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Director loved reading 'Little Women' but had doubts about directing it. (Originated from Orange County Register)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 19941220
Author:Sheehan, Henry

    Australian director Gillian Armstrong was of two strong minds when she was sent the script of an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's ``Little Women,'' which opens this week. 
    One told her to go ahead and do the movie; the other warned her against it. 
    ``I had a feeling I'd kept the book from my childhood,'' the 44-year-old director says. ``I went and had a look and there it was on the bottom of a shelf, with `Heidi.' I opened it up and it said, `To Gillian, Happy 11th Birthday!' Of course, I loved it when I read it and like most people, I identified with Jo.'' 
    But that raised ...

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