I WISH SANTA WOULD GRANT ME MY WISH TO SEE PAUL GROSS IN PRIVATE LIVES

I love to watch the acting of Paul Gross. I have two movies that I bought years back....Wilby Wonderful and Getting Married in Buffalo Jump. I first was introduced to him in Due South, TV series - bought that too. I adore him in that. Then I bought Slings and Arrows. He is starring in New York City on Broadway right now.

Paul Gross ad Kim Cattrall in Private Lives on Broadways at the Music Box Theatre. I wish Santa would grant me the wish of going to see him in Private Lives. (If you are listening Santa, it is playing through February 5, 2012. And I would need a train ticket and accommodations).

A Good Read ~

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Private Lives ~ Highlights

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Due South

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Due South
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Due South

Ride Forever
from the Gemine Awards Show

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and from the Gemini Awards Show
and sung live in Canada in 1999

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Slings and Arrows
Season 2, from Episode 6: Birnam Wood

Some of the highlights of this scene:

The major donor to the theatre, Mr. Henderson, has been presented a gift just before the evening’s play and has decided to speak to the audience:

….on a personal note, just like to say how ‘specially moved I am to be here tonight. Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever told and one that has special meaning for my wife Carol and me. You see, we’ve been married for 37 years. And in all that time, I don’t think we’ve ever missed a production of this play…that we could get to. Carol can’t be here tonight. She’s in hospital recovering from heart surgery. She’s going to be all right, the doctors tell me. But you know, when I think of all the times that we nearly gave up on each other, I get kind of shaky. I wasn’t much of a husband there for awhile. I’ll tell you that for free. But an experience like this ~ it teaches you something about the power of love. It certainly does. Well….enjoy (the show).

The production of Romeo and Juliet is going on while this dialogue is interspersed with the play’s dialogue:

Ellen: I hate this play

Geoffrey: Yeah

….Romeo to Juliet: My life were better ended by their hate, than death prolong it, wanting of thy love….

Ellen: You watch and feel miserable, if you don’t have that kind of passion in your life. Nobody does. It’s a fantasy. It’s irresponsible.

Geoffrey: Yeah

You know what I think. It’s painfully accurate. Two

idiots meet. They fall in love. They’re happy. Briefly.

Then, all hell breaks loose. Happens all the time.

…..Juliet to Romeo: ….sea, my love as deep. The more I give to thee, the more I have for both…are infinite.

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Getting Married in Buffalo Jump ~ Collage

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Wilby Wonderful ~ Collage

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Passchendaele
from the end credits
Written by, Directed by Paul Gross (2008).
Stars ~Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas and Joe Dinicol
The entire cast
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Passchendaele ~ Trailer

Toronto article on Passchendaele, 2008

The Battle of Passchendaele was one of the major battles of the First World War, taking place between July and November 1917. In a series of operations, Entente troops under British command attacked the Imperial German Army. The battle was fought for control of the village of Passchendaele (modern Passendale) near the town of Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium. The objective of the offensive was to achieve a breakthrough, outflanking the German Army's defences, and forcing Germany to withdraw from the Channel Ports. The offensive also served to distract the German army from the French in the Aisne, who were suffering from widespread mutiny.

The music ~ download it.

After the War - song
Performed by Sarah Slean
Written by Paul Gross and David Keeley
Courtesy of Debmeister Music Publishing
Produced by Asher Lenz & Jack Lenz

Lyrics ~
After the guns are silent
After your wounds have healed
After those crosses have been planted in all those fields
After that long boat ride
All the way across the sea
And after this train carries thee

Chorus:
I will love you after the war
I'll love you for always, forever more
I will love you after the war
Forever, for always, and more

After your boots dry
And the tobacco's all but gone
Along with all those postcards you've carried under your arm
After I remember all the words I couldn't say
And after this long night fades away

I will love you after the war
I'll love you for always, forever more
I will love you after the war
Forever, for always, and more

After this blackbird
Lifts up from off your chest
After your soul takes its final rest
My love, I forgive you; you never planned to die
And Love, I'll place two pennies over your eyes

I will love you after the war
I'll love you for always, forever more
I will love you after the war
Forever, for always, and more.

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Paul Gross in Cold Comfort
Another scene in Cold Comfort

Recording singing ~
Paul Gross & David Keeley - If Heaven Had a Back Door

PASSION IN YOUR LIFE

In real life, husband and wife,
Paul Gross and Martha Burns.
Here they play Geoffrey and Ellen
in Slings and Arrows.

I am an extremely passion-filled person. I am intensely alive. And I discovered the television Canadian series Slings and Arrows on Youtube, while catching Paul Gross in another series that I was already familiar with, Due South. I ended up buying both the series on DVD and fell hard for the episode, “Birnam Wood”, because of the scene below. I have not typed the entire scene, so please watch it and you’ll hopefully fall in love with it as I have. The lines that Romeo and Juliet speak are wonderfully interwoven with the back stage conversation.
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Slings and Arrows from Season 2, Episode 6, Birnam Wood


Some of the highlights of this scene:

The major donor to the theatre, Mr. Henderson, has been presented a gift just before the evening’s play and has decided to speak to the audience:

….on a personal note, just like to say how ‘specially moved I am to be here tonight. Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever told and one that has special meaning for my wife Carol and me. You see, we’ve been married for 37 years. And in all that time, I don’t think we’ve ever missed a production of this play…that we could get to. Carol can’t be here tonight. She’s in hospital recovering from heart surgery. She’s going to be all right, the doctors tell me. But you know, when I think of all the times that we nearly gave up on each other, I get kind of shaky. I wasn’t much of a husband there for awhile. I’ll tell you that for free. But an experience like this ~ it teaches you something about the power of love. It certainly does. Well….enjoy (the show).

The production of Romeo and Juliet is going on while this dialogue is interspersed with the play’s dialogue:

Ellen: I hate this play
Geoffrey: Yeah

….Romeo to Juliet: My life were better ended by their hate, than death prolong it, wanting of thy love….

Ellen: You watch and feel miserable, if you don’t have that kind of passion in your life. Nobody does. It’s a fantasy. It’s irresponsible.

Geoffrey: Yeah
You know what I think. It’s painfully accurate. Two
idiots meet. They fall in love. They’re happy. Briefly.
Then, all hell breaks loose. Happens all the time.

…..Juliet to Romeo: ….sea, my love as deep. The more I give to thee, the more I have for both…are infinite.

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The Water is Wide with images of Ireland to the tenor voice of Michel Londra.

I JUST CAN'T QUIT YOU, PAUL GROSS

PAUL GROSS

OH MY HEAVEN = PAUL GROSS - THIS IS TOO

FUNNY.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jny3zOSOFM

A Love Song really of Canada...
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Video producer writes: One of Canada's music icons... Rita MacNeil singing about her home on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. All Canadians proudly think about their homes in Canada. Final historic production review was done with help from Dr. Tom Salter, Professor Emeritus of Vistory of StonewallStudios.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BBHMDVg-FA

I think it is so wonderful when I hear someone loves where they live or are from. I also love where I live.

I love it when humanity makes me proud to be a part of it. Thanks to Due South and Paul Gross for inspiring me with this and the previous post.

PAUL GROSS and DUE SOUTH - STILL LOVE 'EM AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

Fraser, Diefenbaker & Vecchio

I so loved Due South, the television show. I adored the character of the Canadian Mounty, his relationship with his father and with his “friend”, Ray. It has been off the air for years. I understand the DVD of it - is done with poor quality, but someday I’m going to own it. Canadian, Paul Gross is the main character and initially, it was written by Paul Haggis. I adore Paul Gross in Due South. I don’t know why I love shows that typically are taken off the air. This show was taken off American network TV, but continued in Canada following the plug-pull here. I detest a lot of shows that are on the air for years and years. Follow the link by passing the mouse over my post title and read about the global popularity of this show in Great Britain, France and Germany as well as Canada.

The following two videos are from one terrific episode. I use the embeds and links when both are available of Due South. When you use the links you can watch the clips in full screen.
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"All The Queen's Horses:" First Kiss
FABULOUS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KIthoNOqoM
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"All The Queen's Horses": The scene and song "Ride Forever"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3LBOcuuE54
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Interview with Paul Gross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh-NQBhUJVc
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CBS interview with Paul Gross and David Marciano.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu0QavPS7tw
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End of 'Victoria's Secret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnccnp4vxSI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozVYR03Mzcw
No embed, but really good…
Due South Music Video - Wherever You Will Go by The Calling
The text of the video’s producer:
Basically, it's a Due South music vid... my third one, and it's about how Ray Vecchio and Ray Kowalski will follow Benny anywhere, no matter where or the dangers that lie ahead. I guess you could call it a little slashy if you have that sort of imagination, but I had their friendships (mostly) in mind when I made this... honest! Oh, and there's some of Fraser following Ray V around at the beginning too (just 'cos I thought he was more willing to follow him into danger, than he was with RayK.... it always seemed to me that RayK was the one doing the following in seasons 3 and 4) Anyway... ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9BjTmT0d4k
Part one of the Due South, season 3 episode
"Burning Down the House."
This is the first episode starring Callum Keith Rennie as the "new" Ray Vecchio, aka Ray Kowalski. No embed.
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From season 3, which wasn’t in USA, but in Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJh_aNAgYs
This show stands up today, even though it originally aired in the states in 1994. Good, is timeless.