Hi All,

This brings great trepidation to my heart. I still have not completely 
recovered from Wally Cox in "The Beverly Hillbillies" being the media 
image of bird watching. Given this is not a Christopher Guest parody but 
instead has all the earmarks of Big Hollywood (director of "Marley & 
Me", Steve Martin, Jack Black) what are the odds this will establish 
competitive birders as crazy fools for some time to come? As I recall 
the tone of the source material was often not very flattering and 
Hollywood often goes for hyperbole with the parts that tickled the 
producer's fancy (this being Mr. Cruel Humor: Ben Stiller). You heard it 
here first. I sure hope this is done in such a way as to make us look 
human as well as funny, but I feel fear.

Good (wet) birding,

Walter Ellison

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Chestertown, MD 21620
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On 3/14/2010 9:57 AM, Rick Sussman wrote:
> If they could make it like that film, it would be an instant classic!
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gail Mackiernan<>
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> Sent: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 9:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Fwd: The Big Year rumors
>
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> I hope they make some attempt for accuracy on the birds and on birding --
> ne of the reasons we dog show people LOVE Christopher Guest's "Best in
> how" movie was that it is only a *teeny bit* exaggerated, and all of us
> now folks who match each of the characters!
> Gail Mackiernan
> Colesville, MD
> on 03/13/2010 4:58 PM, Phil Davis at  wrote:
>