05 Aug, 2008
Aside | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Movie Trailer
Posted by: Clare Swindlehurst In: Asides
I read and reviewed The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne last month and recommended that everyone go out and buy a copy. Here’s a snippet from my review:
This is the story of Bruno - a nine-year-old boy who has to leave his beloved home - with five floors and a banister that you can slide down - to live in a house with only three floors in a place called Out-With. This is the story of Bruno - a nine-year-old-boy who doesn’t understand why he can’t go out ot play with the little boys who appear at the bottom of his garden. This is the story of Bruno - a nine-year-old-boy who goes out to explore one day and sees ‘a dot in the distance become a speck and that spot becomes a blob and that becomes a figure and that in turn becomes a boy in striped pyjamas.’
This is a story about a time in history most of us would like to forget - but that we should be forced to remember - and the terrible things that can happen when people keep secrets from each other…
The book is now making its way to the big screen - with a UK release date of September 12, 2008. Take a look at the trailer - I think they may do the book justice - though I’ll be sure to take a box of tissues if I go to watch it!
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