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To: wideawake
most Americans are not going to want to see a talk-heavy parlor drama about a decaying British noble family in the 1930s and 40s.

Except the Public Broadcasting fans.

13 posted on 12/01/2004 9:31:37 AM PST by Semper Paratus (Michael)
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To: Semper Paratus
True.

The sad thing is that it is a truly great work of literature by the last great English novelist and it will be ruined in a two-hour movie.

Additionally, it was made into a multipart miniseries in Britain years ago, a series that was true to the book and with an unsurpassable cast.

Anyone who is truly into this sort of thing will have at least seen the miniseries when it ran several times on PBS or rented it on DVD.

16 posted on 12/01/2004 9:36:46 AM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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