Sentences with phrase «adaptation of a great novel»

The Royal Tenenbaums has been described as an adaptation of a great novel that doesn't exist, and it is set in an upper Upper West Side that also doesn't exist.

10:00 pm — TCM — To Kill a Mockingbird Widely regarded as one of the best adaptations of a great novel ever, To Kill a Mockingbird captures the themes and mood of the novel perfectly, following the racial and social tensions of a murder trial in the South.

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By establishing a metaphoric adaptation of certain aspects of Whitehead's thought, he is able to integrate into his novel the second great need of modern man — a viable metaphysics.

A New Day is an exciting point and click adventure, and a great adaptation of the graphic novels with both a thrilling story and comic book look.

A great undertaking for director Ang Lee, this adaptation of the 2001 novel from Yann Martel asks about the entire world, but only gives murky answers.

A largely faithful and beautifully produced adaptation of the classic Thomas Hardy novel, with great period piece production values, gorgeous cinematography and fine performances across the board.

Two examples that come to mind — Stephen Frears's 1990 The Grifters and James Foley's 1990 After Dark, My Sweet — have in common that they're too - faithful adaptations of the books they're based on, both of them novels by Jim Thompson, one of the great sources for film noir.

It's no surprise that the The Weinstein Company want another adaptation of a Matthew Quick novel, after the great success of SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK...

Having found a great trio of female leads for novel adaptation The Girl On The Train, director Tate Taylor and the producers are now looking for some male supporting roles.

In the mid -»30s, Leonard truly hit his stride as a director, making the fine «A» pictures A Tale of Two Cities (1935) with Robert Donat and The Great Ziegfeld (1936), which took the Best Picture Oscar for that year; his version of Pride and Prejudice (1940) starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson also remains highly regarded, despite its rather heavy - handed adaptation of Austen's novel.

From the already talked about ten minute sex scene (leading to an NC - 17 rating), to allegations from the crew over reportedly tough working conditions, to graphic novel author Julie Maroh «s opinions on the adaptation of her work, the conversation around Abdellatif Kechiche «s romance has been equally about these issues as it has been about how great the movie is.

I think about great adaptations of novels like «The Shining», which I guess Stephen King doesn't like because he saw something different in it.

Annihilation is an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's brilliantly terrifying enviro - horro novel of the same name, and while Garland got off to a great start by signing Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), and Tessa Thompson (Creed) to star, there was one more key role in the female - centric ensemble that was attracting some big names.

The greatest mystery in this adaptation of Dan Brown's once - ubiquitous novel is whose idea it was to style Tom Hanks» hair that way.

This results in an ensemble that does a great job with what they're given, doing what every film adaptation of a novel should do: bring the characters to life.

«The original material of the novel is such a great story and it has so much to give, then, like a lot of stories that we revisit in the industry, it lends itself very easy to a wider interpretation,» says Natalie Dormer of Amazon's adaptation of Picnic At Hanging Rock, which of course was also a seminal film from director Peter Weir back in 1975.

After a year or so of countless stage adaptations ranging from a recitation of the novel in its entirety to a themed party and (just this week) a dance piece, Baz Luhrmann's celluloid version of The Great Gatsby has...

Now The Guardian reports, in an item with a fantastic headline («Schrader to direct death camp clown tale» — sounds like a great name for a Northwest band) that Paul Schrader will direct Jeff Goldblum in an adaptation of Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk's novel «Adam Resurrected,» about a clown who entertains Jews on their way to the gas chambers.

Carol works beautifully, but only on one level; it's a great adaptation of a novel by a great writer, and that's a lot, but that's all.

I haven't read the novels (I've paged through some of «Dragon Tattoo» in English), but even fans I've talked to don't make any claims for Larsson as a great writer (albeit in translation), and the Swedish movie version struck me as little more than a straightforward work of adaptation: «OK, we're going to take this story and put it on the screen.»

Newton Howard's magnificent opus came with this mid-nineties adaptation of Rose Tremain's layered and complex novel, the story of 17th century English doctor Merivel (Robert Downey Jr.) in the court of King Charles II, his romantic tribulations and eventual suffering during the Great Fire of London.

A tug of war between great drama and schmaltzy pap, Lenny Abrahamson's adaptation of Emma Donoghue's novel Room comes perilously close to collapsing into a laughably maudlin film at times.

The Great Gatsby Warner Bros., $ 28.98; Blu - ray, $ 35.99 / $ 49.95 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday There's something not quite right with Baz Luhrmann's glittery adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, though the problem isn't in Luhrmann's...

He is also known for playing the protagonist Pip in British film adaptation of Charles Dickens» famous classic novel Great Expectations.

Since seeing the recent adaptation of Gillian Flynn's novel I have also come into the understanding that the film experience is merely half the picture; that reading what Flynn is able to elucidate in greater detail in print is somehow more compelling than the visual spectacle of Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike operating at extremely high levels.

Surprisingly, 2016 has produced not one but two adaptations of the author's novels: Indignation, based on his slender 2008 novella about a college undergraduate struggling to find himself and avoid becoming cannon fodder in the Korean War; and American Pastoral, taken from arguably the author's greatest book.

If there's one thing the film world probably doesn't need it's another adaptation of the much - loved Charles Dickens» novel GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

Joel Edgerton («The Great Gatsby,» «Zero Dark Thirty») is in talks to star in the film adaptation of Gregory David Roberts» novel «Shantaram» at Warner Bros..

With great performances from Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, who melts my heart each time I see the film, this adaptation of the novel of the same name by Tim Tharp is a new classic - Joshua

The long - awaited sophomore film from playwright Kenneth Lonergan («You Can Count On Me «-RRB- was like a big - screen adaptation of an imagined Great American Novel, sprawling and literate and humane and brilliant.

You may not be aware, though, that Franco's combined all of those interests in a series of fine but little seen adaptations of great American novels he's directed and appeared in, including William Faulkner's «As I Lay Dying» and «The Sound and the Fury,» Cormac McCarthy's «Child of God» and John Steinbeck's «In Dubious Battle.»

There's a great meta moment early in Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the»80s Broadway musical Les Misérables, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 French novel.

Hey all, we had a great chat with the talent behind The Book Thief, the movie adaptation of Markus Zusak's bestselling novel about World War 2 seen through the eyes of a young German girl.

Mary - Louise Parker, in a «no such thing as small parts» sort of small part, brings great levity to the movie, but light popcorn fare this adaptation of author Jason Matthews «novel is not.

What you might not have heard is that this adaptation of Pete Dexter's pulp novel is less a so - bad - it's - great pleasure than the cinematic equivalent of the Hindenburg crash, and that no amount of Matthew McConaughey daringness, drag - queen - ready dialogue or shots of Efron in his tighty - whities can save this movie from its own incoherence.

Following his great success with «North by Northwest,» director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel «Psycho.»

Author Jeff VanderMeer says to expect great things from Ex Machina writer / director Alex Garland's upcoming movie adaptation of VanderMeer's novel, Annihilation.

Some people played along but many were appalled at the very idea of something as cliched and flimsy as a love triangle defining the young woman they've come to admire so fiercely from Suzanne Collins» best - selling trio of novels, the first adaptation of which makes its way to the screen this weekend amid great fervor and expectation.

You're on your own with that, and that's one of the many reasons why High - Rise, Wheatley's adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel, is so damn great.

At least Baz Luhrmann's visually kaleidoscopic adaptation F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel quotes the famous final sentence of the book, although it's after having proved that it possesses no awareness of what that statement actually says.

An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel «The Price Of Salt,» we're in Sirkian melodrama territory here, though likely without the same kind of stylistic aping as the great «Far From Heaven,» and as usual, Haynes has rustled up a killer cast: after their last collaboration on «I'm Not There» won her an Oscar nomination, Cate Blanchett returns to work with the director, while Rooney Mara looks to have her best material since «The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo» (also in the support cast: «Portlandia» and Sleater - Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, awesomelyof Patricia Highsmith's novel «The Price Of Salt,» we're in Sirkian melodrama territory here, though likely without the same kind of stylistic aping as the great «Far From Heaven,» and as usual, Haynes has rustled up a killer cast: after their last collaboration on «I'm Not There» won her an Oscar nomination, Cate Blanchett returns to work with the director, while Rooney Mara looks to have her best material since «The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo» (also in the support cast: «Portlandia» and Sleater - Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, awesomelyOf Salt,» we're in Sirkian melodrama territory here, though likely without the same kind of stylistic aping as the great «Far From Heaven,» and as usual, Haynes has rustled up a killer cast: after their last collaboration on «I'm Not There» won her an Oscar nomination, Cate Blanchett returns to work with the director, while Rooney Mara looks to have her best material since «The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo» (also in the support cast: «Portlandia» and Sleater - Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, awesomelyof stylistic aping as the great «Far From Heaven,» and as usual, Haynes has rustled up a killer cast: after their last collaboration on «I'm Not There» won her an Oscar nomination, Cate Blanchett returns to work with the director, while Rooney Mara looks to have her best material since «The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo» (also in the support cast: «Portlandia» and Sleater - Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, awesomely).

Director John Crowley (Boy A) and writer Nick Hornby haven't just fashioned a great adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel, but a beautiful movie, a sensitively textured re-creation of the look and emotional climate of mid-century America and Ireland, with Ronan, as quietly and vibrantly alive as a silent - screen heroine, at its heart.

Curiously, Watchmen is so very much a translation of the graphic novel to film adaptation that it to say it is a work of art would be akin to calling an abridged audio book reading of a great literary work the same.

But beloved though the 1969 film may be, the Coens» 2010 «True Grit» is better in virtually every way, a massive improvement as entertainment and as an adaptation of a sadly underappreciated great novel.

The Road Where: Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Ctr., 415-352-0835 When: All Week Why: Whether a movie could be made of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize - winning novel about a father and son braving the ruins of post-apocalyptic America was once the subject of spirited debate, and with good reason: John Hillcoat's reverent adaptation may prove too bleak for those seeking tidings of great joy this holiday season, but it is moving, intelligently crafted and perfectly cast.

The former is a graphic novel adaptation of a great self - published novel, Broken Bulbs; the latter, the self - published sequel to the excellent, traditionally published Xenowealth series; both were successfully funded.

This manga adaptation of Isuna Hasekura's acclaimed Spice and Wolf novel series, also available from Yen Press, is an investment that promises the greatest of entertainment returns!

Recently I watched a Bollywood movie «Fitoor» which was an adaptation of Dicken's novel «The Great Expectations.»

great's (Ito Ogure) manga adaptation of NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari novel will contain «Hitagi Dish,» an original «short short story» by NisiOisin.

A New Day is an exciting point and click adventure, and a great adaptation of the graphic novels with both a thrilling story and comic book look.