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What Are Real Geek Tears?
by BridgetAG at 11:30 am EDT, Jun 11, 2003

The ones you cry because you are watching a frail but spirited Ray Bradbury sing the praises of his longtime friend Ray Harryhausen as the latter gets a star placed on Hollywood Blvd.

The crowd was small, but packed with people from every creative part of the film industry. Forrest J. Ackerman, Rick Baker, James Cameron and animation guys of every stripe cheered as Ray's movies were listed.

The most fun was telling people wandering by what was going on...although few people knew him by name, almost everyone of every age remembered Sinbad's skeletons.

Frank Darabont (director of Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile) told a story about asking Tom Hanks why he had wanted to become an actor. Tom replied that as a boy, when he saw Jason fighting those skeletons he knew that was exactly what he wanted to grow up and do.

Ray H. looks strong ang robust and it was a great event.

RE: What Are Real Geek Tears?
by Darwin at 2:29 pm EDT, Jun 13, 2003

BridgetAG wrote:
] The ones you cry because you are watching a frail but spirited
] Ray Bradbury sing the praises of his longtime friend Ray
] Harryhausen as the latter gets a star placed on Hollywood
] Blvd.

Ray Bradbury is a personal hero of mine. I once saw him speak at Brown University and was able to sneak into the back room where he was hanging with the event organizers. My friend and I told him how much we admired him and he rose and gave us each of us a hug and thanks in return.

Pretty amazing..

=darwin

RE: What Are Real Geek Tears?
by vivarin at 2:45 pm EDT, Jul 12, 2003

BridgetAG wrote:
] Frank Darabont (director of Shawshank Redemption and Green
] Mile) told a story about asking Tom Hanks why he had wanted to
] become an actor. Tom replied that as a boy, when he saw Sinbad
] fighting those skeletons he knew that was exactly what he
] wanted to grow up and do.

Actually it was "Jason" -- when Hanks presented Ray with his Oscar a few years ago, he said:

"Some people say Casablanca was the greatest movie ever made. I say 'Jason and the Argonauts'"

What Are Real Geek Tears?
by Laughing Boy at 11:40 am EDT, Jun 11, 2003

The ones you cry because you are watching a frail but spirited Ray Bradbury sing the praises of his longtime friend Ray Harryhausen as the latter gets a star placed on Hollywood Blvd.

The most fun was telling people wandering by what was going on...although few people knew him by name, almost everyone of every age remembered Sinbad's skeletons.

Frank Darabont (director of Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile)told a story about asking Tom Hanks why he had wanted to become an actor. Tom replied that as a boy, when he saw Sinbad fighting those skeletons he knew that was exactly what he wanted to grow up and do.

Ray H. looks strong ang robust and it was a great event.

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