Andy,

No cheesy double barrel bin shots but there are some great wipe board scribbles in the Attu scenes.

David Gersten
Silver Spring, MD
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Andy Martin wrote:
Subject: Re: The Big Year is great fun
From: Andy Martin <apmartin2 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:17:55 -0400
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 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.
> 
> ---
> David Gersten
> Silver Spring, MD
> 


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