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Category Archives: Adaptation

This film is based on something from another medium.

May 10th, 2013: Mary Poppins (1964)

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film Tagged "England", Alan Napier, annoying children, Arthur Malet, bank, banker, before they were famous, Best Actress, Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, chimney sweep, comedic working class, David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, feminist, Glynis Johns, Jane Darwell, Julie Andrews, live action combined with animation, Marnie Nixon, nanny, suffragettes, terrible accent, Walt Disney

May 6th, 2013: Return to Glennascaul

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on an Urban Legend, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Short Tagged abandoned house, Best Short Subject Nominee, Dublin, ghost story, haunted house, hitchhiking, Ireland, Orson Welles

May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

May 3rd, 2013: Dracula aka The Horror of Dracula (1958)

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dracula, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, Vampires Tagged Peter Cushing, before they were famous, Britain, Christopher Lee, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Terrence Fisher, sunlight kills, Bram Stoker, Michael Gough, Switzerland, Michael Carreras, freely adapted, Anthony Hinds, vampire hunter

April 14th, 2013: The Music Man (1962)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Assumed Identity, Based on a Musical, Comedy, Con, Event Film, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, The Original Tagged before they were famous, Best Adapted Score, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Buddy Hackett, con artist, Hank Worden, Hermione Gingold, librarian, library, marching band, Meredith Wilson, parade, pool, pool hall, Rance Howard, Robert Preston, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, small town, train, turn of the century, Warner Brothers

April 3rd, 2013: Guys and Dolls (1955)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance Tagged "I bet you can't x that girl", Ben Hecht, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture Nominee, bet, cops, craps, Cuba, Damon Runyon, Frank Sinatra, gambler, George E. Stone, Havana, Jean Simmons, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, MGM, missionary, prohibition, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Company, Stubby Kaye

March 25th, 2013: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Computer Animation, Epic, Event Film, Fantasy, Ghost, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip, Sequel, Sword and Sorcery, War Movies Tagged Andy Serkis, Annie Lenox, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Billy Boyd, Bob Weinstein, Brad Dourif, Bruce Spence, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, curse, cursed objects, Dominic Monaghan, dwarves, Elijah Wood, elves, Fran Walsh, Harvey Weinstein, Hobbits, Howard Shore, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, insanity, John Rhys-Davies, JRR Tolkien, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings, mastermind, Miranda Otto, New Line Cinema, New Zealand, orcs, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, prophecy, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, self immolation, sorcerer, under siege, Viggo Mortensen, Wing-Nut Productions, wizards

March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

March 23rd, 2013: Candyman (1992)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Ghost, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, The Original Tagged adultery, anthropologist, Chicago, Clive Barker, graduate student, hook hand, housing project, Philip Glass, Ted Raimi, urban legend, Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley

March 17th, 2013: The Secret of Kells

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Arthouse, Coming of Age, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Belgium, Best Animated Feature Nominee, Brendan Gleeson, co-production, fairies, France, Ireland, Middle Ages, monastery, monks, teens, Vikings

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