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22 Jul 2007, 3:51 am

gavin7w wrote:
maybe Fever Pitch with Jimmy Fallon: obsession, odd mannerisms, ignorant of others' feelings.


I don't know about Jimmy Fallon (The words "who's he?" spring to mind) But "Fever Pitch" with Colin Firth (same movie?) I would say possibly has some AS characters.

Possibly.


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23 Jul 2007, 12:53 pm

ping-machine wrote:
gavin7w wrote:
maybe Fever Pitch with Jimmy Fallon: obsession, odd mannerisms, ignorant of others' feelings.


I don't know about Jimmy Fallon (The words "who's he?" spring to mind) But "Fever Pitch" with Colin Firth (same movie?) I would say possibly has some AS characters.

Possibly.


The one with Jimmy Fallon is a remake of the one with Colin Firth.


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25 Jul 2007, 10:37 pm

I'm thinking that both the Anthony Michael Hall character and the Ally Sheedy character from The Breakfast Club are possible Aspies.



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29 Jul 2007, 2:21 am

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
The one with Jimmy Fallon is a remake of the one with Colin Firth.


Ah. I see. I quite liked the Colin Firth one. Don't think I'll bother with the remake, by all accounts. Also, Nick Hornby has an autistic son, so it's possible that shades of AS find their way into some of the characters (especially male characters) of his books.


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17 Aug 2007, 8:36 pm

Gene Wilder's character "Leo Bloom" in Mel Brooks' original "The Producers".
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17 Aug 2007, 10:51 pm

I may be alone this but I've always felt that the title character in a French movie called, Amelie was absolutely AS. As was her potential boyfriend in the movie.