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The latest about James Frain
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Frain Interview at Friends Without Borders Event Well, an interview or sorts, James briefly speaks of imminent UK projects and gives his support to the cause of the event. Enjoy.
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The Count of Monte Cristo on Blu-Ray
The Count of Monte Cristo – Blu-ray Review By Patrick Luce Oct 2, 2011, 19:20 GMT
The adaptation of Alexandre Dumas novel of revenge was directed by Kevin Reynolds (who brought Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld to the screen) with Jay Wolpert (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) handling writing duties. The film sees Caviezel joined by Guy Pearce, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Luis Guzmán, Henry Cavill, JB Blanc, and Christopher Adamson. It also benefits from short performances from the legendary Richard Harris and an evil performance from Michael Wincott. The tenth film adaptation of the classic tale sees Caviezel taking on the role of Edmond Dantès - a simple officer on a French trading ship who is in love with Mercedès Iguanada (Dominczyk) and best friends with Fernand Mondego (Pearce). The ship’s captain is dying and Edmond forces the next in command to allow him and Fernand to seek aid on an island. Little did he know that it is the home of an exiled Napoleon (Alex Norton) – who uses the naïve Edmund to pass a letter to his supporters. Back home, Edmond is reunited with Mercedès and the two discuss their plans for the future as a jealous Fernand watches. Fernand resents Edmond’s success and his love. That resentment leads to Fernand framing his friend as a supporter of Napoleon and charged with treason by magistrate J.F. Villefort (James Frain) - who uses Edmond to help cover his own father's dealing with Napoleon. Innocent of all charges, Edmond is imprisoned in the Château d'If where he suffers abuse at the hands of the prison’s warden Armand Dorleac (Wincott). After years in prison, Edmond meets former priest and soldier Abbé Faria (Harris). The meeting takes place as Faria accidentally tunnels into Edmond’s cell thinking it was a way out of the prison. With nothing but time on their hands, the two men begin a new tunnel to freedom and Faria begins teaching Edmond all the things he knows (which is quite a bit). Edmond quickly (or quickly in prison terms) learns to be a master with the sword, a speaker of multiple languages, and the location to a massive treasure that Faria was imprisoned for refusing to reveal. A turn of events sees Edmond escaping from the prison and washed up on a beach that is currently occupied by a band of thieves. The band of thieves is led by Luigi Vampa (JB Blanc), and Edmund joins their band after beating Jacopo (Luis Guzmán) in a knife fight. He spares Jacopo, but makes the man swear loyalty to him. He also uses Jacopo to discover the treasure which will allow him to assume a new identity as the Count of Monte Cristo. As the Count, Edmond re-enters the lives of his former friends and begins his plan of revenge on Fernand, Villefort, and even Mercedès (who is now in a loveless marriage to Fernand and has a son). An arranged encounter gives Edmond the ability to “save” Fernand’s son Albert (a pre-Tudors Cavill), and gives him a chance to launch his plans to ruin the boy’s father. The movie has a few predictable swerves (such as a reunion between Edmond and Mercedès and a twist to Albert), but is well worth watching thanks to the talent of its cast. Caviezel does an excellent job going from innocent victim to a man who is cold with only revenge on his mind. The actor excels in almost every role I have seen him in, and is easily one of the main reasons to check out yet another adaptation of the Monte Cristo story. While he doesn’t do much to change the character from how he has appeared before, his subtle actions and quiet rage makes him one of the big screen’s best Counts. Pierce also is excellent as the vile Fernand. The actor is a deadly snob in the film and his harsh treatment of his own family just helps his villain status. You are cheering for Edmond to take this jerk down, and feel like he gets everything he deserves by the time the credits roll. On Blu-ray, the film looks great with the colors popping nicely. It also comes with some decent special features making it worth the double dip – including a never-before-seen alternate final duel. The film does have problems (some of the minor subplots aren’t needed and it drags from time to time), but the overall performances of its main cast more than make up for any trouble. The Count of Monte Cristo is a story that has been told before, but is worth watching again.
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Hello Frain fans All! There is actually a bit of news to catch up on here. "Transit" with James Frain is yet to be released, still rumoured to not be out until sometime in 2012. We also have word that James Frain will be in a good guy role (refreshing!) in an upcoming BBC film "Bert and Dickie." A 90 minute film to appear on BBC in 2012. According to a May 2011 press release, the film is written by William Ivory and made by BBC Drama Production. Synopsis: Just six weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell are teamed together to race for Olympic gold in the double sculls. This is the uplifting story of their achievement and how London managed to pull off a brilliant, if make do and mend Olympic Games at a challenging time for the city and the nation. Here's an accounting on Stage Jobs Pro.com,
Film: Bert and Dickie Two rowers win gold at the 1948 London Olympics Written by William Ivory, Bert & Dickie is the story of two rowers from different backgrounds who win gold at the 1948 London Olympics. This 90 minute film for BBc One will be shown next year in the run up to the 2012 Olympic games, and stars Matt Smith as Bert & Sam Hoare as Dickie. Other cast members include:- Geoffrey Palmer ; Ron Cook ; Adrian Lukis ; James Frain ; John Bird ; Anastasia Hille and Douglas Hodge. Directed by David Blair, the Producer for the BBC is Chrissy Skins. Don Cotter is playing the featured role of FRANK. Filming wraps on Friday August 26th.
Companies involved in this production
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Great Vision of Franklin Mott
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Eye for an Eye" airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on USA Network. August 18, 2011 by Philiana Ng
Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter posted an exclusive clip from Thursday's episode, "Eye for an Eye," in which Frain plays the head of a powerful corporation. But how exactly does he describe his character? "My character is the head of a major corporation who's wife is paranoid about a stalker attacking them," Frain tells THR in an email. Of course, things aren't as peachy as they seem on the surface. Frain, who worked with Burn Notice star Gabrielle Anwar on Showtime's The Tudors and "was keen to work with her again," described a moment on-set that will be forever remembered. "We shot a corporate video for use in the background of a scene set in the corporation lobby," he recalled. "It was my character posing in front of impressive scientific statistics and I did a little goofing around, confident in the knowledge that only the serious takes would be used. When we got to the scene in the lobby, the projection of the video 20-ft. high had kept the goofball poses." But Frain, who last starred in NBC's The Cape and has appeared in Water for Elephants, says one scene in particular will leave viewers breathless. "There's a scene in which a bunch of cars get blown up inside a parking lot that I think viewers will get a real bang out of," he revealed. Burn Notice airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on USA Network.
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According to this article on Hollywood Reporter, James Frain guest stars on the USA Network spy series this Thursday and The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive sneak peek of the episode (see video below), "Eye for an Eye." Jesse (Cody Bell) and Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) are hired on a surveillance job for a powerful pharmaceutical company, but obviously there's much more to the establishment than meets the eye. That's where Frain comes in. He plays the powerful owner of said company responsible for several medical breakthroughs, running his business with top-notch security and going to great lengths to protect the company's secrets. Burn Notice airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on USA.
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New Frain Interview from Comic Con From Girl Gamer.com, a nice interview by Crix Lee, Girl Gamer's editor-in-chief with James in the "Transit" booth at San Diego's Comic Con. Just uploaded on July 26, they chat about Transit, True Blood, accents and variety in roles. Thanks as ever to Carol from Facebook Fans of James Frain for the heads up! Enjoy...
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Well, it's been a while. Your webmaster has seemed to wander off for several months without any updates. We're back again, still loving the Frain! Here are a few tidbits of Frain news to get our toes wet and do a little catch up. First off is an exclusive interview from Wet Paint.com who spoke to James Frain today, who is in San Diego at Comic Con promoting his upcoming film "Transit." Guess what? He's the bad guy! Thanks to our friend Carol for putting us on to this and many, many of our updates in her more timely posts at "Facebook Fans of James Frain!"
James Frain at Comic - Con in San Diego
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"The Cape" Now Available on DVD
Now we can enjoy Peter Fleming/Chess as played by James Frain and the other wonderful characters and action at our liesure and ponder what might have been... For those who want to own the entire first and only season of "The Cape," it has now been released on DVD. It is available Online at Amazon and elswhere, here is the link to the page at NBC's Online store.
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James Frain to Appear on "Burn Notice"
Burn Notice screens on Thursdays, at 9/8c on the USA network.
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James Frain as Franklin in True Blood Season 3 DVD Blu-ray Commercial
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Wonderful Tribute Video on You Tube
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James Caviezel gives a strong performance in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo which arrives on Blu-ray looking solid and with revenge on its mind. 
True Blood veteran James Frain is heading to the sunny beaches of Miami on Burn Notice.
Just one year ago, the first episode was previewed at last years Comic Con in San Diego. A lot can happen in a year!
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