[Spooks] Shortwave at the movies

[Derek Glidden]

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 16:37, PouncerSpy@aol.com wrote:

> There was also a movie with John Travolta that came out a few years ago.  I 
> can't remember the title, but Travolta plays a man with a brain tumor that 
> for awhile gives him special powers.  Forrest Whitaker plays a fat, lonely, 
> painfully shy ham radio operator, shown with his rig a couple of 
> times...almost his only human contact.  Too bad one of the few movies to 
> feature a ham operator portrays him as a pathetic loser.  Not the way to 
> attract people to the hobby!

"Phenomenon."

Not a bad movie, I thought.  I certainly didn't get that impression of
Forrest's character.  More just shy than a loser.

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