L'ecume des Jours: Ou est la subtitles?

When I posted back in January about L'ecume des Jours - the French film based on the novel written by Boris Vian in 1947,  I couldn't lay my hands on the trailer.Here it is en francais and ooh la la, Michel Gondry's film is a visual feast. Not so surprising when you think of the imaginative visual world Gondry created for his Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Roman Duris stars as Colin, a well-to-do inventor...

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HAPPY EASTER : Top Ten Easter Movies

Completely swept away by The Robe as a child, I learned recently this popular 1953 film was based on a book. Besides, of course, The Bible without which it couldn't be written at all, the film was based on the best selling novel The Robe, written by  Lloyd C. Douglas. The historical novel about the crucifixion of Christ was published in 1942 and quickly became the number one book on the New York Times Best Seller List. It remained in the number...

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Locations shots from The Company You Keep movie

Canada stands in for the USA in The Company You Keep Yesterday I posted my take on Neil Gordon's The Company You Keep, the book behind the Robert Redford movie opening April 5th. The movie, directed by and starring Redford, was filmed in Canada, with Vancouver standing in for Manhattan and the University of British Columbia playing the University of Michigan campus...if the movie is true to the book.I found these shots over at yvrshoots.com,...

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World War Z: New trailer features Brad Pitt and family

Paramount just released a new World War Z trailer. Like GATSBY, World War Z was supposed to come out last December but instead the movie was pushed back for reshoots including a change in the ending. The premise of the book is that the events unfold years AFTER  the zombie wars, in the movie the wars are obviously in full swing during the action.                The Story: "United Nations employee Gerry...

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GATSBY: Everything you wanted to know about the movie

That's my goal anyway - to give those of you who are just as gonzo for GATSBY as I am all the goodies I can gather, in one place: production stills, posters, trailers, behind the scenes looks at making the movie and all the bookish movie news a bookish movie news junkie could want.Since I'm looking forward to this one as much, if not more, than Les Miserables which I was utterly obsessed with, I expect to be posting ad nauseum over the...

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The Young Girls of Rochefort trailer: 1967 French movie musical

It's Monday. But I bet this fun and frothy trailer from the 1967 French film Les Demoiselles de Rochefort will make you smile anyway! The film was written and directed by Jacques Remy; Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) composed the score. Catherine Deneuve, her real-life twin sister, Francois Dorleac,  Gene Kelly,  West Side Story's George Chakiris and dancer Grover Dale - Dale was a guest teacher on So You Think...

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Rebecca Redux: Rebooting Daphne Du Maurier's Classic

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."These famous opening lines lead the reader into one of the world's most popular gothic suspense novels, Rebecca. Written by Daphne DuMaurier in 1938, the book took the world by storm. Alfred Hitchcock made the novel into the Academy Award winning Best Picture of 1940. I saw the film in all its' black and white glory recently; the ominous undercurrent, the tremor of fear discernable in Joan Fontaine's...

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Cannes poster stars Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward

The Festival de Cannes is gearing up for the merry month of May. This year's just released poster is stunning with Hollywood royalty Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman locking lips. Forget Liz and Dick; when will someone tell this great love story on film? Visit the Cannes site to see how the photo comes together ... I can only say it's groovy, baby. From the Festival de Cannes site:The original photo To grace the poster for its 66th...

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Reese Witherspoon back in bookish movie news: The Engagements

Reese Witherspoon is back in bookish movie news with the acquisition of The Engagements. The novel from best-selling writer J. Courtney Sullivan hits bookstores this June; Witherspoon will produce along with Bruna Papandrea via their Pacific Standard company. The ladies clearly have literary leanings - hallelujua! -  Witherspoon is also producing the Gone Girl movie based on Gillian Flynn's creepy thriller (but says she won't take the starring...

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Giveaway Contest Winners

Congratulations to Anne Coates and Janira Santiago, the two winners of autographed copies of Daniel Clay's acclaimed Broken Thanks to everyone who entered! And thanks to Daniel for sharing his riveting book, for being so generous with his time and energy and taking part in my Q&A, and for gifting these two lucky winners with his novel.The winners will also be notified by ema...

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Admission: Movie based on the book by Jean Hanff Korelitz

My admission? Judging from reviews it's possible that Tina Fey isn't perfect. Even though she rocks it on 30 Rock, and along with Amy Poehler, reigned supreme at the Golden Globes, if you believe the critics, she can't save Admission, the movie based on Jean Hanff Korelitz book which comes out Friday. The Story:From Library JournalNothing comes before Portia Nathan's job as an admissions officer at Princeton University. When Mark,...

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The Fault In Our Stars movie; Shailene Woodley Cast as Hazel

UPDATE: 3/19/2013  It's official. Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel in TFIOS, director Josh Boone tweeted today. Here's the news straight from EW, my original post follows:Shailene Woodley has been offered the role of Hazel Grace Lancaster in the adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars.“During our exhaustive search to find Hazel Grace Lancaster, I saw some stunning auditions by today’s finest young actresses,” director...

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What Maisie Knew by Henry James : Teaser Tuesday

Since a contemporary retelling of What Maisie Knew is coming out on film sometime this year, hopefully in May, I started reading Henry James' novel online via the free Gutenberg Project. It's on my list of Books to Read Before You See the Movie so I have no excuse.  I have to say I'm not loving reading it on the computer... the scrolling is tedious and it's way too tiring on the eyes. Oh woe is me, I sure don't want to shell...

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Labor Day movie based on Joyce Maynard's book coming

I just added Labor Day to the Books to Read Before You See the Movie pageBased on Joyce Maynard's novel of the same name, the movie went into production last June in Massachusetts. The film was shot in locations around the state, folks in Acton were so excited to have the movie crew in town, they created a video. Visit Acton Patch and check out their page and the video. The Book - "With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend...

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Dreaming of France: Bon Anniversaire Luc Besson

Born March 18, 1959,Luc Besson, the French writer/director/ producer and birthday boy has one of the films on my list of Books to Read Before You See the Movie 2013. Malavita is based on  Tonino Benaquista's novel.From Barnes and Noble: "The Blakes are newcomers to a small town in Normandy. Fred is a historian researching the Allied landings, Maggie enjoys charity work, and their kids are looking forward to meeting other teenagers at the local...

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Gone Girl Casting News : Reese Witherspoon is Gone!

According to Deadline Hollywood things are heating up again in the journey from Gone Girl the book, written by Gillian Flynn, to Gone Girl the movie, directed by David Fincher. The big news is that Reese herself, will no longer star as Amy Dunne, the wife who goes missing. I'm sure Flynn is disappointed as she's a huge fan of Reese Witherspoon's - (I shared an interview here).  Flynn has written the first draft of the screenplay already and...

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The Lion is In by Delia Ephron: My Quick Take on the Book

From the moment I saw the cover of Delia Ephron's The Lion is In - this photo-realistic shot of three women (one in a wedding veil) and a lion in a convertible, driving off into the sunset, I've wanted to read the book. But as regular readers of Chapter1-Take1 know, I'm so focused on the books that have been adapted for film that I barely have time to read beyond my own self-imposed boundaries. I know, I know. That's why when I got lucky and...

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Jai Courtney joins Shailene Woodley in Divergent Screen Adaptation?

Jai Courtney added toDivergent cast.UPDATE: March 14, 2013. Jai Courtney, the twenty something Austrailian who was last seen as the son of the lead in both A Good Day to Die Hard and Jack Reacher was just cast in Divergent the movie based on Veronica Roth's Best selling YA novel, according to my trusted source, Deadline. They aren't saying yet but my suspicion is that Courtney will play Peter from Dauntless, the Brave. He's too beefy...

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The Movies Based on Books: 2013 (at long last!)

I've been a lazy blogger, neglecting to post this year's list of books to read BEFORE you see the movie. If you checked out my page: Books to Read BEFORE you see the movie 2013 there were a measly couple of entries. BUT I've been busy playing catch up and am three quarters of the way through updating the list so take a look here to see what's up next.While release dates are subject to change without notice I'll continue to update the list when...

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OZ:The Great and Powerful: Is the production design the real star of the show?

OZ trees straight out of the land of Disney's Snow WhiteI hope there is more to love about OZ: The Great and Powerful than its' production design but the movie has been released to mixed reviews. As for me, I'm not sure that I can stay away. I want to see the story and the performances for myself plus my interest has been seriously piqued by Robert Stromberg's dazzling work here.  I found these pictures at CoCreate where...

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