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While Lynda was doing the photo shoot for this weeks’ "Entertainment Weekly" magazine, she was also interviewed by "EXTRA" the syndicated television news show. Crying "Extra, Extra" and looking just gorgeous in a plain white shirt, black coat and slacks, her dark hair loose to her shoulders and blown by the photographer’s fan, she then spoke briefly about her roles in "WONDER WOMAN", "THE SKY HIGH" and "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" as film clips were shown from all three.
You can see the interview at:
www.movienewz.com
• Languages: English / Subtitles: English, Spanish, French / Audio: Dolby Surround Stereo / Color / Closed Captioned / Rating: NR / Price: $39.98 SRP / Running time: 672 mins.
Be sure to buy at least two copies! One for everyday use and one for archiving. And as part of the "50 Years of Quality Television" there's a special offer valid thru 6/30/06 for which you can get up to $ 50 back by mail when you buy more than one set.
Below you can find a three excerpts from the audio commentary by LYNDA CARTER on "MY TEENAGE IDOL IS MISSING", the season opener:
You can buy the third DVD-set -as well as formerly released sets- directly from WB online shop at:
[*] Audio commentary from the "My Teenage Idol Is Missing" episode as featured on the 3-DVD box-set "WONDER WOMAN: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON". © 2005 by Warner Bros. Home Video and reproduced only with informative purposes. All rights reserved. WONDER WOMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW TO ENLARGE THE PHOTOS.
The film’s showing was the latest fund-raiser the filmmakers Duffy Hudson and Will Benson, natives of Cincinnati, arranged to help pay for the movie. The first took place in 1999, which Lynda also attended. Her motivation was screenwriter and star Hudson, with whom she studied acting in New York City. "Its part of the creative process," said Lynda, looking cool and casual in a large white shirt and blue pants, her dark hair worn up. "You try to put your own efforts behinds those friends that are out there trying to do independent films. That’s the whole way independents are made. Nobody makes any money, everybody’s always scraping it together."
The drama about a small town coping with the effects of a child’s disappearance was shot in 2001 at the cost of $500,000 in and around Cincinnati. Lynda’s role is that of Hazel Anderson, whose child also turns up missing. The filmmakers plan to relocate to Los Angeles this summer to find a distribution company to sell the film in theatres and on DVD.
Superfan Terry Haney, who was an investor in the film, was able to attend the event and makes a report, of the gala on the Ohio River! CLICK HERE.
For more information please visit the official site of "DOUBLE DARE" at:
• "Wonder Woman was a social and cultural phenomenon o the 70’s, whose popularity has translated well on DVD. This final release provides fans with the opportunity to complete their Wonder Woman library in just one year since the Season 1 release on DVD," said Christine Martinez, WHV Vice President, Non-theatrical Franchise Marketing.
• With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, LYNDA CARTER returns as Wonder Woman for all 24 episodes of the third and final thrill-packed season of the series that has become a pop culture phenomenon. Teamed with flint-jawed government agent Steve Trevor [Lyle Waggoner] and using the alias of Diana Prince, Wonder Woman whips out her bracelets and lariat to battle evil. And what a battle it is. Her foes include a time traveler from the year 2155, a brain with no body, a dating service that’s serving up death, bazillions of hungry ants and a sculptor whose statues come to life and become his partners in crime. Wonder Woman certainly saved the best adventures for last!
• A must-own for fans, the "WONDER WOMAN: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON" 4-disc DVD set includes these exciting bonus features:
• Never-before-seen featurette "WONDER WOMAN: THE ULTIMATE FEMINIST ICON" about the character’s influence as a female role model.
• Audio commentary by LYNDA CARTER.
• Additionally, "WONDER WOMAN: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON" DVD will carry a commemorative bonus disc containing a never-before-released-on-DVD Shazam episode. This 1970’s TV series also featured a super hero as the main character. The WBTV 50 years of Quality Television commemorative bonus disc will only be available for initial ship orders.
• Street Date: June 7, 2005 / Languages: English / Subtitles: English, Spanish, French / Audio: Dolby Surround Stereo / Color / Closed Captioned / Rating: NR / Price: $39.98 SRP / Running time: 672 mins.
• Warner Home Video celebrates 50 years of television history from Warner Bros. Television with a year-long promotion branded as "50 Years of Quality Television." This studio-wide campaign will feature DVD debuts of series from every decade of Warner Bros. Television's history beginning in the 1950's and continuing through current hits. "50 Years of Quality Television" will include special promotions for retailers and consumers. Please contact your Warner Home Video representative for more information on "50 Years of Quality Television."
• With operations in 89 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
The film was very exciting, and showed how Jeannie Epper invited Zoë Bel, the New Zealand born stunt player who doubled for Lucy Lawless in the hit series "Xena", to come to Los Angeles and live with her and learn some new stunts, including high falls, while trying to get stunt jobs in upcoming feature films. The culmination of this was the hiring of Zoe to be Uma Thurman’s stunt double in "Kill Bill". It also showed how Jeannie and her family became stunt players in many films, including "Romancing the Stone", "1941", etc. The highlight were scenes of Jeannie as one of Lynda’s stunt doubles on "WONDER WOMAN" with various stunts being rehearsed and shot from such episodes as "The Murderous Missle" and "The Fine Art of Crime". This writer was thanked in the credits for his identifying the episodes for the director and listing the dates of the airing all over the country on WONDERLAND.
After the film was shown, Amanda, Jeannie, Lynda and Karen sat close to the audience and described their various experiences in filmmaking and stunt playing. Lynda was dressed in a dark pantsuit with a light blue sweater hanging over her shoulders, her dark hair loose and flowing, and to the surprise of many in the audience, was wearing a cast on her right hand. She told how she had suffered some serious injuries when she had an aTV (all-terrain vehicle) accident. " I’ll tell this audience a little story, that of really all the work that Jeannie and I did, and she showing me how to roll, and various things that I did with cars, and she taught me to do a little bit of the car stuff, which saved my life a couple of times on some icy roads. I was riding an aTV, one of those motorcycles, the 4 wheeler things, and I was going really fast and hit some gravel trying to go through this gate. I was ok with it, the back of it was fishtailing, and that was fine, I didn’t tip it, but the post was right in front of me. I hit the post and flew out, but instead of flying into the post with my head, I threw myself off the side and threw my (right) arm around that way (in front of her) you know like the high falls, they fall but at the very last second they twist their body but you throw your arm? My leg caught the handlebar and I severed a muscle in my leg and broke my hand…..you know, if I could give someone a word of caution, one person has just a little more caution when they get on those things….because you know, it happened so fast, and…I could have killed myself! It was this close to the femoral artery…and my husband’s pissed! I have kids, and I was…what was I thinking? I was thinking I was Jeannie Epper!!!" This was not the first time that Lynda has had a plaster cast on her arm from a vehicle accident; in 1980 when she was backing her sports car out of her house garage in Los Angeles, she hit a high curb and the steering wheel spun around suddenly and snapped her wrist!
Lynda mentioned that she had the films "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" and "SKY HIGH" coming out in the summer. She said "I have a supporting role (as opposed to a starring role) which is kind of fun, you don’t have any responsibilities and no pressure…..this broad’s still working!!" Jeannie also talked about her career. "In 'Romancing the Stone' I doubled for Kathleen Turner, sliding in the mud, and it was scary. It was two and a half weeks beating my body up. I was 42 at the time, and I was in pretty good shape. You go on a job like that and you don’t want to be out of shape, because you’re going to hurt muscles that you don’t use anyway. I’ve doubled for Shirley McLaine, I’ve doubled for Linda Evans on 'Dynasty' …doing the cat fights with Alexis, but I will have to say that Lynda did most of the fight work, she did 99% of the fight work on "Wonder Woman". "But you taught me", said Lynda. "Yes, but not many actresses can do it…the right moves with those long legs…she had those long legs that could kick your head off if you were six foot four. The stunt guys were always like...wow, Lynda can fight!" Lynda added "The highest compliment that I could be paid, is that the guys thought that I did OK fighting, and those are macho guys!" That evening there was a special person in the audience for Jeannie, her 10 year old granddaughter Amber, who is doing her first stunt job in a horror flick in June. She came and sat with her grandmother, and Jeannie talked about Amber being the third generation of Eppers to do stunt work in Hollywood.
Lynda had to leave early, but before she left she told the audience " I just….I was just on the edge of my seat, and when I walked in the theatre and saw all of you here…I’ve got to tell you, it just…I was so impressed that you all came to support this theatre, and the very reason that you are here to support the documentary work of these fabulous, fabulous women , every bit of support that you give these people opens the door of future generations of those that come behind us, like Amanda here to go forward in whatever we do, and that Jeannie…..I’ve got to tell you, I’m so touched that Jeannie took that girl under her wing (Zoë Bell) and she was so generous and went to the auditions with her….that is what each of us has to do, for children not our own, for those that come behind us in the areas that we know well to really nurture and help." As Lynda began to leave she was surprised when this writer was able to give her a dozen roses on behalf of Wonderland which she happily accepted. "See you in June in "SKY HIGH" she said to the audience as she left.
You can watch the trailer at:
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You can also download the "Sky High" preview on ET here:
You can watch the trailer at:
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Also, the film will be showing at various locations around the country this month, and some will have the director and one or two cast members making a special appearance:
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For more information on these showings, please visit the official site of "DOUBLE DARE" at:
Lynda and Duffy became friends years ago in acting classes, and Lynda not only agreed to play a supporting role in the film, which Duffy also wrote the screenplay for, but she also helped raise money for the film in Cincinatti.
Tickets to the fund-raising event, which will involve pre-and post-screening parties, will cost $40-100. Full details will be available at the film’s soon to be re-launched website. Lynda is among those out of town cast members expected to attend the event.
5-time audience award-winner
"**** 1/2!" -Film Threat "Beautifully captured...a rousing crowdpleaser" -S.F. Chronicle "Must-see, delicious" -Seattle Times
"DOUBLE DARE", featuring legendary stuntwoman Jeannie Epper ["Wonder Woman"] and up-and-comer Zoë Bell Bell ["Xena"] opens this Friday, April 22 at the Sunset 5 theater in West Hollywood. The filmmakers, stuntwomen, and "special guests" will appear in person opening night at the 7:10 show.
"DOUBLE DARE" is also playing at the Roxie in San Francisco, and opens May 6th at the Quad in NYC and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, followed by the Coolidge Corner in Boston and other cities on May 13th.
See the trailer and complete listings at:
"DOUBLE DARE" is a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about two Hollywood stunt-women, Jeannie Epper and Zoë Bell. Jeannie, who refuses to retire at sixty-four, doubled for Wonder Woman in the 70's, and Zoë landed the coveted job of doubling for Xena at the age of eighteen. Amanda Micheli's award-winning film is a bittersweet look at two dedicated women in male-dominated Tinseltown as they struggle to stay working, stay thin, and stay sane.
man editor 1986-91, Lilllian Robinson, author of "Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes.
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