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discussed in biography
- In Roald Dahl
(1972), The Enormous Crocodile (1978), The BFG (1982; films 1989 and 2016), and The Witches (1983; film 1990). One of his last such books, Matilda (1988), was adapted for film (1996 and 2022) and the stage (2010). Many of Dahl’s books have been illustrated by the award-winning illustrator Quentin Blake
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film adaptation
- In Steven Spielberg: The 2010s and beyond
…an adaptation of a beloved children’s book by Roald Dahl. The film featured Rylance as the titular “big friendly giant.” Though his fellow giants prefer to dine on human children and wreak havoc, the BFG (named Runt) subsists on vegetables and spends his days concocting dreams and his nights delivering…
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