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| Posted on Monday October 26, 2009, 07:08 by drowningbarbie |
i'd like to see Revolting Rhymes made into something. And i agree with oliraceking, they should make a movie out of Boy and Flying Solo. Read More
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| 2 | Withches!!!! |
| Posted on Friday October 23, 2009, 14:15 by alanbaz90 |
Lets all join united in a push for the remake of the Withches!!!!.. could possibly be the greatest thing since slice pan.. Read More
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| Posted on Thursday October 22, 2009, 09:02 by bwaller |
@bubblegumlover396
"What about The Witches?" Nic Roeg's already done it – FIVE show it about 3 times a year. Unless you're thinking of it in terms of a remake? The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me would make a great film for younger audiences though might be a stretch to get a 90 minute running time. Read More
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| Posted on Thursday October 22, 2009, 00:12 by bubblegumlover396 |
What about The Witches? I'm surprised it wasn't on the list. Read More
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| 5 | Lamb to the Slaughter |
| Posted on Wednesday October 21, 2009, 15:47 by paul.mccluskey |
Read this story in high school, and really enjoyed it. It could make a macabre film. Read More
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| 6 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 20:17 by roogieman |
Its a rich guy, that learns to see with his eyes closed, and then goes and does one on the casinos putting on loads of different costumes in order to avoid the gaming comissions. Would make such a great feel good, christmas release. Read More
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| 7 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 20:12 by roogieman |
Its a rich guy, that learns to see with his eyes closed, and then goes and does one on the casinos putting on loads of different costumes in order to avoid the gaming comissions. Would make such a great feel good, christmas release. Read More
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| 8 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 20:08 by roogieman |
Its a rich guy, that learns to see with his eyes closed, and then goes and does one on the casinos putting on loads of different costumes in order to avoid the gaming comissions. Would make such a great feel good, christmas release. Read More
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| 9 | Tales of the Unexpected |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 19:43 by Scruffybobby |
As well as by the Hitchcock series Lamb To The Slaughter was also dramatised by Tales of The Unexpected. Theere was also an epsiode that adaped William and Mary. Read More
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| 10 | RE: Roald Dahl |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 16:23 by Pyrophobic |
I don't know whether putting Hitchcock as the 'dream director' for Lamb to the Slaughter was implicitly hinting at this anyway, but he ]in fact adapt that story into a 1958 short tv episode (with Roald Dahl working on the screenplay and Barbara Bel Geddes in the lead role) for his series Hitchcock Presents://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508189/ ]. It's a fantastic episode (mainly because of the twist ending) - the partnership of Dahl and Hitchcock is perfect and Bel Geddes is great too. Would really recommend tracking it down on DVD Read More
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| 11 | Henry Sugar? |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 16:20 by Mr Grizzly |
It's been years since I read it but it could have film potential - probably the most accessible story anyway. Read More
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| 12 | Roald Dahl |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 15:39 by alabama worley |
Lets not forget any number of rmeake stories you could do from The Tales of the Unexpected genre, though i'm definitely down for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and The BFG. On another note Morgan Freeman played the villian on screen in Dreamcatcher, Wanted, The Contract, Hard Rain, Lucky Number Slevin and Chain Reaction Read More
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| 13 | What about HIS story? Going Solo anyone? |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 11:39 by oliraceking |
Going Solo, however much of it may be a twisted truth, nevertheless is a wonderful story - particularly his time during WWII flying fighters in the Med and North Africa. Of course no one would finance the picture, but as an exciting, funny and poignant example of someone really LIVING life to the full, prepared to die at any moment... it's a great story! I'd go and see it! Read More
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| 14 | My uncle Oswald |
| Posted on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 10:30 by jonesyboy |
His best adult book, I think - a turn-of-the century con man who teams up with a beautiful woman and uses the world's most powerful aphrodisiac to seduce famous men (including Einstein, Renoir, Proust, Conan-Doyle, Freud and the not-usually-interested-in-women George Bernard Shaw), siphon off their love juice and sell it to bored housewives wanting a celebrity child - what's not to like! Amazing its not been made into a movie yet! Jonny Depp for Oswald! Read More
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| 15 | Carlie and the glass elevator |
| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 23:38 by Pruben |
What about Charlie and The Glass Elevator, the sequel to Chocolate Factory. Read More
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| 16 | Carlie and the glass elevator |
| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 23:35 by Pruben |
What about Charlie and The Glass Elevator, the sequel to Chocolate Factory. Read More
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| 17 | GEORGE!! |
| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 21:04 by Sphinx |
Somebody has to do it sometime! Julie Walters as Grandma, Timothy Spall as Dad that watson woman as Mum, a newcomer for george!! You know it makes sense!! Read More
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| 18 | Yankinization |
| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 20:58 by jimoakley666 |
Why, Empire, are you insisting on Americanizing ALL of these but the BFG? These books are very British in style and humour and to ignore that would be very ignorant and miss the whole essence of the stories. Wes Anderson saw that, even with a largely yank cast he still kept Mr Fox set in our fair Isles. Read More
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| 19 | BFG |
| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 20:51 by jimoakley666 |
I'd cast either Pete Postlethwaite or the pig farmer his self, James Cromwell as the BFG with the sprog from The Golden Compass as young Sophie. Read More
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| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 18:08 by Biggus |
Ricky Tomlinson and Kathy Burke as The Twits. Read More
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| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 17:43 by The Samaritan |
This is very strange, last week I was stood around at work thinking how I'd make 'George's Marvellous Medicine' into a film, it was a slow day. I once played The BFG in a school play and to give you some idea of how I got the part, when casting, the teacher asked me "Would you like to wear plastic ears or did you want to use your own?" Read More
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| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 16:13 by sailorsteve |
Sophia Coppola and David Kronenberg on the first three pages... then I gave up. I'm terrible at spelling but that's just shameful. Read More
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| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 15:36 by D.J |
I want Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator! Read More
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| 24 | The Enormous Crocodile |
| Posted on Monday October 19, 2009, 13:18 by captainamazing |
Morgan Freeman played a bad guy in Dreamcatcher. Just because it was rubbish doesn't make it cease to exist (believe me, I've tried with AVP)... Read More
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