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Todd Field Tears Up Little Children
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Todd Field's adaptation of the novel Little Children by Tom Perrotta posed a lot of problems as he tried to cram the entire novel into a feature film ... so he rewrote it, literally. He hated the ending, and made some major changes, collaborating with Perrotta, who also shares a screenwriting credit on the film. They both worked together to make significant changes in order to adapt the book for into a film.This isn't the first adaptation for either. Field wrote and directed Oscar-nominated In The Bedroom , which was based on an Andre Dubus short story. However, Dubus died two years before the film came out, which made it impossible for Field to colloborate with him. Perrotta's novel Election was adapted into a movie written by director Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. Perrotta didn't work on that script, however, since it was the first one of his novels to be optioned, and the movie development went into high gear and was in theaters only a few months after the book came out.
Radcliffe on Potter: Die Harry, Die!
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Those of you who are die hard Harry Potter fans may want to close your eyes for this story, as it has to do with the death of your beloved hero. As J.K. Rowling finishes up the final book in her blockbuster series, all focus appears to be centered around one very important question: Will Harry Potter die?
Rowling has admitted that two characters will die in the seventh book, though one does get a reprieve. Hmm, is Harry one of those two characters? While folks like Stephen King and John Irving are against the death of the world's most famous boy wizard, Harry Potter himself is all for a kick-ass climactic death scene. That's right, Daniel Radcliffe wants Harry gone ... for good. According to the actor, "It may be the only way the evil Voldemort could be killed is if Harry dies, because there is a strong connection between them." Seems plausible. Then again, there was a strong connection between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader ...
[via Movie Blog]
Stephen King Likes Harry Potter
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The big news a short while back was J.K. Rowling's announcement that she plans to kill every popular character in her Harry Potter series because she hates them and her audience. Well ... okay ... she is only killing one or two major characters, and probably not because she hates anyone; she's probably doing it because it is her story to tell and she knows what she wants to do with it. Nonetheless, fans are now hyper-nervous, worrying over their favorite characters -- most notably Harry himself.* And we commoners are not the only ones worried. Rowling has been appealed to by two very big names in the literature world, John Irving and Stephen King, who both encouraged her to not kill off her star wizard. King's comments in particular made a studious comparison to another great writer who felt he had to kill of his main character because he was tired of readers thinking he was only good for one franchise. King said "I don't want him to go over the Reichenbach Falls." (Ed: For those of you unfamiliar with said Falls, King is referring to Arthur Conan Doyle's killing of Sherlock Holmes, who plunged over the Falls in The Adventure of the Final Problem. And was eventually brought back to life. That worked out well.)So what're your thoughts? Is Rowling, like Doyle, frustrated with her one trick pony and ready to move on even if it means killing her big money character? If she does, will she find -- as Doyle did -- that readers aren't always willing to embrace such a decision? At least she's got an easy out if she decides to kill him and later bring him back. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter lives in a world just full of magic, and he has already defied death on one major occasion. I fear the analogy made by Stephen King may be far too accurate for anyone's liking ...
*And it would be sad to see him go, right after he finally got on the Ginny action.
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