With awards season upon us for movies and televsion, I was heartened to see that during the Golden Globes telecast there were several references to books and authors. It seems that in the past few years more and more books are being turned into screenplays.
On the red carpet, Brad Pitt made mention of the book Moneyball and of how he was blessed with such a great story.
In their acceptance speech for Best Motion Picture-Drama, producer Jim Burke and director Alexander Payne of The Descendants sent a shout out and thank you to acclaimed author Kaui Hart Hemmings on whose book the movie was based.
Accepting his Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in television’s A Game of Thrones, Peter Dinklage mentioned first and foremost (after his wife) author George RR Martin for his imagination. Martin, in turn, was reported to say how pleased he has been with how faithful the producers have been to his work and that the goal was to take his story and translate it to a different medium such as television. “No TV show or movie is ever going to be 100 percent faithful to a book but I think people who love the books will love the TV show and that will continue to be true,” he added. How true!
Not all of our beloved books make the red carpet. Here are just a few of the books turned into movies this past year: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen, Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin, One Day by David Nicholl's, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and Too Big to Fail (TV movie) by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
Up next is the Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 29th and on February 26th we have the 84th Academy Awards.
Up next is the Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 29th and on February 26th we have the 84th Academy Awards.
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