Projects in genres: Literary Adaption

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is based on the John le Carre Cold War spy novel. Set in the 1970s George Smiley, a recently retired MI6 agent, is doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the Circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage.

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Hayder and Falah, two young Iraqi men, seek asylum in London from Baghdad. The two men buy illegal passage onto a cargo vessel, enduring a storm-tossed journey in the dim confines of a shipping container. Uncertain how long their voyage will last, or if they will be turned away upon arrival, they count the days by the light through a star-like hole in the ceiling. Falah, a writer, comforts Hayder with lines from Shakespearean love sonnets, whispered in Arabic, as they await an unknown reception. Their entry into England is heralded by the growling of security dogs at the walls of their container, and the two lovers become separated. We follow Hayder through the scrutiny of immigration to his frantic search for Falah in the Arabic communities of West London. Ultimately, as he finds himself bereft in an indifferent city, Hayder must trust that the poetry of their love will lead him, once again, to Falah.

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Based on the Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, We Need To Talk About Kevin is the story of Eva, Franklin and Kevin, who two days before his sixteenth birthday, goes on a horrific rampage. In the wake of his actions, his mother Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. She confronts the ultimate taboo - Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault?

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127 Hours is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award® winning director of last year’s Best Picture, 'Slumdog Millionaire'.   127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days, Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued.   Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.

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"I have been waiting too long for the film of my life. My name is Oliver Tate. This film will capture my particular idiosyncrasies, for example, the way I seduce my classmate Jordana Bevan using only my mind. Also, since my parents' marriage is being threatened by a man who runs courses on Mental and Physical Wellbeing, the film will probably feature some elaborate set-pieces of me taking him down. There will be helicopter shots. There will be slow-mo, but also transcendent moments, like when I cure my father's depression. Knowing me as I do, I will be surprised if this film runs to less than three hours. Note to the press: appropriate adjectives to describe this film include 'breath-taking' and 'Irresistible' as well the phrase: 'a monumental achievement'."

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Adapted from Raymond Carver's short story 'Neighbours' this film examines a middle aged couple's exposure to an enviable lifestyle and the effect it has on their relationship.

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A father and son face off in this darkly amusing tale. The father, returning to find his son has set fire to their house, offers the boy a deal: he'll give him a 50 yard head start and he'll only put one bullet in the chamber. The son decides to negotiate.

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Theo & the Macrotaur is a 10 minute dramatic love story loosely based on the classic Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur. Theo is madly in love with Aria but in a town filled to the brim with warriors from all over the globe he has a mighty struggle ahead of him if he wants to impress her. He finally gets his chance when Aria is kidnapped by the man-eating Macrotaur, a creature that blurs the lines between beast and man that lives in the ultra dense Beasting Forest. Armed only with a wooden sword Theo sets off into the forest to save his love. The story is a look at heroism; specifically what it takes to be a hero and how far one can go to protect your loved ones.

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A homage to Lewis Caroll and Alice Liddell, where the words of the final paragraph of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' are re-arranged into a poem, using each word once, unless it appears more than once in the original. The title simple simple simple is the words left over.

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The incredible adventures of a poet Nicolay Oleynikov in the world of imagination. Clippings and paper cuts, photographs and vintage posters give a life to new images, rhymes and poems in this movie. This satiric collage of poetry and animation is hiding a sharp parody behind the intentional primitivism.

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Never Let Me Go is a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. Kathy, Tommy and Ruth spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school where they discover a dark and haunting secret about their future. As they leave the shelter of the school behind and draw inexorably closer to the devastating fate that awaits them as adults, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart.

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A male nightmare. Living under the shadow of your wife and older brother in your thirties isn't a safe thing.