To celebrate the publication of Bell Mountain No. 10, The Silver Trumpet. and the long-awaited (by me) expansion of my market to Barnes & Noble Nook and Google Play, I has thunk up–stop! Too much Joe Collidge. I have devised a new contest for you, dear and faithful readers, new and old alike.
For years I’ve been pipe-dreaming about a Bell Mountain movie, and even trying my hand at assembling a cast for it. Last night I thought it might be much more fun to let all of you join in.
**So here’s the contest. Whoever can propose the best cast, at least half a dozen characters, for a Bell Mountain movie, wins an autographed copy of The Silver Trumpet. It’s okay if the actors you propose are dead. That will only slightly decrease the movie’s chance of ever being made.
@@Sample entry> Lord Reesh: Lou Costello; Helki the Rod: Sandy Becker; Jack: Mike Mazurki; Ellayne: Lee Remick; Obst: Hector Elizondo; the Baroness: Dame Judith Anderson. (Note: I purposely selected actors no one else would select. Do try to do better than this!)
Anyone can play, all are eligible–and I’ll keep the contest open for a while, so some of you can catch up on your reading. Entries will be judged by me and my wife, and if we can’t decide among two or three or four entries, they’ll all win.
Come on, now, join in–this should be a lot of fun. Enter as often as you like. Feel free to comment on other readers’ entries. The whole thing’ll fall flat, of course, if everybody just sits around waiting for someone else to play.
How to enter? Simple. Just “leave a comment” or “leave a reply” on any post, anytime.
I can hardly wait to see what you guys come up with.
P.S.–Everybody seems to enjoy reading about this, but so far, very few have actually participated. C’mon now, folks! I can’t run a contest with only half a dozen entrants–and I don’t have half a dozen yet.
This should be fun! 🙂 I’ll start –
Martis – Richard Harris
Lord Reesh – Sean Connery
Lord Chutt: Sebastian Cabot
Ysbott the Snake – Peter O’Toole
Helki the Rod – Chuck Connors
Jack – Harrison Ford
Ellayne – Susan Hayward
Queen Gurun – Audrey Hepburn
King Ryons – Brad Pitt
Wytt – Elmo from Sesame Street
Sean Connery as Lord Reesh–now that’s interesting!
Come on, everybody–let’s all hop aboard!
You are a brave lady, Linda, for being the first one. I’m going to need some time to think on this. I really am interested in what Phoebe will choose. How about the Tasmanian Devil for Whit? :0
🙂 I’m sure some of the people Wytt poked with his stick think he’s the Tasmanian devil lol
Hi, Lee Duigon. You are my favorite author. This is the first time for me to leave a reply on your blog. Here is a cast for some of the characters in the Bell Mountain series.
The Protagonists:
Jack – Lewis McGowan
Ellayne – Amybeth McNulty
Obst – Buddy Davis (Christian)
Martis – Anthony Howell
Helki the Rod – Arnold Schwarzenegger
Baron Roshay Bault – Toby Stephens
Baroness Vannett Bault – Anna-Louise Stephens
Queen Gurun – Adelaide Kane
King Ryons – Neel Sethi
Gallgoid – Luke Evans
Ashrof – Richard Owen Roberts (Christian)
Wytt – as himself
Uduqu – Forest Whitaker
Hlah – Chadwick Boseman
Van – Bobby Cannavale
The Antagonists:
Lord Reesh – Charles Dance
Lord Chutt – Sam Neill
Goryk Gillow – Burn Gorman
Ysbott the Snake – Yayan Ruhian
Latt Squint-eye – Ian McShane
Judge Tombo – Stephen Fry
Merffin Mord – Wayne Knight
Hesket the Tinker – Brendan Gleeson
Gorm Blacktooth – Toby Jones
The Thunder King – Benedict Cumberbatch
I like some of those picks very much! Forrest Whitaker as Uduqu… yeah, I can see that. Thank you so much for your comment, and these suggestions.
Everybody else–come on, now! This will be fun if a lot of people do it.
I realize now my choices (posted in another blog post) will not win because I did not choose any minorities or LGBY actors – too politically incorrect. I wish I would have thought of Forest Whitaker – good choice Joshua!
I myself was kind of stuck for an actor to play Uduqu.
Thank you. My brother suggested me to cast Forest Whitaker as Uduqu.
Tell him that was a cool idea.
Thanks, White Rabbit! I should have done more research on some of those actors before I chose them… otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen them.
Hello Mr. Duigon.
Here are my thoughts on a cast:
Lord Reesh ~ John Rhys-Davies
Gallgoid ~ Ray Milland
Lord Chutt ~ Allen Hale
Fnaa/ Ryans ~ Mickey Rooney
Martin ~ Erroll Flynn
Jack ~ Paul Peterson
Thank you for letting me participate!
Elijah
Erroll Flynn as Martis–great pick!
Sorry for the misspellings I was in a rush and the iPad that I used changed up the words. Thank you for writing such a great series! Do you know when “The Temptation” will come out?
Thanks!
Elijah Holston
Probably not till sometime next year. “Silver Trumpet” is out now, though–and waiting for Customer Reviews on amazon.com (hint, hint).
Ok! Yes, I read it early last month, Haha!! I just left a review, I don’t know if it will work though because I bought the book through Chalcedon, but it’s worth the try.
Thanks!
Elijah Holston
Just saw the review, and thank you very much–you’re the first to do it.
Good morning, Mr. Duigon! Today is exactly one year after I posted my first comment on this blog!!
Ach, where does the time go?
Yes, time flies…
At this precise minute!!
Good morning, Mr. Duigon! Today marks the fourth year since I posted my first comment on your blog. I am so grateful to the Lord for leading me here and that I got to be your friend! Blessings to you, sir!
And blessings back to you, Joshua!
Thank you, Lee!