Photos: George Clooney filming in Ilsenburg, Germany

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George Clooney and John Goodman
Hollywood stars have arrived in Ilsenburg

28 April 2013

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George Clooney came to Ilsenburg in a black BMW SUV from Merseburg. On the left: producer Grant Heslov, who also produced the Oscar-winning film "Argo". (IMAGE: KUGENBUCH)

BY INGO KUGENBUCH

The Hollywood star George Clooney after filming in Merseburg is now in Ilsenburg. Also co-stars like John Goodman or Bill Murray strolled by Ilse castle on Sunday.

Superstar George Clooney arrived on Sunday evening in Ilsenburg. Here he rented the 5-star hotel "Landhaus zu den Rothen Forellen" for several weeks completely. And from here he will coordinate with his team shooting his new film "Monuments Men".

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The-Big-Lebowski-star John Goodman is shown the "Rothen Forellen" wine department.

The people of the Harz town took the parade of Hollywood stars well. Only a small group of stalwarts held out for hours in front of the hotel guarded by security personnel gate and called every now and then in chorus: "George! George!" That they get to see him late at night, is unlikely - for Monday elaborate shooting in Goslar are applied. The extras are requested to be ready for at least a 05.30 start.

George Clooney und John Goodman
Hollywoodstars in Ilsenburg angekommen

28.04.2013 21:44 Uhr | Aktualisiert 28.04.2013 22:04 Uhr
George Clooney kam mit einem schwarzen BMW-Geländewagen aus Merseburg nach Ilsenburg gereist. Auf dem Bild links: Produzent Grant Heslov, der auch den oscarprämierten Streifen "Argo" produziert hat. (BILD: KUGENBUCH)
VON INGO KUGENBUCH
Der Hollywoodstar George Clooney ist nach seinen Dreharbeiten in Merseburg nun in Ilsenburg. Auch Ko-Stars wie John Goodman oder Bill Murray sind am Sonntag durch Ilsenburg geschlendert.
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Superstar George Clooney ist Sonntagabend in Ilsenburg angekommen. Hier hat er das 5-Sterne-Hotel "Landhaus zu den Rothen Forellen" für mehrere Wochen komplett gemietet. Und von hier aus wird er mit seinem Team die Dreharbeiten für seinen neuen Film "Monuments Men" koordinieren. Auch Ko-Stars wie John Goodman oder Bill Murray sind am Sonntag durch Ilsenburg geschlendert.

The-Big-Lebowski-Star John Goodman lässt sich die Weinabteilung der "Rothen Forelle" zeigen. (BILD: KUGENBUCH)
Die Menschen in dem Harzstädtchen nahmen den Aufmarsch der Hollywoodgrößen gelassen. Nur ein kleines Häufchen Unentwegter hielt es stundenlang vor dem von Security-Personal bewachten Hotel-Tor aus und rief hin und wieder im Chor: "George! George!" Dass sie ihn am späten Abend zu sehen bekommen, ist eher unwahrscheinlich - für Montag sind aufwendige Dreharbeiten in Goslar angesetzt. Die Komparsen zumindest sind für 5.30 Uhr bestellt.

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Mazy wrote:George had dyslexia as a child and then palsy. Which he came out of both wonderfully. I think that the fact his father Nick would give him writing assignments when he did something wrong helped immensely. Dyslexia people often write mixing upper and lower.

One thing to note on how George doesn't take the easy way out. Most often when he and Grant write the do it by hand first, that's discipline.

“The Ides of March” opened No. 2 at the box office last weekend with $10.4 million, behind Hugh Jackman’s “Real Steel” robots ($27.3 million).

USA Today said that the film, “considered an early Oscar contender,” marked a “solid debut” for George Clooney’s political thriller set in the Cincinnati area.

But long before he became a national star, George Clooney already showed star quality while living in Mason with his family from 1968 to 1974.


While in Mason, the Clooneys — Nick and Nina, son George and his older sister, Ada — lived in an old farm house across from Western Row Golf Course. George attended school at both Western Row Elementary School and St. Susanna, where he served as an altar boy.

It was in Mason that George began to perfect his talent for deflecting trouble and disarming rivals by making them laugh, as reported in a 2006 Enquirer story by reporters John Kiesewetter and Margaret McGurk

“When George was 8 years old, he was diagnosed with dyslexia,” his mother said. “It wasn’t debilitating. I had it, too, as a child. It was something you grew out of, and he did.”

Like most bright dyslexics, she said, he learned to compensate. “George got through school by charming his teachers,” she said.

Classmate Ann Harpen remembers George facing some less-than-friendly attitudes among other children.

“George was very hyper in grade school,” she said. “Some of the kids were not real nice to him,” she said. “His father was this famous TV anchorman, and some kids were mean to him because of that. That’s why he and my brother (Pete) got to be good friends. My brother was never like that.”

John Romer, now a vice president at Fifth Third Bank, remembers serving Mass as a St. Susanna altar boy alongside George.

“George and his sister were always very conscious of social issues, and his parents were strong influences on the person he is today,” Romer said. “George would strongly defend his positions and argue logically and passionately. The ongoing debates between George and (conservative talk show host) Bill O’Reilly are easy to understand. But George was never combative. He was the person you wanted to be with and laugh with.”

George Clooney“In my opinion, George is now making millions of dollars doing the same things he did in Mason,” said Perry Denehy, now head athletic trainer at Sycamore High School, who was a close friend during the years when the Clooneys lived in Mason. “George always had all the props, like rubber chickens and whoopee cushions.

“I always thought Pete Harpen and I gave him a run for his money,” Denehy said. “The three of us emceed an evening talent show, and I got to stick a whipped cream pie into George’s face during our ‘Three Stooges’ act.”

“I have always felt that I gave George his start in show biz,” said Carol Rauch, an associate academic director at the University of Cincinnati. “I was a first-year teacher at Western Row Elementary School in Mason 1969-70 when George was in second grade there. For the Christmas program, George and Ada were my featured performers in a play I wrote called ‘When the Toys Came to Life.’ When the play opened, they were sitting on the front of the stage singing ‘Dear Santa, I just got the measles,’ covered with red dots.”

The Clooney family moved from Mason to Augusta when George was midway through seventh grade. George missed St. Susanna so much that he made his way back to Mason for the eighth-grade graduation, posing with his old friends in their class picture.

“I have no idea how he did that,” Nina said. “But there he is in the picture. He’s wearing an open-collar shirt and the rest of the boys are in jackets and ties.”

Mazy wrote:George had dyslexia as a child and then palsy. Which he came out of both wonderfully. I think that the fact his father Nick would give him writing assignments when he did something wrong helped immensely. Dyslexia people often write mixing upper and lower.

it's me wrote:Didn't they say he will come back to Germany?