From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <2ls0ebd4f8kdek5l49fefp0ma355e1k8bm@4ax.com> Phil Kane  writes:   
      
   >Last week my wife who is an avid audiobook listener borrowed  "The   
   >Taking of Pelham 123" from our local library.  I hadn't heard it since   
   >the book itself came out in the 1970s and was read on a local NPR   
   >station.  I couldn't help comparing it to the film version which I   
   >have always regarded as the "gold standard".  My opinion hasn't   
   >changed - the film adaptation was much better.   
      
   to be fair the book is very, very, good. It's just that   
   the movie is super duper terrific.   
      
   (The real one, of course, We don't talk about   
   the Toronto remake in mixed company. And the   
   more recent one with Denzel Washington was   
   ok because, well, Denzel Washington).   
      
      
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