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Index of Subjects --90e6ba3fcc33be22c504af9b238f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I really liked it and kudos to the producers for using such big names or it might have otherwise been difficult to attract non-birders to the movie. There were some funny moments but not what would usually be expected from the main actors. On a side note, I was in Monterey a few years ago for an oiled wildlife conference and hoped to do Debra Shearwater's pelagic trip and unfortunately at that time she was leading a tour somewhere else that week...darn! Helene On 2011-10-16 11:23 AM, "Angus MacLean" <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > This movie is unusual in several respects, not the least starring Steve > Martin, Owen Wilson & Jack Black in a flick that is *not a comedy!!* A > friend lamented not going to the movie with me since "it would have provided > some great laughs". > > Of course the main oddity is to feature a movie about birding & have it > shown in the mainstream theatres. Did not expect that. > > I presume the woman (portrayed by Anjelica Huston) doing the pelagic trips > is based on Debra Shearwater who has awesome trips out of Monterey, > California. > > I wonder if there is a woman on Attu who announces rare birds on a > loudspeaker from inside a hut?? That was funny! > > Very much U.S. oriented since some of the birds they were desperately > searching for could have been found easily in Canada. > > Angus > --90e6ba3fcc33be22c504af9b238f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p>I really liked it and kudos to the producers for using such big names or= it might have otherwise been difficult to attract non-birders to the movie= .=A0 There were some funny moments but not what would usually be expected f= rom the main actors. On a side note, I was in Monterey a few years ago for = an oiled wildlife conference and hoped to do Debra Shearwater's pelagic= trip and unfortunately at that time she was leading a tour somewhere else = that week...darn!<br> Helene</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 2011-10-16 11:23 AM, "Angus MacLean"= ; <<a href=3D"mailto:angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca">angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca<= /a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> This movie is unusual in several respects, not the least starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson & Jack Black in a flick that is <b>not a comedy!!</b> A friend lamented not going to the movie with me since "it would have provided some great laughs".<br><br> Of course the main oddity is to feature a movie about birding & have it shown in the mainstream theatres. Did not expect that.<br><br> I presume the woman (portrayed by Anjelica Huston) doing the pelagic trips is based on Debra Shearwater who has awesome trips out of Monterey, California.<br><br> I wonder if there is a woman on Attu who announces rare birds on a loudspeaker from inside a hut?? That was funny!<br><br> Very much U.S. oriented since some of the birds they were desperately searching for could have been found easily in Canada.<br><br> Angus</div> </blockquote></div> --90e6ba3fcc33be22c504af9b238f--
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