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09-09-2003, 07:52 PM

Bravo!!!!!!!!! I have always thought this would make an excellent movie!
I just hope the family members of the crew
feel that way too. I'm not so sure I would want Hollywood involved if my Dad or bothers
were on the Fitz that night in November, 1975. I wonder if GL's great song will be used? I may not even want to go if it is not
used. To me, that song is the only reason
most people have even heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 30,000 men, women and children
have died in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes since they began keeping records. The Fitzgerald would have faded into obscurity had it not been for Lightfoot. That song is
like a symbol for ALL shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. If it's not used in the movie,
they (Hollywood) are missing the point.

09-09-2003, 07:52 PM	#4
titan Guest Posts: n/a	Bravo!!!!!!!!! I have always thought this would make an excellent movie! I just hope the family members of the crew feel that way too. I'm not so sure I would want Hollywood involved if my Dad or bothers were on the Fitz that night in November, 1975. I wonder if GL's great song will be used? I may not even want to go if it is not used. To me, that song is the only reason most people have even heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 30,000 men, women and children have died in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes since they began keeping records. The Fitzgerald would have faded into obscurity had it not been for Lightfoot. That song is like a symbol for ALL shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. If it's not used in the movie, they (Hollywood) are missing the point.