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Based on?

posted 19 years ago by caseyb98
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Never seen the movie, but is it based on "The Kreutzer Sonata" by Leo Tolstoy? I don't know how serious this movie comes off, but the similarities are striking...

[–] misspaddylee 19 years ago

"Unfaithfully Yours" is a riot. Can't say much about Tolstoy's sense of humour, but the Preston Sturges movie is about as funny as a movie can get.

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.

[–] TongueFu 12 years ago

The "lead" in a pencil ain't even lead. It's carbon.

[–] birdsoulhouse 16 years ago

One of my smart students noticed many similarities to Othello.

[–] nthanl 16 years ago

I would tend to believe that, though both Tolstoy and Shakespeare were inspirations, it is based on neither. I noticed those similarities to othello, too though.