I am reading Cabal, and decided to watch this movie again.
What struck me as odd was the use of the stereotypical southern hillbilly rednecks for the assault on Midian, typically found in the southern area of the United States.
If Midian is just outside of Calgary, Canada..would there be these kind of rednecks in the area?
I'll admit that the geography is a little vague in both the book and the movie, but Midian and Shere Neck are not just outside of Calgary. They're as much as a couple hundred miles north of Edmonton in the area of Peace River. In the movie, the guy tells Boone that Midian is north of Athabasca and east of Peace River, which puts it many, many miles into the northern bush -- about as far north as you can drive on a decent road in Alberta. So, they're actually way out in the wilderness, very far away from anything urban.
That having been said, the nature of the town of Shere Neck is a bit vague. In the movie, they say that there's a rodeo going on in town, but, frankly, although Alberta is generally known for cattle ranches, they wouldn't really be doing that that far north. With that many white people (as opposed to a population of mostly Native Indians), they could be farmers -- farming is done that far north in Alberta.
I'll agree that a lot of the accents of the townspeople sound a bit off. A couple of them do sound too much like hillbillies in the U.S. But, regardless of what their accents are, there are a lot of rednecks in Alberta, and, even if Shere Neck and Midian were close to Calgary, there's no shortage of rednecks in and around Calgary.
Canada has different gun laws than the U.S., but there are a lot of people in the Canadian West who love their hunting rifles and their pickup trucks.
I hate to break it to you, OP, but hillbilly rednecks are not limited to the southern United States.
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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
...Bearing in mind the movie was shot in England, no hillbillies there, plenty of 'chavs' though.
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^^^ Actually, yes, redneck hillbillies aren't just found in the South(USA). There ARE a lot of them in the South, but you find them scattered around USA up into Canada(which is only natural, as both countries are connected). What, do people seriously think that once you get to the border, and step into Canada, instead of rednecks, there are lumberjacks? And they all speak in French-Canadian accent, wear flannel shirts and coonskin caps?
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Midian and Shere Neck are not just outside of Calgary. They're as much as a couple hundred miles north of Edmonton in the area of Peace River.
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I don't think Barker ever actually went that far north in his life. Likely he looked at an atlas and decided it was close enough to middle of nowhere. The mountains around midian would be the landscape around Banff or Kanaskis west of Calgary. North of Edmonton doesn't have mountains, in fact you can't see even see them from Edmonton.
Before posting I decided to check the filming locations and Bragg Creek and Canmore were on there, neither are anywhere near the location Midian is supposed to be. This movie is great it's just not geographically sound. I did like seeing Calgary in 1990 though, skyline has changed a lot since then
Alberta is Canada's oil country, there are a lot of rig pigs, rednecks and hillbillies! I'm from the province east (also a haven to rednecks) and you can't drive for 10 seconds in either province without seeing a big ass redneck truck or dealing with hillbillies.
shareAnd what about Manitoba? Also a haven for rednecks or not? (serious question).
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Your problem is that you foolishly assume the US has a monopoly on rednecks. They are not exclusive to the US, much less the southern US.
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Canadian here, I'm from Southern Ontario not Alberta, but I've visited Calgary for a wedding and there were cowboys, trucks and rednecks. Hell even in southern Ontario there's hunters and apparently in my stupid small town country is to go to music choice.
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