Sentences with phrase «david lean version»

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As obvious a candidate for screen treatment as Dicken's classic novel is, there rather surprisingly hasn't been a traditional theatrical version of the story since David Lean's 1946 adaptation, a peerless achievement in the eyes of many.

Apatow's extended editions are known for their gratuitous length but then so are his theatrical cuts, and while there exists, on some VHS tape in some Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse, no doubt, a version of Planes, Trains & Automobiles with a running time that would humble David Lean (ditto The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off), the theatrical release — no less a «director's cut» at a mere 92 minutes, as Hughes was his own producer by this point — demonstrates ruthless craftsmanship.

It was quite a surprise to learn that David Lean had not read Charles Dickens» Great Expectations before he embarked on his film version in 1945.

The»62 version, directed by Lewis Milestone, has Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard as Christian and Bligh; the»84 film, prepared by David Lean but directed by Roger Donaldson, has Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins.

It's a respectable effort — there have been six previous film adaptations of Dickens's masterpiece — but why bother when David Lean's 1946 version is unbeatable?