-Caveat Lector- from: Flight 800 discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- MH quotes: >familiarize yourself with a man by the name of Armand Hammer I remember the old bastard very well. The only time I ever met him personally was a quarter of a century ago and he never could get my name right. I was actually present when he made his infamous offer to the people of the Orkney Island of Flotta when he suggested that Oxy should donate a piano to the village Hall in compensation for building his Piper/Claymore oil terminal on their little island. A deliciously amusing film was made about the events surrounding that day and I heartily commend that movie to fellow LSofters. Go out and rent a video called "Local Hero" from your local video store. You'll love it. The humour is rather sardonic and often subtle, but some of the funny aspects will amuse even the grimmest of participants in our forum. The makers of "Local Hero" had to change some of the names in order to avoid heavyweight litigation, but many of the names were not changed very much. Armand Hammer became Arnold Happer and was played by Burt Lancaster. The character of "Macintyre" in the film is based on a real life chap whose name sounds very similar. The young Scots multilingual Surveyor's name was phonetically unchanged, but the oceanographer at Wallingford - and his gorgeous daughter - both had their names heavily modified in the film, in reality she really was as gorgeous as in the film, actually more so. In reality she married her tennis coach, not the poor lovesick Surveyor. The Oil Company's name of Oxy was changed by the film into Knox. John Polland's name was unchanged, in fact he actually played himself in the film. Hammer's nutty Californian psychiatrist really was as loony as the character in the film. Many of the local characters in the film are based on real people, though some are an amalgamation of two or more people in more than one or more real situation. The Soviet Captain in the film, for example, who illegally landed to check on his Stock Market investments and bonk his Post-Mistress, was based on an embarrassingly large number of real Russians in exactly the same circumstances in nearly identical locations. It really did happen like that. Go and see the film. It tells more than it says and it says more than it tells ... the truth. Cheers, Chris Olsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS This posting has nothing whatsoever to do with TWA800 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
