Books and films have been joined at the hip ever since the earliest days of cinema, and adaptations of novels have regularly provided audiences with the classier end of the film spectrum. Here, the Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best
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10. Planet of the Apes
Although the source novel, La Planète des Singes, was written by Frenchman Pierre Boule and originally reached its futureshock climax in Paris, this enduring sci-fi fantasy is profoundly American, putting Charlton Heston's steel-jawed patriotism to incredible use. It also holds up surprisingly well as a jarring allegory for the population's fears over escalating cold war tensions.
Beginning with a spaceship crash-landing on an unknown planet after years of cryogenic sleep, Franklin J Schaffner's film soon gets into gear as Heston's upstanding...
• Top 10 family movies
• Top 10 war movies
• Top 10 teen movies
• Top 10 superhero movies
• Top 10 westerns
• Top 10 documentaries
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. Planet of the Apes
Although the source novel, La Planète des Singes, was written by Frenchman Pierre Boule and originally reached its futureshock climax in Paris, this enduring sci-fi fantasy is profoundly American, putting Charlton Heston's steel-jawed patriotism to incredible use. It also holds up surprisingly well as a jarring allegory for the population's fears over escalating cold war tensions.
Beginning with a spaceship crash-landing on an unknown planet after years of cryogenic sleep, Franklin J Schaffner's film soon gets into gear as Heston's upstanding...
- 11/15/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
For someone with the last name Barrymore, there's no better television home than Turner Classic Movies.
Legendary actors John, Lionel and Ethel often turn up on the channel in such ... well, classic movies as "Dinner at Eight" and "Grand Hotel." Their most famous descendant now has a place there, too: Drew Barrymore is TCM staple Robert Osborne's current co-host on the weekly Saturday series "The Essentials," commenting on the given evening's attraction before and after the film.
The teaming of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1962 thriller "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is the July 28 feature. The friendly Barrymore explains to Zap2it that watching movies "is what I like to do anyway in life, so to do it in a forum where I get to talk about films that I love -- with someone I admire -- on a channel that's literally on in my house 24/7, it was just like,...
Legendary actors John, Lionel and Ethel often turn up on the channel in such ... well, classic movies as "Dinner at Eight" and "Grand Hotel." Their most famous descendant now has a place there, too: Drew Barrymore is TCM staple Robert Osborne's current co-host on the weekly Saturday series "The Essentials," commenting on the given evening's attraction before and after the film.
The teaming of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1962 thriller "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is the July 28 feature. The friendly Barrymore explains to Zap2it that watching movies "is what I like to do anyway in life, so to do it in a forum where I get to talk about films that I love -- with someone I admire -- on a channel that's literally on in my house 24/7, it was just like,...
- 7/28/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Fallen Idol (1948) Direction: Carol Reed Cast: Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald Screenplay: Graham Greene, from his short story "The Basement Room"; additional dialogue by Lesley Storm and William Templeton Oscar Movies Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: The 1948 drama The Fallen Idol is the third film I've seen by British filmmaker Carol Reed. I'd previously watched the dreadful Oscar-winning musical Oliver! (1968) and the stolid biopic The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), featuring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo. I've also seen The Third Man, the 1949 thriller attributed to Reed, though I've always hedged upon taking the stance that it was Reed's film alone and not an Orson Welles film merely bearded by Reed. Well, after watching The Fallen Idol, which directly preceded The Third Man, I can tell you that I have no doubts [...]...
- 3/21/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
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