Another Cinderella (PART 1 OF 3)
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Spring seems to
have come at last.
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From: denman@infoseek.jp
To: diane705@yahoo.ca
cc: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Mon., Mar 31, 2014 3:58PM
Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Hi Diane,
How are you doing?
Spring seems to have come at last.
I'm sure that you'll soon jog around the seawall.
I wish I could jog with you.
However, I'm recently quite involved with the following movie---"The Lost Valentine."
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"How come you're so much involved in the above movie?"---you may ask! :-)
Well ... Madame Taliesin sent me a Valentine parcel by sea.
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Unfortunetely, however, the parcel seems to have been lost somewhere between Tokyo and Vancouver 'cause I haven't received it yet!
So, I tried to locate the parcel on the net, and came up with this movie. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,...
During World War II, Navy Lt. Neil Thomas bids Caroline, his pregnant young wife, farewell at Union Station.
Before their son is born, Neil's plane goes down in the Pacific and he's declared "MIA: Missing in Action."
Caroline is devastated, but her love never dies.
For the next 65 years, Caroline returns to Union Station on the anniversary of her loss to salute his memory.
When a TV journalist learns of the touching story, she sets out to investigate what happened to Neil 65 years earlier.
This is a 2011 American drama based on the novel by James Michael Pratt of the same name, previously titled "The Last Valentine"---a 1998 New York Times and USA Today bestseller.
The story follows Susan Allison (a TV journalist) who works on a profile of Caroline Thomas.
The interview with Caroline reveals that for 66 years she has had no information about her husband from the Department of the Navy.
With the help of a United States Senator (Susan did an unrelated story on the him) who puts pressure on the Navy, they locate the Billings family, whose now deceased father Jeff was a gunner on Lt. Thomas' airplane.
From a surviving letter by Jeff to his wife we hear the account of the crash and of Morang, a Filipino guerilla, who rescued two wounded crash survivors.
Susan turns to her boyfriend Andrew for help because he still has connections to the Philippines where Lt. Thomas was last seen alive.
Putting past hard feelings over his breakup with Susan aside, Andrew manages to locate the elderly Morang, who told that Lt. Thomas joined the Filipino guerillas and fought the Japanese deep behind enemy lines.
During a patrol, Lt. Thomas was killed by a Japanese sniper while selflessly trying to rescue a little boy.
Morang reveals he knows where Lt. Thomas's body is buried.
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Thus the U.S. Navy goes to the grave site and returns Lt. Thomas' remains and personal effects to the United States.
Caroline is handed Neil's dog-tags, watch, and wallet, which contains her valentine to him.
It is actually a heart-warming tear-jerker with double romances.
Diane, borrow the DVD and find out two love stories by yourself.
In any case, I've just written an article about this movie.
Click the following link:
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■"Love and Loyalty"
I hope you'll enjoy the above article!
Your smiling Bohemian, Kato
with a lot of love
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Subj:I'll see the DVD one day.
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From: diane@vancouver.ca
To: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Mon., Mar 31, 2014 8:50PM
Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Hi, Kato,
Oh, doesn't that sound romantic, Kato!?
Thanks so much, my smiling Bohemian.
I must make a point to see this one day soon.
Life's sure interesting, isn't it?
Never a dull moment!
I just picked up a DVD I had ordered from the VPL "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" with Jim Carrey.
Don't think I've seen it, but you never know.
Certainly there was an interesting article I read recently that this movie, which is now ten years old.
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The above film is a 2004 American romantic science fiction dramedy about an estranged couple who have each other erased from their memories.
The film uses elements of science fiction, psychological thriller, and a nonlinear narrative to explore the nature of memory and romantic love.
This film was so brilliant that it should have won an Oscar.
Probably one of those years like last year where there was a plethora of excellent choices
It is hard to select just one as "Best Picture," that's for sure.
Thanks again, kiddo.
... hope you're enjoying this lovely day.
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Love, Diane
(To be followed)