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Re: Comment by MOSSBIE

posted 18 years ago by russogerard
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The comment by MOSSBIE claims it is a "fact" that the protagonist in the novel "That Cold Day in the Park" is a man, and that the "crazy and wild" Altman changed the protagonist to a woman for the film.
I just read the novel, "That Cold Day in the Park," by Miles. The protagonist in the novel is as female as the one played by Sandy Dennis in the film. (That truth aside, if the sex of the protagonist had been changed for the film, couldn't the screenwriter Gillian Freeman have had something to do with it? Or one of the producers? Would it have to have been the decision of that "crazy and wild" Altman?)
Some people like to write criticisms when they don't know what they're talking about. Crazy, man...Wild!

[–] rjmgreen 12 years ago

Thank you for clearing the confusion up as to whether or not the book's main character was male or female. If it truly is a female, I am not in such a hurry now to buy the book. I am happy with the movie. :)

[–] grybop 11 years ago

Funny, it would have made much more sense to bring a prostitute home, if the main character had indeed been male. Obviously trying to provide the boy the one thing he can't himself.

[–] nickatnoon61 (52) 8 months ago

@ russogerard...Far out man!!! :P