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27 January 2005 

Surprising Trivia & A Common Experience

After watching The Name of the Rose I followed my usual habit of checking the IMDB for trivia about the movie. Apparently "Sean Connery's career was at such a low point when he read for the role that Columbia pictures refused to finance the film when director 'Jean Jacques Annaud' cast him as William of Baskerville." That's amazing because Connery turned in a rather good performance.

One of the bonus features in another movie I watched this week, The Stepford Wives (2004), discussed a common experience in American culture -- even those who never saw the original movie or read the book seem to know what a "Stepford wife" is. Well, most people. One of my friends didn't recognize the concept. I'm not sure if its in Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr. but if I ever manage to aquire a copy, I'll check.

1/27/2005 09:34:00 PM |

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