I hope he has people he can trust to overlook the repairs if he isn't around to check on things himself.
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If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~~~Stephen Levine~~~
... This is a machine translation, mor or less. from the German local press. Seems Nic wonīt be able to sleep home when he goes to Germany to shoot The Ghost in early 2009...
Schloss von Nicolas Cage in diesem Jahr wohl nicht mehr bezugsfertig.
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10 August, 2008
ddp Landesdienste
German
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Nicolas Cageīs castle, probably no longer occupied this year.
Etzelwang. After purchasing the stone castle envy in the Upper Palatinate by Nicolas Cage with an appearance of the Hollywood star earlier this year, according to the mayor of Etzelwang, Roman Berr, Cahe is no longer expected there. The rehabilitation work on the building of the 16th Century would probably last many months, said Berr on request. The mayor has has not met the Oscar-winner yet. Soon, however, he will have a first personal meeting with a manager arriving from the U.S. on behalf of Cage.
Cage bought the castle with around 30 rooms in the summer of 2006 through a real estate agent. The property costs around two million euros. According to Berrsī predecessor Ludwig Heinl restoration works began at the beginning of the year in the historic building with the draining of the walls and the renewal of the plumbing lines.
In April, the council unanimously approved the rehabilitation plans set up by Cage. Heinl said at the time that the castle, the monument, is still in its original form. The facade will not be changed, but only renewed. The interior would be re-rendered, several rooms will be destined to functions other than their original purpose.
A spokesman of the Land Council Office Amberg-Sulzbach said now that at the current state of rehabilitation work no information is being given. "It is a private matter of Mr. Cage, to coordinate the construction or moving forward." Amberger, The lawyer who represents the Hollywood star declined comment on the subject.
