In a message dated 17/05/02 08:07:00 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 00:57:14 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Joni in Fiction/"About a Boy" > > "About a Boy" opens in the US today. > > The Nick Hornby novel from which this film was made has 10 references to > Joni. SIQUOMB minds want to know if there any mentions of Joni or her music > in the film. Planning to take in a movie tonight? Check out "About a Boy" > and be the first one on the JMDL block to find out whether or not Joni is > mentioned . . . and then let us all know! Hi Bob, This film's been out for a couple of weeks in the UK and I went to see it last weekend. It's a good film and really worth seeing but, sadly, all Joni references have been removed. I say sadly, but in a way it's a good thing as I think her music would have been presented in a pretty bad light if it had been included - very uncool. She's been replaced by the Carpenters and, strangely, Roberta Flack. The filmtrack is by Badly Drawn Boy which works pretty well but I think they missed an opportunity to use some of Joni's music as background which could have been even better. Jacky
