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But none of these, so to speak, has really captured the spirit of his novel.
Holes, the novel, was forced on me in an education course.
I didn't think I would like a children's novel; plus, the other couple of books I was forced to read for the class were really bad.
The novel takes more time in developing the characters.
The interracial romance in the past feels more cliché and trite than it does in the novel.
It's exactly the same in the novel, but there's a sense of the absurd that doesn't quite exist in the film.
The concept of making not just a motion picture featuring a dinosaur, but adapting an action packed, thrilling detective novel, co-staring a "talking" dinosaur with a post-modern name such as "Theodore", and an existential female police officer changed humanity as we know it.
Brilliant adaptation of the novel that made famous the relatives of Chilean President Salvador Allende killed.
While I've read there were some changes from James Michener's novel, I can't imagine director Josha Logan, who had previously adopted another Michener work into the Broadway musical "South Pacific" and would eventually make that into a movie as well, not staying true to the original source.
Holes, originally a novel by Louis Sachar, was successfully transformed into an entertaining and well-made film.
This 1934 adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel put Bette Davis on the map as a movie actress.
I'm not sure under what circumstances director Visconti decided to film James Cain's novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (I'm not even sure if Viscounti acquired the book's rights), but the resulting movie is definitely interesting.
"A River Runs Through It" is the perfect name for this film (and Norman Maclean's novel).
I may be biased, I am the author of the novel The Hungry Bachelors Club, self-published in 1994.
Rohinton Mistry's multi-layered novel seemed impossible to adapt for the screen but the resulting movie is filled with passion, emotion, humour and pathos.
Finally, I have read few Christie novels--none in recent years-- and find it annoying that so many viewers are upset about changes from the novel.
Its true to the novel, which is very important, with a few twists added for pleasure.
I'm not aware of "Largo Winch" as a comic book (or is it graphic novel?
I have not read the novel, though I understand that this is somewhat different from it; the fact that I rather enjoyed this, coupled with the fact that this really is not my genre, leads me to the decision of not pursuing reading the book.
The novel is easily superior and the best parts of the film are direct translations from what Greene wrote; for instance the quiet but grim humour that breaks into the scenes with Boyer and Lorre, or the murdered-child obsession that takes over some of the plot.
The movie is taken from the novel entitled, 'Make room, make room' but who's working title was changed to "Solent Green."
This is the true, pure and raw recent history of these countries summarized concisely in this novel / film.
The year 2005 saw no fewer than 3 filmed productions of H. G. Wells' great novel, "War of the Worlds".
Never having seen this movie, based on the entertaining novel by Nicholas Katzenbach, and taking into consideration the first rate cast assembled for the production, we decided to take a look.
Criminals Perry Smith and Richard "Dick" Hickock believe Mr. Clutter of Holcomb, Kansas keeps a large supply of cash on-hand in a safe.On November 15, 1959 at two a.m. they end up murdering Mr. and Mrs. Clutter and their teenage son and daughter.After a little police investigation the two men are found and sentenced to be hanged.In Cold Blood (1967) is directed by Richard Brooks.Now, I haven't read the Truman Capote novel this movie is based on, so I can't make any comparisons.The movie does a brilliant job telling of those horrific events that actually took place.Robert Blake is excellent as Perry.Of course, Blake had the murder case of his own a few years back, being accused of murdering his wife.He's free now, but we still don't know the truth.What ever that may be, he's still a very fine actor.Scott Wilson does remarkable job as Hickock.John Forsythe is terrific as Alvin Dewey.Paul Stewart is very good as Jensen.Jeff Corey is marvelous as Mr. Hickock.Same thing with Charles McGraw who plays Tex Smith.John McLiam portrays Herbert Clutter, Ruth Storey is his wife Bonnie, Brenda Currin is the daughter Nancy and Paul Hough is the son Kenyon.Great job by each of them.There is much to remember from this film.Let's start from the lighter side.It's pretty great when Perry wants to go hunting for gold in Mexico and says to Hickock: Remember Bogart in Treasure of the Sierra Madre?"
What I loved about the on-screen adaptation of The Stone Angel is that it stayed so true to the novel!
The folk who produced this masterful film have done fine service to a novel that stands as perhaps the best fiction work centering upon human guilt and human responsibility ever published.
The film is in Black and White and is wonderfully adapted from the novel.
While I have not read the novel or heard of what happened outside of this picture, I understand that it is quite close to the truth.
When I found the movie in the schedule for Christmas, its title did not sound familiar to me since I have not read the novel and had not heard anything about the film.
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