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David Mamet Film "Redbelt" Features Dan Inosanto.
By arnisador - Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:40:00 GMT
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From today's NY Times:
Hard Lessons Learned in the Ring
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In my film Boom Boom Mancini portrays a character modeled upon Danny Inosanto. Dan is the world’s Sensei, or most revered teacher, of kali, or Filipino knife fighting. He learned from the generation of his fathers and uncles who taught the American G.I.’s in the Pacific war. He was a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, was the first man to receive a black belt from Bruce Lee and teaches, to this day, in his academy in California, and to police and military personnel around the world.
My film, “Redbelt,” is about jiujitsu. In the film the redbelt is that unique honor possessed by the form’s most revered teacher. I needed someone, in the film’s last sequence, to portray this teacher, and at the film’s end to pass on the belt to his elected disciple (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Over the course of preproduction I discussed the casting with Renato Magno, my teacher and the film’s fight choreographer and producer. “We need,” I said, “someone with the face of a fighter, someone like Dan Inosanto,” and, over the months of preproduction Renato kept suggesting, “What about Dan Inosanto?” until one day, I suppose it became my idea, and I said, “What about Dan Inosanto” who plays the part, and whose face tells the film’s story: that all fighters are sad. Who could play that part who was not a great fighter? No one.
According to the IMDb page for the movie, he plays a character named Joao Moro in this BJJ-themed movie. There's a passing mention of the author's study of BJJ in this story.
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By arnisador - Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:40:00 GMT
Originally Posted at: FMATalk
====================
From today's NY Times:
Hard Lessons Learned in the Ring
Quote:
In my film Boom Boom Mancini portrays a character modeled upon Danny Inosanto. Dan is the world’s Sensei, or most revered teacher, of kali, or Filipino knife fighting. He learned from the generation of his fathers and uncles who taught the American G.I.’s in the Pacific war. He was a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, was the first man to receive a black belt from Bruce Lee and teaches, to this day, in his academy in California, and to police and military personnel around the world.
My film, “Redbelt,” is about jiujitsu. In the film the redbelt is that unique honor possessed by the form’s most revered teacher. I needed someone, in the film’s last sequence, to portray this teacher, and at the film’s end to pass on the belt to his elected disciple (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Over the course of preproduction I discussed the casting with Renato Magno, my teacher and the film’s fight choreographer and producer. “We need,” I said, “someone with the face of a fighter, someone like Dan Inosanto,” and, over the months of preproduction Renato kept suggesting, “What about Dan Inosanto?” until one day, I suppose it became my idea, and I said, “What about Dan Inosanto” who plays the part, and whose face tells the film’s story: that all fighters are sad. Who could play that part who was not a great fighter? No one.
According to the IMDb page for the movie, he plays a character named Joao Moro in this BJJ-themed movie. There's a passing mention of the author's study of BJJ in this story.
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