A collection of stories tagged 'adaptations' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:29:15 EST Director and choreographer Susan Stroman makes her screen directing debut with the new film version of The Producers, the screen adaptation of the Broadway hit starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Stroman also directed the musical on stage. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/1492 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066011 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST The beginning of January marks the deadline for most college admissions applications. The Unversity of Virginia's freshmen may not be anxious to revisit this period, but they can anyway: A play called Voices of the Class, 2009 offers adaptations of their application essays. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/995 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5058594 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Director Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain is the story of the love and friendship between two cowboys in the early 1960s. NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews the movie. Then, writers Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry discuss adapting Annie Proulx's short story into the two-hour film. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2893 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5046849 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST The James Bond theme music is as synonymous with 007 as a martini, "shaken, not stirred." But the song started out as part of a never-performed musical score adapted from V.S. Naipaul's book A House for Mr. Biswas. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041409 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST For more than 30 years, The Homecoming has been a Christmas staple on cable TV. Earl Hamner wrote the script based loosely on his life growing up in rural Virginia. It spawned a popular series, The Waltons. Now there is a new, more realistic adaptation of the story for the stage. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2899 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5038877 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Writer Alice Walker talks about her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, which has been adapted for a Broadway musical opening Thursday. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2945 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5033983 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Director Joe Wright's screen adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" opens today, but members of the Jane Austen Society have already gotten a sneak peek. Some of the group's members have openly criticized the movie, much to the chagrin of the film studio. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3141 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008725 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Knightley in 'Pride and Prejudice' November 11, 2005 · The Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice takes to the screen again, in an adaptation starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet; Matthew MacFadyen as Mr. Darcy; and Donald Sutherland as Elizabeth's father. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3183 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5009022 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST 'Jarhead': Less Than the Sum of Its Parts November 4, 2005 · Anthony Swofford's memoir of his time as a Marine in the first Iraq war, Jarhead, has been adapted to the screen. Critic Kenneth Turan says the movie has brilliant parts and excellent co-stars, but the picture rarely makes the emotional connection it's after. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3333 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989266 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST The Elements of Style, E.B. White and William Strunk's classic manual on writing and usage, can now be seen and heard. A new edition features illustrations by Maira Kalman, while composer Nico Muhly offers a musical adaptation. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/1904 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4985137 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Parisienne food blogger Clotilde Dusoulier adapts a Moroccan celebratory pie to create a seaonal pear tart. At once traditional and original, it's easy to prepare and makes a lovely presentation. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/16723 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4984666 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Family Quest: 'Everything Is Illuminated' September 22, 2005 · Adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, the film follows a young man trying to decipher family history. Elijah Wood plays the fictional Foer, who traces his grandfather's life in a Ukrainian village. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/4384 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4857405 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT Fall Movies: Adaptations Abound September 16, 2005 · Summer is over, and the start of the serious movie season has begun. NPR's Bob Mondello reports that a number of adaptations are coming to the big screen, including another installment of the Harry Potter series. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/4571 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4851771 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT The Predator has emerged as one of the most useful weapons in the U.S. military's arsenal. The tiny Unmanned Aerial Vehicle played a role in catching Saddam Hussein, in killing a high-profile al Qaeda suspect in Pakistan this spring, and in trying to find the Navy SEAL team that went missing in Afghanistan this summer. But the pilots who actually fly the Predator are far from the action. They're sprawled in leather armchairs planted in trailers, in the middle of the desert in Nevada. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visits the home of the Predator outside Las Vegas, for this look at how the Predator works and how it's being adapted for new challenges, like detecting explosives in Iraq. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/6774 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4851765 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT Shakespeare in Love director John Madden discusses his latest movie, Proof, an adaptation of the stage play by David Auburn. The film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins and Hope Davis. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/4669 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4837788 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT Allison Keyes traces the history and the lasting appeal of African-American comic book characters. While superhero movies starring mainstream characters have grossed billions, adaptations of comics with black heroes have fared less well http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2108 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4825984 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT John Ridley, executive producer of the new Showtime television series Barbershop, talks about adapting the popular feature film for broadcast. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/7885 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4817080 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT Michele Norris talks with Natasha Richardson, lead actress in the new film Asylum, which was adapted from the book by Patrick McGrath. Richardson plays Stella, the wife of an accomplished psychiatrist. She falls obsessively in love with a patient at her husband's institution. Richardson and Norris discuss the psychology of the attraction as seen in the film as well as the background behind the film, including the role Richardson's real-life husband, Liam Neeson, played in its development. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/8292 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4805855 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT 'Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress' July 31, 2005 · The French-language film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is based on an autobiographical novel by Dai Sijie. The book was published all over the world, though not in the author's native China. Now he's adapted it as a screenplay, and directed the movie, too. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/5528 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4776168 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT We remember Edward Bunker, who died last week at the age of 71. In prison, he learned to write, and went on to pen several successful novels -- among them, Education of a Felon, and No Beast so Fierce. He also adapted some of his books for film, including The Animal Factory. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3617 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4771480 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT After last week's bombings in London, financial markets spiraled down but many have shot back up. David Wyss, Standard and Poor's chief economist, talks about how markets have adapted to emerging threats of terrorism. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/9650 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4749058 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT Primo Levi, an Italian survivor of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, wrote about his experiences in such a profund way that his work has inspired people ever since. Now, South African actor Sir Antony Sher has adapted Levi's memoir If This Is a Man into a solo show. Primo opens on Broadway Monday. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/6021 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4737598 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT 'War of the Worlds' Vies for Blockbuster Title June 29, 2005 · Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in an adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells novel War of the Worlds. The movie has all the qualities of a summer thrill-ride, with a rush of surprises and special effects. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/6319 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4723742 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT This Wednesday, Steven Spielberg's version of The War of the Worlds opens across the country. The film is based on H. G. Wells' classic novel, which has been adapted many times since it was published in 1898. Most famous is Orson Welles' 1938 radio play, which frightened millions who mistook it for a news report. The 1953 film version appeared during a wave of sci-fi movies that hit American screens in the 1950s, a time of great fear in the United States. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/6421 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4719160 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt reports from Scottsdale, Ariz., where a high-end resort is offering duffers an alternative to golf carts. It's the Segway -- the two-wheeled "human transporter" that first came out in 2001, now adapted for life on the fairway. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/5247 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4700956 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT