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TOTW 02/08: Was Lureen pregnant when she met Jack?
"Joseph Golden":
No, i dont think she was, i think this is a bit of a stretch....
Laureen was just interested in Jack, and Jack didnt under stand why, that's what intrigued Jack about Laureen so much. When they first met it was a example of what Laureen's characters about.
Laureen is in a rush because her dad wants her back by 12. So she confronts Jack, very uncommon in those days. She tells him 'What are you waiting for cowboy, a mating call"
He is waiting for a mating call, but not from her. When he was on the mountain he gave Ennis a mating call or dance. So his waiting there for a mating call from some one like the Rodeo Clown. But its Laureen who gives him just that. She dances with him. She doing her mating dance to get what she wants, which she is use to getting. Jack never gets what he wants....
Laureen is more like her father than she'll like to amit. She is a business women and that's what she does best, Laureen being in a rush with Jack is showing her personality. Shes a women who gets what she wants, she has a deadline and she makes it. That she doesnt really care for her father. But she obays his rules....
Laureen being pregnant is a stretch, a bit of a one at that. I dont think it deserves "Topic of the week"
How do we really know Laureen and Jack were together for a year or so before she feel pregnant?
moremojo:
--- Quote from: melb_boy88 on January 14, 2008, 09:38:24 pm ---How do we really know Laureen and Jack were together for a year or so before she feel pregnant?
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The timeline, as it can be gleaned from the film and the published screenplay, is the basis for knowing that Jack and Lureen could not have been together that long before her pregnancy (and thus opens speculation to whether she was pregnant at the time of their first meeting). We know that Jack and Lureen met no earlier than the summer of 1966, and by September 1967, when Jack is reunited with Ennis, they have married and putatively produced a child together that Jack claims is "eight months old".
LauraGigs:
Well, at the end of the film Alma Jr. says, "Wedding'll be June 5th..." June 5th of that year was a Tuesday.
Point is, there are other details and timelines in the film that aren't precisely correct. Nit-picking over an incorrect date . . . it's just a red herring IMO.
moremojo:
I agree, Laura, that many of us probably give too much credence to little details that were probably not meant to convey too much meaning on the part of the filmmakers. It can still make for fun speculation, though.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on January 14, 2008, 10:08:27 pm ---Well, at the end of the film Alma Jr. says, "Wedding'll be June 5th..." June 5th of that year was a Tuesday.
Point is, there are other details and timelines in the film that aren't precisely correct. Nit-picking over an incorrect date . . . it's just a red herring IMO.
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And expensive to reshoot something if someone did notice the discrepancy. ...
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