rec.arts.movies.past-films

In article , Howard Brazee wrote:
: On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:11:14 +0000 (UTC), schultr@
: (Richard Schultz) wrote:

:>_Tom Jones_ (I think -- I don't remember if the 1964 film keeps the book's
:> ending, or if I'm mixing it up with the 1997 miniseries)

: You've got to pick movies where the guy wanted the girl. (Surely
: you don't think "meeting" is sufficient).

In the book (and IIRC, in the movie as well), Tom "wants" Sophia from the
time that he meets her, but Fielding puts, umm, diversions in his way.
At the end of the novel, she tells him that she'll consider his suit
(we're left to believe that the answer will probably positive) only if he
can demonstrate that he can behave himself.

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Richard Schultz schultr@
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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