Kudos to Barry Pepper for great portrayal of Dale Earnhardt Sr.

I wathced "3 - The Dale Earnhardt Story" last night and was very
pleased. Barry Pepper did Dale Earnhardt Sr. justice. I wish it had
been a 2 hour feature instead of the 90 minutes it ran.

It's about time a good racing movie was made. Hopefully another good
one can be made with an even a higher budget.

"David O. Rodriguez" > wrote in message
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> I wathced "3 - The Dale Earnhardt Story" last night and was very
> pleased. Barry Pepper did Dale Earnhardt Sr. justice. I wish it had
> been a 2 hour feature instead of the 90 minutes it ran.
>
> It's about time a good racing movie was made. Hopefully another good
> one can be made with an even a higher budget.

I meant to pick this up at the vid store last week.
Glad to hear its a good flick.
Other than a few small circles in some rural areas, Canada is not known for
its interest in Nascar.
Barry Pepper is an excellent actor and its good to see a Canadian
contribution to a great American legend.

>From: "Rich"
>Date: 12/13/2004 1:37 P.M. Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <Qbmvd.31190$Ya4.29107@edtnps84>
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>"David O. Rodriguez" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>> I wathced "3 - The Dale Earnhardt Story" last night and was very
>> pleased. Barry Pepper did Dale Earnhardt Sr. justice. I wish it had
>> been a 2 hour feature instead of the 90 minutes it ran.
>>
>> It's about time a good racing movie was made. Hopefully another good
>> one can be made with an even a higher budget.
>
>I meant to pick this up at the vid store last week.
>Glad to hear its a good flick.
>Other than a few small circles in some rural areas, Canada is not known for
>its interest in Nascar.
>Barry Pepper is an excellent actor and its good to see a Canadian
>contribution to a great American legend.

Awesome, I was hoping it would be in vid stores seeing as I don't have ESPN
(sniff).


Todd Wasson
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>From: (J. Todd Wasson)

>Awesome, I was hoping it would be in vid stores seeing as I don't have ESPN
>(sniff).

Don't cry. Trust me, you didn't miss a thing. The movie pretty much sucked, and
Pepper's performance didn't capture Earnhardt.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

George Adams wrote:> >From: (J. Todd Wasson)> >
>Awesome, I was hoping it would be in vid stores seeing as I don't have
ESPN> >(sniff). > > Don't cry. Trust me, you didn't miss a thing. The
movie pretty much sucked, and> Pepper's performance didn't capture
Earnhardt. I think everyone did a great job, considering there wasn't
much official backing, was much official "Oh, No..." Barry Pepper
threw himself into this role...when it got too close, it looked like
Pepper in make-up. So what. He studied, worked hard, a racing trainer
became Jr., a lot of care went into this film. Barry tried to get the
tone and body language and mannerisims Earnhardt fans could recognize.
I did. Didn't like that he looked sickly and pale..especially the
supposed chat with Jr. on the dock, he was a sweaty Betty. I think Sr.
would have shown up well-groomed...didn't like that moment. I wasn't
there, I dunno. They tried to fit a huge life into 2 hrs, they did a
good thing within that parameter. You don't think so, that's fine,
just say it's your opinion, not like only you are right, only you know,
and everyone else is wrong. People hate my opinion all over the place,
but it's what it is, it's only mine. Say it's what you think, don't
demand others think the way you do, that makes you scary. Some
brilliant moments...the end was real, it happened...then a fantasy bit.
I've got a heart and soul...it was very moving. to me. not ok with
you? pfffhtt!!!

>From:

>Say it's what you think, don't
>demand others think the way you do, that makes you scary.

I'm a pretty scary dude.....be afraid, be very afraid. {;-)

For the record, I was only, (like you), offering my opinion, not demanding that
everyone share my view. I felt that it was an innacurate portrayal of
Earnhardt, and based on the prominence of Theresa's character, I'd guess she
was heavily involved in the scripting.

As always, YMMV


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

"George Adams" > wrote in message
...
> >From:
>
> >Say it's what you think, don't
> >demand others think the way you do, that makes you scary.
>
> I'm a pretty scary dude.....be afraid, be very afraid. {;-)
>
> For the record, I was only, (like you), offering my opinion, not demanding
that
> everyone share my view. I felt that it was an innacurate portrayal of
> Earnhardt, and based on the prominence of Theresa's character, I'd guess
she
> was heavily involved in the scripting.
>
> As always, YMMV
>
>
> George Adams
>
> "All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only
dream of
> youth that doth not grow stale with age."
> ---- J.W Muller



Actually, none of the Earnhardt's participated in any way, which was their
choice, as they were not pleased with the movie being made.




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