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[Geoff Lee]

Mickey Rourke was in London recently appearing on the last Jonathon Ross programme and was given copies of my novels (One Winter, One Spring, One Summer and One Autumn). I then heard that he had thoroughly enjoyed reading them but did not intend to turn them into a film. It would appear that what he needs to make a good film is to build it round a strong character (like Richard Harris was in This Sporting Life) and that is something my material does not have.

Then last week, Steve Sheen a film producer at the Pinewood Studios told me that although he thought that One Winter was a lovely read, he had had no interest from any of the production companies he had contacted.

This does not mean that there is no chance of a film based around Work, Family Life and Rugby League during 1962/63, one of the worst winters in living memory. It just means that I have got to interest someone else in the film world. Has anybody got any ideas or good contacts there?

[Allan Marsden]

Mickey Rourke was in London recently appearing on the last Jonathon Ross programme and was given copies of my novels (One Winter, One Spring, One Summer and One Autumn). I then heard that he had thoroughly enjoyed reading them but did not intend to turn them into a film. It would appear that what he needs to make a good film is to build it round a strong character (like Richard Harris was in This Sporting Life) and that is something my material does not have.

Then last week, Steve Sheen a film producer at the Pinewood Studios told me that although he thought that One Winter was a lovely read, he had had no interest from any of the production companies he had contacted.

This does not mean that there is no chance of a film based around Work, Family Life and Rugby League during 1962/63, one of the worst winters in living memory. It just means that I have got to interest someone else in the film world. Has anybody got any ideas or good contacts there?

Maybe you should try to create a stage version first and that may lead to a television version. Worked for Up n Under.

[EastLondonMike]

invite brad pitt to the Grand final. he seems like the kind of actor who'd like the rough and tough world of rugby league.