Keith Blay requests: > I am teaching a course this summer for the first time comparing > literature to film for seventh and eighth graders (13-14 year olds). I > am looking for films adapted from stories ( preferably short stories) > suitable for this age group. with quality adaptions into film. Any > suggestions or favorites? AN OCCURANCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE (story by Ambrose Bierce, adapted as short film) ought to work well Arthur C. Clarke's THE SENTINEL and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY REAR WINDOW from a story by Cornell Woolrich Your age group limits some other choices I'd mention, but these ought to work well. Although it's a Young Adult novel, NIGHTJOHN by Gary Paulsen was given a very nice adaptation (for Disney, of all things) by Charles Burnett. Du Maurier's original version of THE BIRDS should be interesting as well. I don't know if it's still in print, but there was a collection adapted stories, ed. David Wheeler, published by Penguin in 1989, called NO, BUT I SAW THE MOVIE. Contains the originals of such things as DON'T LOOK NOW, THE FLY, HIGH NOON, REAR WINDOW, 2001, et al. Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]