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		GREATEST LITERATURE CONTEST #6 What great novels are these films based on? (All the films are mentioned somewhere in Editor Eric's commentaries on this website.) Answers below.
			1 Robert De Niro in a frankly monstrous remake of a horror classic. No, he's not stitched up after a fight in Raging Bull.				2 Ssh, quiet in front! We're watching the first great anti-war film based on a great anti-war novel.
			3	Basil and Nigel play sleuths who confront a hound from hell in this mystery.
						4		Bob Hoskins eyes his next victim in the 1999 film about an Irish girl's journey in England.
			5 Here's an easy one. Humphrey Bogart, as Sam Spade, just about shows you the name of the film—and the book. (Not The Black Bird!)			6 "This place is gonna blow I tell ya!" Steve Reeve warns the citizens of this ancient city on the edge of a volcano.
			7	Johnny Depp? No, me mateys, this is Robert Newton, a treasure of an actor who gave us the archetypal movie pirate in the adaptation of this adventure classic.		8	"Anyone seen a big fish around here?" Old man Spencer Tracy rows off into the sea in search of a catch to save his reputation.
			9 De Niro again, stifling a lad's expectations. The novel was set in 19th-century England, but this remake takes place in modern America.			10 Alec Guinness and John Mills in a classic. Mills is the toff on the right. Now there's a Pip of a fellow!
		The winners are: Barbara Reauber of Mill Valley, California; Sandra Sondak of Stamford, Connecticut; and Michel Tordion (our first repeat winner) of Ottawa, Ontario. They chose as prizes The Secret Agent, The Maltese Falcon and David Copperfield. Answers: 1. Frankenstein 2. All Quiet on the Western Front 3. The Hound of the Baskervilles 4. Felicia's Journey 5. The Maltese Falcon 6. The Last Days of Pompeii 7. Treasure Island 8. The Old Man and the Sea 9. Great Expectations (1998) 10. Great Expectations (1946)