[Spooks] Shortwave at the movies

[Chris Brand]

The following was posted on the British DX Club email list. Cam anyone
answer it for us?
I am sure it was well documented at the time Vanilla Sky was released.

Many thanks

Chris

chris brand
cheshire,  england.
email: chris@sutton-brand.freeserve.co.uk
BDXC web site: http://www.bdxc.org.uk
chris brand's dx international: http://members.tripod.co.uk/chrisbrand1977

----- Original Message -----
From: xeg19@
To: <bdxc-news@>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:08 PM
Subject: [BDXC-UK] Shortwave at the movies


> Hi all.  Now, here's a little puzzler for anyone with an interest in
> "spy" stations.
>
> Watching the brilliant Tom Cruise film Vanilla Sky for the first
> time, on DVD last night, there was a scene where a sequence of
> apparently random numbers was repeated over and over on the
> soundtrack accompanying the action.  At one point, this moved on to
> an instrumental version of the folk tune "The Lincolnshire Poacher",
> repeated several times as well.
>
> Now, I seem to recall that this was once the interval signal of one
> of the more famous "numbers" stations, but can anybody tell me which
> one? And if somebody could tell me quite why director Cameron Crowe
> chose to include these small but noticeable details in the movie, I'd
> love to know too.  Is he a closet SWLer or DXer perchance.
>
> Can anyone think of other examples where radio has featured in the
> plot of films?  Of course, two that come to mind are "Play Misty for
> Me", and Robin Williams's "Good Morning Vietnam", but I am sure there
> must be others.
>
> Yours intriguedly
>
> MARK SAVAGE
> Eastbourne
>
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