Just watched the one about the cave rescue. Well worth a look. The English do an outstanding breed of genuine oddball. Those lads involved, rescuers and rescuees were all unbelievably brave. The Aussie was an absolute hero also.
Just watched that this morning in the cot. Great watch. Affleck brilliantly plays the role we’d all like to see ourselves fulfill to some extent or another.
Enjoyable watch …I don’t recall an American movie that had so many characters fond of the hooch … it was the constant theme , not just his father’s issues with it …
What happened to the real Uncle Charlie from The Tender Bar true story?
After the owner of the bar died, his widow, Georgette, fired Uncle Charlie for his “flamboyant rudeness,” which instead of being funny had become disagreeable. Charlie had become the caretaker of his parents’ (J.R.‘s grandparents’) house and lived there alone for a time until the house was damaged in a fire. It was then that the house was sold and Charlie left New York, eventually disappearing altogether, something that J.R. says he feared would happen. -The Tender Bar Memoir