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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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Subject: Re: "The Beast Master" Movie
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Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 12:00:54 EST
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In article <436@tekigm2.UUCP> wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert) writes:
>One of our local tv (non-network) stations advertised that last night they were
>showing "The Beast Master" and being a fan of Andre Norton, I thought that I
>would watch it.  While it may have been an above average movie (the animals
>were wonderful) it certainly did not follow the book at all.  The only
>similarity was a man who had a bird (eagle?), large cat, and two ferrets for
>companions.  The setting was different, the plot was different, etc.  I would
>have thought that the book would have made a good movie, but someone in
>Hollywood did not.
>
        If you noticed, there was no mention of Andre Norton anywhere
in the credits. After she saw what they had done to the plot, she
refused to have anything to do with the film. I have it from very
reliable sources that she was very upset abnout what they did to it.
        By the way, those same sources tell me that *another* Norton
book is being prepared for filming(they now have the first draft of
the script and a financing contract from a studio) This time Andre
Norton has retained creative control the script will not be used
unless she approves of it. So it should be very good. I cannot say
much about it, the studio has all the publicity rights, but I have
heard pieces of the script and it seems quite well done. If we are
lucky, they may start filming sometime this year. My source for all of
this is Andre Norton's film agent. He is a great fan of Norton, and is
dedicated to the making of *good* science fiction films. Anything he
has much say about should be quite good.
--

                                Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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