msc@qubix.UUCP (06/29/83)
I finally broke down and bought Tracy Kidder's book
"The Soul of a New Machine" (For those who don't know,
it's about the creation of the Data General MV8000.)
I was amazed to see on the back cover that it was
"soon a major motion picture". No I'm not kidding.
I did a double take, putting the book down and then
grabbing it again 5 seconds later when it sunk in.
Does anyone know anything about this?
Incidentally the book, as far as I've got so far (chapter 5)
is excellent.
If there is a movie, and it's as loose with the details of
computers as Wargames apparently is, I'll have to get some
asbestos underwear to protect me from Lauren's flames!!!
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Mark
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decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPAcfv@packet.UUCP (06/30/83)
As far as I know, the closest it has come to (or will come to) becoming a
major motion picture is that one of the major studios spent a lot of money
picking up the option so that none of the other studios could claim that
THEY were making the movie first. This is a pretty standard ritual. Under
normal circumstances studios option movie rights on anything that shows up
on the NYTimes list and most things that don't. Something like 1 in 100 of
the options are ever moved into pre-production (scripting, casting, etc)
and only about 1 in 10 of those get filmed.
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