There's conversation going on about this movie on the Maryland list. http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MDOS.html Suffice it to say Dustin Hoffman has opted out, and Steve Martin has stepped in: see http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10068295 . The major concerns of birders appear to be that the movie, not so surprisingly billed as a comedy, might make too much of the nerdy image of birders, and also make the usual Hollywood sacrifices of verisimilitude (film of soaring bald eagle with sound track of red-tailed hawk, misidentified species, etc.). I am told that the director of the film has indicated he is interested in ornithological accuracy, and that Greg Miller was asked if he might be interested in supplying it. We'll see if this comes to pass. It could be accurate and just as funny, seems to me. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]