'Somewhere over the rainbow" - email from jksw

Video by Scott McKinley Productions, Produced for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for Ad campaign. Licensed music by Kenny G.. This short video won Grand Prize - Best of Show at International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula Montana! The majority was shot on location in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and The National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Click Int'l Wildlife

Clog dance from Amsterdam - email from Piyusha Atapattu

Klompendans 

Wonderful  music.- click on the picture for dance and music.

ANDRE RIEU - Clog Dance [HQ]

 

 

 

 

 

KLIKNI NA KLOMPE

 

Hollywood Movie on 'Rev Matthew Peiris'

Movies

Movie on Father Mathew Peiris set for Hollywood

July 15th, 2013

By Easwaran Rutnam

Wellawatte and Horana are abuzz as film crews move up and down creating sets for a Hollywood movie billed to be controversial for the character it portrays.

The movie ‘According To Matthew’ is about Father Mathew Peiris, a Christian priest who murdered his wife and the husband of his mistress.

Directed by Sri Lanka’s very own Chandran Rutnam the movie stars singer/songwriter Alston Koch as Father Mathew Peiris and former Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez as his mistress Dalreen Ingram.

Set for release internationally early next year, the film is based on court records in the murder case of the priest who was sentenced to death but was later freed in November 1997 under a general amnesty.

“This is one of the mot diabolical murder cases in history. A very unusual story but true story. This was the talk of the town in the 70s when he was arrested and tried for murder along with his mistress. I wanted to do this for a long time. I discussed the story once with father Mathew. But he had a different side to it. It was not practical so I stepped back from the project. But now I’m doing it based on court records and what I knew of father Peiris. He was my pastor at ST Paul’s Kingsley road. I’ve known him for a while. He also stayed with me in Los Angeles. There was a lot of good in the man as well as the deceit and arrogance that he displayed during his life which was unknown to us at that time and was revealed to the world during the trial,” Chandran Rutnam said while on the set of the movie.

Rutnam said that the priest, whether he was good or bad at the start, his dastardly acts were eventually detected and he was brought to justice.

Incidentally Rutnam had even once discussed the idea of making the film with father Peiris and the priest then insisted that he play the role himself.

“Obviously that was not possible,” Rutnam, the man who has already made it to Hollywood with his movie ‘A Common Man’ said.

Picking an actor to fit a character is not easy at times and after auditioning a few people Chandran says he picked Alston as he had that spark need to play the role.

Rutnam also said that he had the good fortune of having Jacqueline Fernandez to play the role of the mistress who aided Father Mathew in the murder plot.

“I found Jacqueline to be an excellent actress. She was serious about the role and always focused. I saw a great future for her as an international star and I hope this movie, which is a Hollywood, Australian, Sri Lankan co-production and shot in English will be her calling card to Hollywood,” he said. 'Alston will soon make his mark in Hollywood due to his powerful performance in this role.'

Alston Koch says he was both happy grateful to Chandran on being picked to play the role of the priest in the controversial film.

“This is a very demanding role. A very difficult portrayal as it needed a lot of commitment from everyone involved to bring this to the screen. I am only working to the script as presented and this is awesome as we have in this film the doctor who was actually involved in the Court case in Dr. Weerasena playing himself and nurses and advisors who were attached to the parties concerned throughout the court hearings and the investigations,” he added.

Rutnam says there are a lot of positive vibes about the movie and he can’t wait for the project to be complete and go on screen.

Disciplining a baby bear - email jksw

BABY BEAR GETS SCOLDED Brown bear's parenting method snapped in Ukraine's Simferopol Zoo....... A baby bear made his mother angry.  She tried to explain Something to him in the corner, She pins him in the corner for a dressing down. he stands Looking guilty and sheepish. Shortly afterwards he finds himself airborne                     She picks him up by the scruff of the neck and swings him around The crestfallen cub approaches his mother.  Never mind Mommy loves you!

 

Africa sights - email jksw

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Sharing office space

 

Best friends graduated from medical school at the same time and decided, that in spite of two different specialties, they would open a
practice together to share office space and personnel.

Dr. Smith was the psychiatrist and Dr. Jones was the proctologist; they put up a sign reading: Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones: Hysterias and Posteriors.

The town council was livid and insisted they change it.

The docs changed it to read: Schizoids and Hemorrhoids.

This was also not acceptable so they again changed the sign to read Catatonics and High Colonics - no go.

Next they tried Manic Depressives and Anal Retentives - thumbs down again.

Then came Minds and Behinds - still no good.

Another attempt resulted in Lost Souls and Butt Holes - unacceptable again!

So they tried Nuts and Butts - no way.

Freaks and Cheeks - still no good.

Loons and Moons - forget it.

Almost at their wit's end, the docs finally came up with: Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones - Specializing in Odds and Ends.

Everybody loved it.

What Confucius Didn't Say - email from jksw

During our student days there were many wise-cracks with the preceding words 'Confucius says'.
Here are a few newer collections.
 Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.

Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly.



Squirrel who runs up woman's' leg will not find nuts.

Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.



Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.

It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it.



Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.



Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.