dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) (03/23/91)
There is a most wonderful film called "Ladyhawke"; for those who have not seen it, I'll provide no spoilers, but I do strongly recommend it. I think that it gives nothing away, however, to note that the film does indeed deal with a particular hawk. For those who have seen the film and who are well-versed in hawk-spotting, I wish to ask the following: How many different species were employed to play the part of the hawk? Now, I believe it also gives nothing away to note that the hawk in question is a redtailed hawk...MOST of the time! There were a number of stand-ins that I noticed, these being a peregrine falcon and, in one scene which must be viewed frame-by-frame, what appears to be a stuffed and mounted broadwinged hawk. Has anyone spotted any others? Please answer by email, so as not to risk spoiling the plot (or the search) for other folks. -- Sam Conway * "And if you give us any more dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu * trouble I shall visit you in the Chemistry Dept., Dartmouth College, NH * small hours and put a bat up your Vermont Raptor Center (VINS) * nightdress!" -- Basil Fawlty
nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) (03/25/91)
In article <1991Mar22.190500.9603@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) writes: > There is a most wonderful film called "Ladyhawke"; for those who have > not seen it, I'll provide no spoilers, but I do strongly recommend it. I do also. Good casting as well (Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer). I suspect it bombed because of the trashy publicity poster - it just made it look like some D&D-inspired wizards and magic film, which is a great shame. Good soundtrack as well: Alan Parsons. As to the hawks - sorry, I'm ignorant... -- Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh. nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk <Atlantic Ocean>!mcsun!ukc!lfcs!nick ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ "I see what you see: Nurse Bibs on a rubber horse."
srohatgi@acsu.buffalo.edu (samir rohatgi) (03/28/91)
In article <8187@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk writes: >I suspect it bombed because of the trashy publicity poster - it just made >it look like some D&D-inspired wizards and magic film, which is a great >shame. I wonder how much this might also have had to do with the casting of Mathew Broderick. While, I enjoyed the movie I was never comfortable with the casting of Broderick. I must add that this is nothing against Broderick whose 'Wargames', 'Ferris Beuller...' and especially 'The Freshman' I really enjoyed. Samir ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin, the paranoid android.
broimola@abo.fi (03/29/91)
In article <8187@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk>, nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes: > > Good soundtrack as well: Alan Parsons. > The soudtrack is awfull! And it's NOT by Alan Parsons, it's only produced by AP or something like that. -Ben- WHO = Ben Roimola WHAT = Geology at Abo Akademi University, FINLAND HOW = Internet: BROIMOLA@abo.fi Earn/Bitnet: BROIMOLA@finabo WHY = *** Living in the gap between past and future. ***
meep@wpi.WPI.EDU (MEEP) (04/01/91)
In article <8187@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk writes: >In article <1991Mar22.190500.9603@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) writes: >> There is a most wonderful film called "Ladyhawke"; for those who have >> not seen it, I'll provide no spoilers, but I do strongly recommend it. > >I do also. Good casting as well (Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer). I'll join in here...this is an EXCELLENT movie. The production values and cast and ... well, everything (with one notable exception, below) are lovely. >I suspect it bombed because of the trashy publicity poster - it just made >it look like some D&D-inspired wizards and magic film, which is a great >shame. > >Good soundtrack as well: Alan Parsons. This is my one complaint. The slow, moody pieces are fine, but the "action" music is (IMHO) pretty awful ... it nearly ruins the mood for me and I have to concentrate hard to ignore it. >As to the hawks - sorry, I'm ignorant... > >Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh. doug __ LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | I MAY TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER | douglas s. bailey LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | AND WHISPER `GO' IN RED | meep@wpi.wpi.edu LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | STRIP YOUR FEET OF LEAD MY FRIEND | This is the famed LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | STRIP YOUR FEET OF LEAD | rotary .sig file. -- LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | I MAY TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER | douglas s. bailey LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | AND WHISPER `GO' IN RED | meep@wpi.wpi.edu LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | STRIP YOUR FEET OF LEAD MY FRIEND | This is the famed
mattd@lingua.cltr.uq.OZ.AU (Matthew Deshon) (04/04/91)
broimola@abo.fi writes: >In article <8187@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk>, nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes: >> >> Good soundtrack as well: Alan Parsons. >> >The soudtrack is awfull! And it's NOT by Alan Parsons, it's only produced by AP >or something like that. The soundtrack is actually by Andrew Powell, who is a good buddy of Alan Parsons, and is a member of the Project ( when he feels like it ). I thought it was fabulous. >-Ben- matt -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Matt Deshon "Dreaming of the tenderness, | | Centre for Language Teaching and Research the tremble in the hips, | | University of Queensland of kissing Mary's lips." | | email : mattd@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au - Peter Gabriel | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+