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Lord of the Rings artist faces ecstasy charge
#7618001 - 11/10/07 09:28 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/4264032a1870.html
Lord of the Rings artist faces ecstasy charge
An Oscar-winning artist who also worked in Lord of the Rings has resigned from his teaching job at a Christchurch design school after being caught with drugs.
Sean Foot, famous for applying the prosthetic feet to the hobbits in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, has been charged with possession of ecstasy.
He resigned his job at the Design and Arts College soon after being charged, telling the managing director he no longer felt able to be a role model to the students.
Foot's work with Weta Workshop has featured in films such as Heavenly Creatures, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Samurai and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Chronicles of Narnia won an Academy Award for achievement in make-up.
Despite Foot's speedy resignation, parents of students at the Design and Arts College are furious.
One woman wrote to The Press claiming Foot socialised with the students, some as young as 16.
The letter, signed "A very angry and concerned mother", said some students felt sorry for Foot and were going to his flat to visit him.
When news of the arrest broke two weekends ago, the college posted notices around campus advising students not to speak to the media.
Design and Arts College managing director Susan McAllister said staff and students were "clearly upset" by Foot's departure after he had taught teaching at the college for 2½ years.
One student, who declined to be named, said Foot was a great teacher who was very influential because of his 15-year association with Peter Jackson's films.
He described him as a "pretty quiet guy, not very outspoken".
McAllister said the make-up and prosthetics course Foot taught had only a week left when he resigned. An industry advisory team had been brought in to ensure all students completed their qualifications.
Most students were between 18 and their late 20s, with an average age of 22 years, she said.
Police said yesterday that Foot had been charged with possession of a class B substance on October 26.
Court officials said Foot had been granted bail on October 31 by a registrar and was due to appear on November 15.
Attempts to contact Foot yesterday were unsuccessful. He features in the documentary about the making of A Day in the Life of a Hobbit, on the fourth disk of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Special Extended Edition.
In the film, Foot is seen applying the hobbit feet to actor Sean Astin, who spells out Foot's name as "F-O-O-T-E".
Ironically in the present circumstances, Foot replies: "No E, no, no E."
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Re: Lord of the Rings artist faces ecstasy charge [Re: Wronguy]
#7618095 - 11/10/07 10:09 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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This guy was clearly a threat to everyone and to everything sacred. Good thing his career and livelihood were taken from him before he started sating himself on the blood of young artists and selling jenkem from his studio.
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Re: Lord of the Rings artist faces ecstasy charge [Re: Wronguy]
#7618323 - 11/10/07 11:23 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, having a few ecstasy pills on you is ample reason to lose your entire career 
He is a threat to the students! He will poison their minds!
Stupid shit like this is so irritating.
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Re: Lord of the Rings artist faces ecstasy charge [Re: Wronguy]
#7618345 - 11/10/07 11:28 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I bet his parents are some really Proud Foots... er, Proud Feet... whatever.
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Re: Lord of the Rings artist faces ecstasy charge [Re: FollowTheMusic]
#7620125 - 11/10/07 07:50 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is a joke, really gets me down sometimes.
How a talented inspiring person can be condemned for such a relatively small thing, his career and credibility taken away, in an instant. It's like suddenly everything you've done before that point of time is forgotten, and you are now a drug taking creep, who's a threat to the fabric of all that's good. It's seriously a joke.
What is with the human instinct to focus so sharply on things we consider negative? Why do people over look all the good things that has been done as soon as one "negative" action is taken?
Lets look at the negatives of that article:
1. Found with Ecstasy
2.....
Positives.
1. Oscar winning artist who has been creating for over 15 years.
2. Has worked in countless film projects.
3. And most importantly. Is an inspiration to his students.
"Design and Arts College managing director Susan McAllister said staff and students were "clearly upset" by Foot's departure after he had taught teaching at the college for 2½ years."
"One student, who declined to be named, said Foot was a great teacher who was very influential because of his 15-year association with Peter Jackson's films."
Why dont you let his students and colleagues decide whether his personal choices will effect them?
So much time and effort still being wasted and focused on trivial matters like this, when there is so much that Needs to be done, and Could be done in the world.
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