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   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:19:11 -0500, Leif Roar Moldskred   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>In rec.arts.sf.written Your Name  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> I forgot, the other well-known Roald Dahl book turned into a recent-ish   
   >>> movie is "The BFG". For some reason (maybe it was too new at the time)   
   >>> that story isn't included in my old box-set of Dalh books.   
   >>   
   >>I'd argue that "The Witches" is better known than both "James and the   
   >>Giant Peach" and "The BFG". There are also movie adaptions of "Danny,   
   >>the Champion of the World" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox." Dahl also wrote   
   >>the script for the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."   
   >   
   >I didn't enjoy "Fantasic Mr. Fox": I kept /hearing/ the Famous Actor,   
   >but never /seeing/ him. What can I say? Other than this is the only   
   >instance of that particular problem I can recall.   
      
   I thought it was rather minor when I saw it: OK, but no big deal.   
      
   >   
   >"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was a great film, even if the middle is a   
   >bit of a muddle. At least, the VHS/DVD versions were; I don't recall   
   >noticing this when I saw it in the theater.   
      
   I liked it when I saw it, but I was 7.  Later I read the book and liked   
   that better.  (BTW, there's a sequel: Chitty is back, and she's a camper!   
   [No, I didn't read it])   
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