie o ' connell , victoria pratt , kristi angus
the rest of the party confirms that it’s a pretty typical planning session . tary reminds them that this is his biggest fight so far . percy tells tary that any plan they have , regardless of quality , will be out the window once the kraken shows up .
harvey , who was known for his interest in the natural world , eagerly paid $ 10 to get his hands on the strange specimen ( the equivalent of roughly $ 200 today ) . of course , the fishermen hadn ' t collected a piece of the kraken , but rather the first - ever intact tentacle from a giant squid in the genus architeuthus .
keyleth , awake and free , debates what to do . she decides to cast animal shape on the party to turn them into electric eels . the suddenly smaller eel versions of vox machina are able to free themselves from the kraken’s grasp ( except vax ) . the kraken attempts to hit them with another electricity attack , but it has no effect on the already electric eels .
many researchers believe the giant squid to be a very aggressive animal . during world war ii , stories from the survivors of sunken ships tell of shipmates being eaten by these creatures in the dark of night . there have even been reports of giant squid reaching out of the water and pulling men off small boats . none of these reports have been officially verified , but they do paint a picture of a powerful predator . the squid ' s eight long tentacles have strong suction cups , which they use to hold on to their prey . a sharp , powerful beak finishes off their helpless victim with eerie efficiency . they are thought to feed on deep sea fish and other species of squid . it is believed that they are solitary hunters , preferring to hunt alone in the dark waters of the deep ocean . as large and powerful as these creatures are , they are not at the top of the food chain . the giant squid has at least one natural enemy . it happens to be a favorite meal of the sperm whale . the squid are commonly found in the stomachs of dead whales . many of these whales even bear scars from the squid ' s suction - cupped tentacles . the main defense mechanism of the squid is a dark , black ink , which can used to create a smoke screen . this ink can temporarily confuse predators , allowing the squid precious time to attempt their escape .
portugal cove , newfoundland , who allegedly found themselves battling with a beast of the deep . determined to prove their tale , they lobbed off a pair of the creature ' s 19 - foot ( 5 . 8 m )
arms
. one was fed to a dog aboard the vessel , but the other found its way to the home of
young ray ( kyle morven tejpar ) seen reading a book
20 , 000 leagues under the sea
by jules verne . the book was influenced by tennyson ' s poem the
the kraken
pappas s ( 2013 ) kraken rises : new fossil evidence revives sea monster debate . live science , oct 31 , 2013 ,
when slinn voda , the rising deep enters the battlefield , if it was kicked , return all creatures to their owners ' hands except for merfolk , krakens , leviathans , octopuses , and serpents .
when they become silent , uvenda continues her advice , saying that they have underwater arenas where they can test out their abilities before facing the kraken .
the kraken attacks with more electricity . keyleth falls unconscious again . tary is hit as well , but he heals himself with a potion shortly after .
vax swims over to grog and tries to pry the tentacle off of him , but he fails . keyleth uses grasping vine to try to free tary , but she also fails , as the kraken is much stronger than both of them .
vox machina sailed on the drensala vis to visit the water ashari . though they encountered pirates along the way , they successfully reached their destination . upon arrival , they met with the leaders of the water ashari so keyleth could be assigned the final portion of her aramente . uvenda , the gnome tribe watcher , informed keyleth that her aramente would start the following morning , and that she is to collect lode stones , waste from the kraken , to help support the infrastructure of their home . she adds that , in order to keep collecting lode stones , the kraken cannot be killed .
zoologist carl von linné ( also known as linnaeus ) was a respected scientist who is considered the father of biological systematics . in systema naturae ( 1735 ) , he describes the kraken as an actual organism .
keyleth asks if uvenda is sure that her mother perished in the battle with the kraken . uvenda becomes solemn and tells her that pieces of her and her companions were all that was able to be recovered . living through that , she explains , is unlikely . she admits there are other potential possibilities , but dying to the kraken is what she thinks happened .
serpent of the endless sea ' s power and toughness are each equal to the number of islands you control .
mcmenamin mas ( 2012 ) evidence for a triassic kraken : unusual arrangement of bones at ichthyosaur state park in nevada . 21st cent sci tech 24 ( 4 ) : 55–58
great question ! many inhabitants of the deep sea swim up towards the surface at night to feed ; and they use the light of the moon to ensure they’re swimming in the right direction . enter the dragonfish . this sneaky fish uses its glowing tentacle to trick prey fish into thinking they’re swimming towards the surface when in reality , they’re swimming straight into its mouth ! ouch .
most of the sea spiders that researchers found on this mission are found around the world . though these creatures typically live on the sea floor , they are extremely capable swimmers and can tread water rapidly to lift themselves into the water column and be carried by deep - sea currents .
a $ 3 . 5 - million special exhibition that features the largest , most diverse living exhibits of rarely seen and amazing octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes , along with engaging interactive experiences that are the hallmark of exhibits at the monterey bay aquarium . “ tentacles : the astounding lives of octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes ” opens on april 12 , 2014 .
bishop erik pontoppidan wrote extensively about the kraken in his 1750s book the natural history of norway . in it , he proposed that this great beast ate a great deal of fish , and therefore his waste must also be fairly fishy . this muddy concoction was allegedly so delicious smelling to other fish that they would come and congregate around it . the kraken could then pounce on its meal and produce more bait , continuing the cycle .
there is , perhaps , no other creature in the deep sea as famous and as misunderstood as the giant squid . it has appeared in fictional movies and stories to the point where most people believe it doesn ' t exist . but rest assured , it is very real . the elusive giant squid , known to science as architeuthis dux , is one of the world ' s largest animals . it is known to reach a length of up to 60 feet . it is one of the largest known invertebrates in the world and one of the largest creatures in the sea . many believe that the terrible kraken of ancient myth may have been based at least in part on this real life monster .
netherlands released , pal / region 2 dvd : languages : english ( dolby digital 5 . 1 ) , dutch ( subtitles ) , widescreen ( 1 . 78 : 1 ) , special features : interactive menu , scene access , synopsis : thirty years ago , ray reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange , octopus - like creature . now determined to exact revenge , he joins archaeologist nicole on a perilous high - seas expedition to find a legendary greek opal - said to be guarded by the very beast that murdered his family . as they come face to face with the killer kraken , they must also battle a ruthless crime lord , who will stop at nothing to seize the coveted treasure for himself . . . . kraken : tentacles of the deep
in the study , paxton extrapolates the maximum size the species can grow using a variety of categories of data , including over a century’s worth of sighting reports , beached carcass samples , and remains from the stomachs of sperm whales , using as much data taken from specimens of the creature directly as possible , according to live science . he used the size of numerous parts of the squid to measure the animal’s total maximum length .
they decide that their plan is to have vex cast pass without a trace . they will then sneak into the kraken’s lair , and begin to collect the lode stones . when that fails , because they cannot kill the kraken and their weapons aren’t very effective underwater anyway , they will run . hopefully , with all three lodestones already collected .
( from verrill , a . e . , 1882 , report on the cephalopods of the northeastern coast of america )
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keyleth , running out of options , desperately swims over to grab vax . with the last of her movement , she goes to vex to grab her hand as well . she plane shifts them back to vesrah . grog and tary are left with the kraken .
“tentacles” is a sensory extravaganza of live exhibits and interactive experiences in four galleries that highlight a group of animals that has captured the human imagination for thousands of years . visitors explore the intriguing lives of cephalopods as they come face - to - face with multi - armed creatures – octopuses , squids , cuttlefishes and nautiluses – and learn why these species are endlessly fascinating .
overview kanaloa , the deep spirit has an incredible team fight potential . his many disables allow him to control the battlefield and set his allies up for devastating combos . kraken ' s embrace can be used to dish large amounts of damage in team fight or to quickly take objectives after a fight has been won . however he is very vulnerable and can be killed very easily by pretty much anyone .
humanoid like all other spirits , but with a lovecraftian vibe . put some tentacles on his face , dark purple color to contrast with the already blue storm spirit . wears a tattered robe , smells like fish , leaves a puddle behind him . has a deep and ominous voice , sounds like he has water in his mouth ( have fun dubbing that one ) .
instead of creating individual storyboards , spielberg mapped out the entire path of mann and the truck driver on a mural of drafting paper with notes about each plot point peppering the sheet .
this 1874 photo of a squid draped over a bathtub was the first ever taken of a giant squid . it belonged to the reverend moses harvey of newfoundland .
for the 1954 film version of the novel , disney created a two - ton model squid , requiring 16 men to operate the remote controls and 50 more to move the wires attached to tentacles . their model squid pales in comparison to modern day film monsters , but it earned the movie an academy award for special effects .
sazima i , bastos de almeida l ( 2008 ) the bird kraken : octopus preys on a sea bird at a oceanic island in the tropical west atlantic . mar biodiv rec . doi :
arms and beak eight thick arms speckled with 2 - inch wide toothed suckers guide prey from the feeding tentacles to a sharp beak in the center of the arms , where the prey is sliced into bite - sized pieces . these bites are further cut and ground by the radula , a tongue - like organ covered with rows of teeth , that is inside the squid ' s beak .
• over the life of the exhibit , visitors might see any of the two dozen species that will rotate through a dozen living exhibits , from giant pacific octopus to hawaiian bobtail squid , the wunderpus and others – including one of the world’s smallest squid and one of the world’s largest cuttlefishes .
hunting in the deep dark ocean isn ' t easy , but these cephalopods have adapted to their environment . in addition to their foot - wide eyes , which help them to absorb as much light as possible to glimpse prey , they also have long feeding tentacles . these tentacles are more than twice their body length , and the squids can shoot out to long distances like a net . this allows these big , comparatively conspicuous squids to sneak up and catch prey . but what do giant squids eat ? although scientists have not witnessed a giant squid feeding , they have cut open the stomachs of squids washed up on beaches to see what they had eaten recently . giant squid mostly eat deep water fishes and other squids—including other giant squids . they also will attack schools of fish from below , quickly ascending into shallower waters to grab a meal before retreating to safer depths away from predators . once prey is caught by the suckers and teeth on the feeding tentacles , the squid will rein it in and bring it towards its beak with its eight arms . the beak breaks the food down into smaller pieces , and the radula , a tongue - like organ covered in teeth , grinds it down further . then the food goes down the esophagus —which travels through the squid ' s brain—to get to the stomach . evidence from a washed ashore squid suggests giant squid will steal the captured meal of another squid , presumably in order to reduce the risk of an attack by a sperm whale in shallow depths . the dead squid ' s two tentacles were ripped from their base and large sucker marks covered the mantle .
ultimate - tidal wave deep spirit summons a powerful wave that that carries enemies caught in it . interrupts enemies when it catches them and when stuns them when it crashes . enemies caught in the wave cannot move or attack but they can use items and spells . deep spirit chooses where the wave forms and where it crashes . the wave travels in a straight line and breaks trees . enemies are stunned and damaged when the wave crashes and slowed after the stun is over .
fm has been covering the theatrical and festival circuit that spiders has been on ever since it premiered at the 3d film festival in los angeles back in september . the movie is finally nearing its limited release on february 8th , with it being available on vod that same day . today we have parts 1 and 2 of a 3 part series in which we talk with the man behind the camera and the two stars in front of it . that would be tibor takacs and patrick muldoon and christa campbell , respectively . it’s time for our close up with christa campbell , the busy actress with a varied resume that includes drive angry , the mechanic , kraken : tentacles of the deep and erotic confessions . put your feet up and learn what inspired christa to be an actor , why she likes horror so much , her experience working with tibor and her time on the set of spiders ,
some of the most intelligent creatures in today ' s oceans , says mcmenamin , are cephalopods - - particularly octopuses and squid . in large aquariums , octopuses are known to collect unusual objects and even play with them . mcmenamin imagines that during the triassic period , his proposed kraken would do battle with ichthyosaurs . when it was victorious , the kraken would drag the ichthyosaur ' s corpse back to its den for a feast .
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cephalopods – octopuses and their kin – are found from the poles to the tropics , in tide pools and the deep sea . they can be colorful or transparent , and range in size from less than an inch to more than 50 feet long .
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this movie surprised me . i found it better than i expected . i thought it would be pretty lame , instead , its not too bad . i found the story interesting and well paced , for the most part . the acting was adequate for this type of movie . but i didn ' t like everything about the movie . i found some of the characters , ( mainly the villains ) too stereotypical for my tastes . that annoyed me a bit . that and some of the dialogue was stereotypical and clichéd . as for the creature itself , i thought it looked pretty impressive at times , and fairly unrealistic and cheap at urltoken observation i have is that from an echo bridge co - production , this movie was more graphic than any of the others i have seen . anyway , i thought there were more positives than negatives , and i was entertained . for me , kraken : tentacles of the deep is a 7 / 10
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at the beginning of each end step , if there are three or more quest counters on quest for ula ' s temple , you may put a kraken , leviathan , octopus , or serpent creature card from your hand onto the battlefield .
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i wasn ' t expecting much from kraken : tentacles of the deep , and i certainly didn ' t get much from the finished product . the scenery is quite nice , but pretty much nothing else works . the underwater sequences , which i thought would be a redeeming quality at least , but was hindered by very unclear camera work and contrived action . the photography wasn ' t just bad in the underwater sequences , it was haphazard everywhere else as well . the music and sound effects are generic , and the special effects are very cheaply rendered . the kraken is under - utilised and doesn ' t pose much of a threat . the death scenes are very lame , having nothing to them other than people being dragged under water . the dialogue is cheesy , the story is uninteresting and predictable and the characters are stereotypical and have no motivations to them , especially the villains . the acting is very poor as well , the female scientists don ' t act so and jack scaglia is equally unconvincing as a mobster . everybody else is bland . all in all , a really bad film but not quite bad enough to be bottom - of - the - barrel . 2 / 10 bethany cox
the kraken swallows grog , who now has a chance to save the quickly dying vax . he searches for vax , but is unable to find him . he takes a healing potion to heal himself .
they looks cautiously around for the kraken . vex casts locate object to find a lodestone . percy begins to dig through the sand . the sand soon gives way to black dirt that clouds up around them . tary loads a daylight stone into his flashlight , being careful make sure it is fully closed so no light yet emits from it . keyleth and vex agree to cast daylight on one of vex’s arrows if they need to distract the kraken .
not until the mid - 1800s did the leading cephalopod specialist of the day , professor japetus steenstrup of denmark , conclude that the mythical beasts were , in fact , very large squid . with the two long feeding tentacles arranged just right , they could be mistaken for arms sticking out of the mantle . the rest of the sea monk descriptions , however , he ascribed to a combination of astonishment and imagination .
squids on the whole make a grim impression on all those who are not accustomed to seeing them more frequently ,
steenstrup said .
those animals aroused still greater astonishment in earlier times .
when they come out of the other side , they see hundreds of bones littering the sea floor . chunks of decaying flesh float past them . they can’t see more than twenty or thirty feet in front of them .
octopuses , squid and cuttlefishes have gripped the human imagination for thousands of years . from the kraken to cthluhu ( ku - thoo - loo ) , the myths surrounding them live in our collective memory . now the monterey bay aquarium is opening the largest , most diverse living exhibit ever created to showcase these amazing animals .
what killed the giant ichthyosaurs of berlin - ichthyosaur state park in nevada ? the leading hypothesis is that a giant octopus - like cephalopod attacked and killed the shonisaurus ichthyosaurs and dragged their corpses to the triassic sea floor . the triassic kraken hypothesis has survived all tests to date , and currently stands alone as the best explanation for the strange collection of large ichthyosaur bones at berlin - ichthyosaur state park , nevada .
a great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the great barrier reef .
tiny teeth cover the surface of the giant squid’s tongue - like organ , or radula .
a giant squid’s body may look pretty simple : like other squids and octopuses , it has two eyes , a beak , eight arms , two feeding tentacles , and a funnel ( also called a siphon ) . but , of course , all of it is much larger !
alright guys , i’ll level with you – i hate spiders . everyone has that one creepy , crawly thing that grosses them out to no end , and the thought of a little fat fuzzy black arachnid scurrying by my toes gives me instantaneous chills . just one of those things that isn’t for me , yeah ? but don’t think i hide my eyes when they’re around or anything , as i love catching eight legged freaks whenever it’s running on syndication , so i took tibor takács ’ spiders 3d as a welcome festival opener . a throwback to the b - movie creature features of old , undoubtably having scientists meddle with something small , growing it to gargantuan sizes only to cause destruction ? sounds like a good time to me , especially since tibor is a veteren of these types of flicks , such as ice spiders , mega snake , kraken : tentacles of the deep , sabrina the teenage witch …
there once was a time when uttering the name kraken sent chills down a mariner’s spine . the legendary beast was known for dragging whole ships down into the watery depths of davy jones’s locker . today we see the monster largely as fiction , but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have ties to reality .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem


thiruppam is a 1984 indian tamil-language film , directed by r. krishnamoorthy and produced by k. r. gangadharan .

the film stars sivaji ganesan , sujatha , prabhu and jaishankar in lead roles .

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savaal is a tamil language film starring kamal haasan , jaishankar , y . g . mahendra and lakshmi . the film which was a remake of hindi film haath ki safai ( 1976 ) was released in 3 july 1981 and did well at box office .
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charing cross road is a 1935 british drama film directed by albert de courville and starring john mills , june clyde , derek oldham and belle baker .

the film takes its title from the charing cross road that runs through central london .

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84 charing cross road film premiere , london , 1987 . helene hanff meeting the queen mother .
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84 charing cross road is a movie made for people who love london and books . the only problem is that the heroine doesn ' t get to london until it ' s too late , and nobody ever seems to read in this movie .
84 charing cross road is today in print as a virago modern classic – kept alive for a new generation . the self - effacing helene would doubtless be astounded that her little 84 is now considered a classic . i can just picture that look of incredulity , and hear that throaty laugh .
when a humorous script - reader in her new york apartment sees an ad in the saturday review of literature for a bookstore in london that does mail order , she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with frank doel , the bookseller who works at marks & co . , 84 charing cross road .
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the film ' ' 84 charing cross road , ' ' which opens today at the baronet , has a screenplay by hugh whitemore ( ' ' stevie ' ' ) , was directed by david jones ( ' ' betrayal ' ' ) and stars anne bancroft , who ' s equally at ease in drama ( ' ' the pumpkin eater ' ' ) and farce ( the remake of ' ' to be or not to be ' ' ) , and who may be the only leading lady in america today with the ability to cross one eye without moving the other .
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in june , 1971 , a slim volume by a little - known , middle - aged american writer , helene hanff , was published in britain . called 84 charing cross road , it was a most unlikely bestseller – simply a collection of letters between the impecunious book - lover hanff , in new york , and the staff of marks & co , an antiquarian bookshop in london .
the enthusiastically reviewed 84 charing cross road was even more of a hit here than in the us . it won hanff a huge british fan base and , in the following years , turned into a phenomenon . in 1975 it was adapted for television by the bbc . then in 1981 james roose - evans’s award - winning stage version was a west end hit which ran for 16 months .
working carefully and with the least sleazy of intentions , some very good people have taken helene hanff ' s popular epistolary memoir , ' ' 84 charing cross road , ' ' which records the new york writer ' s 20 - year correspondence with a london bookshop , and made a movie guaranteed to put all teeth on edge , including george washington ' s , wherever they might be .
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miss fiske would have loved this movie . and i would have loved seeing it with her , through her eyes . i almost even loved it myself , because
84 charing cross road
is a movie made for people who love london and books . the only problem is that the heroine doesn ' t get to london until it ' s too late , and nobody ever seems to read in this movie .
anne bancroft and anthony hopkins sparkle in this touching drama about a trans - atlantic romance that begins when a vivacious new york writer with a passion for literature writes to a london bookstore in search of rare english classics . a reserved englishman answers her request - - thus beginning an extraordinary relationship that spans two decades . ( original title - 84 charing cross road ) © 1986 columbia pictures industries , inc . all rights reserved .
very good film to watch from the start until the finish . anne bancroft , living in new york and looking for out of date or rare printed hardback books as difficulty obtaining them at home . she mangages to find a place in london , being 84 charing cross road a shop that has the titles of books she wants . anthony hopkins is her man to be : he employes a few members of staff maurice denham , a young girl assistant , a man at an enquiry desk . married to judi dench with two children . set in the 1950 ' s during the festival of britain ; to the death of king george the 6th ; to the coronation of queen elizabeth the 2nd . anne bancroft sends various gifts of thankfulness and kind consideration as an appreciation to the staff of 84 charing cross road . she has plans to visit london but something gets in the way . will she come to london in the end or will something happen to stop the visit occuring ?
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now as then , ' ' 84 charing cross road ' ' is about a lot less than it pretends to be . front and center , from start to finish , is a wraith of a character . she is helene hanff ( miss bancroft ) , a struggling new york writer who is equally - heedlessly - in love with england and literature , though all the audience comprehends is a rather peculiar passion for leather bindings , not what ' s in them . the film ' s helene might feel just as passionately about baseball cards and , in the blunt way miss bancroft performs , this would make somewhat more sense .
my first book had been published in 1981 , but since then each successive project had failed to get off the ground . now , tied down domestically and cut off from london , i felt myself sinking into oblivion . my only refuge was the wonderful local library , where i came upon 84 charing cross road . i was so moved by it i sent hanff a letter , explaining that i was a fellow writer and asking whether we might meet . before long we fixed a date .
the film has nothing to do with easy nostalgia ; it ' s about real , credible people , and as such finally becomes very moving .
in charing cross road , “fpd” and his staff were deeply moved by this gesture from a woman they had never met , 3 , 500 miles away . at easter she delighted them again , with a parcel containing real eggs – their first in many years of making do with the powdered variety . and so began a more personal , more affectionate transatlantic relationship . soon hanff was exchanging letters not only with doel , but with his kindly irish wife , nora , as well as the rest of the team at marks & co .
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i had remembered watching this film many years ago with my mum and absolutely loved it as a child . i had often thought about it and was delighted to find the film on amazon . i thought maybe it wouldn ' t be as good as i ' d remembered it however it was ! so clever how they made a film based on a book of letters and anne bancroft completely captures the bright energy of helene hanff and anthony hopkins plays a gentle and charming frank . such a lovely film perfect for a sunday afternoon . also the book is a wonderful read too . such a lovely tale of a correspondence that spanned over 20 years and a friendship based on the love of books even though helene and frank didn ' t get the opportunity to meet . a lovely film that captured me as a child and i ' m happy to say as an adult also .
to a friend embarking on a trip to london that spring , she wrote : “the blessed man who sold me all my books died a few months ago . but marks & co is still there . if you happen to pass by 84 charing cross road , kiss it for me ! i owe it so much . ” the epistolary book chronicling her relationship with the shop was born out of her deep sense of loss . published in the us in 1970 , it was an instant success . unexpectedly , hanff was catapulted out of obscurity to be feted in the media as a new literary celebrity . fan letters poured in to her tiny apartment on east 72nd street .
a story about love and the love of books , 84 charing cross road features academy award ( r ) winners anne bancroft and anthony hopkins in stellar performances . helen hanff ( bancroft ) , a feisty new york writer , mails a letter to a small london bookshop requesting some rare english classics . frank doel ( hopkins ) , the reserved english bookseller , answers her request , beginning a touching and humorous correspondence that spans two continents and two decades . hanff ' s aloof british demeanor , but their mutual love of books forms a bond that deepens with each passing year . their intimate , richly detailed letters draw us into their lives as helen and frank share theirdreams , hopes , sorrows and joys - and , in doing so , develop a lasting and extraordinary friendship .
what a great film . i saw this by accident on the television one sunday afternoon and was totally absorbed by the storyline . it also appealed to me as an avid lover of books and as someone who has always wanted to own a bookshop . the story is heartwarming and funny . would highly recommend . i haven ' t read the book that this film was based on but it ' s on my list to buy .
a nice sunday afternoon film . nice to see hopkins in something before he became a big star ( when he still tried to act ! ) . no - one does repressed englishman better than him and this character ranks with his remains of the day , shadowlands , howards end and elephant man characters . bancroft is great too . it ' s really a film of two halves . if they ever remake it they they use two directors ; one to shoot the london section and the other to shoot the ny section . would be an interesting experiment .
lovely , amusing film - really enjoyed it . great actors . bancroft plays an america jewish woman who seeks specialist old books . she writes to the shop in london and the manager is hopkins . over the years they start up regular correspondence . the films shows how their lives - her in america and him and his staff and families in london - develop in the twenty years ; including marriages and deaths etc . she even sends food parcels as extra payment for the books as england is still under rations / coupons just after the war when the film begins . unfortunately the american cannot visit them all during the coronation as she has to pay out for dental work . but when she does come over many years later the shop is closed down and the manager ( hopkins ) is dead . what a sad ending ! ! loved this film .
this is such a lovely gentle film , far removed from the noisy and violent themes that seem to dominate today . the true story of writer helene hanff and her search for lovely old books that she just cannot find in america . she discovers a bookshop specialising in exactly what she wants and writes to the shop asking for certain books . this begins a wonderful relationship between the shop manager anthony hopkins and herself ( played beautifully by anne bancroft ) . over the years ( the 50s and 60s ) helene manages to add more and more books to her collection , making her desire to actually come to london and visit the shop and all the staff stronger and stronger . i won ' t say more as i do not wish to spoil the film . this is a must for anyone who just wants to be entertained by a brilliant film , well acted and directed .
in this film , an american writer answers an advertisement from a rare - book store in london and begins a two - decade romance via correspondence with a man in the overseas department . despite several attempts , they never manage to meet . she finally makes it to london only to find the man long gone .
i have read the book , and then listened to the audio version with juliette stevenson and kevin wheatley reading as helene hanff and frank . twice . the audio is wonderful and captures the letters and the growing fondness between the 2 so well . as does this film . wonderful ann bancroft and antony hopkins . the audio is still my favourite .
the film crosscuts between the letters ( hers to them and theirs to her ) in which hardly anything of importance is revealed . she sends them packages of food , which they receive with weepy gratitude , in return for which they send her gifts that bring on the kind of teary - eyed smiles a mother directs at her son - the - doctor .
the film is a seemingly unending series of non - epiphanies . the first comes in 1949 when , standing on madison avenue , thumbing through a copy of her beloved saturday review of literature , helene spots an advertisement for marks & co . , antiquarian booksellers . miss bancroft reacts in the manner of an all - too - sincere actress playing bernadette having her first vision .
this helene has very few friends . the film treats the emptiness of her life with the delicacy of an undertaker . it maintains utmost discretion . at one point the camera , in panning across her cluttered apartment , sees the photograph of a naval officer on which the camera lingers for maybe half a second . is he a dead fiance ? a brother ? admiral nimitz ? one shouldn ' t ask .
the film is based on a hit london and new york play , which was based on a best - selling book . given the thin and unlikely subject matter , that already is a series of miracles . and yet there are people who are pushovers for this material . i should know . i read the book and i saw the play and now i am reviewing the movie , and i still don ' t think the basic idea is sound .
adapted from helene hanff ' s bestselling account of her dealings with the staff of a london bookshop , this is an absolute delight . building his film around the letters exchanged between hanff and manager frank doel , director david jones manages to create utterly credible characters , convey something of the beauty of books and make some telling comparisons between the gloomy reserve of postwar britain and the effervescence of cold war america . however , what makes this gentle drama so compelling are the performances of anthony hopkins and anne bancroft , who ingeniously fashion a romance between two people who never met .
this is a very entertaining film the pairing of anne bancroft and anthony hopkins is excellent , bancroft is really in top form as the sassy new york writer . hopkins is equally convincing as the reserved british book shop manager and buyer . such an entertaining story , the memory of this , will stay with you for a long time . i have always found anne bancroft to be such a captivating actress , i once sat next to her and her husband mel brooks , on a flight from new york to l . a . they were both very amusing company , and she told me she like working in the theatre to be the most rewarding . a superb actress and such a nice lady as well .
i will not summarize the plot - - you can read others ' comments for that , or , better yet , see this yourself . classic film buffs who say that there was a golden age of cinema after which all is in decline need to see this one ( although i realize that 1987 probably is long enough ago to qualify as a bygone era for younger imdb users ) . i would not change a thing in this production . every member of the cast delivers the goods , the story is moving and truthful , the characters come to life and you ' re swept up in their lives . when you weary of car chases with explosions , language you can ' t repeat to your mom , cliché - ridden distortions of human relationships and humor based on normally - private bodily functions , give yourself a treat and watch this movie . if you think only hobbits can be sweet and kind and show us the good that can reside in common folk , check out the humans in this one . if you . . . never mind , just see it .
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true story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship .
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toward the end of the movie , helene hanff says that
it would have been worth learning old english to read chaucer
. chaucer did not write in old english , he wrote in middle english .
: you want a word of advice ? don ' t trust the cab drivers ; they ' ll take you five miles to go three blocks . . . and , uh , don ' t waste your time looking at a street map . nobody can find their way around london - not even londoners .
: no ; you ' ll enjoy it . london ' s a great place . what kind of trip is it - business or pleasure ?
the production teams in new york and london were almost completely separate , and the closing credits reflect this : in front of a split screen showing helene in new york and frank in london , the crews for the two cities scroll side by side . in most cases the same jobs are shown in both columns , and the job titles are then shown in the center .
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basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
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the story begins in the years right after world war ii , when london was still gripped by food rationing and pocked by bomb craters .
a new york woman ( anne bancroft ) , who loves books but cannot afford expensive ones , sees an ad in the saturday review for a london bookstore . she sends them her want list and is soon delighted to receive a package of used books - good readable editions , cheap . she begins a correspondence with the bookseller ( anthony hopkins ) , and thus commences a relationship that lasts for years without the two people ever meeting each other .
sigh . miss fiske , who you may remember from the first paragraph of this review , was the librarian at the urbana free library when i was growing up . she instilled such a love of books in me that i still search used bookstore for the adventures of the melody family , by elizabeth enright ; those were the first
real books
i read . miss fiske ran the book club and the saturday morning puppet shows and the book fairs and the story readings . she never had to talk to me about the love of books because she simply exuded it and i absorbed it .
she would have loved this movie . sitting next to her , i suspect , i would have loved it , too . but miss fiske is gone now , and i found it pretty slow - going on my own . and for that matter , miss fiske had a sharp critical intelligence , and i suspect that after seeing this movie she would have nodded and said she enjoyed it , but then she might have added ,
why didn ' t that silly woman get on the boat and go to london 10 years sooner and save herself all that postage ?
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the result of this high - powered collaboration is a movie of such unrelieved genteelness that it makes one long to head for schrafft ' s for a double - gin martini , straight up , and a stack of cinnamon toast from which the crusts have been removed .
this wonderful little gem is something of a critic - proof cult item in my house .
a staid , static movie that wins us over with its outstanding performances and its love of books .
vividly conveys the magical ways that friendship can open up new worlds of experience and meaning .
by a miracle of writing , acting and direction , what could have been a deadly moviegoing experience is turned into something very like pure gold .
if you are really into reading and posting reviews on this site you are probably the kind of person who would like this movie . anthony hopkins and anne bancroft carry on a long term relationship based entirely using there opinions and reviews of books . even with this limitation it is still some of the best character development set to screen . bancroft makes the opening play by sending a letter to hopkins asking him to sell her good cheap books . hopkins plays a reserved well educated clerk in a second hand book store in postwar london . bancroft plays outspoken and fairly brash aspiring writer in new york . hopkins makes selections and bancroft keeps ordering more books and comments on his selection . the relationship slowly evolves over twenty years leaving there friendship more important than the book crossing the atlantic .
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the correspondence spanned two decades – from britain’s post - war austerity to the height of the swinging sixties – and was full of warmth , humour and humanity . if our notion of the “special relationship” between britain and america means anything at all , it is embodied in the pages of hanff’s little book .
it all began in october 1949 as a straightforward business correspondence . having seen an advert for marks & co , describing them as specialists in out - of - print books , hanff wrote to them with a wish list of titles she’d been unable to acquire in new york . “i am a poor writer with an antiquarian taste in books , ” she explained . “if you have clean second - hand copies of any of the books on the list , for no more than $ 5 each , will you consider this a purchase order and send them to me ? ”
the order was dealt with by the shop’s manager , frank doel , who sent her some of the items she wanted and promised to look out for the others . he addressed his letter “dear madam” and signed it “yours faithfully , fpd” . all very formal , very british . but it wouldn’t stay that way for long . hanff’s next letter enclosed payment , praised the “soft vellum and cream - coloured pages” of the books , which put to shame her “orange - crate bookshelves” , and ended with a ps : “i hope ‘madam’ doesn’t mean over there what it means over here . ” she had an insatiable hunger for the classic works of english literature – jane austen , john donne , chaucer , samuel pepys . she sent the shop further orders and more books were dispatched to her manhattan bedsit . then in december she had a surprise for marks & co .
having heard about the food rationing in effect in britain , hanff sent the staff “a small christmas present” of foodstuffs most brits hadn’t seen for years , including a large ham .
this was hastily followed by a short note : “i just noticed on your last invoice it says ‘b . marks , m . cohen . proprietors . ’ are they kosher ? i could rush a tongue over . advise please ! ”
disarmed by her quirky , engaging jocularity , the letters from the businesslike doel grew less formal , although it wasn’t until 1952 that he finally addressed her as “dear helene” . for her , he became “frankie” : “now listen frankie , it’s going to be a long cold winter and i babysit in the evenings and i need reading matter . don’t sit around , go find me some books ! ”
hanff longed to visit london , to “see the england of english literature” . but , as the years passed , she could never afford to make the trip . single and childless , she lived a hand - to - mouth existence as a writer of children’s history books , television scripts and magazine articles , and regarded herself essentially as a failed playwright . her first proper book , in 1961 , was underfoot in show business , an account of how she had failed to “crash the theatre” with her string of unproduced plays .
the long - running correspondence with “her bookshop” , and especially with frank doel , gave her a treasured bond with the city she seemed destined never to see . when , in january 1969 , she received a letter from marks & co informing her that doel had died of peritonitis following a ruptured appendix , she was devastated . the bond was lost .
in britain the book was acquired by andré deutsch and published the following june and that month hanff at long last stepped off a plane at heathrow to enjoy five weeks in the city of her dreams . her only sadness was that marks & co had recently closed down . she made a pilgrimage to the empty , dusty shop and visited the now - widowed nora at home .
“she told me how furious she used to be when he brought one of my letters home to read to the family , ” hanff wrote in 1973 . “‘i’d say to him , what kind of husband are you , to bring another woman’s letters home ! ’ ‘if he hadn’t brought them home , ’ i said , ‘you’d have had cause to worry . ’ she looked at me and nodded . ‘that’s just what frank used to say , ’”
hanff really hit the jackpot a few years later , when hollywood came calling . producer mel brooks acquired the property as a star vehicle for his wife , anne bancroft . doel would be played by anthony hopkins . could things get any better ?
it was at this point that our paths crossed . i was a london - based journalist , the mother of two small sons and married to a city lawyer , but in the mid - eighties we had a two - year sojourn in the us while my husband ran his firm’s new york office . he commuted to manhattan each day while i was stuck in connecticut with the kids . a beautiful place , but boring .
we met at rumpelmayer’s , an elegant old café on central park south . in her gravelly , smoker’s voice she regaled me with anecdotes about new york life , and i relished her acerbic wit and self - deprecating humour .
she said she received countless letters from people claiming to be writers and wanting to meet her , who turned out to be amateurs and shams . she now refused to see such people . but she could tell i was a genuine writer , because mine had been a “writer’s letter” . even this small compliment acted on me like a tonic .
i was in my mid - thirties , she was nearing 70 , i had a family , she was alone and fiercely independent . i was at a low ebb in my career , she was at the height of hers . yet , opposites though we were , we shared some common threads in our lives .
when i told her about my stagnating career and fear that time was passing me by , she empathised because she had been through the same thing , at exactly the same age . she described how , when she was 34 , she woke up in a sweat one night at the terrifying thought that she still hadn’t had a play on broadway .
when i complained about how remote and unhelpful literary agents were , she snorted in agreement . her own agent , she said , wouldn’t take her calls for years as she wasn’t considered “big enough” . even after 84 became a bestseller the agent remained elusive .
“it wasn’t until i got a hollywood deal that she’d finally speak to me . ” later , i explained my personal dilemma . like her , i was a passionate urbanite , but i couldn’t come to manhattan much during the week because of my husband’s and sons’ schedules .
“there’s no dilemma , ” she declared . “just leave a note for your husband on friday evening , saying ‘see you monday morning ! ’” when her book q’s legacy – about the influence on her of the literary critic sir arthur quiller - couch – came out in 1985 , naturally i read it with interest . i was disappointed . still , i arranged to call on her at home one day , so she could sign my copy . her inscription reads : “for monica porter – a young fellow writer – in the hope that she’ll live to write far better books than this one . ”
we lost touch , eventually . then one day in april 1997 i opened the paper to find her obituary . she’d had diabetes for many years and died as a result of complications a week short of her 80th birthday . sadly , all the fame and accolades bestowed on her over the years had not given her financial security . by her own account she was broke in her final years , and accepted a grant from an author’s charity to help with hospital bills .
even when she had money , hanff had given it away . sheila wheeler , doel’s daughter , who lives in muswell hill , north london , tells me the writer made sure they received a share of her royalties following frank’s death . “we saw her as an american fairy godmother when
i was growing up , ” she says . “i pictured her as someone tremendously rich and glamorous , looking like lauren bacall . it was a shock , when i finally met her in 1971 , to see how wrong i had been . ”
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playing opposite miss bancroft is the estimable anthony hopkins , as the mild - mannered english bibliographer at marks & co . with whom she corresponds . it ' s a modest performance in an exceedingly dim role , and of interest only when seen alongside the actor ' s spectacular work in the just - opened ' ' good father . ' '
it ' s not as if everyone concerned couldn ' t have known the quality of the gruel before they plunged into it . the book was the basis for a london television show in 1975 and , as adapted by james roose - evans , was a play that was successfully put on in london in 1981 . a 1982 new york production closed after 96 performances .
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thus begins her pen - pal relationship with frank doel ( mr . hopkins ) and the other dear people at marks & co . as they supply her with books , she supplies them with slangily affectionate letters in which she pours out her heart about the joys of acquiring and feeling previously owned copies of hazlitt , stevenson , pepys , de tocqueville , chaucer , landor , woolf and newman ( ' ' dear , goofy john henry ' ' ) , among others .
to the extent that any substance is revealed through these exchanges , helene is a wan woman with apparently no other life . we ' re told that she writes television scripts ( ' ' ellery queen , ' ' ' ' the hallmark hall of fame , ' ' short stories ) . all the audience sees , however , is a domiciled shopping - bag lady who likes to fondle her books and , when she opens them , to chain - smoke cigarettes and to drink so much gin she wouldn ' t remember much of anything she reads anyway .
from time to time , helene does display a certain amount of nerve , as when she ridicules those great ( and cheap ) old modern library giant editions that allowed several generations of americans to grow up halfway educated without having to fawn on marks & co . in london . even her wisecracks are meager : ' ' i hope ' madam ' doesn ' t mean over there what it means over her , ' ' she writes to frank in one of her early letters . he smiles fondly . twee is the english word for it .
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, a unique comedy - drama based on a true story . hanff and doel are separated by 3 , 000 miles of ocean and joined by a passion for old books . their relationship begins when new - yorker hanff orders a copy of pepys ' diary . doel , as polite and soft - spoken as hanff is loud and overbearing , fields the request from the titular book shop in london . for the next two decades they correspond without ever actually sitting down for tea and crumpets .
director david jones ( betrayal ) does a reasonably good job of goosing a movie about something as un - cinematic as letter - writing , and the stars have fun chewing scenery on both sides of the atlantic . the model for this kind of bittersweet relationship is david lean ' s brief encounter , which , not coincidentally , is glimpsed here when hanff steps out for a rainy - day matinee . - - glenn lovell , urltoken
the audio is wonderful and captures the letters and the growing fondness between . . .
gentle , perhaps too gentle , with hopkins unable , as his character is just so good , to really essay a repression - filled performance which made some of his other middle - aged . . .
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