• djmarcone
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    10 months ago

    I thought the movie did a decent job of telling the story considering the limitations of the medium.

    According to the author many studios have approached him over the years with unacceptable alterations and that one was the first one to come along with anything good enough.

    He said it had to be literally children, first of all, and they always wanted to change that.

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      10 months ago

      Whatever was “good enough” to get him to sign for that check clearly didn’t make it to the screen.