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Benh Zeitlin, Oscar-nominated co-writer and director of the film "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

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    1. SharkswithfrikingLazers  04/03/2013 09:50 PM Report

      The "Beasts" are fictional aurochs.

      For reality let's go to the University of Texas at Austin for a study.

      The study of the genome of the Longhorn and related breeds tells a fascinating global history of human and cattle migration. It traces back through Christopher Columbus’ second voyage to the New World, the Moorish invasion of Spain and the ancient domestication of the aurochs in the Middle East and India.

      Approximately 85 percent of the Longhorn genome is “taurine,” descended from the ancient domestication of the wild aurochs that occurred in the Middle East 8,000-10,000 years ago. As a result, Longhorns look similar to purer taurine breeds such as Holstein, Hereford and Angus, which came to Europe from the Middle East.

      The other 15 percent of the genome is “indicine,” from the other ancient domestication of the aurochs, in India. These indicine cattle, which often have a characteristic hump at the back of the neck, spread into Africa and from there up to the Iberian peninsula.

      Hook 'em!

      http://www.utexas.edu/know/2013/03/27/texas-longhorn-genome-decoded/

    2. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/10/2013 03:48 PM Report

      A DNA study suggests that all domesticated cattle originated from about 80 wild aurochs. Those animals lived in Iran 10,500 years ago.[26]

      (This movie takes aurochs to a new wild boar fantasy level.)

    3. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/10/2013 03:46 PM Report

      'Honey Boo Boo' was born Alana Thompson in McIntyre, Georgia on August 28, 2005. She is seven years old.

      Quvenzhané Wallis was born August 28, 2003. She was five when she auditioned and six when she made the movie.

      What a difference in child stars yet how America is so entertained by them both.

      The fourth episode of Boo Boo, airing on Wednesday night during the 2012 Republican National Convention, attracted almost 3 million viewers and scored a 1.3 rating with those 18–49, the highest rating that night with the age group of any cable program,[5] though about 20 million in all were watching the convention.

      Fox News convention coverage was second in the time period with a 1.2 rating, followed by NBC coverage with 1.1.[6]

      (America, how we love you!)

    4. finalfantasytown  02/09/2013 10:57 PM Report

      Steve's apple phone and google auto-driven car, I think when I watch Chinese TV series 'soul hunter' 1990 version, episode 10, were designed and produced before 1990.

    5. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/08/2013 08:37 PM Report

      Yes, go to summer camp for two weeks at 13 and write!

      Meet great people like co-writer Lucy Alibar who was also in Middle School.

      Look what can happen!

      (Charlie, the questions are: what camp, how much of all this is Lucy, was it the camp or the chance to meet new people, when did he feel he had enough talent for such a project, how did he raise $1.8M . . .)

    6. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/08/2013 08:28 PM Report

      Oh yes and Dana Stevens of Slate also says that Benh would not have gotten on there (been nominated) without the expansion of the Best Picture category.

    7. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/08/2013 08:24 PM Report

      Charlie, you only played the complimentary clip.

      Is this lying by omission or just hospitality with a touch of southern charm?

      At 18:06: shapeless, bludgeoned magic realism, overblown poetry of the voice over, verbosity of that heavy voiceover, no narrative tissue to connect of the high points and low points.

      http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12731

    8. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/08/2013 02:28 PM Report

      So Charlie, last week we heard about the brothers and the star quarterbacks.

      This week it was also about casting and coaching.

      The HUGE difference was money.

      Oh youth and inexperience you have really shined here.

      The Old Hollywood Guard has been humbled.

    9. SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/08/2013 02:17 PM Report

      Budget $1.8 million

      Box office $11.6 million[2]

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beasts_of_the_Southern_Wild#cite_note-box_office-2

      Six year old Academy Award Nominee who was five at the time of the audition.

      Yes Charlie, remarkable on many, many levels.

      Readily available on DVD too.

    10. REMant  02/08/2013 02:04 PM Report

      Well, it's nice to see an inspirational film that is not also paranoid. It certainly beats Lincoln. It's often been noted that kids ask big questions which elude adults, but they are less habituated.