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If Wikipedia is accurate, David Seltzer also had a significant role in the writing.
IMDb does list him as well in an uncredited role. And it looks like he did add a lot of the awesome! And Dahl was not happy with it. Aw.
And I agree with your rankings. Not that I'm not looking forward to all three.
Did anyone else watch "The Patricia Neal Story" at a formative age? I did, I now I have a knee-jerk negative reaction to Roald Dahl.
I did, I now I have a knee-jerk negative reaction to Roald Dahl.
He could be a bit of a fucker. Though I still like him, and love his work. His bio is very interesting.
Incidentally, I always thought adding Slugworth was an incredibly smart bit of screenwriting. It allows Charlie to make a moral choice to define the story (and his character) at the end.
Did anyone else watch "The Patricia Neal Story" at a formative age? I did, I now I have a knee-jerk negative reaction to Roald Dahl.
Was that the one with Glenda Jackson and Dirk Bogarde? I saw that on TV when I was young-ish, but I was already hooked on his writings (child- and adult-oriented). I felt far worse about him when I found out he'd left her for another woman than how he acted in the movie (I think that was subsequent to the movie).
I think Jon's predictions seem likely, though I'd prefer Captain America to be the top-selling of the three.
There's also X-Men: First Class.
My guess is that Captain America & X-Men will do well, and that Green Lantern & Thor won't. Partly just because of the schedule; there are also pirates and giant robots and wizards and even a couple of non-franchise movies on the calendar.
I do think Captain America has the edge over Green Lantern. Thor's getting good reviews so far, but it's kind of a random pick of a player.
Pictures: 75 Abandoned Theaters Around the US.
Robert Downey Jr. is so very much one of those men who get much more attractive as they age.
See also: Colin Firth.
Robert Redford and Sean Connery were, too, until they crossed over into Craggy stage.
Oooh, George Clooney! And Brad Pitt! Seriously, young Brad Pitt was just sort of generically pretty, like an unstamped penny. Redford was like that, too (and allow me to point out again how creepy it was that Pitt was a dead ringer for Redford in A River Runs Through It). But then they got older, and BAM!