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Anti-Whaling Ledger Video
A music video directed by Heath Ledger sometime in late '07 will finally see the light of day on Tuesday, 8.4, some 18 months after his stupid accidental death. Modest Mouse will premiere the Ledger-directed video for their track "King Rat" tomorrow on their MySpace music page.
"The animated video was conceptualized and directed by Ledger," writes Spin's Anna Hyclak, "but was left unfinished when the died of an accidental overdose in January 2008. The Masses -- a film and music company that Ledger was a partner in -- completed the video in his honor.
"Ledger approached Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock about wanting to direct a music video for the band while they were on a boat trip with a mutual friend in Ledger's native Australia.
"'Heath's vision, brave and unapologetic in its nature, would marry his love of bold and original music with his impassioned stance against the illegal commercial whale hunts taking place off the coast of Australia each year,' the band has written in a post on their MySpace blog. 'Always one to operate from his heart and take a stand for what he cared deeply about, Heath's intention was to raise awareness on modern whaling practices through a potent visual piece without having to say a word. It was his way to let the story, in its candid reversal, speak for itself.'"
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 3, 2009 at 3:41 PM
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comment #1
mccool
says ...
Have you seen 'Whale Wars,' on Animal Planet? It's a compelling show....on the one hand you have a group of well-intentioned environmentalists risking their lives to stop the horrific slaughter of whales, on the other they are so woefully unprepared and foolhardy, caught up in playing pirate, that it's only a matter of time until at least one of them winds up dead by their own hand. I admire the gumption and the spirit of these folks, but I can not believe that a group this amateurish and unskilled could take such irresponsible risks and escape unscathed
Posted by mccool
at August 3, 2009 7:46 PM
comment #2
CitizenKanedforChewingGum
says ...
Not to pull a D.Z. and hijack the thread, but on Entertainment Tonightthey ran a preview for their exclusive "sneak-peek" (a teaser for a teaser??) of The Lovely Bones last night.
Basically just saw 20 seconds of scattered footage (with that annoying ET voiceover), but damn it looked sharp. Definitely looks like Jackson could be in Heavenly Creatures form on this puppy.
I guess they'll be running the full trailer Tuesday on the show.
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at August 4, 2009 2:21 AM
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