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You're Gonna Need More Popcorn...

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When I first got the notion to do a fun (well, fun to me , at least) little series about Classic Favorites, it seemed like two posts would probably cover it. (Hmm. Can only two posts a series make?) But once I'd written the first post, I realized that my favorite movies based on those book picks really deserved a post of their own, too. And so it grew, until, finally, we're now at the fourth (and last) post on the subject. (Hey! That makes it official, right? It's a bonafide "series", after all. A mini-series, if you will. ;)) In the same way that North and South , the book, has topped my short list of Really Good Stuff, so has North and South , the BBC production. It's nothing short of amazing. Since I've already described the overall storyline in (ehem) some detail, I won't rehash any of that. (If you haven't read my thoughts about it yet-- and you're breaking my heart if you haven't, you know --then check out yesterday's post fi