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Click this link, and then scroll way down
the Playlist in the right column to
find the Brian Epstein video,
click it, and it should play...

You will see an advert first.

NOTE ~~ If the link to that particular clip isn't available anymore, you can either use the term brian epstein in their search box, or maybe [ this link ] will work better ~ it should open in your default media player, and a short advert will play before the news feature starts.

I'm thinking it's gonna start getting busy real soon on our board, The Fifth Beatle Movie Forum.

All Eppy lovers and everyone who cares about seeing this movie get made are encouraged to sign up (free)
and join in! Our input gives the moviemakers some input for the film, and gives us the occasional larfs ta boot.

This will be our forum, Eppy lovers. Let's make it happen! :D

Vivek Chooses Casting Director for our Brian Movie

by Vivek Tiwary
KERRY BARDEN CASTING THE FILM
September 31, 2006 - 5:08pm
You might have seen the announcement on our News page about Kerry Barden joining our team as Casting Director. I couldn't be more excited about this addition!

Check out all the impressive credits in his bio

... All I can add is that he's also a really nice guy :)


KERRY BARDEN TO CAST "THE FIFTH BEATLE"
September 18, 2006
Kerry Barden has joined our production team as Casting Director.

Kerry is a founding member and partner at Hopkins, Smith & Barden, one of the best-respected and most successful casting agencies in the film and television industries.

Among countless major motion pictures and high-profile independent films, Kerry cast “Seven,” “Good Will Hunting,” “Shakespeare In Love,” “Sex And The City,” “World Trade Center,” “Alexander,” “Monster’s Ball,” “Chocolat,” “Any Given Sunday,” “Peter Pan,” etc.

We're proud and excited to have Kerry on our team!

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The Kerry Barden casting credits list on the New York Times Movies site

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I'd much rather have comments posted to the official board. That's where Vivek, the producer of the movie, can also see them! Which is cool, don'tcha think?

Producer/Screenwriter of THE FIFTH BEATLE blogs again!

From: The Producer's Blog ~

BUSY BUSY BUSY
July 03, 2006 - 12:38pm
Many apologies for being so infrequent with my blog entries.
The reason is simply that I've been extremely busy with the film-- on both creative and business levels.

As a quick overview: The script is in great shape and we're putting finishing touches on a premilinary budget and schedule now. We're enjoying a ton of interest in the project, and I'm accordingly in lots of conversations throughout the film and music industires...

I'm sincerely hoping that I can stop being so cagey and reveal more/real details soon, but it's always been my nature to not talk about developments until things are truly settled, negotiated, etc.

So please continue to stay tuned, and thanks for all your support and interest! ...and I hope to be better about this blog in the future :)

Mr Tiwary has also made another comment in the forum section of the Fifth Beatle site, as follows:

Thanks! And the smallest trivia like that is also
so key in properly portraying Brian in my script!!
Everyone, please post away

I also glom onto whatever little tidbits I can about Brian...
On that note, what WAS his favorite brand of champagne?

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Vivek J. Tiwary
Screenwriter/Producer
Edited by: vivektiwary at: 7/5/06 9:03 am

*sigh* The eppylover is regretfully obliged to reply that she also does not know his favorite brand of champagne.
However, he was extremely fond of Courvoisier cognac!
In Brian's day, this drink was looked upon much differently than it is today. Per the Wikipedia entry for Courvoisier:

Popular culture
This brand in particular has become part of African-American popular culture, modifying its image as a drink for upper class Britons.

The American rapper Busta Rhymes wrote a song "Pass The Courvoisier" in which he declares his preference for Courvoisier over Hennessy and Rémy Martin Cognacs and Cristal Champagne: "Give me the Henny, you can give me the Cris \ You can pass me the Remi, but the pass the Courvoisier."

Courvoisier is also known as being the favorite drink of Leon Phelps (a.k.a. The Ladies Man), an African-American character from a popular Saturday Night Live skit.

In the film Love and Death (1975), when told of Napoleon invading Russia, Boris (Woody Allen) queried, "What, did he run out of Courvoisier?"

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