[HPforGrownups] A Harry Potter Movie - in 1986! (Troll--OT)

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 6396

I've seen Troll.  It's a "cutsie" little movie that came out in the
"Critters", "Gremlins" and whatever that one was that had the thing in the
toilet pictured on the movie poster.  "Goonies" also came out, I believe in
the same time frame, but of course, that's a different plot--I loved
Goonies, OST and all!  (Asthma, hehe)

I didn't love Troll.  If it's on the television, and I wasn't quick enough
to turn it off, I'd watch it--but not with Ian around.  It is most likely to
give children "closet" nightmares, if I am remembering correctly.

I saw it in the 80's, so my memory could be slipping.  If you want a copy
desperately, try Yahoo-Auctions, or perhaps this url
http://profiles.yahoo.com/kim_96734 will help (she's a great person to
locate that oop movie you want!  :)

Usually her prices are reasonable, I picked up Ghostbusters for $2, MASH for
about the same, and all together $40 worth of videos on my last outing with
her, when I was still getting student loan checks.

(These are MY movies.  The Disneys came separately.  Man cannot live by
textbook alone.)

(Winks)

Now, that I have descended to a completely OT topic, think it might be time
to wrap it up.

If you want more leads on getting that movie cheap, just email me off list,
ok?

:)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at worldnet.att.net>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:50 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] A Harry Potter Movie - in 1986!


> A search through the Internet Movie Database (one of the crown jewels
> of the WWW) revealed that there has already been a Harry Potter
> movie, appropriately enough on an occult theme.  Troll (1986)
> features both a Harry Potter Sr. (as performed by no less an actor
> than Michael Moriarity) and a Harry Potter Jr. (played by one Noah
> Hathaway, then 15 years old). The IMDB provides the following plot
> synopsis, which interestingly enough seems to hint at Ginny Weasley's
> actions in CoS:
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> [begin quote] An evil troll, Torok, the transformed state of the ex-
> husband of an old friendly witch named Eunice St. Clair, has chosen
> her apartment building to be the heart of the restoration of the
> world he once knew. To do this he uses an Emerald ring, and takes
> possession of a little girl named Wendy, whose brother Harry
> immediately suspects something wrong. Torok, often in the form of the
> little girl, goes into each occupant's apartment, hideously
> transforming people (beginning with Peter Dickinson, named after the
> author/protagonist of _The Flight of Dragons_, which explores similar
> themes) into plant pods. (Summary written by Scott Hutchins )
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> I have not seen this film, and I don't know whether its readily
> available for rental. Troll, despite (or because of?) a cast
> featuring Sonny Bono and Julia Louis-Dreyfus received a terrible
> rating on the IMDB (but hey, I somehow don't think that miserable
> hack Chris Columbus is gonna really do any better!)
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> - CMC
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> The Internet Movie Database is at
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