OT - Simon Birch (was; A Prayer for Owen Meany )

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, aiz24 at h... wrote:
> A friend of mine just recommended a movie he says is based on A 
> Prayer for Owen Meany:  Simon Burch (sp?).
> 
> FYI.
> 
> Amy Z

I once saw an old bumper in a chrome-plating shop, that had been 
taken partially through the replating process a few inches at a time, 
so that the end result showed each step of the replating process; the 
right end was completely replated, the next section had been through 
everything but the final chrome coat, and so on until the left end, 
which was left dented and rusty.

 I mention this because "Birch" started out almost letter perfect to 
APfOM, but as it progressed it spiralled farther and farther away, 
until it's ending in a situation that in no ways resembles the book's 
ending.
 Fascinating. You could almost *hear* the script committee meetings; 
no wonder John Irving made them change the name.