Re: John Irving
Jim Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:53:54 -0700
Yeah, the movie is called Simon Birch and should be out sometime soon.
It's loosely based on Owen Meany, esp the first chapter, but goes in a
few different directions from it. John Irving has said he likes the
movie, but it is not the same as the book, although written in the same
spirit.
Jim
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:03:38 -0600 Patti Larrabee
<Patti.Larrabee@hsc.utah.edu> writes:
>I want to thank those on the list for reccommending "A Prayer For Owen
>=
>Meany" I had never read it and always meant to but the few references
>=
>here spurred me into action. A very excellent read, it might just
>have =
>popped into my personal top ten. Coincidently there appears to be
>some =
>sort of movie just out based on this book. Does anyone know anything
>=
>about this? I thought is was odd timing that I read it and suddenly
>there =
>comes a movie.
>Patti
>
>
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