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Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event.
Het verhaal volgt drie mannen (Jack Black, Owen Wilson en Steve Martin) die geobsedeerd zijn door het vogelspotten. Ze beginnen aan een ware queeste om elkaar de loef af te steken door zoveel mogelijk verschillende soorten vogels in Noord-Amerika te vinden. Op hun zoektocht, die symbool staat voor de vele uitdagingen die ze moeten aangaan in hun levens, worden ze niet alleen geplaagd door zee- en hoogteziekte, insecten en schulden, ze zullen ook met elkaar moeten afrekenen.
Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event.
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Getting chuffed over a domestic duck? Any self-respecting birdwatching pedant should be horrified by The Big Year A lot of people think of birdwatching – or "birding", as we usually refer to it – as geeky. I prefer to think of it as an interesting obsession. It can certainly take over your life, as it does for the three main characters in this film: they devote an entire year of their lives – a "big year" – to travelling the length and breadth of North America, competing to spot the greatest number of bird species.I've read the book on which the film is based: The Big Year : A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik . It's very well-written, with great characterisation; you especially feel for Brad Harris, the character played in the film by Jack Black , who's a working-class guy with less money than the others to spend pursuing his passion.
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