Jane Seymour has opened up about a near-death experience she had in 1988.
The actor, 72, who rose to fame as Bond girl Solitaire in the 007 film Live and Let Die, nearly died after she contracted bronchitis during filming and an antibiotic was injected into a vein rather than a muscle.
Asked in a new interview in The Times Magazine about whether she believes anything happens after we die, she said: “I have no idea. I do know that I left my body [after the near-lethal antibiotics]. I did see the white light and I did look down and quite clearly see and hear everyone screaming and trying to resuscitate me, which they were able to do.
“But when you’re out of your body, everything goes very calm.”
Seymour added that, looking back on her life, she doesn’t have any regrets. “I really don’t,” she said. “I’ve probably made millions of...
The actor, 72, who rose to fame as Bond girl Solitaire in the 007 film Live and Let Die, nearly died after she contracted bronchitis during filming and an antibiotic was injected into a vein rather than a muscle.
Asked in a new interview in The Times Magazine about whether she believes anything happens after we die, she said: “I have no idea. I do know that I left my body [after the near-lethal antibiotics]. I did see the white light and I did look down and quite clearly see and hear everyone screaming and trying to resuscitate me, which they were able to do.
“But when you’re out of your body, everything goes very calm.”
Seymour added that, looking back on her life, she doesn’t have any regrets. “I really don’t,” she said. “I’ve probably made millions of...
- 4/15/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
Hong Kong-based indie sales agent Autumn Sun comes to FilMart with a bulging slate of new film titles from around Asia — including two animated features from mainland China.
Autumn Sun, headed by sales veteran Elliot Tong, is giving a market premiere to “Planet Cat,” an animated feature by Song Yuefeng about a chance meeting between a stray cat and a girl in a city at night. The film is produced by Nuctopus Studio and Dreamers Studio and previously won a development prize at the Beijing International Film Festival. The feature is now in post-production and a promo reel is being screened at the market.
“Dance With the Finless Porpoise,” another Chinese animated feature in post-production, also gets its market premiere. The fantasy imagines the finless porpoises as guardians of the Yangtze River delta, with one who can turn herself into a human princess. The film is co-directed by Chen Xi...
Autumn Sun, headed by sales veteran Elliot Tong, is giving a market premiere to “Planet Cat,” an animated feature by Song Yuefeng about a chance meeting between a stray cat and a girl in a city at night. The film is produced by Nuctopus Studio and Dreamers Studio and previously won a development prize at the Beijing International Film Festival. The feature is now in post-production and a promo reel is being screened at the market.
“Dance With the Finless Porpoise,” another Chinese animated feature in post-production, also gets its market premiere. The fantasy imagines the finless porpoises as guardians of the Yangtze River delta, with one who can turn herself into a human princess. The film is co-directed by Chen Xi...
- 3/12/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Director and producer Nadia Tass will chair the jury for this year’s CinefestOZ, which had its full line-up announced in Perth yesterday.
The filmmaker will helm voting on the $100,000 CinefestOZ prize, adjudicating in-competition finalists Here Out West, Nitram, River, and The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson.
Tass is among the directors to have their work showcased at the event, with her documentary, Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story, announced among the Australian premieres in the line-up.
Speaking to If, she said the festival had always been “invigorating”.
“The event is so elegant, but at the same time it is not empty,” she said.
“There is so much about films that is discussed, both in terms of the creative process and films as pieces of entertainment or communication with an audience.
“They have really thought about how they are going to excite people to come to the event.”
Tass...
The filmmaker will helm voting on the $100,000 CinefestOZ prize, adjudicating in-competition finalists Here Out West, Nitram, River, and The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson.
Tass is among the directors to have their work showcased at the event, with her documentary, Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story, announced among the Australian premieres in the line-up.
Speaking to If, she said the festival had always been “invigorating”.
“The event is so elegant, but at the same time it is not empty,” she said.
“There is so much about films that is discussed, both in terms of the creative process and films as pieces of entertainment or communication with an audience.
“They have really thought about how they are going to excite people to come to the event.”
Tass...
- 7/29/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Australian actor Sam Rechner (“Ruby’s Choice”) has landed a significant role in the untitled Steven Spielberg film loosely based on the director’s youth growing up in Arizona. Rechner will play a high school classmate of the aspiring filmmaker at the center of the story.
Rechner joins the A-list cast that already includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Julia Butters and Gabriel Labelle.
The film, which currently has newcomer Labelle set to play a character inspired by a young Spielberg, will explore the lead character’s relationship with his parents across the decades. Williams and Dano will play characters based on Spielberg’s parents, while Rogen will play a character based on Spielberg’s uncle.
Although plot details are being kept under wraps, the project will be the first one Spielberg holds writing credit on since “A.I.” 20 years ago. He will co-write the film with longtime writing partner Tony Kushner,...
Rechner joins the A-list cast that already includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Julia Butters and Gabriel Labelle.
The film, which currently has newcomer Labelle set to play a character inspired by a young Spielberg, will explore the lead character’s relationship with his parents across the decades. Williams and Dano will play characters based on Spielberg’s parents, while Rogen will play a character based on Spielberg’s uncle.
Although plot details are being kept under wraps, the project will be the first one Spielberg holds writing credit on since “A.I.” 20 years ago. He will co-write the film with longtime writing partner Tony Kushner,...
- 6/18/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Sam Rechner will play a high school classmate of a young, aspiring filmmaker in Steven Spielberg’s new, semi-autobiographical film.
The young, up-and-coming Australian actor joins an impressive ensemble cast that includes Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Paul Dano. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters and Gabriel Labelle are also signed for the film. Williams is playing a character loosely based on Spielberg’s mother, while Dano will play a stand-in for his father, and Rogen will play the role of his favorite uncle.
Rechner is just 19. He recently appeared in “Ruby’s Choice” with Jane Seymour, and will be seen in season two of the Amazon Prime Video series “The Wilds,” starring Rachel Griffiths. His theater credits include leading roles in productions of “Animal Farm” and “12 Angry Men.”
The untitled film is loosely based on Spielberg’s childhood growing up as a movie-loving kid in Arizona.
The young, up-and-coming Australian actor joins an impressive ensemble cast that includes Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Paul Dano. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters and Gabriel Labelle are also signed for the film. Williams is playing a character loosely based on Spielberg’s mother, while Dano will play a stand-in for his father, and Rogen will play the role of his favorite uncle.
Rechner is just 19. He recently appeared in “Ruby’s Choice” with Jane Seymour, and will be seen in season two of the Amazon Prime Video series “The Wilds,” starring Rachel Griffiths. His theater credits include leading roles in productions of “Animal Farm” and “12 Angry Men.”
The untitled film is loosely based on Spielberg’s childhood growing up as a movie-loving kid in Arizona.
- 6/18/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Up-and-coming Australian actor Sam Rechner has landed a significant role in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film. Rechner (Ruby’s Choice) will play a high school classmate of the young, aspiring filmmaker at the center of the story. He joins an A-list cast that already includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Julia Butters, and Gabriel Labelle.
The film, which is currently untitled, is loosely based on Spielberg’s childhood, and principal photography begins in July near Los Angeles, with a release planned for 2022. Steven Spielberg co-wrote the script alongside Tony Kushner; Spielberg, Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger are producing.
Rechner, 19, is quickly making a name for himself both on stage and on screen. He recently appeared in the feature film Ruby’s Choice with Jane Seymour, and will be seen in season two of the Amazon Prime Video series The Wilds, starring Rachel Griffiths. Rechner’s theater credits include leading roles in...
The film, which is currently untitled, is loosely based on Spielberg’s childhood, and principal photography begins in July near Los Angeles, with a release planned for 2022. Steven Spielberg co-wrote the script alongside Tony Kushner; Spielberg, Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger are producing.
Rechner, 19, is quickly making a name for himself both on stage and on screen. He recently appeared in the feature film Ruby’s Choice with Jane Seymour, and will be seen in season two of the Amazon Prime Video series The Wilds, starring Rachel Griffiths. Rechner’s theater credits include leading roles in...
- 6/18/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Seymour.
Jane Seymour’s abiding interest in dementia led to her landing the lead role in Ruby’s Choice, producer/director Michael Budd’s drama with comic overtones, which starts shooting in Brisbane later this month.
The British American actress who made her name in the 1970s as Bond girl Solitaire in Live and Let Die and in TV’s The Onedin Line, Our Mutual Friend and Battlestar Galactica, will play the title role, a loving grandmother who has dementia.
Coco Jack Gillies will portray her 16-year-old granddaughter Tash.
Jacqueline McKenzie is Ruby’s daughter Sharon with Stephen Hunter as her husband Doug.
Emerging Brisbane writer Paul Mahoney wrote the screenplay, pitched it to Budd and it immediately struck a chord as the filmmaker lost his grandmother to dementia.
Budd approached Seymour’s agent knowing it was a subject close to her heart: Seymour served as executive producer on Glen Campbell...
Jane Seymour’s abiding interest in dementia led to her landing the lead role in Ruby’s Choice, producer/director Michael Budd’s drama with comic overtones, which starts shooting in Brisbane later this month.
The British American actress who made her name in the 1970s as Bond girl Solitaire in Live and Let Die and in TV’s The Onedin Line, Our Mutual Friend and Battlestar Galactica, will play the title role, a loving grandmother who has dementia.
Coco Jack Gillies will portray her 16-year-old granddaughter Tash.
Jacqueline McKenzie is Ruby’s daughter Sharon with Stephen Hunter as her husband Doug.
Emerging Brisbane writer Paul Mahoney wrote the screenplay, pitched it to Budd and it immediately struck a chord as the filmmaker lost his grandmother to dementia.
Budd approached Seymour’s agent knowing it was a subject close to her heart: Seymour served as executive producer on Glen Campbell...
- 3/10/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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