Cornell in the Movies

[billhoward]

A Cornell Hotelee  just got a job working at the BNB on the tv show Ghosts ,,

Was he/she alive?  ::faint::

Cripe! For a moment I confused this with the shows of the Paranormal channel, which on our Verizon system you get to if you go one channel down below HGTV to Magnolia (sort of HGTV meets Jesus Loves You) to a Guy Fieri channel (warning it's getting weirder) to Paranormal. So you were warned.

[George64]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.
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[George64]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.

Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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[David Harding]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.

Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above.  There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.

[Roy 82]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.

Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
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Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above.  There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.

and George Santos also made significant contributions.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.

Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
.

Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above.  There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.

and George Santos also made significant contributions.

He calculated the drag coefficient.

[Trotsky]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.

Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
.

Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above.  There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.

and George Santos also made significant contributions.

He calculated the drag coefficient.

That jerk.

[CU2007]

Movie to be released in July, Oppenheimer, "The epic thriller chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic American scientist who ran the Manhattan Project — which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II." As Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman and Paul Olum (had a class with him, BTW) all worked on the Manhattan Project, I think Cornell may get a mention. Even if not, sounds like an interesting movie.

Also, Dale Corson (CU president, 1969–1977) and Robert Wilson (synchrotron) worked on the Manhattan Project.
.

Also Professors Kenneth Greisen, John DeWire, William Woodward, Lyman Parrot, and Boyce McDaniel. Those are ones I crossed paths with in addition to some of the above.  There's a longer list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_Manhattan_Project_people.

and George Santos also made significant contributions.

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[George64]

In White Lotus, perhaps the most obnoxious character, among a host of really unlikable characters, Shane Patton, apparently went to Cornell, at least he wears a Cornell cap in episode 4, season 1.  His put-upon wife, who's the only likable character so far, went to SUNY Potsdam.

[jkahn]

In White Lotus, perhaps the most obnoxious character, among a host of really unlikable characters, Shane Patton, apparently went to Cornell, at least he wears a Cornell cap in episode 4, season 1.  His put-upon wife, who's the only likable character so far, went to SUNY Potsdam.

In season 2, the similarly (or even more) obnoxious character went to Yale.   Mike White, the creator/director of White Lotus, went to Wesleyan.

[George64]

Early on in Inspector Morse, season 1, episode 2, Donald Martin, who turns out to be the killer, has a Cornell pennant in his Oxford office.

[George64]

Not exactly a movie, but I stumbled on this kinescope from an early Merv Griffin Show that features the Chapin Brothers.  Merv gives a shoutout to Cornell, but by 1965, classmate Harry Chapin was long gone from the Hill. We used to kid him, if don't quit balladeering  all the time, you'll bust out and never be successful.  Well, we were partly right.  He returned in 1972, along with Phil Ochs and Eric Weissberg (Dueling Banjos), for a Barton Hall concert benefitting Ramsey Clark, who was vying for the Democrat nomination for president.  

Harry's family lived in the Bronx, so during my sophomore year, I drove Harry home several times on my way to Long Island.  During his freshman year, he apparently took the Greyhound, as did I, that went through Scranton (30,000 Pounds of Bananas). Another of his popular songs was Old College Avenue. He tragically died in 1981, when the VW he was driving was rear-ended on the LIE.
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[Beeeej]

On a recent episode of the rebooted "Quantum Leap," "Live. Die. Repeat." (S1E11), we get about a 1/2 second glimpse of a Cornell diploma on the wall in nuclear physicist (played by Robert Picardo) Dr. Woolsey's office. Looking on pause, I'm not even sure they went to the trouble of getting one that  credibly looks like it says "Woolsey," but it was a nice detail.

[marty]

On a recent episode of the rebooted "Quantum Leap," "Live. Die. Repeat." (S1E11), we get about a 1/2 second glimpse of a Cornell diploma on the wall in nuclear physicist (played by Robert Picardo) Dr. Woolsey's office. Looking on pause, I'm not even sure they went to the trouble of getting one that  credibly looks like it says "Woolsey," but it was a nice detail.

So there is a Quantum Leap reboot.   Are there still 500 different series to choose from?  I don't know which show is my favorite this year because I'm sure I haven't watched it.

[Beeeej]

On a recent episode of the rebooted "Quantum Leap," "Live. Die. Repeat." (S1E11), we get about a 1/2 second glimpse of a Cornell diploma on the wall in nuclear physicist (played by Robert Picardo) Dr. Woolsey's office. Looking on pause, I'm not even sure they went to the trouble of getting one that  credibly looks like it says "Woolsey," but it was a nice detail.

So there is a Quantum Leap reboot.   Are there still 500 different series to choose from?  I don't know which show is my favorite this year because I'm sure I haven't watched it.

Yes, and it's not a reimagining; it takes place in the present, thirty years after Sam Beckett's "final" disappearance. It has its weaknesses, but its two greatest strengths are a) a larger regular cast, since we get to see the Quantum Leap staff every episode along with the person leaping, and b) an underlying story arc. It's been renewed for a second season, so I guess enough people are enjoying it. Scott Bakula declined to be involved, apparently after much soul-searching; we'll see if that lasts the duration of the series.

And yes, there are still far too many original TV series for any one person to keep up with, but we try anyway.