Nat Saves the Day

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="006dba33.gif"> <bR> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="006dba33.gif"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U><IMG SRC="021ef530.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="83" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  |    <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Face Even a Dead Guy Could Love"><U><B>A Face Even a Dead Guy Could Love</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=370 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="223c8c83.gif"> <div>   </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Nat Saves the Day</B></div> <div> <B>There would have been other actors Elijah's age who could have done a "respectable" job with this scene. But I don't know of anyone else who could have kept us in that cockpit, tuned in to Nat's emotions, every second of the flight.  This is a fairly long scene for a "crisis" of this kind--especially involving a kid.  And Nat has to carry it without much help from Daniel.  The monotone portrayal of "Gee, I'm scared," we would have gotten from a lot of child actors would have gotten old pretty quickly.  </B></div> <div> <B>We start with the moment Nat crawls out of hiding in the plane.  He's no stranger to being in trouble, but this is a big one!  It comes across clearly, though, that this is more than one of Nat's typical larks; we don't see a kid who's just "getting away with something" or happily playing around somewhere he knows he shouldn't be, as he was in the warehouse.  He's concerned about Daniel. </B></div> <div>  <A NAME="nat_top"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3e5276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e7276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e9276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3eb276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ed276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ef276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Daniel has another attack and hands the controls over to Nat.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f1276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f3276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>At first Nat's excited. This is a dream come true!</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f5276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f7276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>But reality hits pretty quickly, along with fear. </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f9276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3fb276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3fd276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is a long scene and almost all of it is Elijah, often in closeups.  I have several hundred caps I'd love to use.  But I still need to indulge in one frame-by-frame series.  Watch his mouth and his eyes as he goes from pure concentration to a mix of emotions: </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ff276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="401276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="403276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="405276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="407276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="409276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40b276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Intense concentration, as only a ten-year-old boy can do it:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40d276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="40f276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="411276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="413266f0.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="415276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="417276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="419276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="41a276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="41c276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>But Nat's attention gets divided between the plane and Daniel, who's not looking too good...</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="41e276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="420276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="422276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="424276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Don't die!" (The glistening eyes begin to kick in when he's focused on Daniel.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="426276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="428276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42a276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>A bit of relief after a bad scare. Daniel tries to break the tension by calling Nat a "show off."  Nat responds with a rather forced, unnatural laugh (but it's </B><I><B>supposed </B></I><B>to be that way). There's a similar laugh in </B><I><B>Radio Flyer</B></I><B>, during the (</B><B>fully clothed) bathtub scene. I'd show it if that movie were on DVD</B><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42c276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42e276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="430276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="432276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="434276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>After the plane touches down, a couple of heartfelt pleas for it to </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I><B>STOP!!! </B></I></FONT><B>("Read my lips.") </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="436276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="438276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43a276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43c276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43e276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="440276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="442276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="444276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="446276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="448276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="44a276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="44c276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>...which it does, just in time.  Crisis over.  But this is one spot we get a bonus from having Elijah in the role.  No fist punching the air or triumphant shouting.  Nat decompresses for a moment, just as he'd have to in real life after being through that experience.  It takes a bit of time for his adrenaline level to return to anything resembling normal. </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="44e276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="450276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="452276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="454276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>And he's still got Daniel to worry about. </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="456276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="458276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's not until Daniel's able to speak to him that Nat can start to relax...   </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="45a276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="45c276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>return to being a ten-year-old boy without the responsibility of his and someone else's life...</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="45e276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="460276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="462276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="464276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="466276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="468276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>and feel, well, kinda </B><I><B>proud  </B></I><B>of himself.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46a276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46c276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46e276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="470276f0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 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