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THE MOVIE VERSION OF A WRINKLE IN TIME IS NOT LIKE THE BOOK by Madeleine L’Engle
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Study Guide compares the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle to the movie version A Wrinkle in Time (2003) starring Katie Stuart, Gregory Smith, David Dorfman, Chris Potter, Kate Nelligan, and Alfre Woodard. Directed by John Kent Harrison. This made for TV movie aired on ABC in 2004. Although many scenes are not true to the book, this film is more accurate than the 2018 movie version.
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: A Wrinkle in Time (2003) starring Katie Stuart, Gregory Smith, David Dorfman, Chris Potter, Kate Nelligan, and Alfre Woodard. Directed by John Kent Harrison. This made for TV movie aired on ABC in 2004. Although many scenes are not true to the book, this film is more accurate than the 2018 movie version.
WHAT’S IN THE BOOK THAT’S NOT IN THE MOVIE?
Mrs. Buncombe’s bedsheets, Mrs. Porter, tesseract to a two-dimensional planet, gifts from Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, the paperboy on Camazotz, creatures with tentacles, Meg’s use of the periodic table, square roots, and nursery rhymes to ward off evil.
WHAT’S IN THE MOVIE THAT’S NOT IN THE BOOK?
Star-watching rock, Calvin’s brother Eric, science teacher, desert sandstorm on Camazotz, ice and snow on Ixchel, girl in pink, men in limos, Calvin’s capture, Calvin’s basketball fantasy, Mr. Murry’s broken leg, glow worms, fire flowers, Meg’s double, and the earthquake on Camazotz,
WHAT’S THE SAME?
The Murry family, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, tesseract, IT, Camazotz, the man with red eyes, Central Intelligence Center, and Aunt Beast.
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The 1954 animated film version of Animal Farm by George Orwell features the first blood shown in a cartoon. Disney movies did not show blood until five years later when a dragon was killed by a sword in the 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty.
Blood appears three times in the cartoon – when a dog bites a farmer, when Boxer is shot in the hoof and when Napoleon begins executing disobedient animals. The killings are not shown on screen, but after animals are murdered, one of the commandments on the side of the barn is amended. The commandment now reads: No animal shall kill another animal WITHOUT CAUSE. The words “without cause” are written in blood.
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Trump’s The Art of the Deal: Movie Version is a parody of the 1987 book. Netflix is the only place you can stream the movie version of Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal. Johnny Depp stars as Donald Trump in this Funny or Die produced satire released in February 2016. In the parody Trump decides to produce his own movie version of his best-selling book. The comedy pokes fun at The Art of the Deal with chapters on:
Chapter 1: The Art of Intimidating Rent Controlled Tenants
Chapter 2: The Art of Defeating Totally Bogus Discrimination
Chapter 3: The Art of Suing Those Losers at the NFL
Chapter 4: The Art of Buying a Casino from the Hilton Family
Chapter 5: The Art of Marrying a Gorgeous Immigrant
Chapter 6: The Art of Building the Trump Tower
The film also features Ron Howard, Kristen Schaal, Patton Oswalt, Henry Winkler, Alfred Molina, Andy Richter, Stephen Merchant, Jack McBrayer, Robert Morse and Christopher Lloyd. The 50-minute comedy is available on Netflix and can be viewed soon on the Funny or Die website.
The first movie of a book was Sherlock Holmes Baffled,
a 30-second black and white silent film that debuted
April 26, 1900 in New York City.
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Is the movie Ethan Frome accurate? The 1993 film is the only movie of the novel by Edith Wharton. Liam Neeson is perfect as Frome. The film has two major flaws: 1. Ethan and Mattie do not have sex in the novel. 2. The narrator of the book is an engineer, not the preacher character in the movie. The movie version of Ethan Frome tells the basic story, but adds action and characters that are not in the book.
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