Sentence examples for direct adaptation from inspiring English sources

The first Linofilm was a direct adaptation of the Linotype.

Without being a direct adaptation of anything specific, The Grand Budapest Hotel distils many of the story's elements.

(Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth Vrba called this sort of redeployment an "exaptation," rather than a direct adaptation).

Their first direct adaptation, from Cormac McCarthy's book, is also their first best picture Oscar winner, one of the film's four prizes.

"Coupling" is a direct adaptation of a hit British sex farce about a group of thirtysomethings, using the same scripts with American actors replacing the British actors.

The director recently stressed he had wanted to "pay homage" to Frank Miller's graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, rather than a direct adaptation.

Genome complexity can increase even if direct adaptations to the environment remain stable (due to increasing reliability, modularity, and adaptability).

The nine episodes of the BBC "Wallander" have been direct adaptations of the Mankell novels.

In some cases the new reliefs, almost all of them in black and white, are direct adaptations of drawings.

Flushed with the success of 127 Hours, rising star James Franco is planning a move behind the camera to direct adaptations of two classic American novels.

That neither of these films are direct adaptations of a particular video game series, though, says much about that routine's repugnant past and unsavory future.