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   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   Considering Fleming had died...   
      
   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was published posthumously.   
      
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