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On 5/26/24 12:04 PM, moviePig wrote:
> On 5/26/2024 6:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> May 26, in honor of the publication of the original novel.
>>
>> What will you watch to celebrate?
>>
>> I’ve got the Dan Curtis/Jack Palance version going right now with music
>> from dark shadows. It’s a pretty good and a pretty faithful adaptation.
>>
>> Available on the Peacock, it’s a good copy in 16:9 with the ads front
>> loaded so it runs uninterrupted.
>>
>> Next up, I found the excellent 1977 Louis Jourdon version on the gray.
> 
> The key scene in any telling of the original story is the first vision 
> of transformed Lucy.  Notably, Coppola rather blew it (along with the 
> ending).  My vote for that one scene (and I've seen them all multiple 
> times) goes to John Badham's 1979 version...
> 


Is that the one with Frank Langella?