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  2. Aug 3, 2021 · Following the gifted magical talents of a young girl, Matilda Wormwood, and the cruel adult world that kept her aptitude caged, child actress Mara Wilson became a household icon, recognisable from both DeVito’s film and the remake of Miracle on 34th Street two years earlier.

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  3. Dec 26, 2022 · No, ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ is not based on a true story. The energizing tale of a feisty girl called Matilda Wormwood is an adaptation of the eponymous book by Roald Dahl. The genius writer came up with this story and published it in 1988.

  4. Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

  5. Aug 25, 2017 · It was 1996 – now 21 years ago, that the film Matilda was released. Based on one of Roald Dahl’s most loved children’s books, Matilda explores the fantasy world of a young genius named Matilda (played by eight-year-old Mara Wilson) surrounded by adults who despise kids.

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  6. Oct 5, 2022 · People often talk about the darkness in Roald Dahl's children's books – and it's true, he doesn't hold back on references to bullying, poverty, death, and the dangers of being addicted to chewing...

  7. Matilda is a timeless children’s classic, all about a magical girl with a love of reading. But how many of these Matilda facts did you already know? From the inspiration for Matilda to Voldemort’s weird connection to it, here are 20 fascinating facts about the Roald Dahl book!

  8. Mr Wormwood was based on a real-life character from Dahl's home village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. [ 13 ] The library in Great Missenden was the inspiration for Mrs Phelps's library, where Matilda devours classic literature by the age of four and three months. [ 14 ]

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