QCan you really hear the sea if you hold a conch shell to your ear?
AIt's not really the sea, but you can hear a roaring noise that sort of sounds like the rushing of waves against the shore. Some people have suggested that what you are actually hearing is the echoing of your blood rushing through the blood vessels of your ear. Others say that the sound is caused by air flowing through the shell. Both of these explanations have been proven to be false. If the rushing was caused by the blood coursing through your blood vessels, the sound would intensify after exercising, since your blood races faster after exercising. But it doesn't. If the sound were caused by air flowing through the shell, then it would work wherever air was present. But it doesn't work in a soundproof room. The sound you hear when you put a conch shell against your ear is caused by the shell's ability to capture ambient sounds -- the sounds that are present all around you but that you don't usually notice -- and then to amplify that ambient noise like in a resonating chamber. In fact, the louder the environment you are in, the louder the ocean-like sound will be...even using the same conch shell.
QIn what year is this story set?
A1908. This is based on information obtained from the third movie in the series, Winter's End, which is set in 1918. In Winter's End, Sarah (Glenn Close) explains to John Witting (Jack Palance), Jacob (Christopher Walken)'s father, that she and Jacob met just over nine years ago, which places the year of their meeting as 1908.
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Sarah, Plain and Tall can be found here
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