okay spoilers for the little girl who lives down the lane (1976) but here's what had happened: this little girl's dad was terminally ill and her estranged mom was abusive and her dad was worried that when he died she would either go back into the care of her abusive mom or into the foster system. so he was like okay honey listen. you're a smart girl, you got a good head on your shoulders. here's what we're gonna do. we lease a house, the rent's paid up for the next three years. I'll leave you a big pile of traveler's checks in a safe deposit box in the bank, joint account with both our names on it where you're authorized to make withdrawals. I'm going to check tide charts and then go drown myself in the sea so they'll never find my body. and you just pretend I'm still alive to everybody in town so they won't bother you for the next three years until you're old enough to (unclear. not need a legal guardian? I don't know what the emancipated minor laws were in 1976 but they keep saying three years like that's the magic timeframe so whatever. she is thirteen so I guess when she's sixteen she's officially a grownup). and if your mom comes sniffing around just put a spoonful of powder from this little jar in her tea and then read this textbook on home embalming. good? good. okay I love you I'm going into the sea now

which is all fine and good. now here are the dumbshit mistakes her stupid father made:

-chose, for the location of the house, a nosy small town where everybody knows everybody and everybody is all up in everybody's business all the time. it takes two seconds for the landlady to be like I never see you or your father at the market. I get he probably doesn't want her living in a big city (although, why? good public transport, good cultural opportunities, libraries, museums) but at least pick a place that has more than one grocery store

-chose, for the landlady, a nosy obnoxious anti-semitic old bitch who is on the school board and also has an adult son who is a known child molester. have like ONE conversation with the townspeople before you sign this three year lease. literally anyone in this town would tell you about this old bitch and her molester son if you gave them half a chance

-speaking of the school board why is part of the plan that your daughter doesn't go to school. sure she's super duper smart and special but aside from depriving her of a major source of automatic social support not going to school immediately makes her look suspicious and (depending on truancy laws in 1976) possibly puts her in the wrong side of the law. just let her go to school like a normal kid and then come home and teach herself quantum physics in the evenings

-doesn't teach her the slightest bit of common sense self defense. like if it was me I'd teach her to shoot and give her a nice little lightweight handgun of her own but if you don't like that idea then at least teach her to keep the door on the chain and not open the door after dark no matter who knocks. and for christ's sake warn her about halloween

-ya dingus

-come back out of the sea and explain yourself at once

-anyway little jodie foster is fantastic and so is her little manic pixie dream boyfriend and so is his check suited cop uncle. great movie but the father is a dingus

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977)

MARTIN SHEEN in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1977) dir. Nicolas Gessner

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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane was released on August 10, 1977(NYC, NY).

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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

"I've been here three times. Each time I notice how good you are with words, the way you speak; you're very careful. You're too goddamn careful."

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watching the little girl who lives down the lane and I don't know if it's the little boy actor or little jodie foster's talent at playing off him or both but the goofy little teen boy dressed in a cape doing magic tricks and jumping around on the furniture is actually: adorable. and not wildly annoying like I would assume on paper. this poor beleaguered little girl deserves a little manic pixie dream boy to help her dispose of the evidence from her incredibly justified murders. and also make her giggle a little bit

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The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane – Book (1972) vs Film (1976) - What was left out altogether?

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane – Book (1972) vs Film (1976) – What was left out altogether?

This is the final blogpost in the series, where I look at what was left out in adaptation from book to film. (more…)

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