[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Steven Spielberg disses the movie

[Chris M. Dickson]

In message <9u2248+e1qa at eGroups.com>, windyroselane at yahoo.com writes
>It's coming back to me -- I'll have to look it up, but isn't there a
>news report way back somewhere where Rowling dissed Spielberg and
>then did a small sort of "Oops! I hope I don't get sued"? Does anyone
>else remember that? I can't remember where or when or in what format
>I saw it but it made an impression on me.

JKR said it at the Scottish Charity Gala Premiere. Specifically, there
were at least three (and probably four) screens at the cinema where the
movie was being simultaneously; an eyewitness alleged that JKR spoke
words to the effect of "Thank God it wasn't Spielberg... can we be sued
for saying that?" in her comments to the audience in screen 8. She
certainly didn't say it in her comments to the audience in screen 7,
where I saw the movie at the time. (Source: a posting in FictionAlley
Park at the time.)

I suspect we will never know exactly what Spielberg had in mind...
Chris

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