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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finally saw the 13 Warriors movie last night -- or parts of it, since I kept switching back and forth between the jumping show and the movie since I only wanted to see the fjord parts. Attack of the Killer Fjords with those sweet little faces and sweet little pumpkin butts. Wish I had gotten to edit the tape on that movie. It would have been short, but oh so sweet. Gail Dorine
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This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear peg, as long as its washable, i wouldn't mind. coolaid works for that sort of thing, but it's sticky. my kids would just hose off. denise
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This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean, I have been in several movies and was left "on the cutting room floor" in one. Darn that movie star, whose name I seem to repress, who gleefully told me about it. But it seems they destroy these cuttings unless there is something of benefit in them. I suppose if you know the cutter??? It did not work for me. Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores
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This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Who says horses do not look up? My huge trakehner, Charlie, is the only horse here who knows apples grow on trees and he can reach them! Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes & Noble Book Stores
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This message is from: Alison Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This message is from: "Brian Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I saw that movie and agree that it was really awful, but I wondered where > they found so many Fjords. I know that the Swendsons sent several (their horses are the Aaurun's horses), and I don't know how many reds are in the movie, but if there is only one, that's Iggy, the pony I took to regionals.
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This message is from: Anita Unrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean, it has actually been three movies our horses were involved with. The first one was in the 70's with our original gelding George. Dan Haggerty of Grizzley Adams fame got his start in this movie. The riders couldn't handle the tigers and the tiger handlers couldn't ride very well. Dan Hagerty was one of the tiger handlers. The movie was called "When the North Winds Blow" and you occasionally see it on the late night movies. It was about some guys in Siberia trying to catch Siberian Tigers. Near the end George has a tiger on a travois and the two guys are talking and one has a bunch of flowers in his hand. They cut the scene just as George went to eat the flowers. If you know what to look for you can see the Fjord going for the food. George was the only horse there that would go up to the tigers when in the nets and let them load them up. It was the early eighties when we took Bjarne and some of the other Fjords up Cathederal Mountin for the Clan of the Cave Bear. Permission was not granted for the horses to go out on the fragile alpine so we had 10 days of relaxation with a bunch of Fjords that were in a corral with helicopters landing right next to them. People always told us that horses don't look up but I got some pics of them looking up to see what that horrible noise was. The last movie was the 13th Warrior that took two years to be released. There wereabout 60 Fjords of which we supplied 21. Ted Swendsen and Helena Klement supplied about another 20 head between them and some came from Sask. as well as several from individual people. Only during the big rides were all 125 head out at once. Usually we worked a total of 40-60 head of all horses every day. We worked for the first week in July until the middle of Sept. Orville was one of the Wendol's and many a day was 14-16 hour days starting with costume and makeup. The horses learnt to have patience and be ready to go but to relax and get some sleep in between takes. Sometimes it might be two hours between and the next time they would have to go right away. They all learnt to listen for "Rolling" "Action" and they were gone as most scenes were wide open. Then they would come back to the starting point and have to stand in line. It was a standing joke that the Wendols could not count. They would be told to line up in threes or fours and a lot of them never did get that figured out. One filly that we sold to New York would lay down between takes and her 14 yr old rider would snooze on top of her. I wish I could have got some of the waiting pics. 7 or 8 Wendols sitting around a stump with everyone on the next person's shoulder sound asleep and their reins in their hands with the horse standing with hind leg cocked also asleep. With the long hours sleep was a real rare commodiy. We also worked 6 day a week and would take the Sunday shift so we would have time to go over the horses and make sure everyone was okay. My job was staying at the tent and cleaning barn, feeding, doctoring etc. I did get to go up top a couple of nights and watch. I too wish we could take the cuttings and make another film. Anita Unrau Anvil's Acres Norwegian Fjord Horses.
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This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think it was "Clan of the Cave Bear" that the Unraus had their fjords waiting for...No horse footage used. I don't think there WAS a movie made of "Valley of Horses", was there? If so, I wanna see it! I think Anita told me my old Bjarne was in that group "not" used in "Clan of the Cave Bear" I have a picture of Orville riding Bjarne and ponying a bunch of Fjords, I think it was taken at the "Cave Bear" location? Anita? It was Anvil's Salomon, now owned by Cam Pedri that was the white Fjord in 13th warrior. Anita, could it be possible to retrieve some of that great footage that they cut out and view it? Or do they destroy it forever? Would be neat to produce a video of all that wonderful horse action. (Boy, am I Dreaming?) Jean ini Fabulous Fairbanks, Alaska, where it is STILL a balmy +25F but the moose are getting to be a problem getting in the hay barn. At 08:27 AM 1/24/2000 -0800, you wrote: >The Fjords belong to Orville and Anita Unrau of >Anvil's Acres. They have provided Fjord horses for at >least two movies that I am aware of. It seems I >recall Anita saying that they took several horses to >the set of "Valley of the Horses" - at the movie >company's request - and waited around forever, only to >have the director decide not to use the horses. I >never saw the movie, but have read the book and can't >imagine making the movie without Fjords. Makes you >wonder. Anyway, the white Fjord in the 13th Warrior >is related to the ulsdun(white) Fjords that people on >this list mention. He is a son of Anvil's Stina, >grandson of Stella, great-grandson of Line - all of >whom are ulsdun(white dun, if you will). I think I >have that right anyway - Jean, Anita? > >Mary >> >> > >= >Mary Thurman >Raintree Farms >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >__ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > > Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Brian Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Brian Thompson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I saw that movie and agree that it was really awful, > but I wondered where > they found so many Fjords. Brian, The Fjords belong to Orville and Anita Unrau of Anvil's Acres. They have provided Fjord horses for at least two movies that I am aware of. It seems I recall Anita saying that they took several horses to the set of "Valley of the Horses" - at the movie company's request - and waited around forever, only to have the director decide not to use the horses. I never saw the movie, but have read the book and can't imagine making the movie without Fjords. Makes you wonder. Anyway, the white Fjord in the 13th Warrior is related to the ulsdun(white) Fjords that people on this list mention. He is a son of Anvil's Stina, grandson of Stella, great-grandson of Line - all of whom are ulsdun(white dun, if you will). I think I have that right anyway - Jean, Anita? Mary > > = Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
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This message is from: "Meredith Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The darling Fjordies came from the Unrau's Anvil's Acres. They have written about their experiences making the movie in the Fjord Herald and on this list. I think the story was based on a thoery that there really was a Neanderthal people still in existance during the Dark Ages living in the wilds of Norway. And that those people were the Wendol, Grendal, etc. The little fat lady figure they kept finding is called a Venus figure. They were made by Stone Age people in Europe. I'm glad I read the book first. This is one case where I felt it would have made the movie better had they broke away from the book a bit more. And I am 'so over' darkly filmed movies, I wish movie makers would wise up and realize that theirs is a visual medium - we need to see what's going on for us to enjoy it! And the quick clips that are so popular in music videos, commercials and movies - they used that fad way too often in this movie, so you never got any good visuals exept of Banderas' face! Since I have Braveheart in video drawer and we watch all the psycho killer movies like 'Silence of the Lambs', I watched this whole move and did not think it was unusually violent. Athough I love anthropology, Fjords and Banderas, the movie was disappointing but I still enjoyed it. >>><<< Meredith Sessoms >>><<< Soddy-Daisy. Tennessee. USA >>><<< Dorina & NFR Aagot
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This message is from: "Brian Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I saw that movie and agree that it was really awful, but I wondered where they found so many Fjords.
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/23/00 2:23:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Anyway, I would rather think The Vikings, with Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine---not to mention Kirk Douglous blasting around on a real cutie Fjord was a better Viking movie. >> Yes. I agree with you there. If anybody sees that the movie is on tv, please let me know. I "think" that was the first place I ever saw a fjord! It's been years since I've actually seen the movie though. And I also found 13th Warrior a major league disappointment. What a waste of fjords! And acting talent! It was a rather tasteless, pointless movie, from where I sat. Pamela
