Desire Avenue

blue wrote:Is the location Kensington Gardens, Rob?

I just knew you were going to get it.
Yep, its Kensington Gardens,and the film is called..........?

'Finding Neverland', and the Very Famous Actor who parked his bum on the bench is Johnny Depp.

blue wrote:'Finding Neverland', and the Very Famous Actor who parked his bum on the bench is Johnny Depp.

Correct.

And hopefully here he is:
( and for Dave Soundworlds benefit,who stopped going to the pictures when talkies came in,thats JD on the left )

Oh that's really odd,I was thinking about Peter Pan all along for some reason,without remembering that a film had been made about JM Barrie.Isn't it supposed to be quite good? Alas,I'm allergic to Peter Pan...
I have seen Johnny Depp,RobB; I do have four teenage nieces,you know,who are rather partial to his attractiveness. Having said that,the last time I saw him in a film was Edward Scissorhands,and he didn't look anything like the geezer on the bench -and not much like you,either

I think,as the winner,Beth should post a similar picture quiz now!

But I don't have any pictures of myself at film locations.

'Finding Neverland' is a really lovely film, if a tad schmaltzy at times for this cynical soul. You have to forgive all the liberties taken with the truth, as well, it really does veer away from the facts. Another great performance by JD though, the only non-Scots actor I've heard doing a thoroughly convincing Scots accent.

Incidentally Rob, there were two major British films released in '04 that featured a main character sitting on a bench in Kensington Gardens. I saw them both, but I wonder if anyone else did?

sound world wrote:I have seen Johnny Depp,RobB; I do have four teenage nieces,you know,who are rather partial to his attractiveness.

Dave,you surprise me, I wouldn't have thought that you were young enough to have teenage nieces.
Unsurprisingly,it was Kate's 16 year old JD mad daughter (who took the photo) who was the reason why we were there in the first place.

sound world wrote:Having said that,the last time I saw him in a film was Edward Scissorhands,and he didn't look anything like the geezer on the bench -and not much like you,either

JD is very clever with the characters he creates as he's hardly recognisable from one role to the next.
There is another photo on the net taken at the park bench with JD and a shaggy dog.......I look more like the dog than JD.

blue wrote:'Finding Neverland' is a really lovely film, if a tad schmaltzy at times for this cynical soul.

I really enjoyed the film,schmaltz and all.
Actually,any film with Kate Winslet in it is ace with me. Unfortunately the bench that KateW sat on seems to have been a film prop as there was no bench there in reality.

blue wrote:Incidentally Rob, there were two major British films released in '04 that featured a main character sitting on a bench in Kensington Gardens. I saw them both, but I wonder if anyone else did?

Now,thats got me thinking,what could that other film be?
Hang on,I might have to cheat here. [angel]

RobB wrote:

sound world wrote:I have seen Johnny Depp,RobB; I do have four teenage nieces,you know,who are rather partial to his attractiveness.

Dave,you surprise me, I wouldn't have thought that you were young enough to have teenage nieces.
Unsurprisingly,it was Kate's 16 year old JD mad daughter (who took the photo) who was the reason why we were there in the first place.

So you were'nt there trying to regain your youth then

RobB wrote:Hang on,I might have to cheat here. [angel]

"Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason" [angel] [angel] [angel]

barrett wrote:So you were'nt there trying to regain your youth then

nah,even if I had regained my youth i'm far too old now to know what to do with it.

RobB wrote:

RobB wrote:Hang on,I might have to cheat here. [angel]

"Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason" [angel] [angel] [angel]

Yeah, but you cheated. [akiss]

RobB wrote:
JD is very clever with the characters he creates as he's hardly recognisable from one role to the next.

And yet so delicious every time. I could eat him up with a spoon. [love]

This was a cool kind of 'treasure hunt' . Now if Elizabeth doesn't have any picture maybe someone else has one that can challenge us??

I think it could be just a still from a film,you don't have to put yourself in it.
Like this-name the film (easy peasy):-

I mentionned Citizen Kane in the Bourne Ultimatum topic some days ago