Sentences with phrase «of stage plays»

Movies didn't truly flourish until they stopped being filmed versions of stage plays.

There is no effort to open up the material as many film versions of stage plays do, rather there seems to have been a conscious effort to convey a theatrical feel to the presentation a decision that works to the absurdist material's favour.

Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley star in the film adaptation of the stage play: a torturer becomes the victim of his previous captive.

«Naming Number Two» (TBA): Toa Fraser's adaptation of her stage play stars the venerable Ruby Dee as the matriarch of a Fijian family who throws a feast to name her successor.

But the play was a deeply religious work, metaphorical, the imagery of man merged with horse essential to its message, so while Richard Burton and Peter Firth gave excellent, Oscar nominated performances in the film, the picture never quite captured the power of the stage play.

A seriously funny movie that avoids making fun of its characters by painting their various plights with sympathy and understanding, Toc Toc is an adaptation of the stage play by Laurent Baffie.

While women in the audience may find resonance in the comical prickliness, this film remains more of a stage play than an actual movie.

The adaptation of the stage play by Terry Johnson speculates on what might have happened if Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph McCarthy had encountered each other one evening in a hotel.

In conceptual accordance, instead of staging a play, Hamlet now makes an experimental video to incriminate his stepfather.

Audiences can expect to see Michel Hazanavicius» winning, black - and - white silent film «The Artist;» Roman Polanski's adaptation of the stage play «Carnage;» David Cronenberg's sexually charged «A Dangerous Method,» with Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender; Sam Levinson's Sundance entry «Another Happy Day» (starring Barkin); and Drake Doremus» Sundance romance, «Like Crazy.»

We'll next see her in an adaptation of a stage play, Lady in the Van, which she starred in, before the year ends.

The natural feel of a staged play approach works perfectly into the Winger and Letts» wheelhouse, displaying marriage as the difficult, often mature topic that it is.

Hateful assumes the feel of a stage play, as these characters come together in this one place and get to know each other, while the wind howls outside.

I also pen short stories and am the author of a stage play.

Yet a third event comes in the form of a stage play.

The story is much more extensive than many other games of a similar ilk, as you travel through many different acts all in the style of a stage play.

Weather will depend of the stage your playing but some conditions can be clear skies, rain or cloudy.

He may give the effect of a stage play, in part to put creative types like himself on the spot.

Having referenced Peter Weiss» seminal work Marat / Sade as the structural model for this body of work, Wysocan asks Gunilla to recount the process of staging the play in 1963.

Not exact matches

At times feeling like a stage play, «The Post» is fueled by the performances of its incredible cast — including Tracy Letts, Carrie Coon, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Alison Brie, and David Cross — but often the scenes drag on too long.

But in the early stages, each member of the team plays a critical role.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

Play a role in the customer perspective at every step by making sure the business and product use accessible language at each stage of building, designing, improving, selling and revising.

For example, he captured images of playing miniature golf with friends, walking up to a stage to deliver a TED talk, and paying his final respects at a funeral.

The one at the top of this post — Gene Simmons playing from the scaffolding above the stage — was perhaps the best one, while the image below is at maximum zoom.

Anyone who took Marketing 101 in college can tell you about the stages of the buyer's journey; what you may not know is how quality, engaging content plays into each one.

We've been watching the latter play out on the national stage with the release of HealthCare.gov, the website at the center of President Obama's health care reform.

Pipelines took central stage at home, while protectionism came back into play abroad, with the election of Donald Trump heralding a new phase for free trade

With four brothers and five sisters, Corcoran was the sibling in charge of fun — she staged rainy - day plays in the basement, drew chalk sidewalk games, and set up a «rock store» in the side yard.

Some, of course, may be understated, others, like a video game your kids play, have to have certain stages attained before they can be accomplished, but the seeds for your company's goals all lie in the structure that you build long before the doors ever opened.

Other common traits of companies on the list point to a level playing field for co-workers across career stages.

To kick off the training, the leadership team staged a re-enactment of the actual ESOP transaction with employees playing several key roles: Uncle Sam, the selling owners, themselves as employees, trustees, and bankers, among others.

But for the throngs of friends and colleagues in attendance, he simply appeared almost at random throughout the day: at the front of the stage, fist - pumping to whatever band was playing; onstage, peacocking like Mick Jagger; or jumping offstage and crowd - surfing.

Regardless of the specific mechanism at play in our bodies, the most recent recommendations suggest that working out twice a week may be beneficial in curbing some symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a stage that precedes the development of Alzheimer's in some older people.

... heads - up, no - limit Texas Hold»em represents an especially complex challenge with 10160 possible plays at different stages of the game (possibly more than the number of atoms in the universe).

Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, Speth said it was impossible to be concerned about the prospect of a brewing trade war at this stage because «hardly any» information on how it would play out was available.

The seven - year - old Plug and Play Tech Center is no stranger to startup investment; in the course of more than half a decade, it has accelerated 1,500 early - stage companies, by Amidi's reckoning.

Ahead of the address, the conference buzzed with speculation of how the president, elected to office on an «America First» platform, would play on a stage built to toast global integration.

As they eagerly describe a young Alison staging plays in the family living room and leading neighborhood children on make - believe safaris, the subject of their recollections sits quietly, as though detached from a past that has little to do with who she is today.

Lackey expects to play an operating role in three to five companies as he invests his fund companies in various industries and at various stages of growth.

«Too Much Johnson» was originally intended to be used in conjunction with Welles» stage adaptation of an 1894 play by William Gillette at Welles» New York City playhouse, the Mercury Theatre.

Instead, you can play the first three stages for free, and then you have to make a one - time $ 10 purchase to unlock the rest of the game's content.

In the later stages of an expansion — where we are now — basic materials are a good play, as are financials in this rising interest - rate environment, which creates lucrative spreads for banks and financial services companies.

After a breakout season in which he threw for 3,547 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions while completing 67 % of his passes, Keenum will have to prove himself on the big stage against a tough group of defenses, regardless of who the Vikings play.

This study compares the early stage development of the Duvernay shale play in Alberta with the later stage development of the Eagle Ford shale play in Texas, looking for similarities between the two plays.

About Madrona Venture Group Madrona (www.madrona.com) has been investing in early - stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest since 1995 and has been privileged to play a role in some of the region's most successful technology ventures.

It says something about the magnitude of the event that it played out during the tenure of two central bank Governors, each of whom were in the role for a decade, and will likely still be an important issue, in the early stages at least, for the next Governor.

A key element of this strategy is the active role played in the early stage of the project — the only way to actively manage costs, achieve price leadership in new technologies and ensure market - driven concepts.

These investors often negotiate for seats on the company's board of directors and play an important role through their resources, contacts and experience in assisting early - stage companies in executing on their business plans.

It's a chance for a neighborhood to be on the ground floor - literally, of the planning stages of a new playground that will be bigger and meet the demands of more children and encourage the timeless art of children, running, climbing, moving and playing.