In Reply to: The House of Sand and Fog... the book... posted by Victor Khomenko on June 20, 2004 at 14:56:40:
That the wife of the author sent a first edition to Ben Kingsley as a gift. He read it and was intrigued. The guy who pulled it together bought it in an airport and read in right through it and knew he wanted to make the film.This is an actor's film. But it also shows the determination of "newcomers" to make it here. Such as the "colonel" working menial jobs to amass capital for investment. (You won't see Lay or Ebbers working on a road crew to get started again!)
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- In the bonus material it was brought out . . . - albee33 17:02:50 06/20/04 (3)
- Re: In the bonus material it was brought out . . . - Victor Khomenko 17:16:11 06/20/04 (2)
- I don't recall the movie going into his finances . . . - albee33 17:39:31 06/20/04 (1)
- Interesting... - Victor Khomenko 18:20:31 06/20/04 (0)