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Started by J Jessup, May 14, 2010, 04:31:32 PM

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J Jessup

May 14, 2010, 04:31:32 PM
Several years ago I watched a show on TV that I believe was a made-for-TV-special that was about April 19th.   I can remember very little about it except a scene at Lexington where a father was showing his son how to load heavy (extra shot) because these aren't birds we'll be shooting.  It went on from there but my memory is fuzzy, I must have been called out of the room.

Does anyone recognize the show I'm talking about?   :sos:

Jess
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CaptG

#1
May 14, 2010, 05:02:01 PM
It may have been "April Morning". It had Tommy Lee Jones in it. I think it was a TV movie.
Guy
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Winston Churchill

AFTERMATH

#2
May 14, 2010, 05:47:15 PM
Sounds like 'April Morning' to me.
All I have is a vague memory as well.  But I do remember the shot part.  There's no time to count it, you've got to feel how much year loading.
I was probably 8 or 9 when I saw it.  It's one them Hallmark Special movies.

Alex
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hawkhavn

#3
May 14, 2010, 06:09:34 PM
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desertrat144

#4
May 14, 2010, 10:52:21 PM
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond it's limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan

nyrasgt

#5
May 14, 2010, 11:19:17 PM
Folks,
   "April Morning" is correct; was 1986 Hallmark HOF TV movie; Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Robert Urich, and a teen
boyfriend/girlfriend subplot to die for (not)...99 minutes.  I own VHS tape and Howard Fast novel - can dub copies if you send me a VHS blank.  Mark R (R1sgx2) working on copying VHS tape to DVD...
  Movie's main value is as exercise in spotting the mistakes (practically everything -  NO exaggeration!).
Excelsior,
madMark
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Finally, you will hit the bulls-eye of success."
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J Jessup

#6
May 15, 2010, 01:38:11 PM
Thanks to everyone!  What a wealth of information.  Now can anyone tell me how to locate some money?   :sos:   **)

Thanks again,

Jess
17Chap

hawkhavn

#7
May 15, 2010, 02:51:15 PM
Jess,

You saw where you can watch it free up there in DR144's post, right?

HH
Criticism is the only known antidote to error.  David Brin

What a nation has done, a nation can aspire to.
Dr. Jerry Pournelle

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck."
---Robert Anson Heinlein

"Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted." - George Rogers Clark

"Appleseed is a safe place to learn because they care. They have the confidence and serenity of spring gardeners." 1IV on AR15.com

J Jessup

#8
May 15, 2010, 04:19:47 PM
Hawk,

I found the sites but the only one that seemed to offer a view or download required a registration and small fee.  I'm not bothered by the small fee (.99 for a trial period) but I am concerned about the security of the site and future use of my numbers.  Have you used it?

Jess

hawkhavn

#9
May 15, 2010, 05:03:29 PM
Not me, anyone else?

HH
Criticism is the only known antidote to error.  David Brin

What a nation has done, a nation can aspire to.
Dr. Jerry Pournelle

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck."
---Robert Anson Heinlein

"Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted." - George Rogers Clark

"Appleseed is a safe place to learn because they care. They have the confidence and serenity of spring gardeners." 1IV on AR15.com

desertrat144

#10
May 15, 2010, 06:33:37 PM Last Edit: May 19, 2010, 02:45:25 PM by desertrat144
The sites in my post are not the only ones.  Just Google the title, sort thru the crap... err... advertisements,  ;D and find the freebies.   Also check [Internet Archives at http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies.  This is a great stash of media in all formats.

Tom
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond it's limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan

4bfox

#11
May 17, 2010, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: J Jessup on May 15, 2010, 04:19:47 PM
Hawk,

I found the sites but the only one that seemed to offer a view or download required a registration and small fee.  I'm not bothered by the small fee (.99 for a trial period) but I am concerned about the security of the site and future use of my numbers.  Have you used it?

Jess

I tried the ZML.com site....tried several searches for "April Morning", doesn't appear to be there anymore. Also, on a LOT of the movies, you have to upgrade to "premium" membership to download....looks like it could get expensive to me. So I'll let my $2.99 1-day membership expire....funny, it started out at $.99 and charged $2.99. Must have been in the small print somewhere....
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J Jessup

#12
May 17, 2010, 12:30:16 PM
Thanks everyone.   O0

I've got he name and I'll keep watch for on Amazon and Half.com.

Jess
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