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 Publicado: 01/04/05 19:28 Asunto: El barco de Master and Commander dejará de navegar |
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Os adjunto una noticia triste para todos los que aman los grandes veleros. El HMS Rose, el barco que sirvió muchos años de "buque escuela privado" en Inglaterra, en el que muchos aprendieron a navegar, y que fue comprado por la productora de Master and Commander para hacer la película, ha sido comprado Crowe para condenarlo a servir de restaurante, inmovilizado con cemento en un puerto. ¡Un fin indigno para un barco bello, que viene en la realidad de quien en la ficción parece amar las velas al viento!  No hay que fiarse de las películas...
'HMS' ROSE Newsletter
http://www.tallshiprose.org
Los Angeles, April 1, 2005
Sources confirmed today that Russell Crowe has purchased the tall ship
HMS Rose from Fox Studios and the Maritime Museum San Diego. The ship
which was used in the film "Master and Commander: Far Side of the
World" will be moved from her current home in San Diego to Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico, where Crowe plans to convert it into a floating
restaurant and nightclub. According to an assistant to his publicist,
Cindy Knight, Mr Crowe developed the idea with friends during the
filming of the epic sea adventure. They had planned to open a South
Pacific themed restaurant in LA after filming but initial attempts to
work out a deal fell through because Fox wanted to reserve it for
possible use in a sequel. When the sequel was shelved talks started
up again and Crowe's new company, Twinkle Star Enterprises, was able
to close the deal.
"Russell has really been looking forward to this," says Knight. "It's
been a pet project of his for some time." According to Knight, he
plans to name the ship "Crowe's Nest" and make it a premier dockside
destination for wealthy Cabo party goers. It will feature Polynesian
food and have an all female wait staff. "Something like Hooters meets
Outback, but much nicer," says Knight. Apparently Crowe personally
designed the menu as well as a new figurehead, an emblematic boxing
kangaroo.
"The look of the ship won't change," claims Knight. "Space was a
problem initially, but Russell hired a Naval Architect to draw up
plans for a new deck for dancing which wouldn't detract from the
overall historic spirit of the ship. "In fact Russell wants to
enhance the historical accuracy of the ship by providing true crow's
nests, something that was missing in the movie. Apparently all square
rigged ships in the 1800's had them."
In keeping with the overall theme the additions will be "Crowe's
Nests" (note the 'e') and have ladders for VIP visitors, something
less common on ships in the 1800's.
Does Crowe plan on taking the ship for a spin out in the Pacific from
time to time, perhaps reprising his role as "Master and Commander" for
friends and family? "Heaven's no," says Knight. "The ship is going to
be cemented in it's berth. It's going to have very valuable movie
memorabilia on board so they don't want to risk damaging anything by
exposing it to harsh conditions."
The ship may be only the first in a series. Sources close to Crowe
say he plans to purchase additional tall ships and convert them into
members of a "fleet" of ships to be known as "Crowe Bars", installing
them in places like Monaco and Cancun where the rich and famous like
to play on their vacations. |
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