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Great
Books to Great Films
A Monthly Book/Movie Series at the Danville Public Library
You’ve read the
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THIS
MONTH'S SELECTION
APRIL: Children
of Men
by P.D. James
Screening date: April 12, 2010
6:30 p.m., first floor meeting room
Book Cover |
Movie Poster |
ABOUT
THE SERIES
People tend to say “the book was better than the
movie,” but is this necessarily true? Find out with Great Books to Great
Films, an original book/movie discussion series presented monthly at
the Danville
Public Library from May 2009 to April 2010.
Each month, participants will read a classic novel and view an
acclaimed film adaptation of that book. A discussion will follow each
film screening.
We’ll explore what makes the best adaptations work,
and the strengths and weaknesses of different storytelling media.
Our selections will encompass fiction from the last 200 years, and at
least one film per decade from the 1930’s to the present.
Screenings will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s
first floor meeting room, with informal discussion immediately
following the movies facilitated by DPL Audiovisual Librarian Mike
Boedicker. Refreshments will be served. The events are free
and open to the public, and no registration is required. Feel free
to join us for any or all of the screenings.
This year-long series is being made possible by a grant from the
Danville Library Foundation. For more information, contact the
Audiovisual Department at (217) 477-5224 or email mboedicker@hotmail.com.
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GETTING
COPIES OF THE BOOKS
You may borrow the books from Danville Public Library or
other libraries in the Lincoln Trail Libraries system. You may
also buy copies from DPL (at the Circulation Desk) through an
arrangement with Blue
Kangaroo Books of Danville. Copies will be available for purchase at least one month prior to the screening date.
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SCHEDULE
All screenings begin at
6:30 p.m. in the library's first floor meeting room.
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CLICK
HERE for a printable schedule of the films
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THE BOOKS AND
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A young recruit in the Civil War faces
the horrors of battle in the book that firmly
established Stephen Crane's critical reputation.
The troubled production history of the 1951 John Huston
screen adaptation was recounted in Lillian Ross' book Picture. |
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THE BOOK
Author: Stephen Crane
First published: 1895
Links: redbadgeofcourage.org
-- essays, criticism, timeline, and the full text of the
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THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Audie Murphy, Bill
Mauldin, Douglas Dick. Directed by John
Huston. Screenplay by John Huston and Albert Band.
Year Released: 1951
Running Time: 69 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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Jane Austen's comedy of manners about
five husband-hunting sisters in 19th-century England has
been adapted for the big screen several times, most
recently in 2005, the version we'll be watching.
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THE BOOK
Author: Jane Austen
First published: 1813
Links: Wikipedia
entry | Detailed
analysis of the book. |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Keira Knightley,
Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald
Sutherland. Directed by Joe Wright.
Screenplay by Deborah Moggach.
Year Released: 2005
Running Time: 128 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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A weekend canoe trip by four businessmen
becomes a nightmare in poet James Dickey's acclaimed
survival story. |
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THE BOOK
Author: James Dickey
First published: 1970
Links:
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THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Jon Voigt, Burt
Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox. Directed by John
Boorman. Screenplay by James Dickey.
Year Released: 1972
Running Time: 109 mins.
The movie is rated R for adult situations and is
recommended for mature audiences.
Links:
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Henry James' story of a spinster wooed
by a fortune-hunter in 19th century New York City.
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THE BOOK
Author: Henry James
First published: 1880
Links: Wikipedia
entry |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Olivia de Havilland,
Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift, Miriam
Hopkins. Directed by William Wyler.
Screenplay by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, from their stage
play.
Year Released: 1949
Running Time: 115 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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A psychotic backwoods preacher pursues
two children for money stolen by their father.
Davis Grubb's novel was adapted by James Agee into a
moody film directed by actor Charles Laughton (in his
only turn behind the camera). Robert Mitchum
delivers one his best screen performances as the
preacher whose knuckles are tattooed with the words
"LOVE" and "HATE."
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THE BOOK
Author: Davis Grubb
First published: 1953
Links: Wikipedia
entry |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Robert Mitchum,
Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. Directed by Charles
Laughton. Screenplay by James Agee.
Year Released: 1955
Running Time: 93 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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Truman Capote's acclaimed
"nonfiction novel" of the 1959 Clutter family
murder in Holcomb, Kansas became an equally praised film
version directed by Richard Brooks. November 2009
is the 50th anniversary of the crime.
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THE BOOK
Author: Truman Capote
First published: 1966
Links: Wikipedia
entry |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Robert Blake, Scott
Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart. Adapted for
the screen and directed by Richard Brooks.
Year Released: 1967
Running Time: 134 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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An antiwar story set during the final
days of World War II in the Ardennes, where an American
intelligence unit encounters a German platoon wishing to
surrender.
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THE BOOK
Author: William Wharton (pen name of Albert
William Du Aime)
First published: 1982
Links: Wikipedia
article about Wharton |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Peter Berg, Kevin
Dillon, Ayre Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise.
Adapted for the screen and directed by Keith Gordon.
Year Released: 1992
Running Time: 107 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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James Hilton's classic story of the
search for Shangri-La still taps into our yearnings for
paradise.
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THE BOOK
Author: James Hilton
First published: 1933
Links: Wikipedia
entry |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Ronald Colman, Jane
Wyatt, John Howard, Edward Everett Horton.
Directed by Frank Capra. Screenplay by Robert
Riskin.
Year Released: 1937
Running Time: 132 mins.
Links: Internet
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A shady insurance salesman schemes with
his lover to kill her husband in this gritty crime
classic. Viewers who know star Fred MacMurray only
from TV's My Three Sons are in for a
surprise. Happy Valentine's Day!
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THE BOOK
Author: James M. Cain
First published: 1935
Links: Profile
of Cain |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred
MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson. Directed by Billy
Wilder. Screenplay by Wilder and Raymond
Chandler.
Year Released: 1944
Running Time: 106 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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A romance between a gentleman and a
tainted woman in Victorian England is contrasted with a
contemporary affair between the actor and actress
playing those roles in a movie.
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THE BOOK
Author: John Fowles
First published: 1969
Links: Wikipedia
entry |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Meryl Streep, Jeremy
Irons, Leo McKern. Directed by Karel Reisz.
Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
Year Released: 1981
Running Time: 123 mins.
Links: Internet
Movie Database entry |
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In a future world
where women are sterile, a bureaucrat becomes
involved with a resistance group harboring a girl who
has miraculously become pregnant.
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THE BOOK
Author: P.D. James
First published: 1992
Links: Wikipedia
entry |
THE MOVIE
Cast and Crew: Starring Clive Owen, Julianne
Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed
by Alfonso Cuaron. Screenplay by Cuaron, Timothy
J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby.
Year Released: 2006
Running Time: 108 mins.
Links: Internet
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