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Originally Posted by neverending
I've got to hand it to the producers on one count. A couple years before the film came out I was saying to some friends if they ever made a movie of the book the only one to play the father would be Jason Robards- and by god, they did it.
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yeah that was brilliant casting - and the one thing that made the film wortyh watching.
i was disappointed with Pryce. He was menacing - but in a very 1 domentional way - unlike his character in the book.
I agree that it is a boys book ..
the magic of being a boy and the horror of leaving that behind to become a man is definately something most guys would relate to far more than a girl.
It is the one book i reread at least once a year and to me the most powerful book he's ever written. (and like most people here i collect his books and have read almost all of them.
i find his latter books to be his weakest .. meandering and personal. he seems to be writing to himself these days - not that that is wrong - it's just a lot tougher for me to find something to relate to.
I think Dandilion Wine is my second favorite.