I thought that character was more of a cross between Martin Sheen (plays a pres on TV) and Ed Beagley..enviro whacko
Ed Beagley..enviro whacko.....
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That's who I pictured as I read the book. No Martin Sheen at all.
I would never link
Begley and Sheen. Don't forget,
Crichton himself is
a New Age-type guy
(read his his non-fiction Travels).
Frankly, I believe
Crichton and Begley
are friends. They both signed off on
a dolphin letter:
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Dear President Clinton:
We are deeply troubled that your State Department is publicly committed to weakening the "dolphin-safe" tuna label to allow the chase, capture, injury, and killing of dolphins. Today, U.S. supermarket shelves carry only tuna caught without setting nets on dolphins. Foreign countries which continue to kill dolphins in order to catch tuna should not be allowed to flood our market with dolphin-unsafe tuna.
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Please intervene to reverse this policy. Sincerely.
Eddie Albert, Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Brigitte Bardot, Bob Barker, Daniel Benzali, Ed Begley Jr, Clint Black, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Pierce Brosnan, LaVar Burton, Nicolas Cage, Keith Carradine, Jim Carrey, Chevy & Jayni Chase, Toni Childs, Michael Crichton, Sean Connery, Ted Danson, Jean Paul DeJoria, Dick Donner & Lauren Shuler- Donner, Cary Elwes, Carrie Fisher, Michael J. Fox, Richard Gere, Brian James, James Garner, Larry Hagman, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson, Mariette Hartley, Tippie Herden, Don Henley, David Hoberman, Dustin Hoffman, Lauren Holly, Rand Holston, Peter Horton, Perry Katz, K.D. Lang, Stan Lee, Julian Lennon, Ray Liotta, Esai Morales, Peter Morton, Jerry & Ann Moss, Rupert & Anne Murdoch, Jack Nicholson, Gregory Peck, Joe Pesci, Michelle Phillips, Stephanie Powers, Mimi Rogers, Joel Schumacher, George C. Scott, Pauly Shore, Joel Silver, Alicia Silverstone, Keely Shaye Smith, Oliver Stone, Sharon Stone, Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, Betty White, Robin Williams, Robin Wright, Vilmos Zsigmond