Sentences with phrase «major feature film adaptation»

The title more obviously calls to mind Victor Hugo's 19th century novel, the highly successful and long - running 1980s stage musical, and now the major feature film adaptation that will open in theaters on Christmas Day.

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Upon his return from military service, Damone resumed his film career, enjoying featured or co-starring roles in major musical productions like Hit the Deck (1955) and the screen adaptation of Kismet (1955).

Major highlights making their world premieres include Shawn Levy's all - star ensemble drama «This Is Where I Leave You,» starring Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman and Tina Fey; Michael R. Roskam's «The Drop,» which features James Gandolfini's final performance; Liv Ullman's film adaptation of the famed play «Miss Julie,» starring Jessica Chastain; David Gordon Green's latest indie drama «Manglehorn,» featuring Al Pacino; the musical «The Last 5 Years,» starring Anna Kendrick; Noah Baumbach's latest «While We're Young,» starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried; and Jason Reitman's «Men, Women & Children,» starring Adam Sandler.

In most cases a major Hollywood adaptation all but automatically puts a book in the NYT bestseller list for at least a couple weeks and it's relatively cheap for publishers to put out a new edition featuring the film actors / poster as a cover to draw in even more people who would otherwise have not read the book, especially since a popular film adaptation means the books will be shown face up on tables or in special displays all over the place.

It helped launch a long - term career for the author with a major publisher including a hardcover / paperback multi-book deal, getting picked up for feature film, dozens of awards and award nominations, and audio book adaptations.