David,

I am looking forward to seeing the movie. One question though, for the
"through the binocular" camera shots do they show an accurate one barrel
view or that Hollywood classic two-barrel view?

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:45 PM, psalmus50 <> wrote:

> Saw an advanced screening of The Big Year this evening.  It is terrific.  I
> was expecting slapstick humor and a geeky depiction of birders with few true
> shots of birds.  I was happy to be wrong.   While not a close rendition,
> there are plenty of scenes and anecdotes from Mark Obnascik's book.
>
> Maryland and Virginia make appearances, one for birding and one for travel.
>  The Virginia reference is unfortunately not accurate, that is, unless I
> missed the news about a great grey owl in '98 or '03.
>
> Anyhow, I think it will definitely be a hit with birders and perhaps with a
> wider audience.
>
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> David Gersten
> Silver Spring, MD
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