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'Wild Things' a moody mix
lansingcitypulse.com –
2009-10-21
Taking on an enormous task, Director Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation") has made a fiercely innovative but uneven film based on Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book. ... Full Article
Mr. Bruni comes by his appetite honestly. One of four children in a lively, comfortably affluent suburban New York family, he is stuffed from the start by his Italian grandmother, then by his mother, a WASP from more of a... ... Full Article
When it comes to adapting popular novels to film, it seems there's no winning strategy that successfully balances the demands specific to the film medium with a simultaneous loyalty to the source material-in most cases, especially when the novel is... ... Full Article
Where the Wild Things Are was written in 1963 by Maurice Sendak. It is scheduled to be released as CGI backed full lengthe motion picture on October 16th of this year by director Spike Jonze. ... Full Article
By Duane Dudek
jsonline.com –
2008-09-14
Synedoche, New York - "Adaptation" screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut has the elliptical trademarks of his past work made into the near unfathomable. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a playwright whose life is his work, literally, in which all of the... ... Full Article
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jsonline.com –
2008-09-14
Synedoche, New York - "Adaptation" screenwriter Charlie Kaufmans directorial debut has the elliptical trademarks of his past work made into the near unfathomable. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a playwright whose life is his work, literally, in which all of the... ... Full Article
Movies About Making Movies
associatedcontent.com –
2008-08-07
"Adaptation" (2002 ) - Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is struggling to adapt a book called, "The Orchid Thief." The author Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) looks for something more in life and finds renegade botanist John Laroche (Chris Cooper). ... Full Article
If it's true, as the showbiz saying goes, that dying is easy and comedy is hard, then political satire is akin to breaking rocks in the hot sun. In "War, Inc.," deadpan actor John Cusack does his best to mine ... Full Article
Movies have always taken inspiration from novels. Most film adaptations try to stay true to the book while making necessary adjustments for the film medium. ... Full Article
Adaptation
efilmcritic.com –
2006-12-25
Kaufman has written an adaptation of Susan Orlean's nonfiction book The Orchid Thief in which Kaufman writes himself into an adaptation of The Orchid Thief . ... Full Article