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Mountain Man

1965Vardis Fisher

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Tidbit: In 1972, 5 years after Fisher's death, Warner Bros. thought for some reason the book had become public domain and they made the movie for around $20 million dollars. Four weeks before release, someone in legal found mention of an Opal Fisher in Prescott, Idaho. They sent a man up. He knocked on her door and explained he was from a tiny independent production company that was interested in the rights to Mountain Man. Opal let the man take her out to a steak house. After she finished her cheesecake, she told him she wanted a million dollars, the opening to be in Boise, and funding for a chair in the Boise State English department. She was granted all three

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