Sentence examples for best adaptations from inspiring English sources

Yet for all the difficulties involved in repackaging Dickens for the screen, the best adaptations prove that no novelist is better at encouraging the reinvention of tradition.

One of the best adaptations is "Imogene's Antlers," based on the book by David Small in which the title character has a Gregor Samsa-like experience.

Before he became president in "The West Wing," Martin Sheen was a political candidate with a sinister streak in THE DEAD ZONE (1983), one of Hollywood's best adaptations of a Stephen King novel.

'Brighton Rock' goes on general release on 4 February Greene on film: The 10 best adaptations Went the Day Well? (Alberto Cavalcanti 1942) Greene's unsettling story pioneered the "Nazis have landed" genre.

I have the good fortune to commission, develop and direct literary adaptations for the stage, and while it's true that the genre is marred by any number of unimaginative "cut and paste" treatments, I submit that the best adaptations are in fact new plays.

Following Selznick to MGM, Cukor directed David Copperfield (1935), arguably one of the best adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel ever brought to the screen, with a delightful cast that included W.C. Fields, Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, and Elsa Lanchester.

Best playwright, best adaptation of a foreign play and best comedy went to Dario Fo's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" at the private Theatre la Bruyere, while best new creation, best director and best scenic design went to Ariane Mnouchkine's "Tambours sur la Digue" ("Drums Over the Dike"), presented at her subsidized Cartoucherie de Vincennes.

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The film was nominated in 1976 for the Oscar for best foreign language film, and Mr. Risi and Ruggero Maccari's screenplay was nominated for best adaptation.

The trick is not to confuse the two or assume that the best adaptation is the most faithful or makes for good cinema.

In the official competition, Nourish Kitchen and Table took third place, for best adaptation and use of healthy ingredients (a victory for kale), and Patricia Clark came in second.