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   From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan ) writes:   
      
   > 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])   
      
   The wikipedia synopsis sounds awful, but did lead me to a bit of trivia   
   I don't remember knowing before:  there were several actual race cars named   
   "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", which apparently were the inspiration for the   
   book.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Bang_Bang   
      
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