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Telstar: on iTunes
Submitted by kls010 on Wed, 04/11/2009 - 21:03.
The Telstar film and the soundtrack are available to download from iTunes UK.
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Empire Magazine November 2009
Submitted by kls010 on Tue, 06/10/2009 - 15:06.
Thanks to Lorna for scanning this extra Centurion image; and thanks to the site visitor who recommends the November 2009 edition of Empire magazine for all JJ fans.
Centurion article is six pages of making-of (on location), with text mentions for Mr Feild.
Blood and Telstar also receive short DVD reviews on other pages and a JJ headshot within the HMV advertisement for Telstar's DVD make this a collectable edition for some while it’s on the shelves!
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Telstar: DVD release
Submitted by kls010 on Thu, 24/09/2009 - 16:07.
Amazon have been sending out dispatch notifications for the DVD, in advance of the release next Monday 28th September.
I have been incredibly privileged to have received a copy of the Telstar Souvenir Edition of The Ford Classic And Capri Owners Club Magazine. It contains a large article on the filming of Telstar with behind the scenes photos of JJ and the cast.
To purchase a copy of any of the magazines, please contact the editor of the magazine on the Owners Club website.
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Telstar: DVD extras
Submitted by kls010 on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 06:43.
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Telstar: interviews on Getty
Submitted by kls010 on Thu, 02/07/2009 - 22:33.
Getty Images. have added some more photographs from the recent benefit night, and also carry a number of video interviews with JJ promoting Telstar.
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Telstar: Daily Express video interview
Submitted by kls010 on Tue, 23/06/2009 - 08:55.
JJ must have spent hours on that sofa being interviewed for lots of journalists; since the Daily Express has now published their video interview with him alongside a short review.
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Telstar: Northern Echo interview
Submitted by kls010 on Sun, 21/06/2009 - 20:24.
Feild was working in the US and returned two days before beginning filming as Heinz. “I remember putting the DVDs on and looping them on the telly and just talking to myself, because he had such a distinctive voice.
“I talked at the computer for two days and drove myself completely nuts, until I felt I was talking to myself. Which sounds a bit methody, which is not my thing. I just had to do it, I was so scared.”He can claim a connection with the pop world of that era – his father, Tim, was guitarist with Sixties group The Springfields, which featured Dusty Springfield.
“My dad remembers Joe Meek, as he was performing at the same time. I didn’t inherit the musical genes from my dad, unfortunately, but I was very proud to call him, and say, ‘I’m playing the guitar in the story of Joe Meek’, and he just laughed his head off,” says Feild.
Moran discovered the family connection and put a framed picture of The Springfields on the set of Heinz’s bedroom. This led to a bizarre situation in a scene involving Meek and his protege.
“Above the bed is a photo of the Springfields – and I’m kissing a man underneath a picture of my dad,” Feild points out.Looking at Heinz’s career, Feild became aware of someone made famous by someone else’s talent and the similarity to today’s TV talent shows.
“Then you take that away and that person collapses. We see that every day in the X Factor final rubbish, where you force someone into the limelight. We’ve seen with that poor woman from Britain’s Got Talent. It’s bedlam, that show. I find it frightening. This was happening back then and there was a parallel.
“I found it very interesting that Heinz was very much a warning of someone else’s brilliance throwing you in the limelight and how do you deal with it.”
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