tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post1833596281319017680..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Pat Conroy, R. I. P.mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61489872771117533092016-03-05T15:05:03.182-06:002016-03-05T15:05:03.182-06:00Sad that such a writer is gone, but joyful that su...Sad that such a writer is gone, but joyful that such a writer was here!<br /><br />Really enjoyed his short memoir: My Reading Life. (2010)Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511780835955994336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91405903680119067282016-03-05T14:54:49.939-06:002016-03-05T14:54:49.939-06:00They filmed CONRACK (at least part of it) in a rur...They filmed CONRACK (at least part of it) in a rural area of Georgia somewhat inland from the coast. One of the girls a year behind me in high school played Viola (one of the students) in the movie. At least through the late seventies, the old schoolhouse set was still standing and every once in a while we'd drive out there. The whole area has been developed now.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17095530837157962092016-03-05T10:37:14.830-06:002016-03-05T10:37:14.830-06:00Didn't see that one. Liked CONRACK, though.Didn't see that one. Liked CONRACK, though.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-78962916079910423772016-03-05T10:28:00.067-06:002016-03-05T10:28:00.067-06:00It was a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie starring Jeff...It was a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie starring Jeff Hephneras Conroy, and Alfre Woodard. Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-26522293588236094642016-03-05T10:14:03.957-06:002016-03-05T10:14:03.957-06:00There was a second movie version, made for televi...There was a second movie version, made for television I think, that was somewhat closer to the book than the Jon Voight version. Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-5285827820235203032016-03-05T09:35:31.680-06:002016-03-05T09:35:31.680-06:00Haven't read that book. Saw the movie, though...Haven't read that book. Saw the movie, though, long ago.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21312044764509908572016-03-05T09:22:12.137-06:002016-03-05T09:22:12.137-06:00Read Conroy in the 1980s, but did not catch up wit...Read Conroy in the 1980s, but did not catch up with THE WATER IS WIDE, based on his time teaching on an isolated island off the Carolina coast, until late last year. Good book. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-73191987495909256992016-03-05T06:21:30.384-06:002016-03-05T06:21:30.384-06:00Like Jeff, I've read several of Conroy's b...Like Jeff, I've read several of Conroy's books. A talented writer dying too soon.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-48629833717254489032016-03-05T05:55:45.406-06:002016-03-05T05:55:45.406-06:00I just read that. I had no idea. I liked several...I just read that. I had no idea. I liked several of his books a lot.<br /><br />RIPJeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.com