Harry Potter in 80s movie

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 83917

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "michaelkgidlow" 
<Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> As I was flipping through the channels yesterday, I came across a 
> grade B horror flick called "Troll".  Anyway, the name 
> of the protagonist is Harry Potter! The boy even resembles J.K. 
> Rowling's creation somewhat. Incidentally, the boy's father is also 
> named Harry Potter. Even more bizarre is that this Harry Potter has 
> to battle magical creatures to save his sister. 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. It's not as though she actually came up with 
> hippogriffs, or unicorns, or any of the other magical creatures 
that 
> inhabit Harry's world. What she has done is combine those elements 
to 
> make very entertaining and good stories. 
>
Me now:
Good gravy!  Fellow Americans out there, take a look at this cast.  
SONNY BONO? Shelley Hack?  Julia Louis-Dreyfus!?!  What a riot!  I 
cannot imagine JKR having ever even SEEN this thing, let alone 
deciding to use bits from it in her books.  

...That "Lockhart" coincidence is interesting, though. :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan