Well, my mommy explained about the daddy and the mommy, but she didn't get to the part about artificial insemination when there was no daddy.

Re: <i>Most of the movie is in Corona.</i>

That would actually be Cortona, but what a brilliantly-appropriate typo for &quot;Under the Tuscan <i>Sun</i>&quot;!

I'm looking forward to seeing this; just sent in for a couple free passes for a upcoming screening. If Diane Lane looks even half as beautiful in the movie as she does in the ad, then who cares about whether scenes are in Tuscany, Positano, or Topeka.

DH is a Diane Lane fan.

He loved it!

Definitely a &quot;chick flick&quot;, that's exactly what I thought as I looked at that audience last night. It was filled with women with a few men here and there who either came to see the movie for Diane Lane, Italy, or they had dragged their girlfriend/wife to a super macho movie and this was paypack.

saw it last night.... predictable,sappy,cute,funny and not nearly enough scenery!!...hardly anything or Rome and not enough of the property and yes i know it was a set but sould have done more location stuff.Would kill for the white dress she wears to positano....wonder who the designer was! I thought the book was a overly flowery journal just like the postcard she writes in the movie.Still the story of the restoration was interesting to me.

88 I agree with you about the book...it was way to cute. I am kind of glad to hear the movie is different. Still, it may be best just to wait for the DVD to release....

uhoh busted,

I definitely think it's a DVD movie, and I also agree with 88Keys, definitely not enough scenery, which is the main reason that I went to see it, so I was a little dissapointed.

Kosha

O.K. I will explain the lesbians having a baby to my daughter after someone explains it to me. I do not think we need to jam this stuff down their throats at nine years old. Frankly, it is getting boring. Was that in the original book? Sounds like hollywood spoiling what sounded like a lovely story.

Calamari, T'was most definitely NOT in the book, but it is in the movie. If your 9 year old is inquisitive, you MIGHT be asked about it.

Personally, I don't think a 9 year old would even notice.... but the question might arise. I was just sayin'...

I was just in Italy and happened to be in Cortona - the very town that author Francis Mayes lives in - and saw a bookstore with the poster in the window. I had to do a double-take, thinking I had seen a misprint but indeed it was the movie ad! The locals seemed to be quite proud of their town and the attention this book has brought to Cortona. Thank you all for the preview info - I am looking forward to seeing the movie and relishing in all the wonderful Italian scenery again.

&quot;Is this 9 year old retarted or something?&quot;

What a way to ask a question. One sign could be if he didn't know how to spell retarded.

BTW, I don't think we should jump all over Ms. Mayes for going Hollywood, if that was what StCirq was implying.

I don't know a lot about Hollywood, but unless you are a huge &quot;star&quot; writer like Steven King or Tom Clancy (not that I like them but they have Clout!!!) your book, title and basic concept is purchased and after that you completely lose control of what happens to it.

At least they named the man she meets at the end Ed.

I wouldn't worry about a 9 year old, at all. There is nothing in this movie that would even be cut for TV.

Keith

Re: <i>I don't know a lot about Hollywood, but unless you are a huge &quot;star&quot; writer like Steven King or Tom Clancy, your book, title and basic concept is purchased and after that you completely lose control of what happens to it.</i>

That's always been my impression too, Koshka.

Huitres, what did you think of Cortona? We only planned on spending an hour or so there but enjoyed it so much that we spent the entire afternoon.

I read both her books, went to Cortona and kept wondering if I was in the wrong place...maybe I was, because I was so disappointed, I just drove right through. I agree, the books were not good, the second one, Bella Tuscany was even worse, but she did travel about Italy quite a bit in the second one and I read them to get info on Italy. Positano is my favorite place, and I am looking forward to seeing Positano and the Cortona scenes so I can determine if it was really Cortona I drove through!

MinisterOfPhonyWoks (really? Woks?). Or maybe he made a typographical error, something I guess you've never done in your life.

We just happened to be in Cortona last October when they were filming - it was interesting! However, it pretty much ruined the town for us as they were setting up a snow scene in the town center. So besides all the Disney crew in town, all the townspeople were out on the streets watching the action. It was fun, but we didn't stay long - and had planned to get a hotel for the night. Too crowded! Of course, I loved the books, so am looking forward to seeing the movie. I was hoping for a lot of scenery - so am disappointed to hear there's not too much. Oh well - guess I'll take what I can get - since it's all so beautiful. I am also disappointed in the story line - but guess it would be a bit boring if it was just restoring the house.

I thought there was a lot of scenery in the movie. Many of the shots looked like paintings.

Keith

WanderingTexan, from what I recall, one can't really &quot;drive through&quot; Cortona, or at least the old part of it anyway.

That's right, Capo. I was there in 2001 and stayed at the Hotel San Michele. I was entitled to drive within the town walls because I had a hotel reservation, and I was supposed to drive up to the hotel to drop off my luggage, but when I looked through the gate in the town wall and saw the hill my car would have to go up, I decided to park outside the walls and drag my wheeled suitcase up the hill. A lot of work, but I still prefer that to driving on those steep, narrow streets, trying to maneuver around pedestrians and find what I'm looking for.