{"id":2310,"date":"2010-12-15T06:16:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astroblastro.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2010-12-15T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T21:31:12","slug":"dougy-and-ralpho-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astroblastro.com\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"Dougy and Ralpho"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the summer of 1995 I spent two weeks in Red Lodge, Montana with my friend Kurt and our families filming a movie. I was Dougy and Kurt was Ralpho, we were the school yard bullies in a feature called\u00a0Amanda<\/a>. This week I watched it for the first time.<\/p>\n

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AN INSTANT CLASSIC?<\/h1>\n

Amanda stars Kiran Culken who plays a Montanan and a pipsqueak, Biddle Farnsworth, who starts to go blind in one eye after falling from a horse. That is, until he meets Seven, a magical black blacksmith and his horse Amanda, a massive (18 hands) animal who may be an angel. Seven forges Biddle a pair of magic metal eyeglasses that improve his vision.<\/p>\n

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Kurt sent me some of his\u00a0recollections\u00a0of\u00a0the time:<\/span><\/h1>\n
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I definitely remember our production assistant, Michael who smoked all the time. I remember that we ate in a separate tent from the “extras” and had catered hot food where they had only sandwiches. I remember the problems with recording my line that I spoke in that scene, far away from you and the boom, and they had to wire me with a mike which kept malfunctioning. I remember Kieran and playing video games next to Macauley in our hotel. I remember how our moms were sitting talking with this woman about how stressful it was to be a stage mother, and then an assistant came over and said, “Mrs. Culkin, they’re ready for you.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

WORLD\u00a0PREMIER<\/h1>\n

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The whole experience was incredible and overwhelming in all\u00a0the best ways, but for all these years, if ever the subject came up, the story ended with a big question mark because the movie was never released in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks go to my brother-in-law for finding the DVD. After hearing the stories my sister* and I had about the filming he refused to believe that it was still unavailable on video. After a quick search he found it for sale from\u00a0this\u00a0reputable\u00a0online store<\/a>. \u00a0Easy as that.\u00a0*You can see Sara in \u00a0pink dress waking away from Jenny in the outside scene.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m thinking of trying that hairstyle on again though, I think it suits me.<\/p>\n

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