andrewt@cluster.cs.su.oz.au (Andrew Taylor) (03/23/91)
I saw a new Australian film called "Flirting" last night. An excellent film, the only thing I didn't like was in the middle of a night scene they'd added an owl call for atmosphere. Unfortunately it wasn't an Australian owl, I suspect it was a Tawny Owl (I've yet to hear a real Tawny Owl). Such mistakes occur in lots of movies, at the start of "Romancing the Stone" Michael Douglas was trapping Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos in Colombia! More embarassing was a Australian TV documentary which showed the intrepid heros supposedly stalking the wilderness to catch a wild Taipan (large and extremely venomous snake). In the background you could hear peacocks calling - they were in an animal park! On a positive note the Australian film "Bliss" (fantastic film of ~7 years ago) has a lovely soundtrack containing a great variety of bird calls. 30-40 ticks for your film soundtrack list! Andrew Taylor