The Bet

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Information

• Short film produced in 2006 by Eric Swan for his senior film thesis at Occidental College
• What Dahl Did: wrote original story entitled “Man From the South”
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• Based on:
  • “Man From the South”

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Description

The Bet is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story “Man from the South.” An innocent bet spirals out of control as two men, a valet and elderly gentlemen take a chance on a lighter. If it lights ten times, the valet gets a BMW. If he loses, the little piggy gets it.