Heather Graham's Got the Wrong Burns

2007_08_arts_hgraham.jpg2007_08_arts_asch.jpgamNewYork has a report from Hong Kong's Prestige magazine where actress Heather Graham discusses her "pet project," a labor of love for the past ten years that she's securing financing for.

Graham said that money will be locked down in "one or two months" and will go towards her movie about the 1911 New York City fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that killed 146 women. She will also star as one of the factory workers. The factory was in the Asch Building in Greenwich Village, which was landmarked in 2003 (though now called the Brown Building and owned by NYU).

As for Ms. Graham, she says she learned about the fire by watching a Ken Burns documentary about the history of New York City. "He did 45 minutes on the Triangle fire and by the end I was bawling my eyes out." Of course, we're guessing she meant Ric Burns, Ken's brother who directed the 14.5 hour New York: A Documentary. Speaking of directors, she's still looking for one for her movie...maybe Ken or Ric are available.

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I can't keep Ken and Ric straight either. I just think of them as a family docu-dynasty.

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'Cause no one makes me think "turn-of-the-century ethnic immigrant worker" like Heather Graham does...

and those pictures are from what sources?

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I could see her as some sort of Irish or Polish immigrant, provided she got the accent right...actually I've been wondering when they would make a movie about that fire.

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I hope she gets naked.

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there was a movie of the week made about the triangle shirtwaist factory,
tom Bosley was in it.
Can't she finance the movie herself?

Hope she wears roller skates in the new flick.

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wow, gothamist is so negative. sheesh

is it just me or is she really hot in that pic?

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perhaps firecrotch could star?

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meow ... gothamist. fsss!! fsss!!!

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At least it's not her "Sidewalks of New York" director/co-star Ed BURNS... is that guy still allowed to make movies?

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Seems HG has a "Burns" fixation. Does anyone else NOT recall she dated Ed?

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why so snarky, gothamist?

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Ed Burns another crappy NY centric actor/crap director. bucky dent's a better actor.

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Ric Burns never gets as much credit as his brother Ken. I think that Ric, even more than Ken, has a talent for showing us the avoidable but, ultimately, unstoppable "Greek Tragedy". Watching his "Donner Party" and so many of the "New York" sections you are overcome with a feeling of a haunting and unbearable sadness. No wonder HG, was bawling her eyes out.

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The unbearable largeness of Heather Graham's... eyes.

i hope the soundtrack includes the rasputina song "my little shirtwaist fire". heh.

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