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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
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Subject: Re: Cliff Stoll's CUCKOO's EGG: suggestions for movie version
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Date: 10 May 91 23:56:38 GMT
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In article <23532@lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
>In article <24686@well.sf.ca.us>, rchrd@well.sf.ca.us (Richard Friedman) writes:
>|> rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes:
>|> >I believe "Cuckoo's Egg" would do well as a full-length feature film. I
>|> >now make a few suggestions for people who could play Cliff, in order of
>|> >preference:
>|> 
>|> Here are my suggestions:
>|>        o   Arnold Schwarzenegger
>|>           [...]
>
>We all know that Hollywood can't make a movie without substantially
>changing the story.  But, the kind of story this casting suggests is
>a BIG change.  Not to say it wouldn't be an interesting story - a 
>movie that requires Schwarzenegger to speak in larger than one-syllable
>words would be high-comedy.

Now, now, this may have been true of Arnie's early days, but he's actually
quite eloquent now.  He got quite a bit of speech training, etc., for
Twins, and he's no idiot.  He made a fortune in investments before he became
famous.

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