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The Sense and Sensibility: Screenplay & Diaries : Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
Emma Thompson Manufacturer: Newmarket Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1557042608 |
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Emma Thompson spent five years translating Jane Austen's work to the screen. Fans of the film will treasure this beautiful volume that includes her screenplay, diaries of the writing and the filming, and many gorgeous color pictures from the film.Book Description
This engaging and beautiful book includes the complete Academy Award-winning script and Thompson's own diaries detailing the production of the film, reviewed by Stanley Kauffmann in The New Republic as "vivid, funny, and gamy." 88 photos including 36 in color.Customer Reviews:
Emma Thompson's dazzling adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.......2001-11-28
Be aware that this is the Original Script, not to be confused with the Shooting Script. This should be clear as soon as you beginning reading, because originally Thompson had the scene shifting back and forth between Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor/John and Fanny Dashwood (credit for this revision must go, I believe, to Film Editor Tim Squyres, who recut the scene so that we get all of one side and then the other instead of alternating back and forth as in the original script). Overall the strengths of Thompson's script are in two main directions. First, she manages to convey the scope of the novel in a two-hour screenplay, no mean task. Second, the little details she adds to Austen's story are simply marvelous. For example, her use of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not the marriage of true minds"), which Marianne and Willoughby share to their great mutual delight and which Marianne repeats standing in the rain looking at Willoughby's new estate. In fact, Thompson revised the first scene to make it even better, having Willoughby misquote a key word in an elegant bit of foreshadowing. Thompson also makes one nice little change at the end. While Austen has Elinor bolt from the room to cry outside during the happy ending. Thompson creates a wonderful moment by having her stay in the room and having the rest of her family flee. There are not too many scenes where you are crying and laughing at the same time, but Thompson certainly created one (and has the added virtue of relying on herself as an actress to nail the performance as well). All of these are marvelous examples of playing to the strength of the cinema to bring Austen's novel to the screen.
But we get much more than just the screenplay in this volume, because Thompson includes excerpts from her diaries kept during both the writing of the screenplay and the actual production of the film. It would be nice if there was more insight into what she was thinking when writing the screenplay as I am always interested in how decisions were made and where inspiration comes from, but Thompson makes up for that with her little tales of working with director Ang Lee and the rest of the cast in making the film. Finally, in the Appendices, there is a very choice little treat, namely Imogen Stubbs' Prize-Winning Letter, written to Elinor from Lucy. Do not worry; by the time you read it you will understand why it is so hysterical. There is also a list of the fine homes and estates where "Sense and Sensibility" was filmed if you happen to be roaming around England and are interested in looking for such things.
A look inside the making of the film.......2000-11-21
There is wit in the descriptions and the photos, all well-captured. The journal entries are entertaining and a good look into the making of a movie. Although be forewarned -- because they dress like the characters of S&S, they do not talk like them. There is definitely some verbal crudeness in the book, men and women alike, but if you can overlook that (or are used to it) then this book will be a delightful read for any Jane Austen fan.
A fascinating look at a remarkable film........2000-07-07
Fortunately for the rest of the world, Ms. Doran changed her mind, and some twenty-five years after that first erroneous conclusion, has brought us this wonderfully witty, and extremely faithful film version of this first novel by Austen. As producer of the Kenneth Branagh/Emma Thompson film, DEAD AGAIN, she became acquainted with the woman who was not only a phenomenal actress, but also a gifted writer-one with a sense of humor and a strong romantic bent. These two qualities had proven to be the stumbling block over nearly ten years of searching for the right scriptwriter for Sense and Sensibility.
It took nearly seven years to come up with something close to a shooting script, sandwiched as it had to be between Thompson's many award-winning acting chores. Serendipity was obviously at work, however, and eventually, a budget was established, and casting accomplished.
Many of the actors Emma had envisioned in various roles had participated in a read-through the year prior to the filming; they were all in the film, in those same roles.
While the Dashwood ladies are all suitable beautiful, it is the men who are truly gorgeous. ("Repellently so," writes Ms. Thompson in the diary portion, referring to Hugh Grant. "He's much prettier than I am.") With his look-alike Richard Lumsden, they are the brothers Ferrar, Edward and Richard, with Greg Wise as the fickle Willoughby. Alan Rickman (be still my heart!) brings maturity and virility to the role of Colonel Brandon. The sets and costumes are sumptuous.
Interspersed with the actual shooting script and the diaries are some 50 photographs, 36 of them in luscious color. One script looks pretty much like another, but this one allows Ms. Thompson's wry wit to shine, especially in some of the non-spoken words. Of course, not every scene from the book could be included; the movie would have been more than six hours had they been. But the essentials are here, along with all the major characters. Providing testimony to just how perspicacious was the choice of writer is the number of awards garnered by Thompson for this, her first film script.
The diaries portion begin with a production meeting on January 15, 1995 and continue through July 9 of that year. A very small mention is made of Hugh Grant's visit to California, where he'd gone for his next film project after the completion of filming his scenes in England. A final two pages describes the 'location' houses chosen to represent those lived in by the families in the novel.
It may come as somewhat of a surprise to some readers to discover rather explicit language in the diaries. In addition to an apparent fascination with the alimentary process, our Emma has a bit of a potty-mouth, as do some of the gentleman involved, and their words are recorded, one presumes unhappily, all too accurately. They seem curiously jarring and out of place in a book otherwise devoted to the pristine words of Jane Austen.
Nevertheless, this is a lovely, hefty book; one which will bring the reader back to it time and again. There is always a new and enjoyable nugget to be mined from its various depths.
Great marriage of screenplay and journal writing.......2000-02-28
Excellent Book!.......2000-01-04
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The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
Manufacturer: Newmarket Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000I2DGJC |
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The Cambridge Companion to Chopin (Cambridge Companions to Music)
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521477522 |
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This Companion is designed to provide the enquiring music lover with helpful insights into a musical style that recognizes no contradictions between the accessible and the sophisticated, between the popular and the significant.
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The Cambridge Companion to Chopin. (book reviews): An article from: Notes
Kofi Agawu Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00092X4GQ Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on September 1, 1994. The length of the article is 2209 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Social Faces of Humour: Practices and Issues (Popular Culture)
Manufacturer: Arena ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1857422694 |
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The Encyclopedia of American Prisons (Facts on File Crime Library)
Carl Sifakis Manufacturer: Checkmark Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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The Prisoner: The Village Files
Tim Palgut Manufacturer: Titan Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1840235977 Release Date: 2003-11-01 |
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n each episode of the classic 1960s British TV series, The Prisoner, Number 6 (Patrick McGoohan) tried to escape from the bizarre, hi-tech complex known only as the Village. If only he'd had access to this book! For here, smuggled at great risk from Number 2's Green Dome, are the Top Secret Village plans, blueprints and files. Detailed schematics of Village buildings, devices, vehicles and equipment; cutaway illustrations; Rover attack vectors; hidden camera placements; personnel lists and details of interrogation techniques it's all here, along with a special file on the Village's most prized prisoner: Number 6.A brilliantly conceived, beautifully designed book that no Prisoner fan will be able to escape having, this is the ultimate companion to the ultimate cult tv series!
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Well-intentioned, but I would skip it.......2004-09-17
The most fun of the Prisoner books.......2003-10-10
The Village Files is geared more to the Prisoner fan who goes for the sci-fi aspect. It's kind of a mix between one of those Star Trek guides with all the schematics and a employee handbook for Village warders-- complete diagrams of every building, cave, hidden camera, and car. It has some funny stuff you don't see in other more serious Prisoner books like the top and profile views of Rover, LOL! My wife pointed out THE PAGES ARE NUMBERED LIKE THE FREE INFORMATION BOOTH, TOO!!! :)
I thought it was just going to be a book of pictures when I got it but I keep finding more stuff every time I look through it. I think Patrick McGoohan himself would appreciate the research and humor that went into it. I wish I knew something about doing JKII or Quake mods or Sims skins because it would be perfect for that.
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The Prisoner (The Blair Witch Files, Case File 6)
Cade Merrill , and Cameron Dokey Manufacturer: Bantam Books for Young Readers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0553493671 Release Date: 2001-04-10 |
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At 18, Eliza Baynes was convicted of murder. She claimed that the real killer was under the control of the Blair Witch. Now, she wants Cade's help. "But," she warns, "if I tell you my story, you will die--."Customer Reviews:
Great book - couldn't put it down........2006-03-22
Interesting concept shattered by a lack of explanation..........2003-01-26
As a whole I would say that The Prisoner was mildly entertaining, there were a lot of elements that I wanted to be deeper explored and I wanted thought out explanations, not just sloppy one or two sentences to explain a few chapters worth of going-ons. The Prisoner left me wanting to desire fulfillment, it didn't leave things unexplained involving Eliza Baynes, it's just that every explanation was just so blunt and fast that it left something to be desired. I can only recommend The Prisoner if you are a true Blair Witch fan, as most non-Blair Witch fans would probably be lost and would laugh at the bland pre-adolescent dialogue. Simply put, The Prisoner only slightly provided a sense of satisfaction upon completion and I can only recommend that fans of the Blair Witch Project check into it. I hope my review will help you in your decision on The Prisoner, whether you pass or buy, thanks for reading.
Another great book in the Blair Witch Files Series..........2001-06-24
Finally convinced she has escaped from the witch's evil, Eliza returns to Burkittsville, where it is soon apparent that history is repeating itself. Eliza was only eighteen years old when she was given the death penalty for killing her then boyfriend Jake Henderson on the evidence of his younger brother Ryan. Her sentence is later retracted and Eliza is sentenced to life imprisonment, but the memories of what took place remain and she needs Cade's help. Eliza claims that she herself is innocent and that Jake's murder was committed by a person under the control of the Blair Witch. As she warns Cade, everyone who hears her story ends up dead. Will Cade be the next victim of the Blair Witch?
"The Prisoner" is the sixth book in the Blair Witch Casefiles series. It was a fast-paced, entertaining and genuinely scary book, although it did lack the suspense of some of the previous books. I love every book in the series so far and this one did not disappoint. I recommend this to all Blair Witch fans.
Great book, can't wait to read the rest..........2001-06-15
The Prisoner.......2001-05-12
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The God File
Frank Turner Hollon Manufacturer: MacAdam/Cage Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1931561044 |
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Gabriel Black finds himself sentenced to prison for life without the possibility of parole for a murder he did not commit. In a twisted sense of honor, he takes responsibility for the action of a woman he loves and pays for it with his freedom.One day in the prison library Gabriel reads about a man with a wonderful family and a successful career who finds that he has been cured of cancerthus proving, the author says, the existence of God. Gabriel is unmoved. A truer test of God's existence would be to find proof of Him in a disgusting corner of the world like prison, without hope, surrounded by violence, hatred, and indifference.
Gabriel starts a file where he can store any evidence of the divine he comes across no matter how unseemly. In brutal, honest language, he uncovers himself and the world while surviving in a hopeless hole, swimming in angry memories and regret.
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The God File.......2007-01-03
trully amazing.......2004-03-29
Amazing Book.........2003-10-08
The one thing I loved about this book was how deep thoughts he was. I had to keep underlining stuff in the book that I really liked a lot. Really made you think a lot.
This is one of those books that I wish I wrote.
"Waiting for Godot".......2003-10-01
Sentenced to life without parole, Black sets himself the task of finding God in the lowest of places, where the dregs of humanity endure endless days of mind-numbing boredom with only their twisted memories for company. Some spend the years reading, learning about a world they barely remember and may never see again, while others escape into monotonous drug-induced sleep or give free reign to the demons that have brought them to this place.
Walking a landscape of despair, Hollon treads familiar territory as his protagonist gathers the contents of the box that will define his life, piece by piece, assimilating The God File. There are soulful letters, mournful essays, remembrances of things past, questions about this terrible struggle, all arranged in a particular order of importance. All attempt to explain the inexplicable, to find a place where belief can coexist with despair.
Gabriel's quest is intensely spiritual; the years he spends gathering this ambiguous evidence are part of his evolution toward the answer he so desperately craves. It would be impossible for Gabriel to find God when he first comes into prison. He hasn't achieved the maturity to save himself, let alone determine the existence of God. Each particle of thought scribbled on a scrap of paper in The God File is necessary to the whole. Gabriel has been baptized Catholic and his journey is littered with the small rituals, pieties and beliefs that are wedged so deep in the soul they almost cease to exist, until they are needed. Then, in the never-quiet, never-quite-dark, they emerge, tiny hopeful prayers, begging for a response. From God.
For Gabriel to find an answer to his question and know peace, he must be willing to endure each step of the agonizing journey. After all the wasted years, all the unspoken entreaties, Gabriel must experience patience. He has nowhere else to go. It is his journey alone and his personal path is intimately marked by the struggles of his individual soul. Yet Gabriel finds the courage to make each fragile leap of faith, to surrender his haunting question: "If God gives me more than I can endure, how can I know?" Gabriel listens to the faint sound in the chambers of his tortured mind, hoping to understand. Perhaps, after all, he will find peace of mind. Luan Gaines/2003.
THE GOD FILE.......2002-08-22
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3D Files: Prisoner on the Loose! (A Journey With Rabbi Jurave)
Rabbi Juravel Manufacturer: Israel Bookshop ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1931681473 |
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On a surprise trip to Israel, the 3D gang - David, Daniel, and Dovy - discover a secret worth more than they could ever imagine.But first, they must match wits with Hammed Masoud, a cunning thief who has just escaped from prison and who is hot on their trail.
The special secret is very powerful. For the convict, it has the power to bestow wealth and freedom for life...
For the boys, it has the power to help them restore the glory of the Jewish people and to trap an escaped Prisoner on the Loose.
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The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 759 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison
Andy Worthington Manufacturer: Pluto Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Prisoner of Terror (Spook Files)
Michael Johnstone Manufacturer: Andre Deutsch Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0233991956 |
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Take No Prisoners: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of the Games Series.)
Ted Chapman Manufacturer: Prima Games ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0761512012 Release Date: 1997-10-15 |
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It's post-apocalyptic San Antonio, and the Company wants you to go up against the Zoners and steal their information on the mysterious Dome. You'll then use that information to infiltrate the Dome and capture the Refractive Matrix Crystal. Annihilate the Zoners with this nuclear powered strategy guide!
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