Sentences with phrase «adaptation of the acclaimed»

Martin Scorese's film adaptation of the acclaimed book tells the story of persecution, martyrdom and faith involving two Jesuit priests who serve as missionaries to Japan in the 1600s.

The Golden Globe - nominated director of Selma, Ava DuVernay is going to direct a film adaptation of the acclaimed fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

The feature film adaptation of the acclaimed National Theatre production documents the events that shook Suffolk in 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.

The question is whether the adaptation of this acclaimed young adult novel can be a cinematic tearjerker it needs to be to win over Academy members.

Even since before his first «serious» film, an adaptation of the acclaimed stage play «Six Degrees Of Separation,» he was clearly a gifted and versatile performer.

The story is an adaptation of the acclaimed bestseller by Lionel Shriver, about a mother (Swinton) and father (Reilly) whose teenage son is the perpetrator of a high school massacre.

BLOOD is director Nick Murphy's big - screen adaptation of the acclaimed BBC miniseries CONVICTION by Bill Gallagher.

Early posters and trailers for the chiller promise another worthy adaptation of the acclaimed King novel.

«Preacher» stars Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga plus EP Sam Catlin discuss the soon - to - debut TV adaptation of the acclaimed comics series.

A second clip has arrived from director Marc Forster's adaptation of the acclaimed Max Brooks novel, WORLD WAR Z, which is led by Brad...

While it benefits from a rich ensemble cast and a provocative science - fiction premise, this muddled adaptation of the acclaimed play struggles to break free from its stagebound roots.

Film adaptation of the acclaimed 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold about a murdered and raped young girl who watches over her friends, family, and her killer from the afterlife.

So when James Franco, frequent director of unacclaimed adaptations of acclaimed American novels (The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Child of God) announced he would direct and star in a making of account of Wiseau's seminal disasterpiece, the irony seemed rich.

Screen Media has acquired North American rights to «Bel Canto,» Paul Weitz's adaptation of the acclaimed Ann Patchett novel.

A new rumor suggests Warner Bros. is courting the «Star Trek Beyond» director for its long - struggling adaptation of the acclaimed manga.

The last time Roman Polanski directed an adaptation of an acclaimed chamber drama, the result was the less than stellar

Earlier this year, we reported that Screen Gems and Sam Raimi were set to produce a feature film adaptation of the acclaimed and best - selling game, The Last of Us.

Not exact matches

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the controversial and acclaimed novel Silence may be the most ambitious of his career: According to reports, it will run well over three hours, the longest film he's ever made.

In his 2010 review, acclaimed expert in the field of training periodization, Vladimir Issurin, lists a concentrated focus on obtaining training adaptations as one of his 5 key factors affecting the duration of short - term training residual adaptations.9 What scientists have noticed is that longer term training adaptations will remain at a heightened level for a given period after training cessation.

Hall will continue to work with SHOWTIME to develop and executive produce AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE, a serial adaptation of Matthew Specktor's acclaimed novel about two generations of Hollywood royalty.

Stephen Chbosky directs this adaptation of his own critically acclaimed novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

COLD IN JULY, Jim Mickle's feature adaptation of the Joe Lansdale cult novel in which Hall stars with Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, recently premiered to significant acclaim in US Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

An emotionally scarred fifty - something female, a high - profile but haunted British novelist, and a heroic dissident - cum - Soviet psychiatric hospital veteran who all formed an unbreakable bond while help prisoner in a World War II concentration camp reunite for the first time in forty years on the peaceful grounds of a renovated pastoral farm in Jefferson Lewis's adaptation of internationally acclaimed author Matt Cohen's popular novel.

Vivid, darkly humorous and often mystical, Barbet Schroeder's adaptation of Fernando Vallejo's acclaimed novel was largely filmed secretly under dangerous circumstances on the streets of Medellin.

A young boy grows up among a makeshift family of oddballs and dreamers in this adaptation of Ruben Santiago - Hudson's acclaimed one - man show.

Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in this adaptation of Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name.

A once - contented wife struggles to maintain her dignity when her husband abandons her for a younger woman in longtime television director Christopher Menaul's adaptation of Stevie Davies» acclaimed novel.

Lewis starred as Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance in WOLF HALL, the critically acclaimed BBC Two / Masterpiece Theater six - part television miniseries adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker - Prize winning novels, directed by BAFTA - winning Peter Kosminsky.

The Matrix creators The Wachowskis are teaming with Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer for an ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell's acclaimed 2004 novel Cloud Atlas, comprised of six separate yet vaguely connected narratives that take place in locales as varied as the Pacific Ocean in 1850 and a clone - inhabited, post-apocalyptic future.

Audiences most recently saw Holliday Grainger in the pivotal role of Estella in the critically acclaimed feature adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic GREAT EXPECTATIONS, opposite Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes, directed by Mike Newel.

If the subsequent adaptation of author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s acclaimed novel Breakfast of Champions failed to capture the essence of the written word, Nolte still managed to offer an impressive performance in the following year's The Golden Bowl.At this point in his career Nolte could certainly be counted on to turn in compelling performances regardless of the project, which made the return of his former demons more tragic than ever.

Stephen Chbosky directs this adaptation of his own critically acclaimed novel which focuses on the shy and unpopular Charlie (Logan Lerman) who finds friends in Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller).

Previously, she gained critical acclaim starring as Marnie on six seasons of GIRLS and in the live television adaptation of PETER PAN as the title character.

While Rosamund Pike has been getting tons of Oscar and Golden Globe buzz as Amy Elliott Dunne in David Fincher's adaptation of Gone Girl, it was actually her role as the hot new Bond girl opposite of Pierce Brosnan in 2002's Die Another Day that first earned her international acclaim.

He's penned two John Grisham adaptations, two Dan Brown adaptations, two adaptations of famed sci - fi novels, two reviled Batman films, two acclaimed biopics starring Russell Crowe, one adaptation of a 60s TV series, and numerous episodes of «Fringe».

Frank Langella reprises his Tony Award - winning role in director Ron Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's acclaimed Broadway hit that recreates the explosive 1977 TV interview between disgraced former president Richard Nixon and David Frost (Michael Sheen).

Acclaimed filmmaker Whit Stillman reunites the stars of his 1998 drama The Last Days of Disco, Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny, for what might be the most entertaining big - screen Jane Austen adaptation ever.

An adaptation of Mordecai Richler's acclaimed novel, Barney's Version attempts a sprawling vision of unruly, outsized, sloppy life through the particular tale of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a Canadian TV producer who in his waning days reflects back on his three rocky marriages.

Review of the recent DVD release of Richard Roxburgh's début feature, an adaptation of Raimond Gaita's acclaimed memoirs about his father.

It is the first cinematic feature by Dominic Cooke, an acclaimed theatre director whose stage expertise shines from this sad, sensitive, altogether enthralling adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel.

In this lavish adaptation of Colm Tóibín's acclaimed novel, a young Irish woman in search of work emigrates to New York to start a new life.

Omer Fast delivers a startling adaptation of Tom McCarthy's acclaimed first novel, starring Tom Sturridge.

The Oscar - winning director Peter Jackson returns to the Middle Earth of his deservedly acclaimed The Lord of the Rings movies for this cinematic adaptation of Tolkein's first visit to that mythical land.

The Cannes Film Festival is in full - swing and acclaimed director Todd Haynes» (Carol, Far From Heaven) highly - anticipated adaptation of Brian Selznick's YA novel Wonderstruck was one of the first films screened at the fest — and it was met with reviews that ranged from raves to lukewarm.

Hugh Jackman, Academy Award winner Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in this critically acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon.

f anyone was going to do a silver screen adaptation of «Into the Wild,» Jon Krakauer's acclaimed novel about a young man who eschews a life of privilege to tramp across the U.S. only to end up starving to death in the Alaskan wilderness, it was Sean Penn..

Baran bo Odar's Sleepless is an American adaptation of the critically acclaimed French action thriller Nuit Blanche (2011).

I mean the darker, more unnerving question of how a movie adaptation of Paula Hawkin's bestselling novel, cast with a pair of Hollywood's most mesmerizing actresses (Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson), penned by celebrated «Secretary» screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson, and directed by acclaimed «The Help» helmer Tate Taylor can go so disastrously off the rails.

Pam Grady: Reese Witherspoon delivers one of her finest performances as a woman seeking to find herself during a perilous sole hike in Wild, Jean - Marc Vallee's soulful adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's acclaimed memoir.

2013 has definitely been a year of big comic book movies so far, with Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel both performing laudably at the box office, but one comic book adaptation that seems to have flown under the radar is acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon - ho's (The Host, Mother) dystopian sci - fi drama Snowpiercer.