Speaking of John Jarratt, when I was reviewing films on a radio station here in Brisbane, I had the opportunity to go to a lot of press screenings and still do. One of them was for ‘Wolf Creek’ which John Jarratt opened. Jarrat made the comment that Wolf Creek was made on ‘Mel Gibson’s’ lunch money. John and Mel went to acting school together and both got their first acting feature in a low budget surfing film called ‘Summer City’.
At the Wolf Creek opening, Michael Caton (who starred in the Aussie flick ‘ The Castle’) also attended and is a good mate of John’s. I was fortunate to speak with both and Caton made the comment that the role Jarratt took was a real actors role for him. Jarratt’s character could not be any further from the real John Jarratt essentially. To this day I can’t watch Wolf Creek a second time, too bloody scary… From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2014 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Seeing stars I interviewed quite a lot of famous people when I was doing the Drive programme on a radio station on the Gold Coast. Patti Austin, Ray Barrett, John Jarratt, Chris Botti, Amanda Carr, Louis Shelton, Vince Jones and lots more. It was always a lot of fun talking to talented people and asking them about their work. From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tommy Barr Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2014 1:24 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] Seeing stars Just wondering who among the Mopo membership has had any sort of relationship with movie stars. In the Summer of 1970 I spent a few days drinking with Roddy McDowall in a pub in Kew, London (he drank pints of Bloody Marys). Liam Neeson lived round the corner from me for many years and my wife and his sister were very close friends - she cuddled him as a baby. Who did (do) you know? Tommy _____ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> &A=1 _____ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> &A=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
