[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Potter in 80s movie

[diverchick41@hotmail]

No: HPFGUIDX 83778

Michael Gridlow peaked my interest with:
> As I was flipping through the channels yesterday, I came across a 
> grade B horror flick called "Troll". I don't know the exact date, 
but 
> I know it was made sometime in the early eighties. Anyway, the name 
> of the protagonist is Harry Potter! The boy even resembles J.K. 
> Rowling's creation somewhat. 
<snip>

Tcy:
- and always loving an excuse to search IMDB - here you go:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0092115/


Michael Gridlow also said:
<snip>
>Is this all just a coincidence, or did Rowling borrow some ideas 
from this movie for her 
> books? I do not doubt Rowling's creativity or imagination, but it's 
> not like her series is totally original. Essentially, her stories 
are 
> just a skillfully crafted combination of myths, legands, folklore, 
> and history. 


Tcy, again:
I doubt seriously that JKR had been influenced in the least by this 
movie.  It was released in 1986 in the US - and if they were lucky, 
not at all in the UK <g>.  And it seems like an odd source for the 
name of the title character (but what do I really know?).  I do agree 
that JKR has used bits from many sources and has been influenced by 
all sorts of mediums in creating the Potterverse.  It's one of the 
reasons I love the series so much.  There is so much in it that is 
familiar to me - that I can relate to.


Tcy   (hoping this post isn't too OT and that I've avoided howlers 
screaming in my direction)

--I haven't seen this movie, but the cast includes Anne and June LOCKHART.  It was also said that the 1987 movie "Mio min Mio" was basically Harry Potter.  http://imdb.com/title/tt0093543/ "A fantasy about the lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king."
Rowling probaly saw many of these movies, and they influenced her writing, but I doubt she would intentionally take things.  Both these movies contain magic and witches.








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