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   In article <181020072249546031%invid@localnet.com>,   
    Invid Fan  wrote:   
      
   > In article , Patrick Joseph Mc Namara   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > "kdr"  wrote in message   
   > > news:UuOdnRvOtexlQoranZ2dnUVZ_h6vnZ2d@comcast.com...   
   > > >I had heard-- just through the regular Red Dwarf Web site, or somewhere --   
   > > >   
   > > >that at one point they had contracted all the major actors and had   
   > > >actually   
   > > >started some sort of rehersal. Did that happen?   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > > They did have a failed US version of the TV series which could be what was   
   > > being talked about.   
   >   
   > The two US pilots didn't have any of the UK actors apart from Kryton   
   > (who may have only been in one of them).   
   >   
   > > It's interesting that since they couldn't get it to work   
   > > as a TV series in the US they decided to make a movie out of it. It shows   
   > > how far movies have fallen.   
   >   
   > Well, realistically, it's easier to do 90 minutes then 22 half hour   
   > episodes, especially when the creators couldn't even come up with 6   
   > good episodes a year by the end.   
   >   
   > > If the movie is going to be any good it will   
   > > have to be made in England.   
   >   
   > Why? It's just 4 or so actors in a ship set for the most part, and you   
   > can film that anywhere. I doubt the nationality of the camera crew   
   > matters.   
      
   It does if they can't understand direction; horror stories about Dino   
   DeLaurentis movie sets where he brings over people from Italy with no   
   English spring unbidden to mind.   
      
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