Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 MTV did a special last night on ny Knoxville and the Ringer and he had the two guys with DS with him and they went around Austin, TX .................(where I'm from and live It was an awesome special................and MTV does repeat it's shows.............. it was very inspriring........... Stefanie Austin, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 what was the name of the show do you know? Loree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 In a message dated 12/23/2005 12:11:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mikeandstef2000 writes: Diary of ny Knoxville........... Thanks i will look for it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Hubby does the entertainment section for our local rag......the reviews are awesome. Supposed to me a " must see. " Not in around here.....I will travel to see it! Jackie -------------- Original message -------------- From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...> > Anybody familiar with this movie? > > http://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/Press_Roo > m/Global_news/The+Ringer+opens+23+December.htm > > > Barb mom to 12(ds) and Tyler 10(nds) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 let me know if you know when it's going to be repeated...........I didn't get to see all of it......... thanks, Stefanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 I missed the original post regarding this but I knew about this movie long before it was done. Unfortunately the Farrely Brothers come from my home state, Rhode Island. Probably two years ago we attended a Special Olympics training session and the head of our local office told us about the movie. He thought it was going to be great. I am sitting there with my mouth hanging open thinking uh excuse me? Well there is a article in todays Providence Jounral regarding the movie. I am including alink but you may have to sign up as a member to read it. Anyway, the article tell show the local SO head was contacted and they ironed out some scenes and that the Farrely's would not make the movie if SO was not on board. It is an interesting article. http://www.projo.com/movies/content/projo_20051222_ringtv.f64ec92.html Kathy Re: Movie The Ringer In a message dated 12/23/2005 12:11:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mikeandstef2000 writes: Diary of ny Knoxville........... Thanks i will look for it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Here is the review my hubby sent me for the movie Ringer. Let's not bash this movie before any of us have seen it. After all, I know personally, that if our family didn't laugh at half the things says or does we would all go insane! Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15 and Bradley 11. ^BC-Film-The Ringer,0653< ^Special Olympics collaborate with Farrelly brothers on new movie< ^Eds: Retransmitting story, moved Dec. 8. " The Ringer " opens Dec. 23.< ^AP Photo of Dec. 8: NYET375< ^By SANDY COHEN= ^AP Entertainment Writer= LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The filmmaking Farrellys, known for their gleeful bad taste in irreverent comedies such as " There's Something About , " are taking on the Special Olympics. ny Knoxville of " Jackass " fame is the star. " The Ringer " sounds like a politically incorrect disaster _ but the Special Olympics couldn't be happier. Knoxville plays a mild-mannered workaday chap who, in a desperate bid for cash, agrees to go along with his smarmy uncle's underhanded plan: he'll feign a mental disability in an attempt to rig the Special Olympics. " Come on, a normal guy against a bunch of feebs? You'll look like Carl freakin' out there, " says the uncle. No wonder it took nearly seven years to get the movie made. But after a long courtship, the Special Olympics decided " The Ringer " could humanize their athletes and add a new cachet of cool to their organization. " The risk was that it would further the stereotypes of people with intellectual disabilities as the brunt of jokes rather than the teller of jokes, " said Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver. " But the payoff was even more valuable. " " I wanted this movie out there, " said Farrelly, who co-produced the film with his brother, Bobby. " It's very funny, but I also saw the potential for changing people's perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities. " To make it happen, there were board meetings, script reviews and visits with athletes and their families. Farrelly, along with writer Ricky Blitt and director Barry Blaustein, went to the Special Olympics World Games in Alaska. Ultimately, the filmmakers did the almost unthinkable: they gave the Special Olympics board final say on the script, plus the chance to cut any ad-libbed scenes once the movie was finished. " We had to find a way to make this movie without giving away all creative rights to them, " Farrelly said. " I became obsessed with getting it made because I saw that it was, on a lot of levels, groundbreaking. " The film includes about 150 disabled athletes and actors _ the largest population of intellectual disabled people ever portrayed in a mainstream movie, Farrelly said. It's a cause close to Farrelly's heart. A longtime volunteer with Best Buddies, a mentoring program for people with intellectual disabilities, Farrelly saw an opportunity to show the moviegoing masses that people with intellectual disabilities are multifaceted and, most of all, fun. " These stories are usually tearjerkers and there's no need for it, " Farrelly said, adding that disabled characters have appeared in his previous projects. In " There's Something About , " for example, the actor Danny , who plays the Boss's Brother, is in a wheelchair and the character Warren, 's brother, is intellectually disabled. Even Knoxville's bad-boy image is a boon to the film, Shriver said. " If a guy like that can become friends with a person with Down syndrome, man, that's amazing, " said Shriver, the movie's executive producer. Knoxville's fans " are the young people who we want to engage in this movement. " " Jackass " fans will find plenty to like in " The Ringer, " Knoxville said. " It really pushes boundaries, " he said. " It shows people who are mentally challenged in a way they've never been shown before. " So is it really OK to laugh at the Special Olympics? " Absolutely, " Farrelly said. " You're not laughing at them. You're really laughing with them. There are a lot of jokes in this movie, and they're in on them all. " --------- Re: Movie The Ringer > > > > In a message dated 12/23/2005 12:11:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > mikeandstef2000 writes: > > Diary of ny Knoxville........... > > > Thanks i will look for it!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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