March 9th
Vadim Jean was born on December 9th 1963. He is an established director of feature films and commercials. Winner of the Chaplin Award at Edinburgh, the International Critics Prize at Venice and the Evening Standard Award for best newcomer for his first feature film Leon the Pig Farmer, Vadim Jean went on to direct a horror film he can't quite remember the name of and Clockwork Mice, which won every award at the Giffoni Film Festival. His following feature, The Real Howard Spitz, starring Kelsey Grammer of Frasier fame, was released in 1999, winning Best Film at the Cinemagic Film Festival, Belfast. His fifth film, One More Kiss, won the audience prize at the Atlantic Film Festival in Canada. Jean says, "March 9th was the first day of shooting on Leon the Pig Farmer, which throughout its making required daily suiting up in the Rhino gear."
Zip up your Rhino suit
a tip from
Vadim Jean
Every morning put on your Rhino suit, zip it
up nice and tight all the way to the top and charge! Then
keep on going and going, until you bash into the side of the Land-rover
of your choice.
The Rhino suit is perfect for deflecting the tranquilliser darts
of any and all stupid, ignorant, negative people who might wish
to divert you from your purpose in life.
Vadim Jean adds: My producer Paul Brooks, who is probably the only person on the planet that I've met with as much positive energy as myself, taught me this one. His Rhino suit is a particularly fine example, although it has no hair on its head.
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