The Errol Flynn Blog

BARON OF HAVANA, about Errol Flynn's Wartime Adventures with Fidel Castro, to be table-read at Sundance.

by Terry Keefe

Although
Alex and I are both filmmakers, we rarely mention our own material on
the site. This time is a noted exception, because Alex has had his
terrific screenplay, BARON OF HAVANA, selected to be table-read at the
Sundance Film Festival. Noted news.

The script tells the true
story of the later years of the legendary Errol Flynn, when he took a
much-needed job as a celebrity journalist that landed him in the middle
of the Cuban Revolution, where he was embedded for a time with Fidel
Castro and Che Guevara. The leads are very strong roles and I'm going to
throw in my dream casting of Hugh Jackman or Pierce Brosnan for Flynn,
Javier Bardem as Castro, and Benjamin Bratt as Che.

BARON OF
HAVANA has previously won Best Screenplay at the Cinequest Film
Festival, and has been a finalist in this year's Creative World Awards,
and just placed in the top three features of the Creative Screenwriting
Magazine's AAA Screenplay Contest, in addition to winning a total of six
awards in the past year.

Here are the deets: The reading will be
held at the Waldorf-Astoria, in Parley's Boardroom, in Park City, on
Sunday, January 23rd, between 1-4 PM. Alex Simon can be contacted at
Hl**************@*ol.com….

More information can be found at www.TableReadMyScreenplay.com…

They were the Grand Prize Winner!

— David DeWitt

Here is something I thought might be of interest to some of you. The magazine, “FilmFax” is featuring in its 128th issue (Summer/Fall 2011 issue) an article about the films of Errol's son, Sean who made a few films in Europe before becoming a war correspondent during the Viet Nam war and ending up MIA in Cambodia in 1970. While not as charismatic an actor as his father, Sean still had the Flynn flair. The article is written by yours truly. The magazine can be purchased in book stores such as: Barnes & Nobles, or purchased on-line at different websites or the magazine's own website: www.filmfax.com…. I hope you give the article a look and read, I think you might find it interesting. Thank you.–A. R.

— ILIKEFLYNN

This is a follow up to the
tassie devil  post!
Here is the website to vote for a name – no – for THEEE NAME of this new hybrid tulip flower of Tasmania! What would be the most fitting name for this new hybrid bright red tulip of Tasmania!
Now blood is red – right! Therefore the name has to be none other then “Captain Blood”! 
Vote now! Would anybody disagree with this name?
www.vdqbulbs.com…
There are many reasons – think about it! Think hard! You maybe have even other vital points for this perfect fit!
I say: 1. Captain Blood

2. Blood is red – bright red as the
tulip!
3. Errol was Captain Blood!
4. Errol was a son of Tasmania where this new bright red tulip emerges as Errol did!
5. Errol was the Tasmanian Devil – ah devil – ah hell – red as fire we are told!
6. Errol was a red hot blooded man! Any dispute?
7. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania and named it Anthoonij van Diemenslandt = Van Diemen's Land.
In 1803, the island was colonized by the British as a penal colony and named officially Van Diemen's Land. And what does a penal colony spells to you of those hard times experienced by so many and including none other than Errol's ancestors (maternal side) – BLOOD – sweat and tears!
8. What a coincidence – the nursery's name is Van Diemen! A first class fit! Wow!
9. Errol's number is 9 – the perfect number of success!  Captain Blood made him into an over night star and so will be the new bright red tulip of the Van Diemen Nursery if named “Captain Blood”!
“Captain Blood” is a natural for this tulip, a no miss affair, a seller of the highest caliber!
Join me in this vote – it's your duty if you are a true Errol fan!
A cheer to the Errol of the past, a cheer to Errol into the future and a cheer to Errol who will live on and on in a tulip flower called “Captain Blood”!
You know how much Errol loved nature, he could describe nature more vividly and better than any writer ever could!
This tulip would be his Oscar right from the land of his birth!
Join me and make it happen!
Tina

— Tina

There is a tulip producer here in Tasmania that has produced a new variety of tulip that is a bright red and is one of the first to bloom in the season. However it has not been named as yet and we have sent in some names including Captain Blood for their consideration. I will actually be at this farm on a tour in another two weeks and will put some pressure on to honour Errol, I am a tour coach driver.

Now is your chance to enter your opinion on the new name, just go to this link www.vdqbulbs.com… and send them an email of your suggestion.

Steve and Genene

— tassie devil

Please check out the article in the Promo Section! Nick asks a Quiz Question… can you figure it out?

— David DeWitt