I thought that "The Man Who Would Be King" was an admirable adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling story, and in some ways superior to it...but that was just a short story, rather than a novel, so it was easier to encompass on film.

Some rather good movies have been ghost-written (so to speak), after their release, into EXTREMELY poor books. Does that count for anything?

Desdemona - Your comment on music videos is very appopriate. They are a travesty. I wish they had never happened at all. Of course, I could say the same regarding cruise missiles, and it would have just as much effect...

- LH