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2010 Programme
Saturday 3rd April
Monday 5th April
Tuesday 6th April
Wednesday 7th April
Thursday 8th April
Friday 9 April
2009 programme
Skellig
Daisy Allsop
15 November 2009
with producer Daisy Allsop
Bridport Literary Festival 2009
cert PG | 2009 | 100 mins
Bridport Literary Festival event featuring the adaptation of the David Almond book.
For more details please see:
www.bridport-arts.com/bridport-literary-festival
Cheri
18 November 2009
Bridport Literary Festival 2009
cert 15 | 2009 | 93 mins
Bridport Literary Festival event featuring the adaptation of the Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 1920s novel.
For more details please see:
www.bridport-arts.com/bridport-literary-festival
Festival of Film Adaptations
6 – 10 April 2009
Monday 6 April 2009
The Fallen Idol
cert 15 | 1948 | 95 mins
Post-film Book Groups discussion
This Graham Greene short story adaptation looks at the excitement and dangers of storytelling from the point of view of a young boy. What is the difference between fiction and lies? Oscar nominated for best adapted screenplay. Adapted from the Graham Greene short story The Basement Room.
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Far From the Madding Crowd
cert U | 1967 | 168 mins
Post-film Q&A with Andrew Leah, curator of Max Gate, Hardy’s cottage
One of the few Hardy adaptations filmed in Dorset, this epic visual treat translate the text so authentically, one can feel the mist on their cheek. Adapted from the Thomas Hardy novel Far From the Madding Crowd by Frederic Raphael.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sing-along
cert U | 1698 | 144 mins
Sing-along fun for families of all ages
Come along and sing Toot Sweets and Me Ol’Bam-Boo. Adapted from an Ian Fleming story written for his own son. Oscar nominated for best music and best song.
The Duellists
cert U | 1977 | 100 mins
Post-film Q&A with Professor Tim Middleton of Bath Spa University and The Joseph Conrad Society.
Why does man fight? This timeless question is the theme of this Conrad adaptation, a technical and visual tour-de-force by first-time director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator). Adapted from Joseph Conrad’s short story The Duel by Gerald Vaughn-Hughes.
Thursday 9 April 2009
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Andy Paterson and Olivia Hetreed speak with Nic Jeune
cert 12A | 2003 | 100 mins
Post-film Q&A with screenwriter Olivia Hetreed and producer Andy Paterson.
Tracy Chevalier’s novel was itself an adaptation of a Vermeer. The film achieves the same feat: becoming a series of paintings telling the story of the book. Bafta nominated for best screenplay. Adapted from Tracy Chevalier’s novel Girl with a Pearl Earring by Olivia Hetreed.
Friday 10 April 2009
Che Part One
cert 15 | 2008 | 126 mins
Post-film Q&A with Che biographer Jon Lee Anderson.
Tracing the middle years of Che’s life, Part One evokes the influences that shaped the iconic, exiled revolutionary. Adapted from Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara’s autobiography Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Peter Buchman and inspired by Jon Lee Anderson’s biography Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life.
Event generously sponsored by:
John Fowles Film Evening
13 November 2007
The Last Chapter
1974 | 29 mins
Introduced by adapting screenwriter/director David Tringham
Adapted from a John Fowles short story by Tringham, this seduction of the stereotypical macho crime writer by a young girl plays with male and female identity and the ego of the writer.
The Collector
cert 15 | 1965 | 119 mins
Post-film Q&A with David Tringham
Following instant wealth from winnings in the pool, a young man kidnaps a female student. Trapped like a butterfly in a display case, is there any way out? Adapted from the John Fowles first published novel The Collector by Stanley Mann and Jon Kohn.
