Santini

The Great Santini is the dependent’s Rosetta Stone.

A Conversation with Sarah Bird, author of the novel The Flamenco Academy 2010

Its biggest seller is a small plum tomato called "Santini", which has a delicate thin skin and lovely just-picked aroma, while its "Piccolini", a large on-the-vine cherry tomato is deliciously sharp and a little firmer.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

Across the street Saturday from the Bay Street Trading Company, actor Michael O'Keefe, who portrayed Ben Meechum, Conroy's fictional counterpart in "Santini," signed copies of the book and the DVD at the Verdier House.

Island Packet: Home 2009

Bull Meechum, the career marine of The Great Santini (1980), is a warrior without a war who during peacetime inflicts an often severe discipline on his family.

Five People Born on January 5 | myFiveBest 2010

He evokes, by turns, his genteel, book- loving mother; his brutally abusive father, a Marine pilot and the model for the titular protagonist of his novel "The Great Santini"; his sardonic teacher Gene Norris, who became a friend for life; and the cranky school librarian for whom he secretly bought half-gallon bottles of bourbon — purely for "medicinal purposes," of course.

The Life Well-Read Eric Ormsby 2011

As an actor in movies like The Great Santini and Caddyshack, and on television shows like Roseanne and many others, I've seen the power of the screen to capture and communicate some of our more cherished values.

Michael O'Keefe: Screen Test Michael O 2010

As an actor in movies like The Great Santini and Caddyshack, and on television shows like Roseanne and many others, I've seen the power of the screen to capture and communicate some of our more cherished values.

Michael O'Keefe: Screen Test Michael O'Keefe 2010

You know, your viewers, they know names like Paul Laxalt, Jim Santini, John Ensign -- these are just a few of the people I've run against.

Harry Reid: Sharron Angle 'Speaks In Codes' The Huffington Post News Team 2010

As an actor in movies like The Great Santini and Caddyshack, and on television shows like Roseanne and many others, I've seen the power of the screen to capture and communicate some of our more cherished values.

Michael O'Keefe: Screen Test Michael O 2010

As an actor in movies like The Great Santini and Caddyshack, and on television shows like Roseanne and many others, I've seen the power of the screen to capture and communicate some of our more cherished values.

Michael O'Keefe: Screen Test Michael O'Keefe 2010