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TIM McCANLIES of Secondhand Lions
July 16, 2004 | yosemitest

Posted on 07/16/2004 9:48:00 PM PDT by Yosemitest

Tim McCanlies wrote an outstanding movie called "Secondhand Lions" and it was a really great story.

I wonder where he got the idea for the storyline? Could it have been from here at Free Republic?


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To: annyokie

seconded


21 posted on 07/16/2004 11:11:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: lainie

We should all start a campaign for TBS or some network to bring the movie into a tv series. There are at least 1,000 scenarios which we could weave into 30-show season. Could you see the boy's taking the kid to Yankee stadium...and wounding up on the New York subway? Or how about going off to latin american country and starting a revolution?


22 posted on 07/16/2004 11:13:53 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Yes its a very good movie.. and certainly could be adapted to a television series... If they try to do this though, they better hire top notch writers an actors....


After all there are a lot of years between when he comes to STAY permanently with his uncles and becoming a Man....

It would be absolutely vital that the casting and writing be A calibre to make a series work.


23 posted on 07/16/2004 11:16:41 PM PDT by HamiltonJay ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
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To: pepsionice
They would have four different times to jump around in: the boy's present time, the uncles' instruction time, the uncles' time of their memories, and the uncles' memories of their childhood experiences before they learned how to handle a given situation correctly.
24 posted on 07/16/2004 11:31:33 PM PDT by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest

is this the one where the people are being chased by zombies so they live in a mall?


25 posted on 07/16/2004 11:45:47 PM PDT by isom35
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To: annyokie

I loved Forrest Gump, and bought the DVD. I took it as an indictment against pop culture and what the 60's wrought. I'm also going to take this opportunity to say that the worst movie I ever saw, and it in fact still makes me livid thinking about it, is American Beauty. I hated that movie, and immediately lost respect for any friends of mine that liked it.


26 posted on 07/17/2004 12:40:48 AM PDT by SoDak (monthly donor, join and show your support)
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To: SoDak; SunkenCiv

I, too, loved "Forrest Gump," and had a discussion following that movie that lasted as long as the show. *L*

"Second Hand Lions" is a kids' movie, not up to adult artistic and continuity standards. Michael Caine's Texas accent was a joke, and the long long minutes of screen time devoted to expressions on the kid's face were way overdone -- like the constant screams of Culkin in "Home Alone".
For a kids' story, it was okay, but the adult story-telling fantasy version would be "Big Fish."


27 posted on 07/17/2004 12:58:10 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: Yosemitest

I agree, that was a really great movie.


28 posted on 07/17/2004 1:00:44 AM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: pepsionice
Or how about going off to latin american country and starting a revolution?

You should to see Michael Caine in "The Man Who Would be King" for an excellent exotic travelling adventure story.

29 posted on 07/17/2004 1:02:49 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: Yosemitest

Do ya have a link or more info on the implied FR source for the story line ? Sounds interesting if you are serious. I'd like to hear the rest of your story ....... Great Movie ! In my DVD libary now.......

Stay safe !


30 posted on 07/17/2004 1:14:39 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Yosemitest
Exellent family movie

In regards to Duvall, another outstanding performance!

"They died with their boots on"

31 posted on 07/17/2004 1:14:50 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (BUSH 2004!)
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To: ValerieUSA; SoDak
Yeah, I think it would be difficult not to be moved by Forrest, Forrest Gump. Unlike SoDak, I liked American Beauty, despite the pro-legalization, pro-crime, hetero stereotypes and the like that pervaded it. I think it was the protagonist's blackmailing his corrupt boss that resonated with me. Either that or the emotionally barren cheerleader in the rose petals...
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

32 posted on 07/17/2004 1:19:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: Yosemitest

Thank You for suggesting this movie. I was thinking about buying another movie when I saw this thread. I went out and bought it. WOW! This goes right up there with my all time favorites. It even has one of the great lines; "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man has to believe in the most. Honor, courage and virtue mean everything." WOW!


33 posted on 07/17/2004 2:26:35 AM PDT by bad company ((<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism))
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To: annyokie
Forrest Gump was without a doubt the most retarded overrated movie I ever had to suffer throigh.

what can I say I'm without words so I'll ........RUN POSTAL RUN

34 posted on 07/17/2004 6:07:51 AM PDT by Gone_Postal (government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take it away)
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To: Gone_Postal
the comparison I make to the movies GUMP and Second Hand Lions is how the time line is used and how the telling of the stories of the past is so unlikely that it's (true in the movie)

Gump had it moments, things that we all remember at one time or another and I liked the way they were used in the movie.
Ex. the Elvis twitch dance, the smiley face, the Kennedy footage, and I know there were more just can't remember than right now.

Second Hand Lions was just a great movie and I would recommend it to any one who has not seen it......

35 posted on 07/17/2004 6:17:21 AM PDT by Gone_Postal (government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take it away)
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To: bad company

Puck Everlasting
Going Home or Long Way Home - I can't remember (Korean film in a similar pro-elderly vein)
Adventures in Babysitting (one F word)


36 posted on 07/17/2004 6:21:07 AM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: Yosemitest

This was a great little movie.
Right always wins out.
We loved it.

I thought it was apropos to have it show the Arab thanking the American for the courageous uncle, at the end. Cute kids too.


37 posted on 07/17/2004 6:21:32 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my pardon with His blood, Hallelujah!!! What a Savior!!!)
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To: SoDak

I'm proud to say my husband and I never saw Forrest Gump.


38 posted on 07/17/2004 6:22:53 AM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: LadyPilgrim

You just spoiled the ending for those who didn't see it yet.


39 posted on 07/17/2004 6:24:38 AM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: mabelkitty

Nah.
It isn't spoiled for anyone. &;-)

With all the Arab stuff going on, it would pay everyone to see it.


40 posted on 07/17/2004 6:31:50 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my pardon with His blood, Hallelujah!!! What a Savior!!!)
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