Ah, well, that's the connection, then, since even I knew that Cronenberg is Canadian (I do really lousy on the "pink" questions in Trivial Pursuit).
Tom Matkin wrote: > Marc makes an admission of rare ignorance of things Canadian: > > > > > I don't know. Tom, Mark? > > Turns out that Howard Shore is a Canadian and that he cut his composing > teeth on those old David Cronenberg suspense movies like "The Fly" and > "Scanners". I actually own a 1/2000 share of "Scanners" although I > don't think I've ever watched it and I'm sure it never came to my > attention until today that it had a musical score. I just looked all > this up on Google. Well except for the part about my tax shelter > investment in Canadian movie classics, "Scanners" "Hog Wild" and > something else starring Elliott Gould and Tatum O'Neal that I forget and > no one else remembers either. Sadly the residuals stopped rolling in a > long time ago. Long before the capital investment was recovered even, if > you can believe it. Anyway I guess this connection means that Howard and > I are practically like brothers, since we are both Canadians and have > such a deep interest in the cinematic arts. So I recant my prior > disinterest in the LOTR movies. Ya gotta love 'em fer the music, if > nothing else, eh? And is my memory on this right or have I forgotten > this too, wasn't the LOTR music really loud? Loud enough to blow the top > right off of your head maybe? Ooops, that's the plot line for > "Scanners". My mistake. > > Tom > > > > > "John W. Redelfs" wrote: > > > > > Is it true that Howard Shore, the composer of the music for The Lord > of > > the > > > Rings, is a Canadian? Regardless, my hat is off to him. The music > is > > one > > > of the best things about the movie. Of course, that is just my > humble > > > opinion. --JWR > > > > > > > -- > > Marc A. Schindler > > Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland > > > > "Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many > more > > people > > see than weigh." - Lord Chesterfield > > > > Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the > > author > > solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's > > employer, > > nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. > > > > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > // > > //// > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > // > > /// > > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.” – Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
