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   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On 15 Aug 2021 16:31:15 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan   
   ) wrote:   
      
   >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])   
      
   Let me guess:   
      
   Fleming didn't write it.   
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