Posts Tagged ‘Classics’
Brideshead Revisited With a Vengeance: 6 Classics Reimagined for Hollywood Y13
Here at W&F, we were inspired to come up with a few proposals for modern twists on the classics, following the news of a newfangled revisit of Oliver Twist.
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From the Vault: ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov, Starring Jeremy Irons and Melanie Griffith
In this week’s peek into the vault, we look back at Vladimir Nabokov’s classic Nolita.
Born to an Extraordinary Fate: Sense and Sensibility Turns 200
October 30 marks the bicentenary of the publication of Sense and Sensibility — and thus our enduring love affair with Jane Austen. Drafting a manuscript called Elinor and Marianne around 1795, Austen returned to it at some point in the next decade and completed the version we know now in 1810. At her expense, the Military Library publishing house printed the book, in the era’s traditional three volumes, in 1811 — her first published work. Modestly attributed to “a Lady,” the novel sold well, beginning a remarkable literary legacy …
A Fresh Twist on a Classic: Carolyn Turgeon’s Mermaid Is Caught by Sony
There’s quite the sea change on the horizon for the classic tale of The Little Mermaid.
Sex, Suspense, and Murder, 'Manufactured On Demand'
Samantha Eggar revisits her sexy 1965 bathtub scene for the very first time.
This Week in Gatsby: Aussies Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Debicki Cast as Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker
There is a kind of counter-intuitive wisdom to this week’s announcements that Baz Luhrmann has chosen to cast Australian actors Joel Edgerton (“Animal Kingdom) and Elizabeth Debicki (a recent drama school grad without a credit to her name) as Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker in his long-simmering adaptation of The Great Gatsby
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Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Revamp Hergé’s Tintin
Nearly three decades after Hergé’s death — and following many false stars for the film — the classic tale of Tintin is finally receiving the cinematic treatment it deserves.
Great Expectations: Hugh Laurie cast as 'Mister Pip'
House star Hugh Laurie is cast as the title role in ‘Mister Pip,’ which is based on Lloyd Jones’ novel about a white school teacher on a war-torn island who reads his students Dickens’ Great Expectations
Humphrey Bogart's Greatest Film Moments
Bogie biographer Stefan Kanfer stopped by Word & Film to share his top three favorite films starring the icon.
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En Garde! A New Trailer for The Three Musketeers Reboot Starring Orlando Bloom and Christoph Waltz
The release of the kinetic trailer for “The Three Musketeers” is living proof that not only did Orlando Bloom survive his trip to the end of the plank, but he’s back on solid swashbuckling ground with a starring role in the new 3-D iteration of Alexandre Dumas’ tale.
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