What about the 80's nighttime soap "Dallas" - I believe the ranch owned by Larry
Hagman et. all was a real Texas ranch. I'm sure there is a "Dallas" website out there.
Texas is also big on football. There have been (TV) movies on the Dallas cowboy
cheerleaders and another one called "North Dallas Forty".
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From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: July 20, 2000 6:05:03 PM GMT
Subject: Re: [SaF] Teaching English via Texas
On 20 Jul 2000, 16:53, Julie Stroli wrote:
> |A colleague is preparing a unit about Texas for his students and needs
> the following info. Can you help???
>
>
> > What movies can you think of that take place in or around Dallas and
> >
> > offer good examples of a Texan dialect?
As far as hearing the Texas accent, you might suggest to your friend
that he rent or purchase the movie, *Giant* (Rock Hudson/Elizabeth
Taylor).
Other "Texas dialect rich" movies that come to mind are "Hud," "The
Last Picture Show", and "Paris, Texas" Those movies, however, were not
filmed in Dallas.
Dallas is so metropolitan that I would doubt a movie filmed in Dallas
would be that "dialect rich."
You might also wish to visit the following site for research and a few
grins, as well:
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/talk.html
Alan
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