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«It's a great story about adaptation, but it's not ET,» says Gerald Joyce, a biochemist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif..
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As the movie business grows more saturated with stories about costumed vigilantes, studios are trying to find ways to differentiate their own comic book adaptations.
Before anyone starts yelling about discrimination against Christians and Jews or censorship, it's important to note that the movie adaptation leaves out several other key pieces of the story.
The motion picture you are about to see is an adaptation of the Exodus story.
In a recent article in the «New York Review of Books» on the television and stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's historical novels «Wolf Hall» and «Bring up the Bodies,» the Irish critic Fintan O'Toole tries to explain the present popularity of a story about Henry VIII's obscure....
From Town & Village, a neighborhood newspaper here, in a story about the New York Theatre Ballet: The company, which has reparatory seasons and revivals of long - lost chamber masterpieces, is also well known for its hour - long adaptations for children.
Learn all about farm life, explore the forest, field, and wetlands looking for tracks and signs of plants and animals that live at Drumlin Farm year - round, discover the special adaptations that make birds of prey such skilled hunters, or journey back in time to learn about growing up in New England through cooking, stories, and games.
The last chapter of the book is all about injury and illness; Bob and I share our personal stories of illness and injury to show that despite health problems you can make adaptations or find new activities.
Franklin J. Shaffner's deadpan adaptation of Ira Levin's silly story about Hitler clones.
In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's animated adaptation of Satrapi's graphic - novel autobiography about a young girl growing up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and Iran's war with Iraq, episodic stories give Western readers and many others a glimpse into a fascinating world during a tumultuous era, and the author's illustrations express the caricatured, exaggerated impressions of a young child.
It was neck - and - neck with its closest rival, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher's loose adaptation of the F Scott Fitzgerald story about a man who ages backwards, each film having bagged three awards.
Nicolas Roeg's trademark non-linear approach to narrative is put to unnerving use in this haunting adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story about a couple, John and Laura Baxter (played by Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie), who relocate to Venice in an attempt to come to terms with the accidental death of their young daughter.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - December 25 ben Stiller directs and stars in this adaptation of James Thurber's classic short story about a dull man who spices up his life by imagining himself on fantastical journeys around the world.
Okay, maybe I'm not particularly objective about this film, but it is pretty terrific, a Bradbury-esque story of an adolescent adventure one summer and one of the finest Stephen King adaptations ever (it's based on his short story «The Body»).
«When Marnie Was There — The Studio Ghibli production recalls the beautifully hand - drawn production of famed animator Hayao Miyazaki, in this adaptation of a British ghost story by Joan G. Robinson about a young girl whose new friend may be more spirit than girl.»
Carol: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara prove mesmerizing in Todd Haynes's stunning adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt, a story about two women who fall in love, only to suffer the slings and arrows of an intolerant society.
With fans still stoked about New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey, Wall Street Journal broke the story earlier today about Illumination Studio may be behind taking the ex-plumber to the big screen in an animated adaptation.
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To some, James Franco's adaptation of Greg Sestero's chronicle of the making of Tommy Wiseau's The Room is a funny story about a kooky aspiring filmmaker making the worst movie of all time.
It's set during World War II; it's an adaptation of a true story and has a buzz about its leading man performance.
Special Features Andrei Tarkovsky's short film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's «The Killers,» made when he was a student in 1956 Interview from 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky about both films Piece from 2002 in which actor Stacy Keach reads Hemingway's short story «Screen Directors»» Playhouse radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel's autobiography, «A Siegel Film,» read by actor and director Hampton Fancher Trailers PLUS: Essays by novelist Jonathan Lethem and critic Geoffrey O'Brien
«The goalposts are moved as the story or contents of the film change, and having several layers of approval — often from people who neither understand nor care about the game adaptation — means that schedules can be thrown off by no fault of of the developers, and all the time they're facing down an unchanging release day.
Mayer and screenwriter Stephen Karam (normally a playwright, who previously wrote a stage adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard) open the movie with a flash - forward to events that occur about 2/3 of the way through the story, and when that moment arrives, they play it again, without variation.
If you're familiar with the story of The Little Prince — about a little boy who travels to various planets in his plane, encountering animals, humans and a rose — a faithful adaptation of that tale is at the heart of this film.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the French writer - director is currently readying an adaptation of The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five, Fernando Morais «2015 non-fiction book about a group of Cuban spies tasked with infiltrating anti-Castro groups in the United States.
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 film.
«I wanted story, structure,» Milos said about his film adaptations of E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime and Peter Shaffer's theatrical bonfire Amadeus.
The Quiet American — Joseph Mankiewicz's adaptation of the Graham Greene story about a cynical Brit and idealistic American (who may be a CIA agent) in Vietnam and the woman they both love.
Warner Bros. has set a December 12, 2014 release date for «Inherent Vice,» the Thomas Pynchon adaptation, that tells a 1970s Los Angeles - set story about inept, pot - smoking private detective Doc Sportello as he investigates the case of a kidnapped girl, who also happens to be one of his ex-girlfriends (incidentally, we place it right at the top of our Most Anticipated Films Of 2014 list).
The Pitch: Stewart O'Nan's acclaimed novel comes to the big screen in the form of David Gordon Green's adaptation of «Snow Angels,» in which a pair of stories — one about a couple confronting tragedy, the other about a young man struggling with deep - seated personal problems — intertwine.
The ultimate haptic heroine of the AFI FEST was the unnamed protagonist of Krotkaya (A Gentle Creature), the third narrative film of the Berlin - based Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitza.45 The Russian title is that of the original short story by Dostoyevsky (1876) about a meek young woman inexplicably committing suicide, but, in its country of production (France), the film is called Une Femme douce — like the 1969 adaptation of the same story by Robert Bresson directed.
A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.
Desperate to revive his career and earn a little credibility in the process, Riggan mounts an adaptation of the Raymond Carver short story «What We Talk About When We Talk About Love» on Broadway.
Snow Angels (Warner Independent, March 21) Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Griffin Dunne, Amy Sedaris, Olivia Thirlby Director: David Gordon Green Rating: R The Pitch: Stewart O'Nan's acclaimed novel comes to the big screen in the form of David Gordon Green's adaptation of «Snow Angels,» in which a pair of stories — one about a couple confronting tragedy, the other about a young man struggling with deep - seated personal problems — intertwine.
The film adaptation of the musical combines characters from several stories including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and others in a cautionary tale about being careful what you wish for.
But now they're about to combine in a sexy, punk acid trip of a movie in the form of an adaptation of Neil Gaiman «s short story and graphic novel How to Talk to Girls at Parties.
6: Londongrad By David Scarpa (The Day The Earth Stood Still and co-wrote The Last Castle) What it's about: An adaptation of Alan Cowell's 2008 book The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder, chronicling the life and strange death of Alexander Litvinenko.
Premise: Washed - up actor Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton)-- famous for playing the iconic superhero Birdman — struggles to mount a Broadway play, an adaptation of Raymond Carver's 1981 short story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.
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.
Basil Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes in early film adaptations of stories about the detective, but today's fans have eagerly embraced Holmes in incarnations both classic and more contemporary.
The details: The ever - eclectic Irish director Lenny Abrahamson follows up his quirky, heartbreaking alt - rock musical Frank with an adaptation of Emma Donoghue's Booker Prize - shortlisted novel Room, a sensitive suspense story about a child who's been held captive with his mother for his entire life.
Reports and rumours of West being locked out of the editing suite began to do the rounds, bringing up similar stories about Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel during the post-production of fellow video game adaptation Super Mario Bros..
Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.
Fans may be glad to know this is a film that is obviously made by people who care about crafting a good adaptation, and not by corporate hacks looking to make quick cash slapping together a sloppy story to exploit an already huge franchise.
First, a word about the music: The songs are by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, a fast - rising team who wrote lyrics for the tunes in La La Land; they composed the charmingly retro score for the musical adaptation of A Christmas Story and penned the affecting emo balladry in the Tony - winning Broadway smash, Dear Evan Hansen.
We learn about the source novel and its adaptation, story / character areas, cast and performances, locations, and vehicles.
Having already established himself as a novelist with the cult classic «The Beach» and as a screenwriter by penning the likes of «28 Days Later,» «Sunshine» and adaptations of «Never Let Me Go» and «Dredd,» Alex Garland made his directorial debut with 2015's «Ex Machina,» a story set in the not - too - distant future about a programmer (Domnhall Gleeson) sent by his technological genius boss (Oscar Isaac) to administer the Turing test to a new and advanced form of artificial intelligence, a beautiful humanoid robot (Alicia Vikander).
When it's «The Adjustment Bureau,» an adaptation of the hard - to - describe Philip K. Dick short story about a politician (Damon) whose love for a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) faces stiff opposition from a mysterious and powerful group known as — you guessed it — the Adjustment Bureau.
Stefanie Scott, who plays Kimber, insists there much's to like about Jon M. Chu's live - action adaptation, which she calls a heartwarming coming - of - age story,
An adaptation of a Paul Bowles story about a shy young girl who finds herself transforming into a cat, this exquisitely crafted short film takes its aesthetic cues from the visually sumptuous style of Merchant Ivory and the work of Lewis Carroll and Beatrix Potter.