O.T.
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Anyone else read this book? A good part of it has to do with the old Topanga Beach Colony and surfing in the '70s. Plus a good mainland Mex trip. I recommend it. I'm sure Sean Penn will do a good job with it. He has true So. Calif. surf blood running through him. Here:
Sean Penn has a thing for books and survival stories. Five years after directing an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild, Variety reports that Penn is negotiating to return to the director's chair for "Crazy For the Storm," an adaptation of Norman Ollestad's 2009 memoir.
Like its source book, "Crazy For the Storm" focuses on an 11-year-old Ollestad and how he was the lone survivor of a 1979 plane crash in California's San Gabriel Mountains. Ollestad's memoir intercuts first-hand accounts of the crash with remembrances of his father, Norman Sr., a former child actor, FBI agent, author and surfer.
Warner Bros. had picked up "Crazy For the Storm" back in May of 2009, but finally settled on Penn as director after looking at some other options. This would be Penn's fifth feature film as a director, following "The Indian Runner," "The Crossing Guard," "The Pledge" and "Into The Wild." Whether Penn would also appear remains to be seen.
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shiver_me_timbers
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I picked up the book last year but haven't read it yet. On my "to do" list.
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SBSteve
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It'll be interesting who they cast as Trafton and Riddle.
I'll have to read that one.
Thanks for the tip 
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O.T.
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Yeah. Trafton is mentioned quite a bit in the book. But Riddle (I'm pretty sure) not at all.
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12rule
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Read it last Spring. Drove up to Baldy and hiked up N side of peak they crashed on. Cool hike. I was living in Claremont when the accident occurred, but I don't remember hearing about it. I identified with more than one of the characters, remembered the vibes of the times, and felt grateful for the mixing of my memories with his. Good book.
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Anyone else read this book? A good part of it has to do with the old Topanga Beach Colony and surfing in the '70s. Plus a good mainland Mex trip. I recommend it. I'm sure Sean Penn will do a good job with it. He has true So. Calif. surf blood running through him. Here:
Sean Penn has a thing for books and survival stories. Five years after directing an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild, Variety reports that Penn is negotiating to return to the director's chair for "Crazy For the Storm," an adaptation of Norman Ollestad's 2009 memoir.
Like its source book, "Crazy For the Storm" focuses on an 11-year-old Ollestad and how he was the lone survivor of a 1979 plane crash in California's San Gabriel Mountains. Ollestad's memoir intercuts first-hand accounts of the crash with remembrances of his father, Norman Sr., a former child actor, FBI agent, author and surfer.
Warner Bros. had picked up "Crazy For the Storm" back in May of 2009, but finally settled on Penn as director after looking at some other options. This would be Penn's fifth feature film as a director, following "The Indian Runner," "The Crossing Guard," "The Pledge" and "Into The Wild." Whether Penn would also appear remains to be seen.
 you can read?
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afoaf
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send me your copy when you're done
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O.T.
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Long gone, amigo. Get a used copy on Amazon for a penny + shipping. 
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npsp
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Yes good quick read. Now every time I drive by Topanga on my way north on Hwy. 1 I think what a shame it is that they bulldozed the shacks that made up the colony.
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