>From the "chain of consciousness" school of correspondence:
One of my favorite movies too, for a number of reasons. Beyond the TR3, I'm
a big fan of Diners--I collect them. Not physically, I eat at them and take
a picture of the inside and outside. Weird, I know, but I really love them
and sometimes the food is spectacular (but not often). There's a diner in
Wareham Massachusetts called the owl that at one time had the very best
fried clams I've ever eaten, and yes, for you fried clam aficionados (I'm
sure there are several in the FOT) I've been to Lobster in the Rough in
Essex, and Woodman's, and Farnhams, and every grease-soaked tinderbox
waiting to explode and burn like a candle in the Northeast. Though not for a
long time, and now my stomach is rumbling and there isn't a decent fried
clam within 500 miles of Portland.
Reads like five degrees of Kevin Bacon. Oh, wait, there's another reason...
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Subject: Re: "Diner"
I think that John Lye indicated that the TR3A was rolled up on it's side on
top of wrestling mats. I am sure he has a few stories, if he has a moment.
On the DVD there was another movie, with a trailer, that was set in 1954
Baltimore. It had "Heights" in the title and it was by the director.
I used to be a customer of Start Your Engines and likely still have an old
catalog around somewhere.
Joe (A)
> While I disliked seeing the TR3 on its side, that movie is one of my
> favorites as well. I like the part in the Strip Club, when the
> musical trio is butchering the tempo on a piece so the stripper can
> bump and grind to it. One of the guys hollers, "Pick up the beat!!!",
> and finally goes up on stage and takes over the piano. The sax and
> drums follow his lead and the rest of the night the stripper sits at the
bar with the crowd and listens to the music.
> They finally go out to breakfast with the stripper.
>
> Far as I know, Diner is part of a Trilogy on growing up in Baltimore
> during that era. I think the other two are Tin Men and Avalon, but as
> usual I may be wrong.
>
> Speaking of Baltimore, does anyone remember the old Baltimore TRIUMPH
> spares house, START YOUR ENGINES? The were a major player at one
> time, ALA MOSS or TRF, but they bit off more than they could chew.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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