Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00788)

Hi Leon,
Ever considered the guy who writes Deep Space Nine - Roddenbury I think his name is? I see many theosophical ideas subtly expressed in that show. I hope it would be about theosophy and not the TS, perhaps it could end at the formation of the TS in New York? I know I would like to see Bates, Pacino, De Niro,Billy Bob Thornton, have the perfect guy in mind for Leadbeater but cant think of his name. Is Richard Harris still alive? Peter O'Toole, the silence of the lambs guy, Ben Kingsley, would be great masters. There are some great tv actors if it became a tv movie. Maybe Trump could play Leadbeater, you're fired! but that isnt who I was thinking of. Susan Sarandon would make a great AB. I am just dreaming away here.

Perhaps we could project HPB into the 22nd Century, after the devastation of Earth (simile to Atlantis), but situated in Venus or Mercury - wherever we are meant to go after Earth. Perhaps the Earth could be the decaying Moon seen from Venus/Mercury. 

What sort of funding are you talking about. Here, they have a scheme where people buy shares in a movie, if it succeeds they get a dividend, if not, well, I suppose its like buying a race horse, you dont know its a winner until after the winning post, but up until that time you have to feed and train it.

Would also be good to see the Destruction of Earth, Bates telling Seven of Nine, why and how it came about, etc etc.

Good luck
Cass 
leonmaurer@aol.com wrote:

We've been working on it since 1975, and Bates would be a good candidate for 
the lead role -- but have yet to find a suitable script that would make a good 
movie for theatrical release, or even a stage play suitable for Broadway. As 
for who would play Judge, Olcott, Besant Leadbeater, KH, M, etc. -- that's 
all up for grabs depending on the story (and the budget) -- which could be 
limited to any portion of HPB's adventurous life or a full epic biographical 
approach. Problem is maintaining an underlying pure theosophical philosophical 
basis that would "entertain," "teach" subliminally or metaphorically, and awaken 
interest in theosophy -- without an obvious New Age "message" that would 
trigger a religious or political backlash. For our professional interest, a 
suitable picture would have to have the same character and big screen impact as Star 
Wars, the Matrix, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Master and Commander, etc. 
-- so as to attract the largest audience possible. All ideas from story-line 
and development to preproduction financing welcome. 

Leon H. Maurer, 
Exec Producer
Uniworld Artists Productions 

In a message dated 04/15/05 11:35:14 PM, silva_cass@yahoo.com writes:

>
>Dear Iain
>Had a giggle on this one. Perhaps hollywood could do a matrix type film.
> Couldnt include CWL as it would then get an R rating. I do think it would
>be a great way for the World to get a quick fix of theosophy while munching
>on popcorn.
>Regards
>Cass
>
>Iain wrote:
>A quick change of subject. Ive got the TV on in the background I've just
>noticed US Actress Cathy Bates in a film called Dolores Claiborne and Ive 
>also got a book on HPB on the table infront of me Bates looks a dead ringer
>for HPB!!! I wonder what treatment Hollywood would do for her Life story,
>any ideas who would play the other characters,Michael Jackson is temporarly
>indisposed to play CWL!!
>cheers Iain



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