De la carti la filme: Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Edith Wharton

Adaptari cinematografice dupa opere de Oscar Wilde

The Importance of being Ernest (Ce inseamna sa fii onest), 2002. reg. Oliver Parker, scenariu:dupa piesa lui Oscar Wilde cu acelasi titlu; cu Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Judi Dench.

A Good Woman (O femeie pe cinste!), 2004, reg. Mike Barker. Dupa piesa lui Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan (Evantaiul doamnei Windermere); cu Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson. Versiuni mai vechi: Ernst Lubitsch in 1925 si Otto Preminger in 1949 (cu titlul The Fan, Evantaiul).

The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Portretul lui Dorian Grey), 2009, reg. Oliver Parker; scenariu: dupa romanul cu acelasi titlu de O. Wilde; cu Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall. Receptie critica preponderent negativa.

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Adaptari cinematografice dupa opere de Henry James

The Bostonians (Bostonienii), 1984, reg. James Ivory; scenariu: dupa romanul cu acelasi titlu de Henry James; cu Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave.

The Portrait of a Lady (Portretul unei doamne),1996, reg. Jane Campion; scenariu: dupa romanul omonim al lui Henry James; cu Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Viggo Mortensen, John Gielgud.

The Wings of the dove, Aripile porumbitei), 1997, reg. Iain Softley; scenariu: dupa romanul omonim al Lui Henry James; cu Helena Bohnem Carter, Lins Roache, Alison Elliott

Washington Square (Piata Washington), 1997, reg. Agnieszka Holland; scenariul: dupa romanul omonim al lui Henry James; cu Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Jenifer Jason Leight.

(Vezi si versiunea mai veche,The Heiress (Mostenitoarea), 1947, reg. William Wyler, scenariu: Ruth si Augustus Goetz, dupa piesa lor cu acelasi nume, adaptare dupa Washington Square de Henry James; cu Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson.

The Golden Bowl (Pocalul de aur), 2000, reg. James Ivory; scenariul: dupa romanul omonim al lui Henry James; cu Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman

What Masie new (Ce stia Maisie), 2012, reg. Scott McGehee, David Siegel; scenariu: dupa romanul lui Henry James cu acelasi titlu; cu Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård

The Aspern papers, 2018, reg. Julien Landais; scenariu: dupa nuvela cu acelasi titlu de Henry James; cu Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave. Receptie dezastruoasa (critica+public).

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Adaptari cinematografice dupa opere de Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence (Varsta inocentei), 1993. Reg. Martin Scorsese; scenariu: dupa romanul omonim al lui Edith Wharton; cu Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer,Winona Ryder.

Alte ecranizari recente dupa Edith Wharton:

The Children (Copiii) (115 minutes) directed by Tony Palmer and released in 1990, starring Ben Kingsley and Kim Novak.

Ethan Frome (99 minutes) directed by John Madden and released in 1993, starring Liam Neeson and Patricia Arquette.

The Reef (Reciful) (88 minutes) directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and released in 1999.

The House of Mirth (Casa bucuriei) (140 minutes) directed by Terence Davies and released in 2000, starring Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart.

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