Started By
Message

re: Movies related to SEC schools

Posted on 9/21/12 at 6:06 am to
Posted by TideHater
Orange Beach AL
Member since May 2007
19706 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 6:06 am to
quote:

Gotta read the OP, braj


Do I at least get points for the reference to Swamp Thing
Posted by TideHater
Orange Beach AL
Member since May 2007
19706 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 6:09 am to
The fictional G.I. Joe character, Beach Head, was from Auburn.
The book Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace, and its derivative movie, Tim Burton's Big Fish, were both in part set in Auburn, though the movie was not filmed in Auburn.
Auburn received mentions in the 1960 film Ocean's Eleven and 1971's Brian's Song.
Harper Lee mentions Auburn in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Anne Rivers Siddons, an Auburn University alumna, portrayed a fictionalized Auburn campus and students in Heartbreak Hotel.
Caroline Ivey's characters visit Auburn in her novel Family.
Jennifer S. Davis mentions Auburn in her short story collection Her Kind of Want.
Ann B. Pearson, Auburn University graduate and the granddaughter of one of that school's presidents, fictionalized Auburn in the mystery books she wrote.
The fictional veterinarian, Dr. Pharamond (Fair) Haristeen, in the mystery series written by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, graduated from Auburn University's veterinary school in Auburn.
A skit on the popular sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live featured an opening song mentioning "the lights of Auburn, Alabama."
Pepper Rodgers's novel Fourth and Long Gone is largely set in a college town based on Auburn.
John Travolta plays Bobby Long, a former Auburn University English professor, in 2004's A Love Song for Bobby Long. Long's protégé and former Auburn University teaching assistant is a writer named Lawson Pines, played by Gabriel Macht.
In the video game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, one of the main villain's profiles states that he was a football player at Auburn University.
In the 1976 movie Stay Hungry, lead character Craig 'Buck' Blake (played by Jeff Bridges) says he is a scatback for the Auburn University football team.
On multiple episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Marshall Eriksen (played by Jason Segel) can be seen wearing an Auburn University t-shirt.
The children's chapter book Samantha Loses the Box Turtle is set in Auburn, AL and features a turtle that resides at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve in Auburn.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter