For two decades, Sarah Polley has been desperately trying to adapt Margaret Atwood's book about a young woman who was abused, mistreated and silenced in the mid-1800s. By the time the 38-year-old actor-turned-writer/director brought the author's 1996 historical novel Alias Grace to the small screen – the six-hour miniseries began streaming on Netflix in early November – she had no idea she'd end up discussing the very same issues taking place in the 21st century. "I was imagining when I did press for [this], I would be introducing this as a conversation,...
- 11/7/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Prepare yourselves: Netflix's newest series is pretty intense. Alias Grace tells the mostly true story of Grace Marks, a woman who was convicted of murdering her employer and his housekeeper whens he was a teenager in 1843. The show, which is based on the book by Margaret Atwood, which was based on the real-life murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery, follows a doctor's interviews with Grace many years later. Sarah Gadon stars as the titular Grace, and it's a performance you're not going to want to miss. She's both sympathetic and totally chilling, and it sounds like it took a toll on Gadon. "It was really intense, and there's no other way to...
- 11/2/2017
- E! Online
Becky Lea Nov 3, 2017
Sarah Polley's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace is now on Netflix and nothing short of a triumph. Spoilers ahead in our review...
Warning: contains book and series spoilers.
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There is a quilt pattern, mentioned in Alias Grace, called Attic Windows, which is an exercise in shifting perspectives. To look at the quilt one way is to see a collection of closed boxes, but to look at it from another finds you looking at open boxes. A quilt such as this one is stitched together from various materials, each one individual but in service of the larger pattern. To see one part of the quilt is to only see one aspect of it. A quilt must be seen in its entirety in order to appreciate the pattern effect as a whole. Alias Grace is a similar kind of construction,...
Sarah Polley's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace is now on Netflix and nothing short of a triumph. Spoilers ahead in our review...
Warning: contains book and series spoilers.
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There is a quilt pattern, mentioned in Alias Grace, called Attic Windows, which is an exercise in shifting perspectives. To look at the quilt one way is to see a collection of closed boxes, but to look at it from another finds you looking at open boxes. A quilt such as this one is stitched together from various materials, each one individual but in service of the larger pattern. To see one part of the quilt is to only see one aspect of it. A quilt must be seen in its entirety in order to appreciate the pattern effect as a whole. Alias Grace is a similar kind of construction,...
- 11/2/2017
- Den of Geek
For someone who has established such an illustrious and prolific career from crafting stories rife with nuanced themes of identity, gender, and complacency, Margaret Atwood has a fairly disenchanted view of narrators. Namely, she believes that none of them should be taken at face value.
“I don’t think anyone is a reliable narrator — in real life or anywhere else,” she told audiences Thursday night at the Tiff world premiere of “Alias Grace.” “Who tells the absolute truth all the time? There was a movie made where people were cursed with having to tell the absolute truth all the time and the result was… not pretty.”
The upcoming six-part miniseries from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and Netflix is based on Atwood’s novel of the same name, and is a pet project from producer and actress Sarah Polley, who started trying to option the rights when she was just 17 years old.
“I don’t think anyone is a reliable narrator — in real life or anywhere else,” she told audiences Thursday night at the Tiff world premiere of “Alias Grace.” “Who tells the absolute truth all the time? There was a movie made where people were cursed with having to tell the absolute truth all the time and the result was… not pretty.”
The upcoming six-part miniseries from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and Netflix is based on Atwood’s novel of the same name, and is a pet project from producer and actress Sarah Polley, who started trying to option the rights when she was just 17 years old.
- 9/15/2017
- by Amber Dowling
- Indiewire
"It’s strange to reflect that of all the people living in that house, I was the only one left alive in six months time."
Netflix has released the first trailer for their upcoming new miniseries, Alias Grace. The series is based on Margaret Atwood's Gothic historical fiction about a real-life murder that took place in 1843 Canada. Here's the synopsis:
The six-hour miniseries follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843.
Grace Marks seems like such a fascinating character that is presented as both a victim and a culprit. I haven't read the book, but the series looks like it could be really good and worth checking out.
The series stars Sarah Gadon in the lead role, Paul Gross as her master,...
Netflix has released the first trailer for their upcoming new miniseries, Alias Grace. The series is based on Margaret Atwood's Gothic historical fiction about a real-life murder that took place in 1843 Canada. Here's the synopsis:
The six-hour miniseries follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843.
Grace Marks seems like such a fascinating character that is presented as both a victim and a culprit. I haven't read the book, but the series looks like it could be really good and worth checking out.
The series stars Sarah Gadon in the lead role, Paul Gross as her master,...
- 9/8/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
There’s nary a red cloak in sight, but the trailer for Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood’s latest TV adaptation — Netflix’s Alias Grace — boasts many of the novelist’s other familiar staples. Suffering? Check. Angst? Check. Suspense? Check. An veritable army of kickass women? Check. A Chuck alum? Check!
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The six-part drama chronicles the controversial real-life conviction of Grace Marks (11.22.63‘s Sarah Gadon), an Irish immigrant who becomes a Canadian domestic servant and is later sentenced to prison for the murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear...
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The six-part drama chronicles the controversial real-life conviction of Grace Marks (11.22.63‘s Sarah Gadon), an Irish immigrant who becomes a Canadian domestic servant and is later sentenced to prison for the murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear...
- 9/8/2017
- TVLine.com
Netflix released the first teaser for its six-hour historical fiction, murder miniseries “Alias Grace” on Monday, based on the novel by “The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood. The novel, published in 1996, blends fiction and reality. Atwood was inspired by the 1843 Upper Canadian murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin). Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) and James McDermott (Kerr Logan) were charged with the crime. McDermott was hanged while Marks was sentenced to life in prison. The question remained though whether Marks was involved with the murder itself or was just an accessory. She was eventually (spoiler?...
- 7/24/2017
- by Carli Velocci
- The Wrap
There aren’t any vampires in Alias Grace, one of Anna Paquin’s first TV gigs since True Blood, but that doesn’t mean that the world of this Netflix miniseries isn’t a dangerous place to inhabit. Because, as the first teaser trailer for the Margaret Atwood novel’s adaptation shows us, corpses pop up at a rather alarming rate when Grace Marks (11.22.63‘s Sarah Gadon) is in the picture.
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The six-part drama — which also stars Chuck‘s Zachary Levi — is the story of the controversial real-life conviction of Marks,...
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- 7/24/2017
- TVLine.com
Hulu hit a homerun this spring with its first foray into prestige television, the superb adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” And now, Netflix is getting into the Atwood adaptation game.
Based on the author’s award-winning 1996 novel of the same name, “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a servant in Upper Canada who was accused, alongside James McDermott (Kerr Logan), of the notorious 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
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Based on the author’s award-winning 1996 novel of the same name, “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a servant in Upper Canada who was accused, alongside James McDermott (Kerr Logan), of the notorious 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
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- 7/18/2017
- by Anthony Casella
- The Playlist
Margaret Atwood fans are getting another adaptation of the legendary author’s novels this year, and if you thought “The Handmaid’s Tale” was super-Canadian, “Alias Grace” will blow you away.
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Written and produced by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron, “Alias Grace,” according to the official Netflix synopsis, “tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).”
Polley’s transition from in front of the camera to behind it has given us lovely works like “Take This Waltz,” and Harron was of...
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Written and produced by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron, “Alias Grace,” according to the official Netflix synopsis, “tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).”
Polley’s transition from in front of the camera to behind it has given us lovely works like “Take This Waltz,” and Harron was of...
- 5/18/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
This spring, Hulu‘s stunning adaptation of Margaret Atwood‘s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has become one of the major television talking points among critics and audiences, and the good news for both is that another one of the author’s works is coming to the small screen, and it also looks like it’ll pack a wallop.
Penned by Sarah Polley (“Away From Her,” “Take This Waltz“) and directed by Mary Harron (“American Psycho“), Netflix‘s “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
Continue reading First Look: Netflix’s Margaret Atwood Adaptation ‘Alias Grace,’ Written By Sarah Polley...
Penned by Sarah Polley (“Away From Her,” “Take This Waltz“) and directed by Mary Harron (“American Psycho“), Netflix‘s “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
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- 5/18/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Production has begun in Toronto, on the Alias Grace TV show coming to Netflix and CBC. Based on the Margaret Atwell novel, the six-hour mini is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks who was convicted of murdering Nancy Montgomery and Thomas Kinnear. Alias Grace will be broadcast in Canada on CBC and will stream globally – everywhere outside of Canada – on Netflix.Alias Grace stars: Sarah Gadon, Anna Paquin, Zachary Levi, Paul Gross, Edward Holcroft, Kerr Logan, Rebecca Liddiard, and Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg. Atwell has a brief cameo. The murder-mystery drama is written and produced by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron. Get the details from this Netflix press release. Read More…...
- 9/9/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
It was announced earlier this year that writer, director and actress Sarah Polley (“Stories We Tell,” “Take This Waltz”) would be adapting and producing the beloved Margaret Atwood novel “Alias Grace” as a six part mini-series for Netflix, starring Sarah Gadon, Anna Paquin, Paul Gross, and now, David Cronenberg.
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“Alias Grace” is based on the real-life 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada, and the controversial convictions of two household servants, Grace Marks and James McDermott. It is told from the point of view of a fictional narrator, Dr. Simon Jordan, who is researching the case. While McDermott was faced with the death sentence, Grace Marks was sentenced to life in prison, despite her undetermined involvement in the crime. She was absolved of the crime 30 years later.
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“Alias Grace” is based on the real-life 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada, and the controversial convictions of two household servants, Grace Marks and James McDermott. It is told from the point of view of a fictional narrator, Dr. Simon Jordan, who is researching the case. While McDermott was faced with the death sentence, Grace Marks was sentenced to life in prison, despite her undetermined involvement in the crime. She was absolved of the crime 30 years later.
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- 9/7/2016
- by Annakeara Stinson
- Indiewire
Anna Paquin has joined the Netflix/CBC miniseries “Alias Grace,” TheWrap has learned. The show tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery (Paquin) in 1843. Nancy is Kinnear’s housekeeper and lover, and while she initially befriends Grace, she begins to resent Grace and becomes increasingly jealous of Kinnear’s affection for her. Nancy eventually fires Grace in a fit of rage and is later found brutally murdered.
- 8/16/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Margaret Atwood adaptations are coming to streaming services in waves. Hulu previously announced a 10-episode series adaptation of her 1985 novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” starring Elisabeth Moss. This past June, Netflix and CBC greenlit a six-hour miniseries adaptation of her novel “Alias Grace,” written and produced by Sarah Polley (“Stories We Tell,” “The Last Waltz”) and directed by Mary Harron (“American Psycho”). Today, Netflix and CBC announce that the miniseries will star Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin.
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Based on factual events “Alias Grace” follows the 1843 murders of wealthy Thomas Kinnear and his housemaid and lover Nancy Montgomery (played by Paquin). They were supposedly killed by two servants: Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) a poor, young Irish immigrant and stable hand James McDermott. McDermott was ultimately hanged and Marks was sentenced to life in prison. There’s much controversy over...
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Based on factual events “Alias Grace” follows the 1843 murders of wealthy Thomas Kinnear and his housemaid and lover Nancy Montgomery (played by Paquin). They were supposedly killed by two servants: Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) a poor, young Irish immigrant and stable hand James McDermott. McDermott was ultimately hanged and Marks was sentenced to life in prison. There’s much controversy over...
- 8/16/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Anna Paquin sure seems to like her roles bloody: The True Blood star has been cast as a brutally murdered housekeeper in Netflix and CBC’s six-hour miniseries Alias Grace, our sister site Deadline reports.
Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel centers on Grace Marks (11.22.63‘s Sarah Gadon), a historical figure who was convicted of killing her boss Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/lover Nancy Montgomery (played by Paquin) in Canada in 1843.
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Paquin’s character starts out as Grace’s friend,...
Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel centers on Grace Marks (11.22.63‘s Sarah Gadon), a historical figure who was convicted of killing her boss Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/lover Nancy Montgomery (played by Paquin) in Canada in 1843.
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Paquin’s character starts out as Grace’s friend,...
- 8/16/2016
- TVLine.com
Fans of crime drama, prepare to get excited. Netflix continues on its streak of original productions with a mini-series adaptation of Alias Grace, the best-selling novel by world-renowned author Margaret Atwood. Sarah Polley (Away From Her, Stories We Tell) will write and produce, and Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol) is set to direct. The novel is based on the 19th century true story of Grace Marks, a poor Irish immigrant who worked in Upper Canada (now Ontario) as a domestic servant. She and another servant, James McDermott, were convicted of the murders of of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery. McDermott was hanged for the crime, while Marks spent 30 years in prison. It was one of the most...
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- 6/21/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Canadian director and actress Sarah Polley, along with Noreen Halpern’s Halfire Entertainment, will adapt Margaret Atwood’s novel “Alias Grace” into a six-hour miniseries for Netflix. Deadline reports that Polley will write and produce the series while Mary Harron will direct the project.
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“Alias Grace” follows the true story of poor Irish immigrant Grace Marks who, along with domestic servant James McDermott, was convicted of murdering her employer Thomas Kinnear and housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in 1843. While James was hanged, Grace received life imprisonment for her role in the crime. The conviction was highly controversial and Grace’s role in the murder was up for strong debate as to whether she took an active part in the crime or if she was simply an accessory. She was later exonerated after 30 years in jail.
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“Alias Grace” follows the true story of poor Irish immigrant Grace Marks who, along with domestic servant James McDermott, was convicted of murdering her employer Thomas Kinnear and housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in 1843. While James was hanged, Grace received life imprisonment for her role in the crime. The conviction was highly controversial and Grace’s role in the murder was up for strong debate as to whether she took an active part in the crime or if she was simply an accessory. She was later exonerated after 30 years in jail.
- 6/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Her first directorial effort, Away From Her, was based on a story by Alice Munro, and now Sarah Polley is turning to another Canadian novelist, Margaret Atwood, for a film version of Alias Grace.Atwood's 1996 novel is based around the true story of Grace Marks and James McDermott, two servants in the household of one Thomas Kinnear, who were convicted of his murder, and that of his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery, in Canada in 1843. Focusing, obviosuly enough, on Grace, the book is told through the letters of a (fictional) psychologist investigating her claims of amnesia, and through the voice of Grace herself. Not a conventional murder mystery in any sense, Grace's guilt or innocence isn't the point, with Atwood using the case to explore 19th-Century notions of gender and class.Polley is putting the film together through her Tangled production company, with financing coming through Toronto's Astral Media. Astral programme manager...
- 1/6/2012
- EmpireOnline
The latest issue from the Art Theatre Guild Pamphlet Project that Nihon Cine Art is making freely available is #16, devoted to Susumu Hani's She and He (1963).
Lists. "After a year overstuffed with cinematic bounty like 2011, isn't it somewhat churlish to spend time and energy meditating on the various failures, idiocies, and lapses in judgment and taste that marred the silver screen over the past twelve months? Why yes, yes it is!" Reverse Shot presents its "11 Offenses of 2011." In a similar vein, the Philadelphia Weekly's Sean Burns lists his "10 Worst Films of 2011" and, in a not-so-similar vein, there's Armond White's "2011 Better-Than List" in City Arts.
Back to the bests, though. You won't need German to scroll up and down Cargo's chart.
From Austin: "Melancholia is the movie that eclipsed them all among the Chronicle's three regular film reviewers (Marc Savlov, Kimberley Jones, and myself, Marjorie Baumgarten)…. It is the only film,...
Lists. "After a year overstuffed with cinematic bounty like 2011, isn't it somewhat churlish to spend time and energy meditating on the various failures, idiocies, and lapses in judgment and taste that marred the silver screen over the past twelve months? Why yes, yes it is!" Reverse Shot presents its "11 Offenses of 2011." In a similar vein, the Philadelphia Weekly's Sean Burns lists his "10 Worst Films of 2011" and, in a not-so-similar vein, there's Armond White's "2011 Better-Than List" in City Arts.
Back to the bests, though. You won't need German to scroll up and down Cargo's chart.
From Austin: "Melancholia is the movie that eclipsed them all among the Chronicle's three regular film reviewers (Marc Savlov, Kimberley Jones, and myself, Marjorie Baumgarten)…. It is the only film,...
- 1/5/2012
- MUBI
[1] Although Sarah Polley has only written and directed two feature films to date, she's already gained a reputation as a promising young filmmaker. Her first film, Away From Her, received glowing reviews when it hit theaters in 2006 and earned Polley an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and her second, Take This Waltz, has met with positive reviews on the festival circuit so far. Now Polley is gearing up for her next project, a big-screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's historical novel Alias Grace. More details after the jump. Atwood's book is a fictionalized account of the real-life double homicide of Thomas Kinnear and his mistress, housekeeper Nancy Montgomery, in 1840s Canada. Kinnear's 16-year-old housemaid Grace Marks was tried and found guilty for the crime, and spent the next thirty years of her life in jails and asylums. Her conviction was controversial at the time, and to this day it...
- 1/5/2012
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Sarah Polley can do it all. An accomplished actress, writer and director, the Canadian artist has already been nominated for an Academy Award for her debut feature Away From Her, a wonderful adaptation of Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain." While her second feature, Take This Waltz, is finished and scheduled for release late next year, THR reports that Polley has just announced plans for her followup, an adaption of Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace." The new project seems like an excellent fit for the writer-director, being another adaptation of a seminal Canadian author. Atwood's "Alias Grace" is a work of historical fiction that traces an 1843 double murder at an estate in Upper Canada. The story is told from the perspective of Grace Marks, the 16 year old housemaid convicted of killing Thomas Kinnear and housekeeper Nancy Montgomery. Sounds like a great story, especially with the...
- 1/4/2012
- cinemablend.com
While I’m never one to speak for others, I’d presume that the gap between Sarah Polley‘s 2007 debut, Away from Her, and her forthcoming Take This Waltz was a tad longer than most would have preferred. Whatever the cause behind that delay, she’s getting back into business pretty quick. As THR informs us, the actress is being granted some coin from the Harold Greenberg Fund (who are showing up in the news as of late) to adapt Margaret Atwood‘s Alias Grace through her Tangled Productions. Sound good already? Even better — it’s new territory for the still fledgling writer and director.
Grace will take Polley out of relationship dramas, with this being “a recreation of a true-life 19th century Canadian double murder, and takes readers inside the mind of Grace Marks, a 16 year-old housemaid who was convicted and jailed for killing a wealthy landowner and his housekeeper and mistress.
Grace will take Polley out of relationship dramas, with this being “a recreation of a true-life 19th century Canadian double murder, and takes readers inside the mind of Grace Marks, a 16 year-old housemaid who was convicted and jailed for killing a wealthy landowner and his housekeeper and mistress.
- 1/4/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sarah Polley is no stranger to Canadian literature. As a young actress, she rose to fame playing Sara Stanley in the beloved TV series "Road To Avonlea" based on the writings of Lucy Maud Montgomery, and when Polley set out to make her debut feature film, she turned Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain" into the astounding "Away From Her." With another feature film already under her belt in the relationship dramedy "Take This Waltz," which will hit theaters later this year, it looks like Polley has been at the library again. The writer/actress/director is now set to bring Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace" to the big screen. The novel is based on the true story of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/mistress Nancy Montgomery, who were murdered in their Upper Canada home in 1843 by 16 year-old Grace Marks and James McDermott, servants of Kinnear.
- 1/4/2012
- The Playlist
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