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- From: jseaver@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason John Seaver)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: RISING SUN movie was Re: Jurassic Park Spoiler (almost)
- Date: 15 Nov 1992 22:46:09 GMT
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- In article <Bxs2sI.sp@acsu.buffalo.edu> v075q5fr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott J Gorcey) writes:
- >In article <1e5m8iINNfqo@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, jseaver@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason John Seaver) writes...
- >>In article <Bxr5JE.BM8@acsu.buffalo.edu> v075q5fr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott J Gorcey) writes:
- >>>In article <1e0rp0INNnd7@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, jseaver@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason John Seaver) writes...
- >>>> I think "Rising Sun" is already shooting. Stars Sean Connery, Wesley
- >>>>Snipes, and Tia Carrere. The casting alone makes it sound like an excellent
- >>>>movie, although I thought Connery's character (or what I'm assuming is to be
- >>>>his character) was from Southern California, not Scotland :).
- >>>>
- >>> That's okay: I thought Snipes' character was _white_. :-)
- >>
- >> So did I. Then again, I don't think he was ever explicitly mentioned
- >>as being white. It may make for some interesting conflicts with the Japanese.
- >
- > Agreed, considering the Japanese penchant for stamping everything
- > with the "RACIST" label in RISING SUN. Seems like an easily
- > adaptable novel, and it's a good cast, so my hopes are high.
- > (Besides, Tia Carrere doesn't get to speak... we're home clear).
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- Doesn't she? I thought she was playing the college student the cops
- talk to when they're trying to figure out whether or not the pictures were
- doctored (not knowing who's cast for which part can make things difficult);
- that character had a speaking part.
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- -Jay
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