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Adaptation in sentence

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Wonderful songs, sprightly animation and authentic live action make this a classic adaptation of a classic tale.
Having read all of Sarah Waters books i was eagerly looking forward to a BBC adaptation of Fingersmith.
In the end, this is a very good adaptation of the novel (it even hints at Dorian's liaison's with men, as does Wylde, which could not be done in the MGM version).
'Lifeforce' is an adaptation of Colin Wilson's 'The Space Vampires'.
I must say, this is the most accurate Book to Movie adaptation I've seen.
BBC's 3 hour adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters..."Fingersmith".
This motion picture is an excellent adaptation of a great opera.
A fine adaptation of the classic children's book, with an excellent, start-making performance by Taylor as the energetic but polite youngster.
David Cronenberg has done some shonky stuff (Rabid) and some works of genius too (Videodrome is another one worth checking out, as is Stephen King adaptation The Dead Zone).
I found it real shocking at first to see William Shakespeare's love masterpiece reworked into a gory, violent and kinky sensual movie adaptation.
Of course its a children's movie, its an adaptation of a children's book!!
This movie is based on a play, and is the second adaptation of this work.
This is a great, dark, offbeat little film, a modern day adaptation of the quest for the Holy Grail myth.
I love Sarah Waters's Fingersmith, and was worried about the TV adaptation as I'd been disappointed by the BBC's version of Tipping the Velvet (which although beautiful to look at was let down by Keeley Hawes not being able to sing, and Rachael Stirling not being able to act).
The 1978 adaptation had all the ingredients of a potentially wonderful film.
The better adaptation of all times of the myth of Tarzan!
This comic book adaptation also has something that many don't.
"Friends" could be considered an adaptation of the classic "The Blue Lagoon", originally from 1949, and its remakes from 1980 (the most popular one, with Brooke Shields) and 1999 (with a young Milla Jovovich).
The recent UK television adaptation was shameful - too ordinary and bland.
This is an amazingly well-filmed early talkie adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play.
This is possibly the most perfect film I have ever seen - in acting, adaptation and direction.
What you get is a girl who was frozen and is brought back to life some 500 years later and her adaptation to this new life is realistic.
this is an adaptation of a Dirk Wittenborn book, which I did not read.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is based on the classic book Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and is a more faithful adaptation to the classic book, the film has some great scenery like the Jungles of South Africa to the Greystoke mansion, the acting is also great.
This is an OK adaptation of the breath taking book of Dan Brown.
Its witty screenplay adaptation should have netted Oscar nominations for the great screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond's adaptation, and Ingrid Bergman's flawless performance.
Despite its many faults, Hallmark's 1995 version of Gulliver's Travels is still the finest adaptation of Jonathan Swift's satirical classic - largely because it not only includes ALL of Gulliver's many travels but also includes the satire that's often overlooked.
The book is a somewhat rambling collection of traveller's tales moving simply from one surreal landscape to another, but Simon Moore's adaptation tries to impose some order on the chaos by providing a parallel plot that sees Gulliver returned to England clearly deeply traumatised and trying to prove his way out of the insane asylum where the rival for his wife's affections has had him committed.
"Lifeforce" is a truly bizarre adaptation of the novel "The Space Vampires" by Colin Wilson, scripted by Dan O'Bannon & Don Jakoby.
Although, the early Dad's Army episodes, with their staid pace and over arcing plot, lent themselves far better to film adaptation.
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