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Re: Stephen King
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You were the first board member I thought of, Tis. Honest to God. Even though you don't read . Just to be clear I do know HOW to read (and actually do read) but am not a huge book reader. There was a movie I think made in the 90's (maybe 80's) and it had a series of short stories. One of the stories was in this same line. Someone going back trying to stop the assassination. It wasn't popular (evidently). The title had "Time" in it but I'll be darn if I remember it. TIS
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Re: Stephen King
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You were the first board member I thought of, Tis. Honest to God. Even though you don't read . Just to be clear I do know HOW to read Now if I thought you couldn't read, would I have addressed the post to you?
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Re: Stephen King
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No, it wasn't a King story. It was a regular move...maybe a tv movie. I know The Longoliers." Oh, okay. When you mentioned the time travel aspect, I figured you were talking about "The Langoliers." That wasn't a bad adaptation, for a made-for-tv movie. It's funny, a few of King's made-for-tv adaptations are better than some of the theatrical ones.
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Re: Stephen King
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03/11/11 01:26 PM
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Ok. This is it I think. God, it's been so long. I remember the character going thru several time travesl. It's called "Running Against Time." If you do watch the trailer, it's a spoiler, but what an interesting twist. TIS http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1736442137/
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Re: Stephen King
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03/16/11 04:14 PM
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Larry, Moe & Curly? I had seen the link to King's remarks, but didn't watch it til just now!!!! Very good!! TIS
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Re: Stephen King
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07/12/11 09:31 PM
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I finally tackled "Under The Dome". It really was very good.
Funny, my husband often says that if you took away the "civilized" things in our lives (running water, electricity, courts of law, etc.), it wouldn't take us very long before society would completely collapse. "Under The Dome" proves that theory very well.
I enjoyed it, and I think that Barbie just might be one of my favorite King characters ever. I just finished reading it today. It is a huge book, and I kept putting it off because of the sheer size of it, but once I started reading, I couldn't stop. It wasn't only a really good story, but a very candid commentary on our reliance on oil, internet, cell phones, and how, like you said, what would probably happen if all of those things were taken away from us. And while it wasn't a typical King "horror" novel, I gotta say, it was a pretty terrifying read, nonetheless. I also agree with you about Barbie. And what about that "Big" Jim Rennie, feller? My goodness, I've never hated a fictional character more than I hated him!
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Re: Stephen King
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Good news for King fans. The long awaited adaptation of "Bag of Bones" is a go, with Pierce Prosnan in the lead.
A&E Greenlights ‘Stephen King’s Bag Of Bones’ Miniseries Starring Pierce Brosnan
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
EXCLUSIVE: A&E Network has greenlighted for production Stephen King’s Bag of Bones, a two-night, four-hour mini-series starring Pierce Brosnan. Annabeth Gish will co-star in the project, based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel. Kelly Rowland also is expected to join the cast of the mini, from Sony Pictures Television, which will premiere on A&E in the fourth quarter of 2011. Mick Garris will direct from a script by Matt Venne. Filming is scheduled to begin next month in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bag of Bones centers on bestselling novelist Mike Noonan (Brosnan), who is unable to stop grieving after the sudden death of his wife Jo (Gish). A dream inspires him to return to the couple’s lakeside retreat in western Maine where he becomes involved in a custody battle between the daughter of an attractive young widow and the child’s enormously wealthy grandfather, the mysterious ghostly visitations, the ever-escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.
Bag of Bones is executive produced by Mark Sennett for Mark Sennet Entertainment, Mick Garris for Nice Guy Prods., Stewart Mackinnon for Headline Pictures and Craig Sheftell. Brian Gary and David Davoli are the co-executive producers. Garris, Sennett and Venne had been working on a Bag of Bones adaptation for several years, originally as a feature and then as a mini.
This is the second high-profile miniseries fronted by a movie star to be greenlighted at a A&E Network over the past couple of months. A&E’s sibling History in May picked up The Hatfields and McCoys, starring Oscar winner Kevin Costner. CAA-repped Brosnan is already in business with Sony Pictures TV on an international private investigator series project from veteran ER writer-producer Jack Orman. Gish is with Innovative and Thruline.
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Re: Stephen King
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On sale now:
11/22/63, by Stephen King
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed.
If you had the chance to change history, would you? Would the consequences be worth it?
Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.
Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life—a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.
In stores November 8, 2011.
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Re: Stephen King
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11/10/11 01:54 PM
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Sounds good. A "what if". I was wondering what King would write about in regards to JFK. I'm definitely interested. Thanks TIS
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Re: Stephen King
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11/10/11 02:05 PM
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Thanks PB I guess it's easiest to sit here by the computer and order on-line but then it's not like I don't have time to go buy it. TIS
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Re: Stephen King
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11/13/11 11:29 AM
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I hear nearly a thousand pages. I haven't looked for it yet. Amazon has it for I think $20. TIS
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