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American School Publishers produced a videocassette version of Hatchet in 1990. Producer/director Cynthia Cowens's version uses a script employing Paulsen's original language but heavily edits the story line; it is about 10% of the original. It is narrated by an adult male voice, but an adolescent male recites Brian's words and thoughts. Visuals are provided by still pictures by Frank Mayo whose vivid oil colors capture the dramatic, intense spirit of Brian's struggle to survive.
Cowens's version keeps all the essential elements of the original, although it plays down Brian's anguish over his parents' divorce and the Secret.
In 1991, Paulsen wrote a sequel to Hatchet. Prompted by popular demand ("I received literally thousand of letters from readers, interested in Brian . . .")
and personal involvement ("my personal belief that Brian was not . . . done . . ."), Paulsen published The...(read more)
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