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The Big Year is a 2011 American comedy film starring Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin, ... Al Levantin, and Greg Miller, who were chasing Komito's prior ...
Oct 16, 2011 · Jack Black and real-life birdwatcher Greg Miller pose on the set of The Big Year in British Columbia. For more about Miller and his big year, and to hear some of his more harrowing travel stories ...
In 1998 Greg zigzagged across the continent–traveling 130,000 miles—while trying to hold down a full time job at a nuclear power plant—to try to see as many species of birds in one calendar year as possible. It was an incredible experience passing the 700-species mark—an achievement many birders aspire to in a lifetime. But there was ...
Oct 16, 2011 · One of the three real-life guys doing a "big year" in the book was Greg Miller, who took up the quest following his divorce. He tells Urycki birdwatching worked as a very effective escape: "I walk into a woods and my regular life just fades away." While birdwatching might not be an obvious subject for a high-profile film with big-name actors ...
A big year is a personal challenge ... and Greg Miller, chased Komito's prior record of 722 birds. ... the ABA voted to add the U.S. state of Hawaii to the countable ...
Oct 25, 2011 · Greg served as the bird consultant during filming The Big Year. Based on accounts by birders who know them personally and from the book, Greg Miller’s father was actually a birder himself who supported Greg’s Big Year from the start, unlike Brian Dennehy’s character in the movie. In the movie there was a beautiful scene with Jack Black ...
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Oct 15, 2011 · Though the opening titles admit some facts have been changed, the script draws many of its scenes and even its most powerful moments from stories Obmascik dug out of the experiences of three real-life birders, Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller (Wilson’s, Martin’s, and Black’s characters, respectively).
