U.S. premiere
Special Writing in 2 Media Screening
Screening Time: Saturday, May 3, 6:00 PM, Charles Theatre 1
Director: Nick Willing
Cast: Goran Visnjic, Shirley Henderson, Miranda
Otto, Paddy Considine
Country: U.K.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 92 minutes
Format: 35mm
 Since
the Maryland Film Festival’s first Writing in 2 Media panel
in 1999 we have explored the specific frustrations and insights
of making a movie from source material- newspapers, fiction and
nonfiction books, et. al. Movies from other source material make
up a significant part of our movie heritage, but the process is
mysterious. The particular stories from our panels vary, but the
theme that has emerged is that movies are a different art form
than the printed word, and getting from one to the other is not
easy. Worse yet, it seems as though it should be easy.
This screening gives our audience a unique opportunity in this
series: experience a movie with the author of the book that inspired
it, who will be seeing it for the first time. Madison Smartt Bell’s
celebrated novel, Doctor Sleep, has all the elements
of a great movie- it’s been described as a thriller structured
as a prayer. By all accounts the movie collaboration was friendly
and open; the author joined the movie crew during part of the
filming. But you will discover along with Madison Smartt Bell
how the movie turned out.
--Jed Dietz
Presented By: Madison Smartt Bell
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