Tag: adaptations
Pride and Prejudice Adaptations: Me and Mr. Darcy
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in the possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man.” Or so this is the case for Emily Albright. After a string of disastrous dates, including a guy who had hair plugs and another whose…
Pride and Prejudice Adaptations: Bride and Prejudice
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Bride and Prejudice transforms the original classic into a modern Indian Musical. Director Gurinder Chadha describes India’s customs as similar to that of Seventeenth Century Britain. Daughters are still married off to wealthy men and the oldest must marry before any of her sisters are allowed to enter society. This…
Pride and Prejudice Adaptations: Prom and Prejudice
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Trade in marriage for prom night and you have Elizabeth Eulberg’s Prom and Prejudice. In this modern adaptation for young adult readers, Lizzie Bennett is on a music scholarship to prestigious Longbourn Academy for girls where she befriends Jane. Jane wants nothing more than to be asked to prom by…
Oscar Nominated Book Adaptations
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The 85th annual Academy Awards will take place on February 24, 2013 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California. While the films that are nominated are being recognized for their cinematic value, many of them were made into movies because of the writing found in their original novel form.…