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Re: Around the World with Jackie Chan?

From: Ernie Sjogren <esjogren~at~nc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:53:53 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Subject: Re: Around the World with Jackie Chan?


[harryhayfield...]
>> Fogg an inventor? Passepartout a common Chinese thief? Fogg taking an
interest in other cultures? Someone fan me down before I faint. This company
is taking too many liberties. I'm
going to write to them and point out that what they are proposing and what
Verne wrote are totally incongorous.

[Rfbagby...]
> Save your breath and your indignation -- Vernian accuracy has never yet
swayed a single filmmaker. After all, the Michael Todd film whose showing
began this thread added the balloon trip through Europe (so for many people
that's the signature of 80 DAYS), and has Aiouda show up in the Reform Club
finale. Let's see if this even gets off the ground (and if it does, believe
me I will have seen worse!)

Well, with Jackie Chan in a major role, no matter how awful script,
production values, or cast may be in general, and no matter how "unfaithful"
the film may be to Verne's book, things won't be a total loss. I'll buy
tickets for my family gladly, and I expect we'll enjoy ourselves.

Ernie Sjogren
Received on Sun 15 Sep 2002 - 23:54:50 IDT

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