Dialects in film

[Beverly Flanigan]

I agree with you--and I was particularly impressed by Jude Law.

At 07:30 PM 2/21/2005, you wrote:
>Both Kidman and Zellwegger sounded OK in "Cold Mountain," but maybe I'm
>too liberal a judge.
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>JL
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>Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIOU.EDU> wrote:
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>It should be noted that Renee Zellweger (in "Cold Mountain," not whatever
>that ditzy English movie and its sequel were called) and Jude Law were
>supposed to sound Southern Mountain, while Nicole Kidman was the genteel
>Charleston-born lady. So they represent Deep South vs. Mountain, not just
>Southern.
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>And was Brad Pitt supposed to sound Greek or Trojan?! (I never saw the
>movie, thankfully!)
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>At 06:31 PM 2/21/2005, you wrote:
> >Have been informed that at least some Brits think Renee's English accent
> >was so bad "it almost ruined the movie" ! Who knows ?
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> >Colin Ferrell's American accent in "Tigerland" was absolutely credible to
> >me. Don't know how he does with Ancient Macedonian, though.
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> >JL
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> >Ray Villegas wrote:
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> >Colin Ferral, from Dublin, Ireland, does a great job in "Phone Booth." He
> >does a New York City accent. In some of Colin's movies he goes in and out
> >of his Irish accent but for the most part he stays in character.
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> >Brad Pitt didn't have a full accent in "Troy" but it was one that
> >"colored" his lines. It was enough to fool people that wouldn't be
> >accostumed to hearing a lot of accents.
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> >Also Brad Pitt in "Snatch" immitates an Irish Pikey Accent. He does a good
> >job in speaking quickly and making you feel confused. It almost sounds a
> >little forced but he carries it enough to get through the part.
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> >"Billy Elliot" has English, Irish, and Scottish actors that do North East
> >England Accent. This is a fun movie to hear different ways of using the
> >words "like" and "then" and other socialinguistic words.
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> >"MatchMaker" is fun to watch to hear the Southern Ireland Accent. Most of
> >the actors are from Ireland.
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> >In "Gangs of New York" Leonardo DeCarpio goes in and out of the Irish
> >accent. It was the worst performance of an accent that I've heard in
> >awhile. His collegues Henry Thomas (played the boy in ET) and Daniel Day
> >Lewis were superb in their accents. Daniel Day Lewis is from Ireland and
> >did an 1800 New York City Accent and Henry Thomas did an Irish accent.
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> >Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Rene Zellweger are very believable in a lot of
> >movies they do. All three were in Cold Mountain and were able to come
> >across quite Southern. You don't realize how strong of an Australian
> >accent Nicole has until you hear her in an interview.
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> >I have tons more but I am drawing a blank. I hope this helps.
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> >Ray Villegas
> >Arizona State University
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