Dialects in film

[Beverly Flanigan]

How about the Billy Bob Thornton movie "Sling Blade"?  It's set in
Arkansas, I believe, and Thornton's from there.

At 08:22 PM 2/18/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi everyone.  We've discussed films in which language features
>prominently (esp. sci fi), but what I'm trying to compile is a list of
>films in which the characters speak in dialects.  (for example,
>"Fargo")  for my dialects class.  I'd like names of both films that
>represent regional or ethnic dialects accurately and those that don't,
>since we're going to talk about dialects in the media at some point.  I
>can think of a few, but I'll bet some of you can think of more.  And I'm
>thinking more of movies (fictional) rather than films like "American
>Tongues."
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>Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated by me and by my
>students, who are enjoying the course a lot!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Patti Kurtz
>Minot State University
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>Freeman - And what drives you on, fighting the monster?
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>Straker - I don't know, something inside me I guess.
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>Freeman - It's called dedication.
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>Straker - Pig-headedness would be nearer.