# Recommend some fairy tale inspired lit, movies, etc.

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**Created:** [May 10, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-fairy-tale-inspired-lit-movies-etc/356162 "2006-05-10T02:11:29Z")\
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[QUOTE=panamajack]  
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While not exactly fairy tales per se, Terry Gilliam’s fantasy movies might work. _The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen_ is the most fairy-tale like, as it tells some of the various tall tales associated with Munchausen. _The Brothers Grimm_ is difficult to like (but you might).  
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[Here’s](http://www.flickfilosopher.com/flickfilos/archive/2005/grimmcorpse.shtml) a review that gives some good reasons to like Gilliam’s Brothers Grimm. Loved it myself, except the ending felt a little flat.

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-fairy-tale-inspired-lit-movies-etc/356162/42 "2006-05-11T10:47:10Z")

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[QUOTE=well he’s back]

If I were to rework a fairy tale, I think The Pied Piper has lots of potential.

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Witness Pterry’s _The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents_. Can’t believe I forgot that one. Of course, the first Tiffany Aching book, _The Wee Free Men_, can be seen as a sort of take on the Tam Lin story.

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-fairy-tale-inspired-lit-movies-etc/356162/43 "2006-05-12T01:03:15Z")

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“Freeway” is available on Netflix–oddly enough I had just added it to my queue a few days ago.

Third recommend is a charm for Tepper’s “Beauty.”

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