Re: [mou-net] Anachronism in Movie

[Tom Klein]

You will often hear anachronisms in films. Especially common are kookaburas in 
jungle scenes from Africa to Malaysia. And there is the ubiquitous 
red-shouldered hawk call that seems to be applied to any bird of prey (although 
eagle infractions seem to be the most common).

Tom Klein


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[mou-net] Anachronism in Movie

[Julian Sellers]

My wife and I recently rented The Great Debaters, which is set in 
northeastern Texas in 1935.  One scene shows cattle in a pasture with two--you 
guessed it--Cattle Egrets, a species which was first seen in North America in 
1941 (in south Florida), not well established in the eastern U.S. or nesting in 
Texas until the 1950s (source:  Birds of North America online).

Other than that, it's a good movie.

Julian


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