ACTORS SEEK THEIR SHARE OF 'RINGS' WINDFALL.Byline: - Bob Strauss When many of the actors who signed on to ``Lord of the Rings'' made their deals with New Line Cinema, few were stars. Some were unknowns. Therefore, they did not make very remunerative deals. As years of reshoots and promotional duties dragged on - and the first two films of the trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. went through the financial roof - this engendered grumbling. After several unhappy attempts on the studio's part to placate pla·cate tr.v. pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See Synonyms at pacify. the actors as cheaply as possible, an agreement was reportedly reached earlier this year that made both sides happy. But it was awfully secret. And apparently still somewhat a point of contention, at least if the statements by some of the few actors who will comment on the matter - or even acknowledge that it ever existed - are an indication. ``I was not involved in that,'' insists John Rhys-Davies, who plays the dwarf Gimli. ``All I expect is that I will honor the letter and spirit of my contract, and I expect my employers to honor the letter and spirit of their end of the bargain. I have and they have. That's really all I want to say about it.'' Sir Ian McKellen, who limns the key role of the wizard Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. Gandalf (and works another lucrative film franchise as ``X-Men'' nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. Magneto magneto: see generator. magneto Permanent-magnet alternating generator used mainly to produce electrical current for the ignition system in various types of internal-combustion engines, such as aircraft, marine, tractor, and motorcycle engines. ), has rather more to say. ``My agent was negotiating on my behalf,'' the 64-year-old stage legend says. ``So what I'd say about that, which is now amicably am·i·ca·ble adj. Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly. [Middle English, from Late Latin am sorted out, I think, is that I wish producers would give actors, and any major participant in a movie, a percentage of the profits. There seems to be established, somewhere in Hollywood, the idea that if the movie is a success, the producers will give you a present. They give actors cars. ``I don't want a car. I live in London.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Gimli the dwarf (John Rhys-Davies). |
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