JohnLocke2342 posted a BLOG item
11 months ago
"Be Here Now” is an inspiring feature documentary and love story, about the overnight sensation, actor and international star Andy Whitfield, who put the same determination and dedication that he brought to his lead role in the hit television show, “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” into fighting life threatening cancer.
This is Andy's story, but it also about having the courage to make your dreams come true, tackling your fears and living in the present, despite the potential outcome. This film is for anyone who has ever faced a challenge in their lives.
Andy Whitfield, in the prime of his life, had just realized his dream of becoming an international star, when he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Before now, he and his eloquent and charismatic wife, Vashti, had combined their will power to make every success in their lives happen, including Andy’s transformation from an engineer into an actor and sex symbol. Overwhelmed when they heard that the best medical treatment the world had to offer would only give him a 25% chance for survival, they set their sites on beating cancer by making a promise in matching “Be Here Now” tattoos, to take Andy’s healing into their own hands and live life in the present, not in the shadows, every step of the way. Unfortunately Andy died of the disease on September 11th, 2011 in front of his family and in the arms of his loving wife.
Not knowing what would happen, Andy invited a camera to follow him throughout his journey as he explores both medical and alternative healing option in Australia, New Zealand and India. This unprecedented access and his openness and honesty gives the audience an intimate look into his personal life, that is rarely shared, especially by a celebrity. It was Andy’s hope that by opening his story up to a documentary, he might help or inspire others facing similar challenges, while pushing to accelerate the pace of cancer research around the world.
What he did not anticipate was that the story would also capture his, and his family’s, determination, love, infectious humor and self-affirming attitudes. And, as everyone goes through their own transformations over the course of the film, “Be Here Now” transcends the subject of cancer and becomes a universal life-lesson about living fearlessly, going for your dreams, embracing each moment and living in the present – despite the potential outcome."
The documentary has been unable to see a wide release and is in the process of being finished. They partnered up with KickStarter to raise the funds they need to be able to share his story with the world. Their goal is $200,000 dollars and they're about halfway there. If you'd like to donate you can go to this website and help back the project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/426354716/be-here-now-the-andy-whitfield-story
They'll accept anything from $1 to $10,000 and no donation is too small. I'm not asking you to donate at all, I just know that Spartacus is a popular show on here and a few of you may be interested in this. Thanks for reading this.
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@Anakin - Really, it was Capcom's decision all along? Could I ask where your source on that is? All I've seen in interviews is that Anderson didn't want to use the game characters because the fans would already know what all the twists and turns would be so then there are no surprises(an approach which I, vehemently disagree with). The 1st movie did have the same basic structure, including a betrayal by one of the characters(Wesker in RE1).
As for the rest, you pretty much summed it up for me as well.