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Viggo Mortenson: Movies to Art to Politics

Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, with Brego in The Two TowersOur goal is to provide a rich and easy to use Viggo Mortensen reference, with information, photographs, quotes, and links to the best resources we can find on the Net. There's lots here. The Viggo movie pages include reviews, screencaps, video clips, interviews, and lots more, from 1985's Witness to 2007's Eastern Promises. We're in the process of building pages for Good, Appaloosa and The Road, plus more. Explore Viggo's art and music or political activism. Curious about why folks obsess about Viggo Mortensen? So are we. Here's our "Viggo theory." If you have resources to suggest or thoughts to share, please contact us.

And for Lord of the Rings fans, we've collected Lord of the Rings resources from around the Internet plus focused sections on Brego and other horses in Lord of the Rings.

If you know of news, sites, articles or photographs that you think we should include, please contact us. But please understand I'm only one person, so when it comes to news I can only hit the highlights. If you want to be kept up to date on all the Viggo happenings, I recommend becoming a regular at Viggo-Works or one of the other great Viggo forums. Thanks!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Support Pine Ridge Reservation

1,2,3...Hi Baby! Wheels ProjectNative American infants in South Dakota need your support. 1, 2, 3... Hi Baby! is a nonprofit organization committed to reducing the incidence of infant mortality of the Indian people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation by providing services and education regarding healthy lifestyles, healthy pregnancies, healthy children and families, and positive parenting to the entire family. This includes the nuclear-immediate family as well as the extended family.

Clients of the 1,2,3 ... Hi Baby! program are spread out over the vast area of the Pine Ridge Reservation which is approximately 2 million acres and a reliable means of transportation is vital so the needs of the moms and babies can be met. Currently those needs are challenged and occasionally go without being met with an unreliable source of "wheels".

Friends On Board is working to raise $50,000.00 to purchase a reliable vehicle for this project. Brego.net joins other Viggo Mortensen websites, including Just Viggo, Obsession, Viggo-Works, and Virtual Viggo, in supporting and endorsing this campaign. All donations are tax deductible. Please visit Friends On Board to donate today. Thank you!

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Friday, May 2, 2008

Lots of updates at Brego.net

This month marks the fourth anniversary of Brego.net. The site grew like gangbusters the first year and then tapered off. My dad moved in with me in mid-2006, rearranging my priorities somewhat. So updates to Brego.net have been sparse since then. But I've never been willing to let go completely. I faced a decision point recently. Hosting the site is costing me around $25-30/month, which adds up, and money is tight. The Amazon & Netflix ads only bring in around $5-10/month. So I had to decide whether to let go of the site or see if it can pay for itself. So I'm going to do more updates and add in the material I've been collecting on disk the past year. But I'm also going to make some space on the site for more ads. I hate to do it but I don't see a choice!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Viggo on the cover of Men's Vogue

Viggo Mortensen is featured on the cover of the March 2008 issue of Men's Vogue. It's out in New York and LA this week and nationwide next week.

Written by Phoebe Eaton, the article includes an extensive interview. Synopsis:
Viggo Mortensen can swing a broadsword as Aragorn or neatly fillet a Russian mobster. But off-screen, the Oscar contender is a life-giving force, playing big brother to a band of poets, painters, and searchers like him.

Read the feature article online.

Photo ©copyright 2088 by Norman Jean Roy for Men's Vogue.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Ten Last Night manuscript

An individual recently bought out the stock of Illuminati Press, the publisher of Viggo Mortensen's first book Ten Last Night. He is offering for sale on eBay the original manuscript, the proof/galley (loosely bound), alternate covers, and correspondences between Viggo Mortensen and his publisher. Many items are personally signed, annotated or decorated by Viggo. The sale ends October 30.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Eastern Promises screencaps & more

Viggo Mortensen in Eastern PromisesWe've posted 43 captures of Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises, taken from the super high-resolution trailer (1920px x 1056px), to our new Eastern Promises page. You'll also find other high-resolution stills from Eastern Promises on this page. We'll continue to add more links to reviews and other resources over the next weeks.

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Passion of Clay & Callie

Viggo Mortensen & Ashley Judd in the Passion of Darkly NoonI recently discovered that The Passion of Darkly Noon has now been released on a region-free DVD. I finally found some time to watch it. I was once again amazed at Viggo Mortensen's virtuosity in his portrayal of the mute Clay, and the sensuality of his scenes with Ashley Judd as Callie are off the scale. I added over twenty screencaps and seven video clips to our Passion of Darkly Noon page. Also dug up more film reviews and posted summaries and links.

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Fresh Air: Cronenberg & Mortensen, Making 'Eastern Promises'

David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel on the set of Eastern PromisesViggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg appeared on NPR's Fresh Air from WHYY today. Host Terry Gross had a great time asking them about the making of their new film Eastern Promises. Topics included Viggo's Russian accent, the tattoos, how to best photograph blood, and of course the steam bath scene in which a naked Mortensen fights several assailants. Listen to the show online or subscribe to the Fresh Air podcast. More about the film on our Eastern Promises page.

Photograph by Peter Mountain for Focus Features.

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