I wasn't terribly impressed by the book as I didn't find it provided deep insight into the birds or the birders. I am heartened to hear there is a quest for accuracy on the birds, but it would be nicer to know about a quest for accuracy about birders and birding. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Joe Faulkner <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Bill Whan wrote "It could be accurate and just as funny". Of course it > could. Just think of Bill Whan. > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > There's conversation going on about this movie on the Maryland list. > > http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MDOS.html Suffice it to > > say Dustin Hoffman has opted out, and Steve Martin has stepped in: see > > http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10068295 . The major > > concerns of birders appear to be that the movie, not so surprisingly > > billed as a comedy, might make too much of the nerdy image of birders, > > and also make the usual Hollywood sacrifices of verisimilitude (film of > > soaring bald eagle with sound track of red-tailed hawk, misidentified > > species, etc.). I am told that the director of the film has indicated he > > is interested in ornithological accuracy, and that Greg Miller was asked > > if he might be interested in supplying it. We'll see if this comes to > > pass. It could be accurate and just as funny, seems to me. > > Bill Whan > > Columbus > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]