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Bridge On The River Kwai and Planet Of The Apes

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In Reply to: What movie has improved on the *book* from which it was drawn? posted by clarkjohnsen on April 14, 2004 at 14:50:03:

both by Pierre Boulle, who was a capable author---his work was amplified by both films.

Re: Bridge On The River Kwai and Planet Of The Apes - Gee LP 21:36:43 04/15/04 (1)
Don't forget another book by Boulle: The Poseidon Adventure!
The book is pretty good, but features a weird subplot where the teenage girl is raped by a steward and later hopes that she is pregnant with his child, a child that will remind her of his hair and soft eyes.
Uhhhh...okay!
Prefer the film version's excision of that material!
- Re: Bridge On The River Kwai and Planet Of The Apes - Ken Perkins 10:52:55 04/16/04 (0)
  The Poseidon Adventure was written by Paul Gallico.
Re: Bridge On The River Kwai and Planet Of The Apes - Analog Scott 10:18:11 04/15/04 (0)
Good call on Planet of the Apes. The movie was pretty far removed from the book and took on all kinds of social, political and religeous issues that were not addressed in the book. I think the movie also improved on the book just in plot lines and story telling in general. The movie was much better in that it goes full circle on it's running comentary on humanity. The turns in story are far more dramatic as well. A great movie.
Re: Bridge On The River Kwai and Planet Of The Apes - rico 10:13:28 04/15/04 (0)
The DVD of "...Bridge..." is the first video transfer that has accurate lighting during the planting of the explosives.
The Bridge: Good one! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:23:55 04/15/04 (0)
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