The Getaway (novel) eternity" and suffer immensely all the while. The novel has been adapted into films twice. The 1972 film version of "The Getaway" starred Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. The 1994 film version of "The Getaway" starred Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. In both films the surreal ending In the hellish domain of El Rey is discarded for a happy ending in which Doc and his wife ultimately escape to freedom. The Getaway (novel) The Getaway is a 1958 crime novel by Jim Thompson. Doc McCoy pulls off what he thinks is the perfect a bank robbery, but there are things
Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's a Story" Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's a Story" "Boots Who Made the Princess Say, 'That's a Story'" or "The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say, 'You're a Liar'" is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in "Norske Folkeeventyr". It is Aarne–Thompson type 852. A princess was a constant liar. The king said that anyone who got her to say "That's a lie" would marry her and get half the kingdom. After many had tried, three brothers did as well, and when it was the turn of the youngest son (named Boots in