The second film to be made from Woody Allen's successful stage comedy (following a 1969 feature starring Jackie Gleason), Don't Drink the Water is a made - for -
television adaptation directed by and starring Allen himself.
Not exact matches
Lewis starred as Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance in WOLF HALL, the critically acclaimed BBC Two / Masterpiece Theater six - part
television miniseries
adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker - Prize winning novels,
directed by BAFTA - winning Peter Kosminsky.
Though as early as 1996 she was reportedly at work on a film
adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, later adapted by Todd Haynes into 2015's Carol, Macdonald has worked exclusively in
television ever since, and has been back in view lately for
directing the acclaimed new miniseries
adaptation of Howards End, scripted by Kenneth Lonergan.
The ABC
television network broadcast two
adaptations of one - act Harold Pinter plays in 1987, both
directed by Robert Altman, under the name Basements.
The big question mark is director Goold, who is making his debut here after
directing a couple of British Shakespeare
adaptations for
television.
Over a year ago we learned that comedian and Punk'd prankster turned actor Dax Shepard was taking on quite the responsibility by writing,
directing and starring in a big screen
adaptation of the popular NBC
television series CHiPs.
A new
adaptation by James Bridges for Hollywood
Television Theater was booadcast on 3 February, 1973, on WNET, New York,
directed by Norman Lloyd.
Frost / Nixon (R for profanity) Ron Howard
directs this screen
adaptation of the Tony - winning Broadway play recounting the series of
television interviews conducted by British talk show David Frost (Michael Sheen) with Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) in 1977, three years after the disgraced U.S. President resigned from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal.