Posted on 06/27/2004 5:55:15 PM PDT by summer
check hughhewitt.com to see where he is syndicated in your area
Thanks. :)
I saw it last night with my son, and it was WONDERFUL!
It took the director 18 years to complete it.
Channel Five in Boston has a long running local TV program, Chronicle, which airs seven P.M. during the week. Chronicle takes its reporters around New England, other places too, but I'm mainly thinking about rural New England and ordinary Americans living their version of the American dream. It's a love letter to small town New England, places and people. Always interesting and thoughtful. They address problems and troubles, too, but the point is individual freedom. Description of this upcoming Disney film reminds me of that. Haven't seen the Disney film, though.
As I mentioned upthread a little, the director's been working on this film for 18 years, far before the Disney's turncoat years.
One of the kids featured (he played the trombone) as a 11-year-old, maybe, is now playing with Wynton Marsalis!
It's a great film... lots in this country to be proud of.
Actually, they didn't. The director raised money through the years to film it. He's a cinematographer, and did his work in that field to pay for it as he went.
Yeah, 100 theaters, mostly in art houses. Hardly a big-time Disney push.
Glen Beck has been pushing the movie big-time, as he should. I just wish it were more widely distributed. I'll be buying a few DVDs, and giving some as Christmas gifts.
It is beautifully produced.
We just watched our The Rookie DVD again (Disney again) ... always a good one. :-)
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