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John Ellison

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I saw the movie years ago, but never read the book. So I had the local library to locate a copy and it came in today. Should be interesting.
Anybody ever read " Holy Old Makinaw" ? by Stewart Holbrook ( I think)
Its a kind of a history of logging from the east coast to the west.
 
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Good idea on the milage of the video, if you guys don't mind. I will soon have three copies out their in circulation, and a 3x5 would be nice to keep track on.

One is out and obout, Dean will send one to a Mr lamb, and the one I am supposed to pick up tomorrow will go to some address, I have to look up on this coast.

Rob

Thanks Rob, My wife and I watched it last night. Great movie. Send me the address of Mr. Lamb and I will mail it out.
 
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The movie has left Kamloops B.C. Canada and has been sent to 2000ssm6
in North Carolina U.S.A. by air. Man the postman here must eat steak. $6.50 by ground and $8.20 by air.
Great classic movie, the good woman even watched as she says Mr. Newman is not to hard on the eyes!!!!.:popcorn:
 
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As I understand it the book is out of print, & the movie has never "officially' been released on DVD. When I asked a seller on eBay about the DVD he advertised, he said "I sell what my distributor sends me."

The first 135 pages or so of the book nearly drove me crazy :bang:, & I'm an avid reader who also deals with legal documents. I gave the book to a fellow that used to post a lot here at AS.
 
Cam501

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The movie was filmed just down the road from us. The house they built for the movie is still located along the Siletz River.
I was about 15 or 16 when they made the movie.
That was a pretty big deal around these parts.
Never did read the book.

off topic but i noticed you have a stihl 650....though it's current, it's a rare bird in my area!
 
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Where tapes is

Dean had a copy, that he mailed to someone.

Canyonangler may have another copy by now, or not,but if he does, its going to upstate NY then I don't know where.

The third copy is........somewhere else.

Never officially on DVD.

anybody ever buy any Asian Rim DVDs? (sounds obscene don't it)

End of update.

Rob
 
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Just got the tape from Stihl41, I gotta say the book was better, but man the movie was good too. I forgot what a heartbreaker that accident with Henry with Joe Ben was...OUCH!

I think the book and movie ended differently too...in the book, the ending scene (with Henry "giving them the finger") was at the beginning of the book, and just a bit different, LOL, I'll never forget that image from the book.

Anyway, this is just a long way of saying, If you like the movie, check out the book. Ken Kesey was a good writer!
 
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Just got the tape from Stihl41, I gotta say the book was better, but man the movie was good too. I forgot what a heartbreaker that accident with Henry with Joe Ben was...OUCH!

I think the book and movie ended differently too...in the book, the ending scene (with Henry "giving them the finger") was at the beginning of the book, and just a bit different, LOL, I'll never forget that image from the book.

Anyway, this is just a long way of saying, If you like the movie, check out the book. Ken Kesey was a good writer!

Glad you liked them both. The book is always better than the movie, except Forrest Gump.

As to the book being hard to find, I have a paper back copy I'd loan, Just post a request

--DON'T EMAIL, THE SS WASHERS CLOGS IT ENOUGH--

and I'll mail it out, any emails will get a second taunting!!!
 
ValleyO'Giants

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Just watched it...

My favorite line is when Henry Fonda says

"Looks like some kind of New York Fairy."


Ahh the good ol days before this politically correct crap!

ACtually a lot better movie that I had imagined!

Reminds me of home!
 

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