Cinecast #36: An Adaptable Top 5
Nostalgia picks for bookworms ... This week's Top 5 features ten films that Adam and Sam love watching -- and reading. The films that make up the Top 5 Book Adaptations are great movies based (for the most part) on great books. Also on the show, our Overlooked DVD Picks of the Week, and Sam reviews the new Werner Herzog documentary "Grizzly Man".
Music by Chris Whitley courtesy of Messenger Records ... Cinecast theme music by Age of the Rifle.
Cinecast #36
:24-5:49 - Sam's Review: "Grizzly Man"
5:50-13:08 - Overlooked DVD Picks of the Week
Music: Chris Whitley, "New Lost World"
14:02-27:46 - Top 5 Book Adaptations
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3 Comments:
OK gang I have forgiven you and come back, and besides you have redeemed yourselves for your dvd recommendation of the film "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould". This film does deserve to be seen more.
As for your discussion about films being an original legnth then butchered, it reminds me of "The Lawnmower Man". This was a HORRIBLE film but when New Line Cinema released the director's cut on home video by adding over 55 minutes of new footage, the film finally made sence and became enjoyable. It amazes me soetimes how filmmakers are pressured by producers to do ridiculous cuts
Again thank you for recommending the Glenn Gould film again...it is a film that deserves to be seen
BTW: here is my top 5 adaptations:
5) Rosemary's Baby (The movie kept the same pace as the book and was excellent)
4) Misery (OK so sue me...this book scared me and the film did as well. Katy bates looked EXACTLY what I imagined Annie Wilkes to look like)
3) Apocalypse Now (Do not be embarrassed by thinking this...I read Hearts of Darkness in high school and adapting it into a tale of the vietnam war is excellent)
2) Of Mice And Men: wow...how did you two miss this one? This film version of this amazing novel is a masterpiece with the best performances ever from Burgess Meredith and Lon Cheney Jr. The remake with John Malkovich was good too, but this version remains to be the best one and a powerful film.
1) To Kill A Mockingbird: Sorry guys, this is #1 in my book. It is one of my all time favorite films, and Gregory Pecks' best performance ever. I read this book I do not know how many times in high school and when I saw the film and Peck, Finch became my all time favorite superhero.
Of Mice and Men is a good call and a surprise that it wasn't on one of Sam or Adam's list.
Another movie/book that I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned is The Great Gatsby. This isn't a favorite movie of mine, but I don't enjoy Robert Redford as much as most people.
One that would be on my list is Jackie Brown based on a book named Rum Punch. This is maybe my favorite Tarantino film and shows that he can excell outside the realm that made him famous (unlike other directors, ohh maybe even Kevin Smith???)
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