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From the reports, lots of different movies and three TV shows.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFor the TV shows\u003C\/b\u003E, I suspect the only suspense may be the ranking. And the order is:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E1. The super popular and super costume drama\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3012402\"\u003EPoldark\u003C\/a\u003E, based on Winston Graham's historical novels set in 18th century Cornwall, which I have yet to see but intend to!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E2. War and Peace, which I'm assuming is last year's magnificent\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3224619\"\u003EBBC mini-series\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;starring Paul Dano as Pierre and -- just one tiny fault -- someone as Natasha who tries a bit too hard, but it could be the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2658771\"\u003E1972 BBC mini-series\u003C\/a\u003E with a young Anthony Hopkins as Pierre, or the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2595445\"\u003E2007 Russo-European mini-series\u003C\/a\u003E with Malcolm McDowell, not as Pierre, a role it would be hard to imagine him in even when he was in the right age group, but as the cruel and controlling -- or to put the role firmly in Mcdowellian territory, let's say monstrous -- Prince Bolkonsky.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Last year's hit series\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3167357\"\u003EThe Night Manager\u003C\/a\u003E, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, which I have just been notified is waiting for me at my library, based on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1005786\"\u003Ebook by John\u0026nbsp;le Carré\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd for those who have already seen all of the above, or who are simply looking for something new, may I suggest the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2778089\"\u003EInspector Montalbano\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;TV series based on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/search\/C__SCamilleri%2C%20Andrea__Orightresult__U?lang=eng\u0026amp;suite=def\"\u003Ecrime novels by Andrea Camilleri\u003C\/a\u003E. The 91 year old Sicilian writer is a literary treasure in Italy, perhaps the only literary treasure after the recent loss of Umberto Eco, whose medieval mystery\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2555634\"\u003EThe Name of the Rose\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;sparked a hit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2143984\"\u003Efilm adaptation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;starring Sean Connery which you could also watch for this challenge!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInspector Montalbano lives in corrupt modern Italy, where he is a thorn in the side of both his superiors and the shady types he pursues, an idiosyncratic loose cannon whose greatest satisfaction, besides getting his man, is enjoying a good meal.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781447281528\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781447281528\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"209\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781447245193\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781447245193\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"211\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe movies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EMovies people have been watching for this challenge include (besides various Harry Potters and Narnias)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3224871\"\u003ERoom\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3170678\"\u003EThe lady in the van\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3099775\"\u003EThe Martian\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2962682\"\u003EGone girl\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2851847\"\u003EThe book thief\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2841939\"\u003EMr Pip\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3245451\"\u003EMe before you\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2986476\"\u003ELove, Rosie\u003C\/a\u003E, all from books of the same name. Also\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3147873\"\u003ECarol\u003C\/a\u003E, from Patricia Highsmith's 1952 novel \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1037655\"\u003EThe price of salt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, pretty much unknown until the movie came along, as she had published it under a pseudonym, presumably for being a story of two women in love in the conformist fifties -- although Highsmith aficionados have postulated that it could also have been because someone who was on her way to becoming famous as a writer of crime novels did not want her name associated with a romantic novel, period. And how about this one --\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3025482\"\u003EHome\u003C\/a\u003E, from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2800573\"\u003EThe true meaning of Smekday\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Ea book described as being for children, catlovers, and anticipators of alien invasions, so presumably that holds true for the movie as well. For the movie you could add in Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez fans, since they are its stars.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EThree older movies which I was happy to see named, as they belong to that category of book-movie duo where both are truly great in their own right, were \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2676284\"\u003EWilly Wonka \u0026amp; the Chocolate Factory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with Gene Wilder, from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1002714\"\u003Ebooks \u003C\/a\u003Eby Roald Dahl, Steven Spielberg's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3174754\"\u003EEmpire of the Sun\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from \u0026nbsp;J.G. Ballard's novel inspired by his experiences of growing up in Shanghai during World War II, and Milos Forman's masterpiece\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2825209\"\u003EOne flew over the cuckoo's nest\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1118955\"\u003Ebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by Ken Kesey.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EHere are a few more (not in order) recommendations for movie\/book combos which I put in that same double-win category:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E1 and 2. The big sleep, based on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1137763\"\u003Ebook \u003C\/a\u003Eby Raymond Chandler, and \u0026nbsp;The Maltese falcon based on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1188158\"\u003Ebook \u003C\/a\u003Eby Dashiell Hammett, two masterpieces of film noir starring the best trenchcoat wearer ever, Humphrey Bogart. You can get them both at one fell swoop with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2842281\"\u003EHumphrey Bogart: the essential collection\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E3. Or even better, get\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2822445\"\u003EMurder Mysteries\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from the Greatest Classic Films collection and you'll get them both PLUS the original and unsurpassed The postman always rings twice, with Lana Turner and John Garfield, also in the noir pantheon.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E4.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2261429\"\u003EThe Shawshank redemption\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;based on the novella \"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption\" (originally titled \"Hope Springs Eternal\") in the collection\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1024057\"\u003EDifferent seasons\u003C\/a\u003E by Stephen King. Simply, on my honour roll of perfect films. And it has a happy, if bittersweet, ending!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2361359\"\u003EA Clockwork Orange\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1119260\"\u003Ebook \u003C\/a\u003Eby Anthony Burgess. Revolutionary when it came out and nothing that came later has dulled its edge.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E6. The 1962\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2035180\"\u003ELolita\u003C\/a\u003E, the definitive one, Stanley Kubrick again, from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1020779\"\u003Enovel\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eby Vladimir Nabokov, which some people have chosen for their banned book challenge.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E7. I should have just made a Stanley Kubrick section!\u0026nbsp;The terrifying\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2805878\"\u003EThe shining\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1000895\"\u003Ebook\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eby Stephen King. \"Wendy, I'm home!\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E8.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2034680\"\u003ETrainspotting\u003C\/a\u003E, mentioned above, directed by Danny Boyle, based on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1010944\"\u003Ebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by Irvine Welsh. \"Choose life!\". This is the book\/movie where one of the characters illustrates his creed on aging by arguing that Sean Connery's star turn in The name of the rose, mentioned above, was \"merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E9.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2290904\"\u003EBlade Runner\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by Ridley Scott from the book \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1013458\"\u003EDo androids dream of electric sheep?\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eby Philip K Dick. I confess that in this case I haven't actually read the book, but I'm putting it in anyway because sci-fi cognoscenti all say it's a great read. For sci-fi lovers. Whereas the film is for everyone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E10.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2780602\"\u003ETo Kill a Mockingbird\u003C\/a\u003E, from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1000209\"\u003Ebook\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eby Harper Lee, starring Gregory Peck from my hometown, Gregory Peck who can never not be Atticus Finch for you once you've seen this movie, no matter how many times he buzzes around Rome with Audrey Hepburn on his vespa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2444166\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E11.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2444166\"\u003EFight club\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1192570\"\u003Ebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm thinking this could be the one time where the movie might actually be better than the book, but don't jump on me if you don't agree, I'm not \u003Ci\u003Esure\u003C\/i\u003E-sure!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E12.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2036864\"\u003EAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;- an oldie, way back from 1930, from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2682436\"\u003Enovel \u003C\/a\u003Eby Erich Maria Remarque published the year before, another banned book for your Challenge 13. Yes, it was not allowed to be published in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, for its pacifism, or as some might say, its realism.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E13.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2299270\"\u003ENo country for old men\u003C\/a\u003E, by Joel and Ethan Coen, from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2129978\"\u003Ebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by Cormac McCarthy. For me this was one of those movies that was not at all what you had pictured, but then it becomes your vision too. I simply hadn't been able to imagine the levels that 'menace' could ascend to.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E14.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2445871\"\u003EMy Father's Glory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and its sequel\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2445873\"\u003EMy Mother's Castle\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by Yves Robert, from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2271008\"\u003Eautobiographical novels\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;set in the south of France\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eby Marcel Pagnol. These should be better known! I laughed and I cried.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E15.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3073494\"\u003EThe remains of the day\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by James Ivory, from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1088705\"\u003Ebook\u003C\/a\u003E by Kazuo Ishiguro. As always with Ivory, every detail is in tone. But I include it above all for Anthony Hopkins's performance. Which reminds me, I should put \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2148383\"\u003EThe silence of the lambs\u003C\/a\u003E here too, from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1032084\"\u003Ebook \u003C\/a\u003Eby Thomas Harris.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E16. Change of mood to silly, heartwarming, magical\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2047087\"\u003EBabe\u003C\/a\u003E, from the book by Dick King-Smith called \u003Ci\u003EThe sheep-pig\u003C\/i\u003E, reprinted after the movie under as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2390936\"\u003EBabe: the gallant pig\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E17. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2185609\"\u003EBrokeback Mountain\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by Ang Lee, based on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1017130\"\u003Ea short story\u003C\/a\u003E by Annie Proulx, a format which I suspect was responsible for her being able to say “I may be the first writer in America to have a piece of writing make its way to the screen whole and entire.” \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E18. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2835311\"\u003EThe man who laughs\u003C\/a\u003E, from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2445893\"\u003Ebook\u003C\/a\u003E by Victor Hugo. If you enjoy an occasional high tragic drama, this is for you.  A young man who was disfigured as a child by a band of misfits who gave him what I discovered is called a \"Glasgow smile\", and the beautiful blind girl who thinks, from touching his face, that he is always happy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E19.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2197578\"\u003ELA Confidential\u003C\/a\u003E, based on\u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2159905\"\u003Enovel \u003C\/a\u003Ethat won James Ellroy his place among the gods of \u003Ci\u003Enoir\u003C\/i\u003E. Some changes to the plot in the movie don't change that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780099537885\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780099537885\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"208\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780743271325\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780743271325\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"211\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E20. What did I choose for this challenge? \u0026nbsp;I watched The lady in the van, which I thought was superbly done. \u0026nbsp;It turned out to be one of those movie versions where the characters as brought to life are very different from how you had imagined them, but nonetheless completely compelling. I had pictured Miss Shepherd as more petulant and more faded than the dogmatic and disdainful Miss Shepherd which Maggie Smith gave us, but I liked the greater toughness and thus more startling vulnerability.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut I also decided to re-watch the most terrifying movie I have ever seen, the one I can't believe my parents took their kids to see, even if it was showing at their favourite little art house theatre which usually showed Ingmar Bergman-type movies which might have gone over our heads but certainly not traumatised us.\u0026nbsp;It's the 1946 black and white version of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2925217\"\u003EGreat Expectations\u003C\/a\u003E, directed by David Lean.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo things happened. One was that watching it now as an adult, having seen hundreds of films, I found myself constantly thinking how it was one of the most perfect movies ever made. And two, the scene when the huge, scary, escaped convict Magwitch jumps out from behind the tombstone in the cemetery thick with mist almost stopped my heart, again. On the other hand, it was interesting to see that while for all these years I have remembered seeing Miss Havisham burn up, down to her terrified eyes, it turns out that actually we are only shown the log rolling out of the fire and starting the hem of her cobwebby old wedding dress blazing. It's her horrible screams that let us imagine what later I was sure I had seen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAh, movies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/static\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/10\/11\/1286799451235\/Great-Expectations-042.jpg?w=1065\u0026amp;q=55\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;usm=12\u0026amp;fit=max\u0026amp;s=933ec9b36bfcf91e6456731bc995aee0\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/static\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/10\/11\/1286799451235\/Great-Expectations-042.jpg?w=1065\u0026amp;q=55\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;usm=12\u0026amp;fit=max\u0026amp;s=933ec9b36bfcf91e6456731bc995aee0\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EPhoto: Allstar\/THE RANK ORGANISATION FILM PRODUCTIONS LTD\/Sportsphoto Ltd.\/Allstar\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6603405318129535679\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/01\/great-summer-read-watch-movie-or-tv.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/6603405318129535679"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/6603405318129535679"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/01\/great-summer-read-watch-movie-or-tv.html","title":"Great Summer Read: Watch a movie or TV show based on a book"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}}]}});