Sentences with phrase «filmed version of the story»

It isn't perfect, but it has a reputation for being one of the better film versions of the story, and I can see why.

There have been four other film versions of the story.

Costner went on to make his own feature film version of the story (1994's Wyatt Earp), while Jarre teamed up with Kurt Russell.

Disney's well — known film version of the story, released in 1937, was ostensibly based on the German tale popularized by the Brothers Grimm.

Not exact matches

A similar case to EuropaCorp's «Kursk,» the true story of a Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 and killed everyone on board; though Putin had a significant role in the events, appears in the source material of Robert Moore's best - seller «A Time to Die,» and even featured in early versions of the screenplay, he's nowhere to be found in the finished film.

As reported, the new film will be an origin story for the clown prince of crime, it will be set in the 1980s, and it will be completely unconnected with the Jared Leto version of the character introduced in «Suicide Squad.»

Because the original Jungle Book was a collection of short stories, any successful film version should either focus on one particular story, or else find some way of joining them together.

If you were to edit this film to, at the most, 100 minutes, I think you still might not have a good film, but it's a better version of the story they wanted to tell.

This retelling of Beauty and Beast on Blu - ray definitely deserves a spot in your film collection — right along side all the other past versions of this story.

Though it does have its own version of a three - act structure, this film is not a conventional narrative that will fit into a tidy box and it's not a story so much as an experience.

It is hard sometimes to shake the feeling that this live - action Disney adaptation is relying too much on the 1991 animation, to the point that it almost feels like an extended version of that film; but even so, it offers a fresh and modern look at the classic story that makes it worth it.

The Rider Brady Jandreau, a Lakota cowboy from South Dakota, enacts a version of his own harrowing story of loss and recovery in writer - director Chloé Zhao's stunningly lyrical western, a seamless and deeply moving blend of narrative and documentary film techniques.

This would be the fourth (if you include the lost 1926 version) feature film to tell the story of Nick Carraway and his interactions with Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan during the summer of 1922.

It's hard to imagine a more subtle version of such an extreme story, but the film starts to feel a bit like a carefully calculated lesson more than an organic piece of storytelling.

But it's unfair to judge on a book on its cover (or title) and after seeing Matthew Vaughn's film adaptation which releases this weekend, I can honestly say that Kick - Ass is much better than I first expected and Vaughn's big - screen version of the graphic novel features sharp writing, brilliant performances, and of course, indulgent action sequences and story - telling.

They don't even really make a big deal out of gayness in this version, which is odd, but this is a dumbed down and less interesting version of the same story, which would be fine if it took advantage of having actors who don't even have to act if they can dance in a film like this.

Already adapted once in 1955 by Elia Kazan, with the classic film starring James Dean, this version will span two films to tell the epic saga of the Hamilton and Trask families, and their interlocking stories that span from the start of the 20th century through World War I.

A less effective version of the same fact - based story, even with the same actors doing the same excellent work — it's Jake Gyllenhaal's finest, truest two hours on film — might creak and groan with «inspirational weepie» biopic machinery, over-engineered Big Moments and an arm - twisting, melodramatic approach to its subject.

The film's conceit is that she is being interviewed, and the events we see are largely her version of the story.

Bedtime Stories is the latest Blu - ray from Disney to come jammed with different versions of the film depending on your format choice.

It's a version of the story that could very well be remembered more fondly than the original and a film that once again proves Coppola's worth when it comes to poignant storytelling.

Suggesting a period piece version of a film noir saga as envisioned by Stanley Kubrick, this twisted feminist drama is rooted in contentious racial - and gender - warfare issues, employing a meticulous formalism to recount its cutthroat story about Katherine's at - any - cost attempts to attain liberation.

In the end, the main achievement of «Knightfall» may be its effectiveness in reminding the viewer of better films and more exciting versions of stories influenced by the group's myth.

Catching Fire presents mostly the same story as the first film, but speedier and with a slight twist as previous Hunger Games winners Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (the grim - jawed Josh Hutcherson) cause trouble for the capitol of Panem, the post-war-rebellion version of the United States, after their previous victory, which inspires small scale rebellions across the nation, mostly evident via graffiti.

When asked about the prospect of a stage version, Benj Pasek, who co-wrote The Greatest Showman's songs, said there have been talks of pursuing the story beyond its feature film.

although this story has been made into a number of films and has very diferent versions.

The newest version of the greatest love story ever told, ROMEO AND JULIET, is nearing it's release date and the first poster and an image from the film have been released in anticipation.

In the film «Saving Mr. Banks,» the children's author P.L. Travers finds herself in tense negotiations with Walt Disney over the 1964 film version of Travers» classic stories featuring the magical English nanny Mary Poppins.

This updated version follows the formula of other Romero remakes by upgrading the visuals and production value while at the same time gutting the story of any satirical or sociological aspects leaving a competent but rather generic horror film that barely explores its underlying concepts, instead relying on by the number horror film «scares» and gore.

*** (out of four) At some point in «Saving Mr. Banks,» which is inspired by the true story of Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) convincing author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to license the film version of «Mary Poppins,» you may want to shout, «They said one...

The best biopics always feature a short snippet of an iconic person's life and there is plenty of drama in the story with Travers ultimately being disappointed with the film version of «Mary Poppins».

Of course, if you are going to make another civil rights sports movie, the story of Jackie Robinson is pretty much the definitive version, so it's surprising that only one other film («The Jackie Robinson Story») has been made on the subject, and that movie starred the famous baseball player as himselOf course, if you are going to make another civil rights sports movie, the story of Jackie Robinson is pretty much the definitive version, so it's surprising that only one other film («The Jackie Robinson Story») has been made on the subject, and that movie starred the famous baseball player as himstory of Jackie Robinson is pretty much the definitive version, so it's surprising that only one other film («The Jackie Robinson Story») has been made on the subject, and that movie starred the famous baseball player as himselof Jackie Robinson is pretty much the definitive version, so it's surprising that only one other film («The Jackie Robinson Story») has been made on the subject, and that movie starred the famous baseball player as himStory») has been made on the subject, and that movie starred the famous baseball player as himself.

The film is based on a true story featured in the Wall Street Journal about a group of friends who have been playing a no - holds - barred version of the children's game Tag for the last 30 years.

And conveniently, we have something of the spectral variety for you to feast on — the commencement of shooting on the film version of super-spooky West End hit, Ghost Stories.

The film is sweet, and it offers another version of a story we've heard before, refusing to allow age to dictate the worth and energy of a role.

In the film world, it's been done in various forms over the years, with perhaps the most popular being Disney's 1976 version of Freaky Friday, which is the same story told with female protagonists.

Larraín has an interesting way of crafting his version of her story almost as if it's a suspense film with his central character always on the precipice of completely losing it.

This was not long after I'd read Stephen King's creepy short story of the same name and so I thought I was about to see a film version of it.

We have some brand new casting notices for two Hollywood monster films and these new versions of Frankenstein and Dracula's stories have familiar faces.

About half the film uses actors and the other half is interviews with the actual townspeople of Carthage who tell their versions of the story.

His most recent films are «Win - Win,» «Barney's Version» and the upcoming «Ironclad,» the story of England's 13th - century King John.

It's easy to reference the classics, but «The Conjuring 2» is an evolved, modern version of this story, and establishes its own classic status as film in conversation with both the past and future of horror.

After teasing a number of different ambitious projects in 2017 — including an adaptation of Fernando Morais» nonfiction book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five and a slightly re-cast version of Idol's Eye, his perpetually stalled Chicago mob thriller — Assayas ultimately went with a previously unannounced project about the French publishing industry as his next filof different ambitious projects in 2017 — including an adaptation of Fernando Morais» nonfiction book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five and a slightly re-cast version of Idol's Eye, his perpetually stalled Chicago mob thriller — Assayas ultimately went with a previously unannounced project about the French publishing industry as his next filof Fernando Morais» nonfiction book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five and a slightly re-cast version of Idol's Eye, his perpetually stalled Chicago mob thriller — Assayas ultimately went with a previously unannounced project about the French publishing industry as his next filOf The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five and a slightly re-cast version of Idol's Eye, his perpetually stalled Chicago mob thriller — Assayas ultimately went with a previously unannounced project about the French publishing industry as his next filOf the Cuban Five and a slightly re-cast version of Idol's Eye, his perpetually stalled Chicago mob thriller — Assayas ultimately went with a previously unannounced project about the French publishing industry as his next filof Idol's Eye, his perpetually stalled Chicago mob thriller — Assayas ultimately went with a previously unannounced project about the French publishing industry as his next film.

Ann Sheridan, with lots of oomph, takes over Bette Davis» old role (and Jeanne Eagels») in this Americanized remake of the film versions of the classic W. Somerset Maugham short story «The Letter.»

The single unqualified advantage that the new version has over William Wyler's 1939 film is that it tells the whole story, instead of stopping after the death of Kathy.

Since both films well pre-date the preservationist era of film - as - art - and - heritage — Greed was released in 1925, The Magnificent Ambersons in 1942 — they have suffered the further indignity of being unreconstructible; studios back in those days didn't hang on to excised footage for the sake of future director's cuts on DVD, so the reels upon reels of nitrate film trimmed from the original versions were — depending on which movie you're talking about and which story you believe — burned, thrown in the garbage, dumped into the Pacific, or simply left to decompose in the vaults.»

He chose Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt and Agnes Moorehead to star in the film, also casting Ray Collins, the only actor who also worked on the radio version of the story.

This, of course, is a new version of the story as Angelina Jolie previously led two prior films that were met with mixed response, but Goggins previously teased us with his excitement about this new take:

When going over what the film actually is, I immediately realized that Spotlight is essentially a religious version of All the President's Men minus «Deep throat,» but with a couple of extra reporters working on an explosive story.

Considering that core N.W.A. members Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are producers of the film about the band that made them superstars, it will surprise no one to discover that «Straight Outta Compton» delivers an almost laughably squeaky - clean version of their life stories between 1986 and 1995.