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The trailer looks good. High production value (good choice of music). But who is Scott Crocker? I thought we were looking for a movie from George Butler (of Pumping Iron fame)? Could their be TWO movies coming out?
Extinction is forever
But if we’re clever
The past
Will last
Into the future
Ivory Bill
On a hill
Looking down
At us clowns
Realizes
He comprises
The last
Of the past
He’s wandered
And pondered
All alone
The many many swamps he’s flown
But nary
A merry
Reply
On high
To his calls
Or bark scrawls
Come
From
A Mate
Too late?
His history
Is a mystery
His future
Not super
Just a ghost bird
Only heard
Alone
Unknown
He’ll die
No lie
Rohrbaugh
Limbaugh
What a world
We’ve unfurled
The text on the site indicates they may well conclude that faith initially trumped reality but that cooler heads are now weighing in. Better they should have ridden on the Gore film coattails and called the film "An Inconvenient Falsehood".
For you oldsters (50+) out there,
Ghostbird, ghostbird, tail on your hat
nobody knows where the ghostbird is at
Ghostbird, ghostbird, hiding in the glen
He flys away to live again
They could make it into a Disney movie and use this song and music. It would be awesomo.
The trailer looks good. High production value (good choice of music). But who is Scott Crocker? I thought we were looking for a movie from George Butler (of Pumping Iron fame)? Could their be TWO movies coming out?
Yes
To ibwo_agnostic: There is a separate documentary with George Butler as director. More interesting are the two clips of someone who sounds quite wise and skeptical and looks like someone we all know here? Eh, Tom?
The web site, at least, seems like it might actually be a documentary simply of what happened and how it impacted people and the town of Brinkley. If they do a decent job of presenting the amount of skepticism among the best birders in the country and explain why their opinion matters so much (much more than the CLO crew, IMHO, but I wouldn't expect that to be said), it could actually end up being a good, balanced film.
Yes, there are TWO movies in the works.
Tom, that's you in the trailer? I see Jerry Jackson there, too. Judging by previous comments and my pre-conceived notions, I thought this would be a "everything's wonderful" kind of movie, but the trailer suggests they'll at least be addressing the existence of a controversy. Any opinions on this movie in regards to its perspective?
I love the searchers standing on the highway right-of-ways. Incredible!
Meanwhile, while you are waiting to see the movie, why not catch the Ivory-billed road show in a state near you. A sampling:
--Gene Sparling, Salem, MO, 22 July
--Bobby (actually I've nicknamed him "Boudreaux," and Timmy G's nickname is now "Thibodeaux") will appear at Holly Springs, MS, 8-10 September and at Sanibel Island, FL, 11-12 October
--Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Grand Marais, MN, 29 Oct
--Rosencrow, North Carolina, 10 November
[but Fitz won't come out of the closet]
[and Remsen won't come out of the closet]
Also, it's too late for this year, but you can even take a class devoted to the IBWO rediscovery:
"The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: Myths, Facts, and Implications, a one-credit course offered from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, June 6-27, at the Pfeiffer Nature Center and on June 16, focuses on the status of the ivory-billed woodpecker and wildlife conservation efforts. The June 16 class, held in Cutco Theater on JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus at a time to be determined, will feature a presentation by Ron Rohrbaugh, the ivory-billed woodpecker project director for Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology.
Class sessions will explore reported sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas and the bird’s need for expansive habitat. Students will visit Pfeiffer’s old growth forest to gain a better understanding of habitat conservation, species extinction, and economic and political implications regarding the ivory-billed woodpecker and other endangered birds and wildlife. Tuition is $44 for New York state residents and $80 for non-residents.
To register, call JCC’s Jamestown Campus, 665-5220, extension 2332, or Cattaraugus County Campus, 376-7508.”
One can only hope that they will offer the course again next year. And maybe by then they will actually spend some time on the "mythology" aspects.
"Tom, that's you in the trailer?"
Yes. Evidently there will be at least some skeptical perspective in this movie.
Tom
Wow! Way to go Tom. Finally, some equal time for the Skeptics.
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