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SIR SEAN CONNERY is considering turning a novel by an Edinburgh author into a Hollywood blockbuster.
The former James Bond actor, has been in contact with Ken McClure about bringing his controversial novel The Gulf Conspiracy to the big screen.
Connery, who has been an executive producer on such blockbusters as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Finding Forrester, Entrapment, The Rock and Just Cause, may even take on the behind the scenes role for the new movie.
The Gulf Conspiracy is a thriller which centres on the theory that vaccinations were responsible for the development of Gulf War Syndrome.
Vincent Finlayson, Dr McClure's business manager, has been in contact with the Oscar-winning actor about the project.
And Dr McClure, who lives in Currie, said he was shocked to come home and hear Sir Sean's voice on his answer machine - and instantly thought it was his children playing a prank.
He said: "He phoned Vince and me separately. I was out and it was an odd message to come home to on my message machine. You think instantly that it is your son having laugh.
"He asked to see the book and left his address. I sent him out the book and I think he's been speaking to Vince since then.
"It would make an excellent film. Getting a name like Sir Sean's linked with it would make an enormous difference for me I'm sure. He has produced films and we'd love to see a film production company take it on."
Mr Finlayson originally took the book to the Scottish Media Group to see if they would be keen on TV rights.
But because of the scope of the subject area, they said the project would be too big for them and suggested contacting some of the big American film companies, or an "actor with clout".
The book is published by a relatively small publisher - Allison & Busby - so print runs have remained relatively small, but involvement of a name like Sir Sean Connery in a film version would be certain to give a huge boost to sales.
In the novel, a vaccine designed by British scientists becomes contaminated in a freak accident, and military leaders decide that it must remain a secret. Twelve years later, veterans are dying from a Gulf War Syndrome.
Dr McClure is a former medical researcher and holds a PhD in microbial genetics.
He says that although the book is a thriller, he did a year's research beforehand and was "absolutely convinced" by the end of it that it was caused by vaccinations.
Mr Finlayson said that he was determined to see the book make its way on to the big screen.
He said: "I've been on to Universal and SKG, and I wrote to Sean Connery in the Bahamas. Since then, both Ken and I have had calls from Sean.
"He has interest from a film point of view. He wouldn't appear as a character - it would be more a sort of background role, as an executive producer.
"He has shown interest and asked Ken to send him the book. He has produced his last seven films, so I've been writing to him on and off about producing it.
"I'm determined it will happen. This is a Schindler's List-type story in that Ken is writing about things that people don't really know too much about yet."
( htttp://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=541012006 )
Dr Blockbuster is pleased with progress so far yes.
Some 250,000 of the returning allied forces from the first Gulf War in 1991 (~15%) went down with illness they insist was related to their service in the first Gulf War. Of these, ten thousand are already dead. Successive governments over the years have refused to recognise the existence of a single condition called Gulf War Syndrome and so the impasse continues.
Two scientific control groups point to Flawed Vaccinations as being a main contributory factor to the range of diseases and symptoms collectively called Gulf War Syndrome:
1. French troops were not vaccinated, yet operated in the same theatre of operations. The question now is obvious: did 15% of the French troops come down with Gulf War Syndrome on their return like the other allied forces? The answer is, no they did not.
2.A significant number of British troops serving in Germany were vaccinated prior to being sent to the Gulf. The war however ended before they could be deployed and they never saw service in Iraq. Some of them did however, contract Gulf War Syndrome and one of their number, ex Corporal Alexander Izett has been a tireless campaigner for justice on their behalf despite years of debilitating illness.
In the UK, an indepedent inquiry, headed by Lord Lloyd of Berwick, has now reported, its findings being that there is a condition that can and should be referred to as Gulf War Syndrome and that its sufferers should be helped and compensated by Government. The UK government refuses to recognise this.
In the US, the climate of compensation is much more favourable for the Veterans with tireless campaigners like Senators Sanders, Reigel, and McCain etc.
What is Gulf War Syndrome? A direct analogy can be made with AIDS. There is no single disease called AIDS. The HIV virus destroys its victim's immune system and renders him or her susceptible to and totally defenceless against the entire microbial world. AIDS sufferers therefore succumb to a wide range of AIDS related diseases or conditions. Some will contract tuberculosis, others pneumonia. Some will develop virus-associated brain tumours, others fungal infections but all because a single agent destroyed their immune system, the HIV virus.
Could Gulf War Syndrome therefore be the result of damage to the immune system of the troops? If so, the vaccines are a prime suspect.
This may not be as big as Watergate, but make no mistake ... there is a BIG STORY to tell here !!!
The former James Bond actor, has been in contact with Ken McClure about bringing his controversial novel The Gulf Conspiracy to the big screen.
Connery, who has been an executive producer on such blockbusters as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Finding Forrester, Entrapment, The Rock and Just Cause, may even take on the behind the scenes role for the new movie.
The Gulf Conspiracy is a thriller which centres on the theory that vaccinations were responsible for the development of Gulf War Syndrome.
Vincent Finlayson, Dr McClure's business manager, has been in contact with the Oscar-winning actor about the project.
And Dr McClure, who lives in Currie, said he was shocked to come home and hear Sir Sean's voice on his answer machine - and instantly thought it was his children playing a prank.
He said: "He phoned Vince and me separately. I was out and it was an odd message to come home to on my message machine. You think instantly that it is your son having laugh.
"He asked to see the book and left his address. I sent him out the book and I think he's been speaking to Vince since then.
"It would make an excellent film. Getting a name like Sir Sean's linked with it would make an enormous difference for me I'm sure. He has produced films and we'd love to see a film production company take it on."
Mr Finlayson originally took the book to the Scottish Media Group to see if they would be keen on TV rights.
But because of the scope of the subject area, they said the project would be too big for them and suggested contacting some of the big American film companies, or an "actor with clout".
The book is published by a relatively small publisher - Allison & Busby - so print runs have remained relatively small, but involvement of a name like Sir Sean Connery in a film version would be certain to give a huge boost to sales.
In the novel, a vaccine designed by British scientists becomes contaminated in a freak accident, and military leaders decide that it must remain a secret. Twelve years later, veterans are dying from a Gulf War Syndrome.
Dr McClure is a former medical researcher and holds a PhD in microbial genetics.
He says that although the book is a thriller, he did a year's research beforehand and was "absolutely convinced" by the end of it that it was caused by vaccinations.
Mr Finlayson said that he was determined to see the book make its way on to the big screen.
He said: "I've been on to Universal and SKG, and I wrote to Sean Connery in the Bahamas. Since then, both Ken and I have had calls from Sean.
"He has interest from a film point of view. He wouldn't appear as a character - it would be more a sort of background role, as an executive producer.
"He has shown interest and asked Ken to send him the book. He has produced his last seven films, so I've been writing to him on and off about producing it.
"I'm determined it will happen. This is a Schindler's List-type story in that Ken is writing about things that people don't really know too much about yet."
( htttp://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=541012006 )
Dr Blockbuster is pleased with progress so far yes.
THE FACTS
Some 250,000 of the returning allied forces from the first Gulf War in 1991 (~15%) went down with illness they insist was related to their service in the first Gulf War. Of these, ten thousand are already dead. Successive governments over the years have refused to recognise the existence of a single condition called Gulf War Syndrome and so the impasse continues.
Two scientific control groups point to Flawed Vaccinations as being a main contributory factor to the range of diseases and symptoms collectively called Gulf War Syndrome:
1. French troops were not vaccinated, yet operated in the same theatre of operations. The question now is obvious: did 15% of the French troops come down with Gulf War Syndrome on their return like the other allied forces? The answer is, no they did not.
2.A significant number of British troops serving in Germany were vaccinated prior to being sent to the Gulf. The war however ended before they could be deployed and they never saw service in Iraq. Some of them did however, contract Gulf War Syndrome and one of their number, ex Corporal Alexander Izett has been a tireless campaigner for justice on their behalf despite years of debilitating illness.
In the UK, an indepedent inquiry, headed by Lord Lloyd of Berwick, has now reported, its findings being that there is a condition that can and should be referred to as Gulf War Syndrome and that its sufferers should be helped and compensated by Government. The UK government refuses to recognise this.
In the US, the climate of compensation is much more favourable for the Veterans with tireless campaigners like Senators Sanders, Reigel, and McCain etc.
What is Gulf War Syndrome? A direct analogy can be made with AIDS. There is no single disease called AIDS. The HIV virus destroys its victim's immune system and renders him or her susceptible to and totally defenceless against the entire microbial world. AIDS sufferers therefore succumb to a wide range of AIDS related diseases or conditions. Some will contract tuberculosis, others pneumonia. Some will develop virus-associated brain tumours, others fungal infections but all because a single agent destroyed their immune system, the HIV virus.
Could Gulf War Syndrome therefore be the result of damage to the immune system of the troops? If so, the vaccines are a prime suspect.
This may not be as big as Watergate, but make no mistake ... there is a BIG STORY to tell here !!!