Robert Duvall is nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION, for Broken Trail.
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By KEITH WALKER
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Screen actor Robert Duvall garnered a good bit of applause from about 100 people Monday when he spoke against the power lines proposed by Dominion Virginia Power.
Dominion says it needs the power lines that would run across 40 to 50 miles of Fauquier, Prince William and Loudoun counties to meet the region's electrical demand through 2011.
"No one is arguing against the need for power, but let's do this in a way that benefits everyone not just a corporation's bottom line," said the 75-year-old Duvall, who played Robert E. Lee in the 2003 Civil War movie "Gods and Generals" and recently appeared in the satiric comedy "Thank You For Smoking."
The line would be part of a 240-mile project in cooperation with Allegheny Energy and PJM Interconnection to connect from Mt. Storm,W.Va., to Loudoun County.
Duvall urged restraint.
"I ask that we slow this down right now, so that we can explore alternatives other than cutting a big ugly path through our countryside," said Duvall who lives in The Plains in Fauquier County.
"Can you imagine a big ugly path with towers though the Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park, Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Tetons? No. This is the Piedmont. It shouldn't be here either," Duvall said.
The crowd answered "No!" when Duvall mentioned each of the other national parks and attractions.
Congressmen Tom Davis, R-11th District, and Frank Wolf, R-10th District, also spoke the demonstration at the historic Beverley Mill, off Interstate 66 near the Prince William and Fauquier county line, and said they would fight against the power lines -- which would go through their districts.
Davis said he would do everything in his power to keep the 125-foot towers, spaced 1,000 feet apart, out of Prince William County.
"We cannot let this happen," Davis said. "This cannot be a train gathering momentum."
Wolf said people have been gathering at similar meetings throughout the area to protest the power lines, and said it's plain to him that people in his district don't want them.
"The message has been loud and is getting louder and very clear. The people living in and around the designated area do not want massive power lines destroying this landscape," Wolf said. "An electrical power transmission corridor of this magnitude would permanently desecrate the integrity of the landscape."
Local officials got in on the denunciations as well.
Prince William Chairman Corey A. Stewart announced that the Prince William Board of County Supervisors would consider a resolution today to oppose the power lines. Stewart said he expects the resolution to pass.
"Prince William County is going to put its considerable weight behind this in opposition to a power line anywhere in Prince William County," Stewart said.
If the resolution passes, the county will file an advocate's brief with the State Corporation Commission which will review the application Dominion is expected to file in the spring, Stewart said.
Dominion officials cite a growing electricity demand in the region with a 44 percent increase over 11 years.
"Dominion is a net importer of electricity," said Le-Ha Anderson, Dominion spokeswoman. "We have to bring electricity to Northern Virginia, to provide reliable electricity. We don't have those roadways ... that's why we have to build this new infrastructure."
Prince William County Supervisor John T. Stirrup, R-Gainesville, disagreed.
"If Dominion chose not to ship existing power that they manufacture today -- out of state for resale to other markets -- if they didn't do that, they would not need to build anymore generation plants or anymore transmission lines to service Virginia," said Stirrup, who also got a round of applause.
Thomas Wolf, who makes harpsichords in Fauquier County, agreed with Stirrup.
"I think all of us want to see that there really is a need," the 59-year-old said.
Donna Widawski, a Dominion Valley homemaker, said she was "blindsided" by Dominion's power line proposal.
"I moved out here from Fairfax County to get away from the lack of land. I wanted to get out here for the beauty and the community," the 47-year-old said. "We feel like we've been railroaded."
Fauquier County Supervisor William G. "Bill" Downey, IV, R-Scott, said the Fauquier Board of County Supervisors would also consider an opposition resolution on Thursday.
dailyprogress.com reports:
Va. Film Festival announces lineup
Staff Reports / Charlottesville Daily Progress
September 27, 2006
Academy Award winner Robert Duvall, Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber, actress January Jones, child actor William Moseley and punk preacher Jay Bakker are among the special guests heading to Charlottesville for the 19th annual Virginia Film Festival, which will run Oct. 26 to 29.The complete schedule for this year's festival, which will explore issues of religion, spiritual and society through the theme "Revelations: Finding God at the Movies," will appear online starting Thursday at www.vafilm.com.
Tickets will go on sale starting at 9 a.m. Friday, also on the festival's Web site.
Richard Herskowitz, festival director, unveiled the event's highlights Wednesday at the Music Resource Center, where the opening-night gala will take place 9:30 p.m. Oct. 26.
Herskowitz detailed a multidisciplinary look at a festival that will explore how films create spiritual experiences for audiences, examine tensions between religious and secular cultures around the globe and explore many faiths, including Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and other religions.
There also will be such less reverent offerings as "Monty Python's Life of Brian," the video art game "Waco Resurrection" and "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny."
Two new documentaries by Charlottesville filmmakers will be screened - Paul Wagner's "The God of a Second Chance" and Brad and Kent Williamson's "Rebellion of Thought."
Duvall, who lives in Virginia, will receive the Virginia Film Award. Herskowitz said that since the festival announced its theme, the film most frequently requested has been "The Apostle," for which Duvall won honors for best film, best director and best actor at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards.
Schreiber will present "Everything is Illuminated," his directorial debut.
Jones and Charlottesville director Derek Sieg will be on hand Oct. 26 for the festival's opening screening of "Swedish Auto," which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Moseley, who played Peter Pevensie in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," will be on hand for a family screening of the film Oct. 28 with producer Mark Johnson.
Bakker, the son of Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner, will be available for the screening of two episodes of "One Punk Under God," a new documentary series coming to the Sundance Channel about his maverick, tolerant ministry.
Guests presenting regional premieres of their films at the local festival will include director Brad Silberling, who will bring his "10 Items or Less," and novelist and screenwriter Michael Tolkin, who'll screen "The Rapture."
Related events will include an All Faiths Peace Invocation set for 6 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Charlottesville Pavilion, sponsored by the Lotus Center for World Faiths and the Interfaith Cooperation Circle of Central Virginia, which will bring representatives from many faiths together to light a peace candle. There also will be a screening of "Five Masters of Meditation" at Yogaville in Buckingham County.
Also accompanying the festival will be art exhibits, panels and forums.
Tickets for most screenings will be $6 to $8, with some high-profile screenings at $10 and $12 and a variety of other showings at $3, $5 and $6. The gala costs $75.
For information, visit www.vafilm.com or call (800) VA-FILM.
stuff.co.nz reports:
13 September 2006Academy Award winner Robert Duvall will take a leading role in an animated film being made at La Luna Studios north of Auckland.
The movie, The Magic Shoes, is described as a comedy adventure which is set in Buenos Aires in the Latin district of La Boca and will be the first major theatrical 3D feature film done in New Zealand
Duvall and his Argentinian wife, Luciana Pedraza, will be executive producers and advisors on the film as well as the voices for the main characters ?Troesma and Elena.
The couple met with La Luna founder and the film's creative director Cris Casares in Los Angeles last year to discuss the project.
"It's a huge honour to have the Duvalls involved. They loved the story. It's a perfect fit," Casares said.
Duvall, best known for his roles in The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and the Untouchables, said the strong story line and the fact the film was set in his wife's home country were compelling reasons for getting involved.
La Luna ?based in Kelly Park Film Village in Silverdale ?has done animation work for the film industry, TVNZ and Niwa.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe studio is also developing five new television series for children, which includes producing and creating its own content.
The Magic Shoes is expected to be shown in New Zealand and world-wide early in 2008.
comingsoon.net reports :
Source: Production Weekly January 11, 2006Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) will reunite with his The Yards director James Gray on We Own the Night, reports Production Weekly.
The crime story, written by Gray, is set against the turbulent world of Russian organized crime and an embattled NYC Police Department in the 1980s. A Russian narcotics gang has a hit list of NYPD officers and it is up to Joseph, a night club manager to save his brother Bobby and father who are next on this list.
Robert Duvall and Eva Mendes are also attached to star, says the site. Filming is scheduled to begin in New York next month.