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Hollywood Flashes Its Literary License

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20040704
Author:Anne Thompson

This year, you don't have to wait for the fall -- or go to the beach -- to Get Lit. The 2004 summer movie lineup is packed with book titles.

That's because studios believe they can grab moviegoers' scattered attention with the film version of an established hardbound hit, be it Homer's classic "The Iliad" (with "Troy") or Nicholas Sparks's weepie "The Notebook."

Among the bestsellers coming soon to a screen near you:

Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot," opening July 16, stars Will Smith as a cop who suspects that the robot class serving humanity is up to no good.

Robert Ludlum's canny amnesiac Jason ...

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