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2 unusual facts about A Breed Apart


A Breed Apart

Obsessive collector J.P. Whittier, determined to obtain specimens of a newly discovered breed of bald eagle, hires rock climber Mike Walker to pose as a photographer and win reclusive conservationist Jim Malden's confidence in order to gain access to eggs from their lofty nest.

Lake Lure, North Carolina

Lake Lure was a filming location for scenes from the movies Dirty Dancing, My Fellow Americans, A Breed Apart, Firestarter and Thunder Road.



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Hans Haacke

In 1978 Haacke had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England, that included the new work A Breed Apart, which made explicit criticism of the state-owned British Leyland for exporting vehicles for police and military use to apartheid South Africa.