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Pixar’s movie UP sends mixed messages about travel.
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Place: Crete, Greece Book: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (1946) Movie: Zorba the Greek with Alan Bates and Anthony Quinn(1964) and subsequent musical, Zorba Several years ago, during our travels in Greece, Ken and I had a marvelous 10 days of driving back and forth across the mountains of Crete and exploring [...]
Destination: France Movie: Charlotte Gray I rather wish that I had read the novel,Charlotte Gray (1999) by Sebastian Faulks, because the story seems too complex for the simplified love story that dominates the film, Charlotte Gray (2002). However, I would not want to miss the atmospheric French village that plays an important role in the [...]
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Destination: Ireland, Oklahoma Movie: Far & Away, Directed by Ron Howard Stars Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise look so young in this 1992 film. The story takes a snooty rich girl and a poor peasant lad from Ireland, where they are escaping what was known as the land wars of Ireland* to Boston** and finally [...]
Destination: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S. Movie: Jaws, from the book by Peter Benchley <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ftucontheche-20%2F8014%2F394218b9-4c9b-4eff-bed2-091b1a2c2f06&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A>I suggest you hit the play button above to listen as you read…. Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum the beat of the John Williams background music of the movie Jaws (1975) kept going through my head as the van driver edged along the beach [...]
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The Sun Also Rises, the movie. Does it measure up to Hemingway’s book?
Destination: Wisconsin, Indiana, Chicago Movie: Public Enemies, with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale This clip, not associated with the movie, comes from You Tube. I am never sure whether to be amused or perplexed when bad guys become tourist attractions.
The Movie “The Man Who Would be King” takes the same journey as the book, “A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush.
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The movie, My Life in Ruins, shows beautiful scenery, but the comedy fails.
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