Sentences with phrase «dramatic retellings of»

CHICAGO — I am not opposed to dramatic retellings of true events from history, but I think the drama should at least be as entertaining as a PBS documentary on the same subject.

I can not wait to hear the justification for how the Twilight series is a dramatic retelling of some heretofore unpopular Biblical allegory.

We have a dramatic retelling of creation, Adam and Eve, original sin (the broken crystal as the forbidden fruit) and Cain killing Abel.

Imagine the dramatic retelling of the Royals at the deadline:

Plot: Based upon the hugely successful play, Frost / Nixon is a dramatic retelling of British talk - show host David Frost's post-Watergate television interviews of former president Richard Nixon.

But her testimony Wednesday was a dramatic retelling of a pivotal moment in the decades - long relationship between Cuomo and Percoco, which began when Percoco worked for Cuomo's father Mario as a teenager.

Lacewell's testimony Wednesday was a dramatic retelling of a pivotal moment in the decades - long relationship between Cuomo and Percoco, which began when Percoco worked for Cuomo's father Mario as a teenager.

Synopsis: This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history.

Was this a very dramatic retelling of the Hollywood Hills burglaries by accomplished director Sofia Coppola?

Return to the very beginnings of the Dark Souls story with a dramatic retelling of the -LSB-...]

The director's dramatic retelling of the NSA whistleblower's rise to infamy boasts a strong central performance from Joseph Gordon - Levitt but its attempts to pander to a multiplex crowd are misjudged

The biopic is a dramatic retelling of the night Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, which killed passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, and didn't report the accident to police for nine hours.

So when Christine, a dramatic retelling of the life of 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck, was announced, I was quite curious to see how Craig Shilowich «s script would play out under Antonio Campos «direction.

A dramatic retelling of the 2007 - 8 financial crisis reveals a riveting world of chaos, corruption and misfits

From the looks of this, it's a dramatic retelling of Armstrong's Tour de France years and then what happened when the truth came out, and the rabbit hole proved to be far deeper than anyone suspected.

Christopher Plummer steps in as the legendary J. Paul Getty, delivering a terrific, gravitas - rich performance that anchors Scott's dramatic retelling of events surrounding the 1973 kidnapping of Getty's teenaged grandson Paul (Charlie Plummer).

WHAT: A dramatic retelling of the O.J. Simpson case, in which the former NFL superstar turned actor (Cuba Gooding Jr.) was tried on two counts of murder for the 1994 deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown - Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.

This dramatic retelling of the 1999 Women's World Cup championship match between the U.S. and China weaves together gender issues, the influence of Title IX, and biographies and interviews with key players.

Not exact matches

Perhaps Jarecki could have completely discarded the facts of the Durst story and made a stronger film about family drama and possible insanity but the fact is that his subject matter ended his true story in such an unusual way that it doesn't necessarily support a dramatic retelling.

A simple retelling of these stories would have been more dramatic, more effective and more powerful.

Delving into the complex and timely issue of illegal immigration to the United States from South America, and the large number of missing - presumed - dead immigrants who never make it either home or away, this film takes an interesting approach in combining investigative documentary and dramatic retelling.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award was presented to: As You Are (Director: Miles Joris - Peyrafitte, Screenwriters: Miles Joris - Peyrafitte, Madison Harrison)-- As You Are is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.

Craig Gillespie's rollicking retelling of infamous figure skater Tonya Harding's rise and fall might take several dramatic liberties (peep the new trailer for a bloody - faced Margot Robbie mugging for the camera in one shot while brandishing a shotgun in pursuit of Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, in another), but, at its core, I, Tonya is a film rooted in the rich, real - life story of a deeply troubled athlete fighting for her place in the world.

The drama, which is a retelling of the story of a group of close friends in a small parish in modern - day Louisiana, owned the Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special category, with Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott, Phylicia Rashad, and Queen Latifah all getting nods.

Senior Signing Day provides graduating seniors with a platform to announce which college or university they will attend and retell «dramatic stories of overcoming death in the family, gangs, and gun violence» (Bailey, 2013).

Kecak Fire Dance — This ritual dance was invented in the 1930s but is spectacularly dramatic, including a chanting chorus and costumed players retelling the story of Rama's defeat of the demon king Ravana around a fire.

I think of this post-colonial retelling of death of Cook in Hawaii as «the dramatic moment of rupture.»