Hanging by a wire

We have a brief clip from Jake Gyllenhaal's Man v. Wild appearance. Watch Jake confront his fears and cross a cavern on a ropeline:



Updated to include second clip and to replace the original ET clip with the Discovery clip. Jake takes the lead in this one:



There's a little more in the ET promo. We get to hear Bear shouting Jake's name, hopefully not in panic!

In the first clip, you can definitely feel Jake's apprehension and his exhilaration. Can't wait to see the full episode.





Two more clips. First up, Jake waiting to be picked up for the trip. Forget the fact that we saw Jake and Bear on a plane headed to Iceland together :)



And here's Jake jumping into a gap in order to retrieve a sheep's carcass. Yum!

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Jake's no stranger to the ropes, but usually, there's a full team of stunt advisors standing by:




(PoP photos courtesy of IHJ.)

July Source

That's Jake, arriving at something called the Andrews International Training Center in Burbank on Thursday. Not sure if he was there for training for End of Watch (or, you know, to be a security guard). Or that could be where the Battle of the Badges was held.



Still no photos of Jake boxing at that Badges event!

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Yes, it's been months since Source Code was first shown at SXSW. But I think this is the first extended video I've seen from the SC press conference:



Love Jake's line about Chicago. It's always fun to watch the interaction. I wish someone had posted the whole event.

We also have a few "new" interviews. First up from SXSW:



I don't remember this interview, all about the SC game that went nowhere. But it's fun to watch Jake interact with the interviewer:



This is a German interview. Lots of time but not necessarily any different questions, unfortunately:

Man, Jake's German Dubber is awful!

Surviving in the wild

Here's the Discovery Channel promo for Jake Gyllenhaal's episode of Man v. Wild:



The basics needed to survive in the wild:






Oh, and a ride home:



Jake seems pleased with himself:

Prince of Bloopers

In September, despite the fact that I had already bought Prince of Persia on DVD, I downloaded a copy to my iPad. I was away and thought it would be fun to watch. But the download took forever, and I never got around to it, preferring to watch it on our big-screen TV. Imagine my surprise when I casually clicked on it the other day and saw that there was a digital bonus: about 90 seconds of outtakes. I'm not technically adept enough to figure out how to rip it from iTunes. So I did the only thing I could. I recorded it with my camera. Hence the poor quality but (hopefully) still fun video below:



Apologies if you've already seen it in better quality. If you have, please link us!



I had wanted to do a PoP retrospective on Memorial Day. But I was recovering and unable to put anything together. Consider this a less comprehensive attempt. I've included some photos I haven't seen and/or posted before, as well as some favorites. I really love the way Jake looked in the movie and for all the promotion. I enjoyed so much of PoP: the funny promo interviews, the great red carpet shots, the scope and the richness of the film itself, especially seeing Jake in an epic. I really hope the perceived poor reception of the film doesn't prevent us from seeing Jake in big screen glory like that again.

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One of my favorite interviews from the PoP junkets. Feel free to link or mention your own:



There you have it - a hodgepodge, but a beautiful one: