Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA08497 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:28:05 +0100 Message-ID: <005f01c13722$9e87cc00$3724f4d8@teddace> From: "Dace" <edace@earthlink.net> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3102A6CF94@inchna.stir.ac.uk> Subject: Re: England humour Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 15:23:55 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Beautiful. No need to apologize.
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> >
> > LATEST NEWS...
> >
> > THE U.S. WORLD CUP SQUAD HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN MUNICH
> > TO TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR SATURDAY'S VICTORY.
> >
> > Subject: FW: CNN Newsflash...And there's more...
> >
> > And the full story:
> >
> >
> > Hollywood to make film of Munich Victory
> >
> > Universal Pictures announced today they plan to make a film of the
> > momentous football match that took place on Saturday. "Five-One"
> > is the tentative title of what could be next year's big summer hit,
> > depicting the American national soccer team's stunning victory over
> > Germany.
> >
> > Nicolas Cage heads an all star cast as the captain of the brave US
> > Soccer team haunted by the trauma of losing in the 2000 World Cup
> > final on penalties and the death of his wife in a riot caused by
> > English football hooligans, and finds love in the arms of a female
> > sports journalist played by Julia Roberts.
> >
> > Mel Gibson is the no-nonsense Swedish coach wholeads them
> > to glory, with Keanu Reeves, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Will
> > Smith playing some of Cage's heroic team mates.
> >
> > Jeremy Irons is set to star as Sir Nigel Villiers-Smythe, the
> > dastardly Englishman who coaches the German team and forces them
> > to play with poisoned-tipped studs to try and cheat the heroic
> > American team out of victory.
> >
> > Director Steven Spielberg defended the film-makers' decision to focus
> > on the American contribution to the victory over Germany and
> > inaccurate and even imagined events in the story, saying, "Obviously
> > we've had to take some artistic licence to make the story work on film,
> > but I hope that what we produce will be true to the spirit of what
> > happened on that famous night."
> >
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