LOTR:John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Interview (MUST READ)Islam Vs. The West

http://promontoryartists.org/lookingcloser/movie%20reviews/Q-Z/returnoftheking-jrd.htm ^ | 12-05-03 | Jeffrey Overstreet

[ArrogantBustard]

Now it makes me wonder how he got along w/ Viggo on the set.

He plays the role of a dwarf ... but he's an immense bear of a man. Remember Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies? Same actor ... maybe Viggo was a bit intimidated. ;'}

[CasearianDaoist]

It may be that God wants us to act as a moral and spiritual force in the world. It may well be a challenge to us.

[evad]

keeeerist...
damn...just damn

Well, I'm sorry..I gots to see LOTR III but after that, he's toast

[what's up]

Must have been some pretty interesting discussions between Gimli and Gay Gandalf and No-Blood-For-Oil Aragorn during filming.

Wasn't Rhys-Davies also in the Indiana Jones movies or am I thinking of someone else?

[Tolik]

 

 

Full Name: John Rhys-Davies Birthdate: May 5, 1944 Birthplace: Wiltshire, England Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Height: 6' plus Spouse: Deborah Children: 1 Son   Biography: John Rhys-Davies studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and in addition to his distinguished theatre work - Othello, Macbeth and Falstaff - has taken leading roles in many movies among them Victor/Victoria, The Living Daylights, King Solomon's Mines and the 1992 remake of Conan Doyle's The Lost World in which he starred as Professor Challenger. Dynanism is something that the Welsh-born actor well understands, having played several such film parts, including his memorable appearances as Harrison Ford's roguish sidekick, Sallah, in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. His prolific television-credits include playing Vasco Rodriguez in James Clavell's Shogun, Agent Malone in the British series The Untouchables, and Joe Gargery in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Rhys-Davies has also starred in the TV mini-series War and Rememberance and has made guest appearances in Murder, She Wrote and Star Trek: Voyager, in which he was twice portrayed Leonardo Da Vinci! source: Official LotR Movie Guide

 

• Cast in the role of Gimli
 

• Providing the voice of Treebeard
 

 

• "There is an energetic ferocity in Gimli that the film needs. It's often these minor characters who really have to impart a sense of energy and dynamism to a film so that the heroes can actually take their time to respond and be thoughtful and reflective." - Southland Times, October 12th 2000
 

• "Speaking on behalf of the Dwarves, there are those that see our attempts to earn an honest living, by delving into the Earth, and transmuting it into beautiful things. There are those that are jealous of our culture and would doubtless say that that means we're materialistic and greedy. Well, so we are materialistic! It's a proper way for a dwarf to be!" - Sci-fi Channel
• "I think you'll find me small enough" - Southland Times, October 12th 2000
 

Chapter II: John Rhys-Davies Interview - Elves Report. You Decide

John Rhys-Davies talks to Ingrid at DragonCon in Atlanta about Tolkien, the movies, and New Zealand
 

 

• John Rhys-Davies .wav 56k [download]
• John Rhys-Davies .wav 95k [download]
 

 

(spoilers)

 

Gimli listing in the TORN Scrapbook

John Rhys-Davies listing in the TORN Scrapbook
 

Professor Maximillian P. Arturo in Sliders (TV Series) (1995)
Sallah in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Sallah in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1989)
 

John Rhys-Davies - IMDB
E! online Fact Sheet
 

 

[Pikamax]

bttt

[Cicero]

I can't see how anything can happen without the hand of the Almighty being involved.

It's one of the big puzzles in histories. Most heresies have withered away over time. Most of the crueler religions have been ameliorated or defeated. Islam is the one great heresy that has done nothing but grow. It finished off the Roman empire. It finished off the great civilization of Egypt. It finished off the civilization of Persia. It brought down Byzantium and the Eastern Roman Empire. It has grown almost as fast as Christianity itself.

You can understand why, in a way. Islam is designed for conquest, and designed not to let go of anything once it has hold of it. But you still have to wonder what God has in mind.

[AD from SpringBay]

Amen to Gimli son of Gloin!

[mhking]

I've been a fan of Rhys-Davies for quite a while now. How he gets along in the cesspool that Hollywood has become is beyond me...

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[LowOiL]

Ditto on that Wow!

[Redcloak]

He plays the role of a dwarf ... but he's an immense bear of a man. Remember Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies? Same actor ... maybe Viggo was a bit intimidated. ;'}

...and he's a bear of a man who was wielding a battle-axe, if size alone wasn't enough to guarantee polite behavior.

[KarlInOhio]

This part bears repeating:

My father took me down to the quayside in Dar-Es-Salaam harbor. And he pointed out a dhow in the harbor and he said, “You see that dhow there? Twice a year it comes down from Aden. It stops here and goes down [South]. On the way down it's got boxes of machinery and goods. On the way back up it’s got two or three little black boys on it. Now, those boys are slaves. And the United Nations will not let me do anything about it.”

[BossLady]

LOTR Zing!

[4CJ]

But if Tolkien?s got a message, it?s that ?Sometimes you?ve got to stand up and fight for what you believe in.?

Kudos to John Rhys-Davies.

[B Knotts]

Western Europeans are not having any babies. The population of Germany at the end of the century is going to be 56% of what it is now. The populations of France, 52% of what it is now. The population of Italy is going to be down 7 million people.

This is the result of the embrace of the culture of death. Abortion, homosexuality, and...yes...contraception.

Pray that Europe reembraces its historic faith before it is too late.

[Alkhin]

What new ping list are you talking about? I may be interested.

[The KG9 Kid]

;)

[Itzlzha]

Rush sez the libs are going to go absolutely ballistic over this movie.. a complete meltdown :-)

Having seen the midnight show last night, I can fully attest to and confirm that! Aragorn and Theoden have a VERY intersting conversation; interesting to those who value freedom that is...so do Sam and Frodo.

Aragorn's rally speech to the troops (you see the end of it in the TV trailers) is just as effective.

Must have REALLY irked Vigo to have to say what he TRULY hates in his heart!

Kudos to Mr Davies for having the personal integrity NOT to smack the taste out of Vigo and Ian's mouths!

Perhaps now that he is contractually free, he may do so....and I will cheer him then as well!

[Lady Eileen]

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