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The Accidental Tourist.


The Accidental Tourist (Warner Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
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., 1988). In Lawrence Kasdan's translation of Anne Tyler's wistful, hilarious novel, Macom Leary (William Hurt William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography
Early life
Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Claire Isabel (née McGill), who worked at Time, Inc.,[1] and Alfred McCord Hurt, who worked for the U.S.
) is a travel writer for people who hate to leave home. The irony, though, is that death and divorce have left Leary as lonely and homeless as the most stranded tourist.

Then, as often happens to tourists, he runs into a wonderfully strange person who helps him find his way. In his case, it's kooky dog trainer A dog trainer is a person involved in the training of dogs.

Professional "dog trainers" train the dogs to understand and comply with voice commands or hand signals. But as is more often the case, they find they must train the owners in proper use and technique.
 Muriel Pritchett (Geena Davis Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21 1956) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress and former fashion model. Biography
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), who speaks the language of canines and Cupid, and offers to be Leary's guide back to the land of the living. ****
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Title Annotation:McCormick's Quick Takes On Tourist Films
Author:McCormick, Patrick
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2004
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