HENNING SEBASTIAN JAHRE`S FAVORITE MOVIE CHARACTER - KING KONG

King Kong with Henning Sebastian Jahre - yup he`s the one you should call for in case of an emergency hehe(C)(P)121208. All Rights Reserved. Thanks Jimmy-boy

many pictures from http://www.pulpanddagger.com/canuck/kongpage.html#pictures

Fay Wray at the Empire State Building

Naomi Watts(2005), Fay Wray(1933) and Jessica Lange(1976) are the heroines of the three Hollywood films concerning King Kong...

Fay Way 1907-2004

At the 1998 Academy Awards with Billy Crystal introducing Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.

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KING KONG 2005
5 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
What?????, February 16, 2006
By
Henning Sebastian Jahre "Judy-Viv"

What a lovely 90 minute film that lies within these 187 minutes...... To me the 2005 film only works when it sticks close to the original of 1933. The cast is great though, but sadly Kong is just one of many monsters on the island and the most exciting scene is the escape from frightened dinosaurs.... The excape from the insects were cut in 1933 because it took attention from Kong. Why didn`t they learn??? In 1976 Kong is a great beast with almost human qualities - sort of a missing link. Here he is back being a gorilla of oversize and it is a puzzle why Ann is not killed by his rough treatment of her early on. The Jimmy-Hayes relationship goes nowhere and they could easily have been omitted. The 1976 film has great locations, while this is a blue-screen effort and u see it much too often. I mean several cliffs and stones in the shape of a gorilla? It's enough with Skull island... Ann`s vaudeville tricks and their Bambi-moment in New York is BAAAAAAAAAAD... The New York sequences should have been better, but the Empire State Buidling-scene survives... The sacrifising of Ann is both good in 33 and 76, here - it's dramatic, but the first sight of Kong is just shadow.......And magical moments are far between because Jackson doesn`t dare to slow down... In the 1976 film we get to love Kong.... Here... well we don`t.... It`s a great actioner, but I wish Jackson could have relaxed a bit.... It's funny the way Denham refers to Fay Wray early on("but she`s shooting over at RKO") Many people feel Kong is a racist. But that`s insane... Of course he warms up to a whiteperson - she`s a novelty - a new thing to him..... He is just curious and collects her as a prized possession. But it is an OK contribution to the myth of Kong. It's NOT the best Kong, but it's OK in a trilogy of the giant....


King Kong
1933


THE BEST, Aug 11 2001 KING KONG! Just taste that name. It s t i l l is a household name. I`m gonna be brief: 2 think that it is made 5 years after Hollywood was transformed 2 sound is amazing. The camera moves, the sound is good(as are the soundeffects), the music, the story and most of the actors are all good. The production values? Stunning. Compare it with CLASH OF THE TITANS from 1981 if u don`t believe me. Fay Wray i s a good screamer but not that much as an actress. After numerous videotapes I now own it on DVD. Of course it is great but it DOESN`t include the "making of". Hmmm. Last friday I watched JURASSIC PARK III and went straight home and saw KONG. Well. Hello? In 1933 they at least had something called WRITERS and story developers. A job that may be overlooked by Hollywood these days. KING KONG? A forever treat though his first appearances is difficult to frighten of these days. PLEASE REMAKE IT a`la Gus Van Sant`s "PSYCHO". I`ve heard a remake is on the way for years. Truth in that?

King Kong
1976


JESSICA LANGE `S DEBUT - MMMMM, Jun 19 2000 This was the first film of KING KONG that I saw. I immediatly fell in love with it. Over the years I have been infuritated by critics who doesn`t seem to dare liking this film. They always compare it unfavourbly to the -33 classic. Right. It doesn`t have the thrills and excitement of the original. BUT. This is a low key fable. A telling of the Beauty and the Beast... A lovely score by John Barry, great photography and the debut of the greatest actress in American movies of the 80s: JESSICA LANGE. She demonstrated further abileties in FRANCES, THE COUNTRY, THE MUSIC BOX, TOOTSIE(Oscar Best Supporting Actress) and BLUE SKY(Oscar Best Actress). I really do hope that the 1976 version of KING KONG will find peace with some critics and I`m delighted that so many others here like it

KING KONG 1976


10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
GREAT GREAT GREAT, 17 Jan 2006
By
Henning Sebastian Jahre "Judy-Viv"I must say that after reading countless articles about what FLOP this film was in the 70s, I must came to rescue...
I saw the film at the theatrical release and IT WAS huge crowd to see it. Never mind what Peter Jackson experienced in New Zealand. It`s sad - but at the moment it is popular to give it the trash-treatment...
What is is.... it is a beautiful, strange, telling fable about love between a beauty and a beast. It`s that simple. It stands firmly on it`s own feet and while I love the 33 classic and espcially the color version which I bought yersterday, this is a more quiet, sober chapter to the myth of Kong.
I love this dvd and Peter Jackson SHOULD have learned something from the 33 and the 76-films... He found it necessary to OPEN the film(he tries to stick to the 33 version), but only succeeds when he is reworking the classic. It`s overlong and it takes tooo long to get to Skull Island.... he even tortures us with characters that are NOT essential to the plot(Jimmy and his friend)...
KING KONG 1976 have beutiful locations from Hawaii, while the 2005 film remains a computer game - too often we laughed at the blue screen and special effects - I MEAN C`MON....... THIS IS 2005!!!!!!!!! Movie kingdom has indeed come to an end if one is to film an entire film like KONG with blue screen(watch the making of th 2005 film)...
The 1976 film has a BEAUTIFUL SCORE and BEAUTIFUL locations and I don`t care if Rick Baker wore an apesuite.... HE`S SPLENDID IN THE JOB.... As far as I rememember the 2005 Kong also covered a certain actor?
Jessica Lange is as good as it gets and I MUST SAY; many viewers agree with me that the 1976 is an IMPORTANT tribute to the Kong myth. Unlike the 33 and 76 version, Jackson made Kong as just another monster on the island and the New York sequences(only the Empire State Building sequence survives)are boring.... Another letdown is when Ann entertains Kong with vaudeville tricks and they have a Bambi-moment on ice in New York....
Nope... Ignore articles about what flop this film was - and experience a great film with great performances and with the KING KONG of 1933 - the best film ABOUT KONG:-)

HENNING SEBASTIAN JAHRE AND HELGE JORDAL IN "MARTIN`S SPENNENDE REISE"

In the spring of 1996 I starred with the renowned Norwegian actor HELGE JORDAL in an episode from the sitcom MARTIN`S SPENNENDE REISE. It was called "Svart Katt" and enjoyed high ratings when it was screened during the Christmas season later that year... I played a sinister owner of a plant and even beat up Helge... The extras were suppose to apprehend me, but went a bit too far and planted some fists in my stomach and I fell to my knees behind the house and threw up hehe..... The director was no Ingmar Bergman and I stumbled with my lines becaus she insisted on me saying them quite unnatural... I argued and Helge helped me, but to no avail... On stage you can do whatever you damn please, but you have no authoroty in the cutting room... When I saw on TV, I almost threw up again - though friends and family quietly said nothing about it.... Needless to say; I didn`t get another job at NRK - but did make my own film, DET ER FAEN IKKE LETT in the year of 2000:-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX0SRZn2GiI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cYLa3yP3Us

Henning Sebastian Jahre om SONJA WIGERT og møte med WENCHE FOSS, HENKI KOLSTAD, NORA BROCKSTEDT og HENNY MOAN

Sonja Wigert vant en talent konkurranse som Norges Greta Garbo og vant en rolle i filmen SANGEN OM RONDANE 1934. Best kjente norske filmer er Fant 1937, Eli Sjursdotter 1938(bilder), Den hemmelighetsfulle leiligheten 1948 og Lån meg din kone 1958. Sonjas likhet og spillestil er bemerkelsesverdig lik Vivien Leigh(begge født november 1913) og begge hadde sin største teatersuksess som Blanche i EN SPORVOGN TIL BEGJÆR, Sonja på Trøndelag teater. I 1993 ringte jeg Vigdis Røysing(som spilte mot Sonja i Lån meg din kone). Grunnen var at jeg ble sjokkert da broren Knut Wigert skrev en bok og bl a skrev at Sonja døde i 1976(hun døde 1980) og spilte i Gjest Baardsen(noe hun ikke gjorde, Vibeke Falk var heltinnen) - Vigdis fortalte at innspillingen av Lån meg din kone ble gjort i sommerferien pga hun gikk på skolen... Hun fortalte Sonja var veldig hyggelig og at hun en tid eide en bensinstasjon i Sverige. Sonja var dobbeltagent under krigen og hennes enestående innsats ble aldri premiert i hennes levtid.... hun ble sett på som en forræder av enkelte og døde altfor tidlig i Spania 1980... alkoholisert... en bok om henne er på trappene, la oss håpe den vil yde henne rettferdighet så hun kan få ro....

Sonja Wigert i sine mest kjente svenske filemer, Fallet Ingegerd Bremssen 1942, Blod och eld 1945 og Ombyte av tåg 1943

SONJA WIGERT ca 1938

9/12 2007:

I 1980 døde Sonja Wigert bare 66 år gammel i Spania.... Jg ble som 12-åring slått av hennes Hollywood-skjønnhet(dog hun dro t Sverige og ble en av 40-årenes fremste stjerner der.
NRK sendte rundt den tiden også Eli Sjursdotter 1938, hvor hun bader naken og blir tatt av strie strømmer........
I 2002 fyller Wenche Foss 85 og en leser at en filmhyllest skal vises på Cinmateket. Typen, Andre, jobber og jg drar ned...
Her sitter faktisk Divaen på 1. rad og drikker hvitvin/champagne... Filmen blir sett og skal til å gå når den er ferdig...
Da ser jg Henny Moan, Henki og Else Kolstad og Nora Brockstedt flokke seg rundt henne. Som alltid holder hun hoff og blir sittende mens de nevnte er som marionettdukker rundt henne...
Jg tar motet til mg og spør henne om Sonja Wigert.
"Aaaaaaaaaa hun var vakker, hun var FILMSTJERNE...."
jg: Så du kjente henne?wf: Åh ja....
deretter henvender jg mg t Henki og forteller han om da jg så ham i Norges første lydfilm laget i Danmark 1930.... han er helt forbløffet og Nora kikker irritert på mg - (HVEM EEEEEEEEEEER DENNE MANNEN????)
Wenche lurer også og jg forteller om heftet Dag Lutro laget om Tancred Ibsen i 1980 hvor Sonja er fyldig med....
wf: Hva driver du md?jg: er dramalærer i barnehage...wf: så flott, ta md dg filmen min t dem du(intervjuer etc md henne) - jg: er d noe for barna? wf; ja jøss......
jeg tenker mitt.... samtalen går over til d i å bli 90 år om 5 år....
"Jg skal ha en 3 timers tribute på NRK" sier Wenche(Hun fikk en time igår)....
Henki sier at han og Else har sagt de har bestemt seg for å bli 90 og da tror de at de kan bli d(Jepp de er md oss enda - Henki er 92)... Wenche er enig i d...
wf: hvem var han som spilte mot mg på broen i Trollfossen?(1948)?et navn kommer opp...wf; Ja faen - D var d!!!!!!
jg blir stum a banningen hennes og ser på henne.... Øyenene er harde, kalde og brune... Aldri sett så store øyne på et menneske...
d slår mg at d mennesket en ser på tv er en public persona og at hun er langt mer ujålete, mer hard og vulgær i virkeligheten.....
Jg tok aldri md filmen t ca 250 kroner md mg...
Men d var et artig møte......
samtalen mellom oss er slik jg husker d, ikke helt ordrett kjære leser....
Men gratulerer md de 90 Wenche Foss.... gode gener har du.... jepp du ble jo syk på begynnelsen av 70-tallet - kom dg du...
Grethe Kauseland og Trond Kirkevaag forlot oss nå 60 og 61 år gamle.... du kunne ha vært deres mor...
Du har gjort mye for oss Wenche,,,,
I 1989 spilte jg mot Dennis Storhøi i SUMMER IN THE CITY og make-up-artisten fortalte mg om tøff dag på legekontoret(jepp hun jobbet på et legekontor)
"Jg måtte fortelle en dame hun hadde kreft...."damen gråt og gråt.... Plutselig reiste hun holdning og sa; "WENCHE FOSS klarte d - da kan jg og..."
Hva som mer skjedde forteller historien ingenting om...
Men at du Wenche har BIDRATT t å lette slør på tallrike fordommer er et fakum:-)

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Henning Sebastian Jahre

CELEBRITY CORNER - Henning Sebastian Jahre with Ari Behn, Pirate Love, Anne Brown, Hanne Krogh, Liza Minnelli etc

Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer & Henning Sebastian Jahre in ALGIERS. This & King Kong and Henning Sebastian jahre (C)(P)121208 - thanks Jimmy-boy. All Rights Reserved

TARZAN and I on Saturday, November 22 - 2008 Anne Brown during the intermission of the ULTIMATE EVENT 1989

MissTrulteMarryDivMaggie Smith, Judy-Viv og Viola Greåker 2007
Lene Wikander (tekst og foto) (05.07.08)
- Her er dildoene dere skal dele ut fra scenen, sier Big Boy fra butikken ved samme navn og dumper to svarte søppelsekker i garderoben der de tre "jentene" i Høy Hårfaktor gjør seg klare for show.

Dyrt å se billig ut- Hvor er champagnen? hviner Henning Sebastian Jahre sitt alter ego; Judy Viv, og pisker lydmannen ut i baren etter nye forsyninger.I London Pub sine innerste katakomber er benker, bord og lagrete toaletter (!?) dekket med parykker, paljetter, strømper og sko.- Det er jævlig dyrt å se billig ut, gliser Håkon som er i full sving med å forvandle seg til kabaretens vertinne Maggie Smith.Cabaret Høy Hårfaktor har holdt på i tre år og har sitt faste tilholdssted på London Pub; Oslos eldste og fortsatt oppegående homseklubb. London åpnet allerede i 1979, men ble en ren homoklubb fra rundt 1990.....

En ekte diva har framtida bak seg- Vi kan være litt hvassere i replikken på London enn andre steder, sier Håkon. - Maggie Smith er en nebbete dame som spytter både til høyre og venstre, men aldri i glasset, understreker han og tar en stor slurk champagne.
- Vi kjører rett fra levra og øver aldri, forteller Judy Viv.- Er det noe vi homser kan så er det å agere - de fleste av oss har spilt roller hele livet. Judy Viv er en ekte diva og som alle divaer har hun framtida bak seg. - Hun har hatt mange elskere og en jævlig bra fortid, men framtida er det mer usikkert med. Hun er en sann stjerne, men på et veldig lavt nivå, kan du si.

De gale amatørers aften- Vi pleier å reklamere med at vi er Oslos dårligste dragshow, sier Håkon og drar på seg parykken til Maggie Smith:- Nei men heeeei der! hviner han inn i speilet. - Det var sannelig lenge sida sist!Cabaret Høy Hårfaktor er både de glade og de gale amatørers aften. I kveld er Berit Bislett; en av Maggie Smith sine beste venninner, gjesteartist og jentene diskuterer ivrig med lydmannen:- Du må huske å stoppe a Berit hvis hu holder på for lenge, sier Judy Viv strengt, men blir avbrutt av Maggie Smith:- Nå ja, hu må jo få litt scenetid, vesla. Jeg har jo tross alt arva masse klær av henne. Så lenge håret er høyt.

StappfulltKlokka er blitt elleve på kvelden, London er stappfullt og det er på tide å gå på scenen. Jentene sjekker sminken i speilet for siste gang.Big Boy stikker hodet inn av døra igjen sammen med Tom Stereo; mannen bak årets pride-låt og den andre av kveldens gjestartister. Big Boy kaster et kritisk blikk på Miss Trulte sin særdeles høye, rosa parykk:- Jøss, har du prøvekjørt blomsterdekorasjonen? Er det derfor du ser sånn ut på håret?!Jentene griper hvert sitt chamagneglass og stiller seg opp i døra. Miss Judy Viv prøver å fikse på den ene raggsokken som utgjør venstre pupp. Hun får det ikke helt til og resultatet blir en bulkete klump som mest av alt minner om et overkjørt ekorn, men det har ingen tid til å tenke på nå: The show must go on.

Milton Von Krogh of Pirate Love... taking a rest

With Tom Stereo(Thomas Anholt) on Thursday, June 26 2008. He wrote and performed the song "Now or never" during the Pride celebrations in Scandinavia in 2008 and the day before this picture we performed in the same show on London Pub - standing room only and a huge success.

Bjørn Erik Opheim, myself and the Icelandic Selma - a Eurovosion song contest favorite in 1999 and 2005. This is the year of 2005:-)

PIRATE LOVE at BLÅ.... the gig was the releaseparty for their very first cd... February 2008

From the cover of their first album.... the group? PIRATE LOVE. The picture taken at the home of Jan Thorsen - his son Milton Von Krogh and David Dajani(sitting with the dog Tara) are the centrals in this group.

With David Dajani, the leadsinger of PIRATE LOVE, September 2006. It was during the shooting of the video LAUGHING GAS. My own favorites from their album BLACK VODOUN SPACE BLUES are Death Trip, Skin Deep and Ain`t Nothing to do...

With Milton Von Krogh, the guitarist, writer and composer of PIRATE LOVE, January 2008

PIRATE LOVE - the great Norwegian rock group

With Ari Behn, May 2007. He is the husband of the Princess Martha Louise of Norway. He was in Sandejord(my hometown)promoting his china... Indeed he is a controversial figure, but was quite nice - although my friend Dennis Zimmer fled when I approached Behn hehe....

With the Queen of Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest, Hanne Krogh, May 2006. She performed "Lykken er" and "Mrs Thompson" to no avail, but took Europe by storm when she founded the duo Bobbysocks with the Swedish-Norwegian Elisabeth Andeassen and WON the international finale in Sweden with the song "La det svinge". Every child in Norway also love her because of her performance in the holiday christmas film "Reisen til Julestjernen" 1976. It would be great if the Walt Disney Company would do that film into a full fledged cartoon - called - well - how about "Journey to the Christmas Star"? hehe

With Liza Minnelli on October 19, 2005... my review of that evening is another place here http://henningsebastian.blogspot.com/2008/02/greatest-day-of-my-life-liza-minnelli.html

On Thursday, April 13, 1989 I witnessed the greatest concert in the 20th century in Norway; "THE ULTIMATE EVENT" with Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr. During intermission I met Anne Brown - who was the first Bess i PORGY AND BESS in the 30s... She was charming and was a spice on a perfect evening. Liza was somehow lost between the two men, but came into her OWN when I saw her on Wednesday, October 19., 2005. That was a giant.

With the legendary designer Kiki Sørum at the same event as mentioned below. Her book "Hollywood i moten" 1985 was an inspiration when I was a youth and we had a good chat on the subject of among others Sharon Tate.

With the actress, director and writer Vibeke Løkkeberg on February 2007 - the occasion was a private screening of her daughter Tonje Kristiansen`s feature debut....