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Poorly adapted by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and (groan) Paul Haggis, is the perfect example of one too many cooks in the kitchen.
Some of this was adapted from Ellroy's 1987 novel of the same name, but all in all this movie sucked.
Director Allison Anders, who also adapted the screenplay, does hit an awkward snag or two in exploring these characters' emotions, but her feel for Nowhere U.S.A. is rich with complexity.
Based on a book by Chris Cleave and adapted for the screen by director Sharon Maguire, this little film is notable on many levels.
Of course, the original short story confined itself to the time the couple spent on their honeymoon, although the subsequent adapted theater play expanded on the plot.
The Black Marble was adapted from Wambaugh's novel, which was clever, fresh, funny and compelling.
It is a poorly adapted play, in that the characters never shut up and the film never does anything filmic.
Hitchcock, working from a screenplay adapted from Robert Hichens' novel by wife Alma Reville (though others put in their two cents, to Hitch's displeasure), cannot seem to elicit any interesting facets from Valli as an actress--or perhaps he meant to keep her stone-cold?
The screen play is adapted by the author of the play, Jeffrey Hatcher.
Directed by Nunnally Johnson who also adapted it from a story by Hugh Wheeler, it tells the tale of a young girl, excellently played by the famous child star, Peggy Ann Garner, all grown up, who attempts to make it big in NYC.
I have never been so excited to see a blockbuster action flick adapted from a book in my life.
There's also a risky screenplay, an original one by the director that also stands on a different level compared to his previous adapted efforts.
The Time Traveler's Wife is a romantic drama directed by Robert Schwentke, adapted from Audrey Niffenegger's bestseller of the same name.
The gaps of logic in this film are so great as to make me question just how faithfully the script writers who adapted the book practice the religion.
It is a cool movie idea, but all in all, it was poorly adapted, produced, and acted.
The book was of course adapted to accommodate Miss Marple and the writer did an incredible job, Miss Marple is given enough of a character and personality and role for it to have been written as a Miss Marple book.
Adapted from a James Elroy novel, this crime drama turns out pretty good.
The screenplay was written by the incredibly witty Frederic Raphael, who adapted it from his novel.
Coming from a true fan of murder mystery TV shows with my all-time favourite series being Midsomer Murders, I can tell you this has to be one of the best detective dramas ever to be adapted from one of Agatha Christie's novels.
It's supposed to be a riot, but Tashlin, who also adapted the script from George Axelrod's play, can't seem to bring the material (both farcial and cynical) into a cohesive whole.
I'm a big fan of Christie, not just Poirot and Miss Marple, but also her other characters, most of these novels have been made into decent programmes (although when her short stories are adapted for television there is obviously some padding put in,) but in most cases they tend to stick quite close to the source.
This story could easily be adapted in to a feature film or even a mini serious.
Indeed, the movie has some nice images but alas, even these are spoiled with music that often sounds ill adapted.
Garry Marshall and crack comedy writer Jerry Belson adapted the screenplay from Muriel Resnick's book "The Girl in the Turquoise Bikini", and veteran comedy director Jerry Paris helmed the proceedings, but the results are bathetic; comic support from old pros Paul Lynde, Marcel Dalio, Terry-Thomas, and Vitto Scotti doesn't help much.
I don't think Mr Snicket adapted it himself, either.
I'm not sure what Greg Wilson tried to accomplish here, and the screenplay was poorly adapted from Ketchum's novel.
Several of her books had already been adapted to TV and cinema prior to this, with Swedish directors, screen-writers and actors.
The talented cast act this excellent screen rendition of Eugene O'Neill's play (it's adapted from three of his one-act plays)about crew sailors aboard a freighter steamer called Glencairn carrying charge containing war-smuggling,TNT, explosives from US to England, at the beginning WWII.
The story is adapted from a novel by horror master Clive Barker.
This is a beautifully crafted version of the play adapted from John Steinbeck's novel, and while there are fine things in it, I also find glaring faults worth pointing out as well.
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