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The Life of Riley
Cobblestones (test pilot #2)
Jim recruits Harmon and Oz to cobble together a plan for a long overdue project.
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Cobblestones-Full Episode Apr 18, 2016
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Country Scholars - Etiquette
Young scholars visit Riley's Farm and learn a few things about 18th century etiquette.
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Ep 1 - Country Scholars Feb 6, 2016
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Fall Afternoon with Jim Tavaré & The Bost Family Traditions
It's a foot stompin' good time when Jim Riley is joined at the Old Wilshire packing shed by British actor, comedian and Courage cast member Jim Tavaré, his wife Laura and the Bost Family Traditions bluegrass band.
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Fall Afternoon - Tavaré Oct 1, 2015
Tavern Talk
Richard Hanna - Part 2
In part 2, Mr. Hanna talks with Jim more about his service in World War II, whether we should have dropped the bomb, his postwar days as a tommy gun-toting adventurer and the current threats to American freedom.
Tavern Talk
Richard Hanna - Part 2 Aug 25, 2015
Tavern Talk
Richard Hanna - Part 1
World War II veteran and longtime friend Richard Hanna drops by the Hawk's Head Tavern to talk with Jim about growing up during the Great Depression and his service in the war.
Tavern Talk
Richard Hanna - Part 1 Aug 5, 2015
Episode 2 — 2nd Day of Shooting
Great, Long Day of shooting! I think I turned in around 1:30 or so in the morning…
Courage, New Hampshire Episode 2 – The Sons of Liberty
We finished the first day of principal photography for Courage, New Hampshire – Episode 2, “The Sons of Liberty” yesterday. We should be uploading a video blog from the set today, so watch here for more news — including an exciting new way of watching Courage. Stay tuned — and tell your friends! […]
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Just a quick note to those of you Colony Bay contributors and followers: If you want your picture, or an avatar, or any graphic of your choice to be included in your posts, visit gravatar.com and upload your picture. It’s not a big deal for yours truly, but some folks like to see who they’re […]
Story-boarding Courage
Frame by Frame We’re heading down the stretch to principle photography for episode 2 of Courage, New Hampshire — “The Sons of Liberty.” Yesterday, we spent the better part of the day story-boarding the first week of shooting and it reminds me of a confession a big studio director once made about a major Pixar animation film. […]
Those Arrogant Brits
Right now, we’re putting the finishing touches on the high school version of our Courage, New Hampshire curriculum supplement, and Megan Ernst and I are debating causes of the Revolution. Certainly there are quite a few threads to tie together in weaving the causal tapestry — English common law, the Reformation, the Great Awakening, the […]
Expectations – Patriotic, Christian and Rogue
One follower of our project, writes: ..I was expecting a video which told me more about early America and our Founding Fathers, before, during and after the American Revolution, and not this type of story. I look forward to your other upcoming productions and hope that you will give us true historic stories of our […]
Innocence: Improbable or Impossible?
I always knew the character of Sarah Pine would be a bit of a risk. Our Producer Jonathan Wilson even wondered, on first read, whether she was “all there.” I explained that I saw her as a young woman obsessed with applied theology as a hobby, in a way we can’t quite imagine today this side of an Amish after glow […]
The Details
Over on Facebook Group page for Courage, Paul W. Pyle aks: I was wondering about the process you use in gathering historical facts when you start creating a great movie such as this. How you get the idea of the basic historical location and so on. Over the years, we’ve collected quite a few primary […]
The Accent Thing
Of all the many semi-lucid critiques of Courage, New Hampshire, I find the commentary on accents the most amusing. According to Alex Pareenee of Salon.com: As proof of the producers’ commitment to historical accuracy, the British are all evil and speak with British accents, while the colonists are mostly good and speak with (wildly varying) […]
