The Last Legion

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Thomas Duvernay
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The Last Legion

Post by Thomas Duvernay » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:34 pm

Many of you may remember that several years ago I was contacted by Oliver Stone's production company to provide 195 Korean bows for his production of Alexander and a Korean bowyer made them. Many people wondered what would happen to the bows when the movie was finished, but I had no idea. It was guessed that they would either be sold off or used in another production. Well, it seems as though the latter guess was correct.

While watching the 2007 move, The Last Legion, I noticed at around 46 minutes a bow that was definitely Korean-made and, I was sure, was the same type ordered from me for Alexander. Indeed there were bows throughout the movie after that. I decided to wait all the way through the credits afterwards and, sure enough, the guy who ordered the bows for Alexander was the same one who provided them for this movie. Mystery evidently solved... :)
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Post by MJuingong » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:55 pm

Were the bows fiberglass, wood, or what?

And please forgive the long interval between your post and amy question, I get very little access to my own home computer nowadays :cry:
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Post by Thomas Duvernay » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:29 am

The bows were laminated, just like the typical bows used in Korea today. The only difference being, they were stripped of the padding material and birch bark used on the back.
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