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   Paul S Person to leifm@huldreheim.Home   
   Re: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factor   
   15 Aug 21 09:23:22   
   
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   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
   "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.   
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