Mira Furlan's movie "Disi duboko" screening in Ontario

This is the movie that she shot in Belgrade in the summer of 2003.

It's playing at the Serbian Film Festival in Toronto, on December 10th
and in Kitchener/Waterloo on December 12th.

Films are subtitled.

Festival Website
http://www2.serbiancafe.com/festival/

"Disi duboko" Website
http://www.disiduboko.com/

Good news for Mira's UK fans

E4 has picked up LOST starting in January.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds16743.html

Serbian Film Festival - DownUnder

One of the films being screened is Disi duboko

http://hoyts.ninemsn.com.au/buytix/serbianfilmfestival04.asp

this gives me great hope that it will turn up at the Serbian Film
Festival in Toronto

LOST

Mira will be appearing in the new series LOST as "Danielle Rousseau".
Her first episode is "Solitary" and it will air either November 10th
or 17th. This role is very likely to be a reoccurring, or semi-regular
one.

The show airs Wednesday nights at 8pm on ABC (and CTV if you're in
Canada). It appears to be a ratings winner, so may very well stick
around for a few seasons.

The official site is here: http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index.html
and contains synopses of the four episodes that have aired so far, if
you want to get caught up.

Goran's Oz Episodes being released on DVD

Both of his episodes from Season 4 are in this set.

Release date January 11, 2005

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2165

Reprising Medea

Mira is going back to Brijuni to do 4 more performances of Medea, August 13th through 16th.

If you've regretted not seeing her play this role on an island paradise, in an Austro-Hungarian fort built in 1895, where they set the battlements alight at the end of the performance - now is your chance. Anyone wanting tips about how to get there or anything else, feel free to ask. I've been there, and if I can find a cheap enough flight I may just be going back again.

"Cao Inspektore" now available on DVD

In all honestly I think that this movie is utter trash, but there are so few of Mira's films currently available with English subtitles, I'm passing the word along.

After I'd first saw it a few years ago I wondered if it was really as homophobic and misogynistic as it appeared to be, or that possibly because of the language barrier I was missing something. Having now seen it with sub-titles. I can report that my original conclusion was correct.

The video quality of this DVD is not great, I don't think they cleaned up much of the film at all. My original tape was dark, and they appeared to have lightened it a bit, but the flaws that were on the tape are still present on the DVD. I'd say the quality was only marginally better than the tape, I was definitely underwhelmed.

Mira plays the Inspektore's girlfriend, and I swear that she's only there so that we know he's not *really* gay.

Two redeeming qualities about this film - Mira's in it and the scenery in places is great.

http://www.dssound.com/

Also available on DVD with English subtitles from DSSound
- "Braca po materi"

More on Rick Biggs

Passed on from the Galactic Gateway mailing list - note the correction in spelling of Lori's name.


MEMORIAL SERVICE

A memorial service for Rick will be held Wednesday, May 26, at 1 p.m. at Emmanual Lutheran Church, 6020 Radford, North Hollywood, CA.

MEMORIES OF RICK

Letters about Rick are being collected for a special memory box for his sons, RJ and Hunter. They can be sent to:

Mrs. Lori Biggs
c/o Patricia Tallman
6433 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Canoga Park, CA 91303

Notes and letters are also being collected at The Galactic Gateway forum. Go to
http://www.thegalacticgateway.com/phpbb/ and post a note. Pat Tallman will be printing out the notes and taking them to the memorial service for the family.

MEMORIAL EFFORTS

A number of memorial efforts have begun. Special auctions are already underway at http://tinyurl.com/2az5w. Other efforts are listed at The Zocalo Today, http://www.isnnews.net.

Pat Tallman will be conducting a memorial event at The Galactic Gateway, so please visit the website to post a note and to get current information.

Today We Lost Richard Biggs

via JMS from the mod group.

Subject: Today We Lost Richard Biggs
I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug to pass along the terrible news that this morning, Richard Biggs passed away.

We're still gathering information, so take none of this as firm word, but what seems to have happened, happened quickly. He woke up, got up out of bed...and went down. The paramedics who showed up suggested it was either an aneurysm or a massive stroke.

His family members have been informed, and all of the the cast have, as far as we can determine, also been informed.

This is a terrible loss for all of us. Richard was a consummate professional but more than that he was an honorable, stand-up guy. If he gave you his word on something, you never had to wonder about it afterward. He was always helpful and supportive of all the cast, even those who only came in for one episode, always with a ready smile and determined to do whatever it took to make the scene work. He was, quite simply, a terrific guy, and everyone here is just devastated at the news.

More word as this develops. We may try to have some kind of fund raiser to help give whatever assistance may be helpful for his kids.

We all miss him terribly.

jms

(jmsatb5@aol.com)
(all message content (c) 2004 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)
Anyone wishing to send a card to Rick's family should send it to:

Mrs. Laurie Biggs
c/o Pat Tallman
6433 Topanga Canyon Blvd. #207
Canoga Park, CA 91303

DVD Release - Babylon 5 movie set

August 17th 2004 - R1

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1539

Babylon 5 DVD release dates

Region 2 -
Season 4 - April 19, 2004

Region 1 -
Season 5 - April 13, 2004
Boxed set of the movies - sometime in mid 2004