Dialects in the movies

[Joanne M. Despres]

In John Sayles' "The Return of the Secaucus Seven," a character
whose name I've forgotten (the actress who plays her has dark
brown hair and has appeared in other Sayles films) does a wicked
imitation of what I think is supposed to be a Maine accent.  It
sounds very much like the dialect I used to hear as a kid in
northeastern Massachusetts.

Joanne Despres
Merriam-Webster