Favorite Actress-Authored Adapted Screenplay
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Which of these notable actress-authored adapted movie screenplays is your favorite one of them all?
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Which of these notable actress-authored adapted movie screenplays is your favorite one of them all?
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- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsJulie ChristieMichael MurphyGordon PinsentA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.Screenwriter: Sarah Polley
Based on the short story "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro - DirectorKirk JonesStarsEmma ThompsonColin FirthAngela LansburyA governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Based on the novel series "Nurse Matilda" by Christianna Brand - DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughJo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.Screenwriter: Greta Gerwig
Based on the novel "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott - DirectorAng LeeStarsEmma ThompsonKate WinsletJames FleetRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Based on the novel "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen - DirectorMark WatersStarsLindsay LohanJonathan BennettRachel McAdamsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.Screenwriter: Tina Fey
Based on the book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" by Rosalind Wiseman - 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 - DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsGlenn CloseMia WasikowskaAaron Taylor-JohnsonAlbert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Screenwriters: Gabriella Prekop & John Banville & Glenn Close; Story by István Szabó
Based on the novel "The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs" by George Moore - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpySeamus Davey-FitzpatrickWe meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.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 - DirectorJoel ZwickStarsNia VardalosJohn CorbettMichael ConstantineA young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.Screen writer: Nia Vardalos
Based on the play "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" by Nia Vardalos - DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy PatinkinA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.Screenwriters: Barbra Streisand & Jack Rosenthal
Based on Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer's play of the same name, itself based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy." - DirectorMike NicholsStarsMeryl StreepShirley MacLaineDennis QuaidA substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.Screenwriter: Carrie Fisher
Based on the book "Postcards from the Edge" by Carrie Fisher - DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsDaniel CraigAna de ArmasRami MalekJames Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.Screenwriters: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade & Cary Joji Fukunaga & Phoebe Waller-Bridge; Story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade & Cary Joji Fukunaga
Based on the characters from the "James Bond" novel series by Ian Fleming - DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJason SchwartzmanRip TornThe retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser - DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsNicole KidmanKirsten DunstElle FanningThe unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Based on the novel "The Beguiled" by Thomas P. Cullinan - DirectorAngelina JolieStarsSareum Srey MochPhoeung KompheakSveng SocheataCambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.Screenwriters: Angelina Jolie & Loung Ung
Based on the book "First They Killed My Father" by Loung Ung - DirectorElizabeth BanksStarsKristen StewartNaomi ScottElla BalinskaWhen a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.Screenwriter: Elizabeth Banks; Story by Evan Spiliotopoulos & David Auburn
Based on the characters created by Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts for the TV series "Charlie's Angels" - DirectorLiv UllmannStarsColin FarrellJessica ChastainSamantha MortonOver the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.Screenwriter: Liv Ullmann
Based on the 1888 play 'Miss Julie' by August Strindberg