Actually, one already had been made. Mitch Jayne's novel Old Fish Hawk was made into the movie "Fish Hawk" in 1979. It starred Will Sampson, a Native American actor who appeared in several movies, notably One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Outlaw Josey Wales and From Here to Eternity. Mitch was not completely happy with the film, probably because it was shot in Canada, which makes no sense. He (and I agree with him) felt it should have been filmed right here in The Ozarks, where the novel was set. But, according to Mitch, the fee he received allowed him to retire, which kind of made up for the film's shortcomings. Many of you probably already knew all of that, but I'll bet NOBODY knows this next part. In 1996, Denver Pyle told me he had secured the rights to the book and was planning to produce a new version of the film, starring Willie Nelson! I can't quite picture Willie Nelson as Fish Hawk, but I expect he would have been a box office draw. Willie certainly didn't make a very good Uncle Jesse, in my opinion -- but I digress. I don't know who holds the rights to the novel now, since Mitch and Denver are both gone. --Paul Mulik >>>Does anyone know if any of Mitch Jayne's books are slated to become >>>movies? ...Aunt Bee of Orlando >>> _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
