Favorite Actor-Authored Adapted Screenplay
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Which of these notable actor-authored adapted movie screenplays is your favorite one of them all?
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- DirectorAaron SchneiderStarsTom HanksElisabeth ShueStephen GrahamSeveral months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.Screenwriter: Tom Hanks
Based on the novel "The Good Shepherd" by C.S. Forester - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRoman Griffin DavisThomasin McKenzieScarlett JohanssonA young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.Screenwriter: Taika Waititi
Based on the novel "Caging Skies" by Christine Leunens - DirectorBradley CooperStarsLady GagaBradley CooperSam ElliottA musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.Screenwriters: Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters & Eric Roth
Based on the 1954 film by Moss Hart, 1976 film by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne & Frank Pierson, & story by Robert Carson & William A. Wellman - DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsPaul GiamattiGeorge ClooneyPhilip Seymour HoffmanAn idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.Screenwriters: George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon
Based on the play "Farragut North" by Beau Willimon - DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.Screenwriters: Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder
Based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley - DirectorJon FavreauStarsRobert Downey Jr.Mickey RourkeGwyneth PaltrowWith the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.Screenwriter: Justin Theroux
Based on the comic book "Iron Man" by Stan Lee & Larry Lieber & Don Heck & Jack Kirby - DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckRebecca HallJon HammA proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold an assistant manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.Screenwriters: Peter Craig & Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard
Based on the novel "Prince of Thieves" by Chuck Hogan - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.Screenwriter: John Huston
Based on the novel "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" by B. Traven - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJohn CusackIben HjejleTodd LouisoRob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.Screewriters: D. V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John Cusack & Scott Rosenberg
Based on the novel "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby’ - DirectorAlexander PayneStarsGeorge ClooneyShailene WoodleyAmara MillerA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.Screewriters: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Based on the novel "The Descendants" by Kaui Hart Hemmings - DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsJennifer LawrenceJosh HutchersonLiam HemsworthKatniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
Screenwriters: Danny Strong & Peter Craig
Based on the novel "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins - DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenKen DavitianLuenellKazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.Screenwriters: Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines & Dan Mazer; Story: Baron Cohen, Baynham, Hines & Todd Phillips
Based on the character Borat Sagdiyev, from the television series "Da Ali G Show" by Baron Cohen - DirectorBen AffleckStarsMorgan FreemanEd HarrisCasey AffleckTwo Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.Screewriters: Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard
Based on a novel "Gone, Baby, Gone" by Dennis Lehane - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.Screenwriters: James Agee & John Huston
Based on the novel "The African Queen" by C. S. Forester - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.Screenwriters: Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope
Based on the book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by Martin Sixsmith - DirectorFred SchepisiStarsSteve MartinDaryl HannahRick RossovichThe large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.Screenwriter: Steve Martin
Based on the novel "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand - DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean HagenA major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.Screenwriters: Ben Maddow & John Huston
Based on the novel "The Asphalt Jungle" by W.R. Burnett - DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonDwight YoakamJ.T. WalshKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.Screenwriter: Billy Bob Thornton
Based on the 1994 short film 'Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade' written by Billy Bob Thornton - DirectorJay RoachStarsEd HarrisJulianne MooreWoody HarrelsonGovernor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.Screenwriter: Danny Strong
Based on the book "Game Change" by Mark Halperin - DirectorWarren BeattyBuck HenryStarsWarren BeattyJames MasonJulie ChristieA Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.Screewriters: Warren Beatty & Elaine May
Based on the play "Heaven Can Wait" by Harry Segall - DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsJulianne HoughDiego BonetaTom CruiseA small-town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.Screenwriters: Chris D'Arienzo & Allan Loeb & Justin Theroux
Based on the musical play "Rock of Ages" by Chris D'Arienzo - DirectorLee DanielsStarsForest WhitakerOprah WinfreyJohn CusackAs Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.Screen writer: Danny Strong
Based on the article "A Butler Well Served By This Election" by Wil Haygood - DirectorWes AndersonStarsLuke WilsonOwen WilsonNed DowdThree friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Screenwriters: Owen Wilson & Wes Anderson
Based on the 1994 short film "Bottle Rocket" by Owen Wilson & Wes Anderson - DirectorTim RobbinsStarsSusan SarandonSean PennRobert ProskyA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.Screenwriter: Tim Robbins
Based on the book Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean C.S.J. - DirectorJohn HustonStarsSean ConneryMichael CaineChristopher PlummerIn 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.Screenwriters: Gladys Hill & John Huston
Based on the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" by Rudyard Kipling - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.Screenwriters: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater; Story: Kim Krizan & Richard Linkater
Based on the characters from the film 'Before Sunrise' by Kim Krizan & Richard Linklater - DirectorJustin LinStarsChris PineZachary QuintoKarl UrbanThe crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.
Screenwriters: Simon Pegg & Doug Jung
Based on the characters from the TV Series "Star Trek" created by Gene Roddenberry - DirectorEdward NortonStarsEdward NortonGugu Mbatha-RawAlec BaldwinIn 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.Screenwriter: Edward Norton
Based on the novel Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem - DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlec GuinnessKay WalshRenee HoustonAn ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.Screenwriter: Alec Guinness
Based on the novel "The Horse's Mouth" by Joyce Cary