On 26 Jan 2003 at 16:09, swampmtn wrote:
> (I assume a few of us are not opposed to watching the occasional French
> Romantic Comedy)
>
> If you need something to watch tonight instead of the Super Bowl, may I
> recommend "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" (2001) a.k.a. "Amelie" for
> short. It includes a tiny bit of file footage from old Tour de France,
> mentions Federico Bahamontes and his victory in the 1959 TdF, and features a
> 1950s vintage tin bicycle racer toy much like those currently involved in
> list discussions.
Funny thing, I've seen "Amelie" a couple of times and when the title turned up in a thread here I had to open several emails to discover that this email was the origin. As I was chasing this down it never ocurred to me how cycling was involved until I found the above. I'd totally forgotten about the images conjured up by the discovery of the hidden box. :-)
Great movie, well worth seeing multiple times.
jeverett3@earthlink.net (John V. Everett)