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Dear Producer Universal Studios,

My sixth grade class read Island of the Blue Dolphins which was a good book but we watched the movie and thought it could be better. So with the help of Universal Studios this movie could be even more fantastic than the book! Since this year is the 50th anniversary of the movie it would be awesome to make a new edition of Island of the Blue Dolphins movie this year.

I think survival is a very popular theme and this movie will be a big hit. The movie Lone Survivor is a big hit and it is your movie so why wouldn’t Island of the Blue Dolphins be a big hit. Also people love competition so that is were tv shows like The Biggest Loser come in. And in general people love real survival movies. I think another survival movie would be another great edition to your movies. A second improvement to the movie would be to include the action scenes which were left out of the first film. While in the 1960s it was probably impossible to film some of these scenes like the natural disasters she states in Chapter 27, I think that as I describe them you will understand that including them now would make this movie a real hit. Here are three exciting action scenes from the book. First, include the fight between Karana and and the devilfish [octopus]. Second, include all the natural disasters that will happen and did, one, if Karana makes a weapon the weapons will break in a time of need, two, there will be a tsunami,and three, there will be an earthquake. Finally, the two sea elephants fighting was an action scene that you could put in the movie. With the new technology that there is now, I think that it will be very possible to make this happen.

Lastly, actors should be chosen to play the parts since people nowadays do not like overly dramatic actors that were used back in the 1960’s. You could also improve casting because Karana, the main character is a Native American but Celia Kaye the actress chosen to portray her, did not look Native American. Also at least have a different dog than a retriever as an Aleut dog. What I mean is Rontu, Karanas dog, did not look very much like an Aleut dog and an Aleut dog looks like a Huskie. Because of all the great actors out there I think you can find some fit the part.

Since our sixth grade class read the book and would love to see a new movie, so take this letter into consideration. We know that Hollywood is looking for new ideas and you got one so make a new movie out of what we are giving you. You are probably thinking that these kids do not know anything but, if you read the book or especially watch the movie you will get what we are saying. Eventhough Island of the Blue Dolphins is an old movie it is a new idea that no one has heard about you can’t purchase or buy the disc any were not in stores or netflix or on demand so an old movie is a new idea that no one has heard of before!

Sincerly, Michael A.