| WiltsAKGirl17 |
05-27-2008 11:41 AM |
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Originally Posted by pitbulllady
(Post 79805)
There's definitely a LOT of room to expand more on Wilt's past; we do not even know, for example, when or where he finally got medical treatment, or where or how, or whom with, he spent those eight "Lost Years" between his injuries and arriving at Foster's, or what efforts Jordan made to find him or how he coped with the loss of someone who had become a family member. That's one of the things I'd love to see-a DVD released, to the general public(as opposed to special give-aways to the folks who screened the movie), that includes more footage and goes into a bit more detail, and comes complete with an in-depth interview/commentary by the star himself, as well as other key players in the movie.
pitbulllady
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I'm all up for expanding on Wilt's past. As you've mentioned over yonder in the Wilt thread, he probably had to get medical attention pretty quickly, before his injuries or the offshoot problems (infection, illness caused by infections, etc.) killed him. As to those eight lost years, I have two theories:
1.) He'd probably have hung around Charleston, or relatively close to Charleston-- if he was still in his old neighborhood, Jordan would have found him eventually-- for a while, since it's highly unlikely that it would have taken him EIGHT YEARS to get from South Carolina to Washington state. Circumstances put aside, he managed to get to Charleston from Foster's in a few days, a week tops. (I lost track of the time frame when I was watching-- again, too swept up in plot and characters!)
2.) He wandered for a while, just barely eking out a living, until SOMETHING finally forced him to settle down at Foster's. I'm fully aware that this contradicts Theory #1, but both a plasuible explanations.
Jordan's side of the story would be very interesting to explore, especially from the retrospect-30-someodd years later vantage point. Which brings me to... I would LOVE to see GWH on DVD. An very in-depth, non-Barbara Walters type interveiw with Wilt-- or one with Wilt and Jordan-- would be wonderful, as would a commentary on the film by Wilt. :D
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Originally Posted by antgirl1
(Post 79806)
Seriously, a commentary with at least Wilt would be cool, but as far as we know, it probably won't happen. The commentary will be, at least, forever attached to all Wilt fans as imagination...However, not just a Wilt commentary, but maybe another one with Wilt and some other characters too...Deleted scenes (What movie wouldn't have THOSE?)...Egad! It's so exciting, I nearly forgot it doesn't exist, and probably won't...
We can dream, though...
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Think positive, AG1-- if demand is strong enough, a supply will be met. And given the amount of fans, it could very well happen. A whole cast comentary could be a ton of fun... So yeah.
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