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Read the novel.......Tanner Boyle is in it...........


I just picked up the 1978 BNB go to Japan novel and it has Tanner in it. I guess by the time the film was to shoot, Chris Barnes(Tanner) backed out. I heard a story that his parents didnt want him doing any more films but that might not be true.

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Novel, what a laugh.

Are novelizations of movies still as big a thing as they were in the 70's? I remember reading the "novel" version of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.'



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The "novel" version of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.' That must have been an interesting read. How did they describe the song parts? I need to find that.



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It still would have been a bad sequel, but Tanner had a big part in the novelization, so at least he would have made the movie more entertaining.

I noticed there's even less baseball playing in the book.

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If his parents really forbided him doing anymore movies, then it's their fault that this movie became a dud.

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