[ConorMacNessa]

This is also one on my all-time faves. Paul Brickhill was also the author of a novel about escape from a German prison camp - I believe it was called The Vaulting Horse.

[JennysCool]

Wasn't Brickhill's book the basis for The Great Escape ?

[rawcatslyentist]

Just what the world needs another 3 hr Pete Jackson sleeping pill!

BTW I am a Tolkien fan, those flicks were pretty good, too much left out, too much put in. I could understand the neccesity of the Liv Tyler put in parts, (Hollyweird romance scenes), but the SOB skipped half of the last book!

The 3 hr monkey movie, was a close runner up for the Nobull prize for curing insomnia. First prize still goes to Dune.

[jimfree]

"This is also one on my all-time faves. Paul Brickhill was also the author of a novel about escape from a German prison camp - I believe it was called The Vaulting Horse."

I don't know the book, but the 1950 movie was called "The Wooden Horse."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043147/