Stamps in new movie "Paycheck"

"Paul Edney" wrote in message
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Hi,
Just saw the new movie "Paycheck" starring Ben Affleck and Uma
Thurman.
Stamps play a key part in the movie.
They are fictitious 50c Albert Einstein stamps loosely based on Scott
#1774 released in 1979. There are 5 or 6 of them in a strip on a large
manila envelope. The strangest thing about the stamps is that they are
all imperforate on all 4 sides.

You would have thought the Director John Woo, who usually has a good
eye for detail, would have at least consulted with a stamp dealer or
collector and made the stamps perforate. The envelope in the movie was
mailed in the year 2007 when most (if not all) stamps will probably be
self-adhesives. However, even self-stick U.S. stamps have teeth on 4
sides or at least 2 sides in booklet or coil form.

The stamps are a clue to solving a puzzle, just see the movie to
understand why.

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Paul

It is interesting that a stamps issued in 1979 (one commemorating Albert
Einstein 100th birth anniversary) was used in 2007.

Was the letter, by chance, mailed by a stamp collector? If so, then maybe he
has cut out the external perforation, what, I suppose, is not forbidden (or
is it?). If the strip is glued on a white cover, the perforation between
stamps and even the external one is, perhaps, simply not visible. Just
suppositions, of course :-)

Victor Manta

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J. A. Mc." wrote in message
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Audrey Hepburn / Cary Grant film ... "Charade", perhaps?

Loved it, 'specially as I'm an 'extra' in it! Yeah, I'm THAT old, too! G

Stanley Donen, 1963.

Not THAT old :-)

Victor Manta

PS. See also http://www.charade.fr

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"Paul Edney" wrote in message
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Hi,
Just saw the new movie "Paycheck" starring Ben Affleck and Uma
Thurman. snipping more
"Paycheck" is highly recommended. Great script, great acting. snipped
the rest
Ben Affleck? Great acting? I cannot possibly use those words and his
name in the same sentence. Actor, even mediocre? No. Eye candy for girls
& young women... his only useful function. This guy Edney writes a review
of the movie as if he was getting paid to plug it.
Me see this movie? My stamp collection is more exciting and
intrigeing.
Dave