Sentences with phrase «subsequent film adaptations»

Of course, he's never been very far out of the limelight, having completely dominated the Horror genre over the past 40 years as the «go - to» storyteller for genuine scares; leaving a multitude of classic books and subsequent film adaptations in his literary wake.

Not exact matches

The film is a new adaptation of James Thurber's famed short story, and the subsequent Danny Kaye 1947 musical fantasy film based on it.

The film is a new adaptation of James Thurber's famed short story, and the subsequent Danny Kaye 1947 musical fantasy...

Ten years later, working from an adaptation of the caper novel by W.R. Burnett scripted in collaboration with the author, he essentially launched the heist film as a genre of its own and set the blueprint that all subsequent heist dramas built upon.

With a few exceptions — the Roald Dahl adaptation The Witches (1990), or the non-Vietnam War Joseph Conrad adaptation Heart of Darkness (1993)-- the subsequent films failed to pierce public consciousness as keenly as his earlier works.

It's been a decade since Cantet won the Palme D'Or for his drama The Class; his accomplished and very promising early films (Time Out, Human Resources) now seem a lifetime away, while neither his English - language Joyce Carol Oates adaptation Foxfire nor the subsequent Return To Ithaca ever actually opened in the United States.

Still, that Goodall - hearted - in - Salmoni squared - physique appeal isn't enough for Rampage to be a competent exercise in mindless fun, let alone a model for subsequent game - to - film adaptations to follow.

It's unfortunate that, with the possible exception of The Godfather Part III, he's never been able to be both as ambitious and personal again, his subsequent movies either being adaptations of well - known works or those little «student films» that no one much seems to notice.

Apparently the expression was popularized by Tom Wolfe's 1979 book The Right Stuff, and the subsequent 1983 film adaptation, which recounts the story of the first seven astronauts selected for the NASA space program.

(the stage musical and subsequent 1968 film), and other present - day adaptations.