#robin swicord

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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

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The Jane Austen book club, 2007

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The BFG (2016, Steven Spielberg)

13/03/2024

The BFG is a 2016 film directed by Steven Spielberg.

The first film directed by Spielberg to be produced and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the film adaptation of the 1982 novel The BFG written by Roald Dahl, already brought to the big screen with the 1989 animated film The BFG.

In a London orphanage, in the middle of the night, the orphan Sophie Tibbs can't sleep. Once they arrive in the giant's cave, in a place protected by the fog of the north sea of the United Kingdom, the Land of Giants, Sophie, terrified, tries to escape.

Sophie decides to desist from escaping from the land of the Giants, learning of their customs: the good giant shows her how he must feed on disgusting Snozzcumber, the only food existing in their land besides human flesh, which are the raw material for preparing Frobscottle, a bizarre sparkling green drink consumed by all the giants, in which the bubbles go down instead of up and which therefore causes flatulence.

Finding a photo of Queen Victoria in Jack's lair, Sophie comes up with a plan to get rid of the giants. She then asks the BFG to create a dream for Queen Elizabeth II: in the dream, the queen will see their adventure so far and will know that, when she wakes up, she will see a little girl and a peaceful giant at the window who will help her stop the evil giants who decided that night to eat several children in orphanages.

The first attempts to make a big-screen adaptation of the novel The BFG were made in 1991, when producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy tried to involve Paramount Pictures. In 1998, the spouses Robin Swicord and Nicholas Kazan wrote a screenplay for a possible film, thinking of Robin Williams in the main role of the BFG. In 2001 the screenplay was rewritten by Gwyn Lurie with the approval of the Dahl foundation.

In September 2011, DreamWorks announced that it had purchased the film to the book; Kennedy and Marshall are confirmed as producers, and Melissa Mathison is brought in to write the screenplay. In April 2014, Steven Spielberg was announced as director. In March 2015, Walden Media announced its role as co-financier and co-producer of the film.

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*Practical Magic (1998, dir. by Griffin Dunne)

26: Any Witch Way You Can (witch witch you're a bitch)

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Has access to streaming all kinds of stuff she's never seen before.

...Instead rewatches the magnificent Malitda (1996) starring the sensational Mara Wilson that Danny Devito directed. Based off of the Roald Dahl book of the same name. Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord.

Interestingly, another Dahl adaptation came out that very year. A hybrid of live action with stop-motion animation flick of Dahl's James and the Giant Peach by Disney from director Henry Selick. Screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, Johnathan Roberts, and Steve Bloom.

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On siblings

The Sibling Connection, Jane Mersky Leder // Little Women screenplay, Robin Swicord // Mansfield Park, Jane Austen // Little Women, dir. Gillian Armstrong // Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare // Queen of Air and Darkness, Cassandra Clare // Elektra, Sophokles trans. Anne Carson // TikTok user blaineunderstudy // The Sibling Connection // The Raven King, Maggie Stiefvater // The Sibling Connection // I Hope You Get This Message, Farah Naz Rishi // The Cruel Prince, Holly Black // Pride and Prejudice, dir. Joe Wright // These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder

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My Ranking of the “LITTLE WOMEN” Adaptations

Below is my ranking of the movie and television adaptations of “LITTLE WOMEN”, Louisa May Alcott’s 1868-69 novel:

MY RANKING OF THE “LITTLE WOMEN” ADAPTATIONS

1.  “Little Women” (BBC; 2017): adapted by Heidi Thomas and directed by Vanessa Caswill

2.  “Little Women” (1994):  directed by Gillian Armstrong and adapted by Robin Swicord

3.  “Little Women” (NBC; 1978):  directed by David Lowell Rich and adapted by Suzanne Clauser

4a.  “Little Women” (1933):  directed by George Cukor and adapted by Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason [tie]

4b.  “Little Women” (1949):  directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted by Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason [tie]

5.  “Little Women” (BBC: 1970):  directed by Paddy Russell and adapted by Denis Constanduros and Alistair Bell

6.  “Little Women” (2019):  adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig

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[image description] Two images next to each other. On the left the characters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy being read to by their mother Marmie in a Christmas setting. On the right, Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy gathered around their mother Marmie all looking into different directions.

One question listeners: are you a Jo, Amy, Beth, or Meg? This episode, we’re discussing characters in the 1994 and 2019 versions of Little Women, and diving deep into subtextual readings and fan interpretations.

We’ll discuss disability, autistic, and queer readings, and try to answer our question: is Little Women a ‘story for every generation’, and why is it so popular?

To listen, just head to the link in our bio, or find us wherever you find podcasts 🎧 

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📝 Shownotes: 📝

📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https://youtu.be/SMFll3aIbmo)

Primary Sources:

📚 “Little Women” (1868, 1869) by Louisa May Alcott

🎞️ “Little Women” (1933) (dir. George Cukor, 📜 Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman)

🎞️ “Little Women” (1949) (dir. Mervyn LeRoy, 📜 Andrew Solt, Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman)

🎞️ “Little Women” (1994) (dir. Gillian Armstrong, 📜 Robin Swicord)

🎞️ “Little Women” (2019) (dir. + 📜 Greta Gerwig) (https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/little-women-by-greta-gerwig.pdf)

📺 “Little Women” (2017) (dir. Vanessa Caswill,  📜 Heidi Thomas) (Masterpiece: PBS)

Secondary Sources:

📰 “Life Magazine: Little Women: A Story for Every Generation” (Meredith Corp., 2020)

📜 ‘Everything depend[s] on the fashion of narration’: Women Writing Women Writers in Short Stories of the Fin-de-Siècle (Bryony Randall) 📜 “The New ‘Little Women’ Makes Space For Jo’s Queerness” (Shannon Keating) (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/little-women-greta-gerwig-saoirse-ronan-jo-march-queer) 📜 “The New Little Women Basically Proves Jo March is Queer” (Michelle Hyun Kim) (https://www.them.us/story/little-women-greta-gerwig-jo-march-queer) 📜 Amatonormativity (https://medium.com/the-science-scholar/opinion-amatonormativity-the-damaging-pedestal-of-romantic-love-d70cc0585b0f) 📜 “The Real Reason Hairspray Was Banned On The Little Women Set” (Avery Stone) (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/9114384/little-women-movie-hair-makeup-interview) 📼 “Little Women: Laurie & Jo” (https://youtu.be/osdVRusNGgg) 🎞️ “Divergent” (2014) (dir. Neil Burger, 📜 Evan Daugherty, Vanessa Taylor) 📼 “Greta Gerwig, Representation, and the Universal Girl” (https://youtu.be/0p-cBSqIDbQ) 📼 “Why Neurodivergent People Relate to Jo March” (https://youtu.be/x-j5XK1wpyo)

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Speaking of Little Women 1994 and Robin Swicord's script, here's the draft of it I was referring to.

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The Jane Austen Book Club, 2007

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Little Women (2019, Greta Gerwig)

26/12/2023

Little Women is a 2019 film written and directed by Greta Gerwig.

The film is the seventh film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name. The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel and Chris Cooper.

New York, 1868. Josephine "Jo" March is a young teacher who lives in a boarding house and tries to make her way as a writer, however only managing to publish short stories with a local publisher, Mr. Dashwood.

Concord, Massachusetts, 1861.

In October 2013, Sony announced that it was working on a new film adaptation of Little Women, nineteen years after the previous one: Olivia Mich would write the screenplay, for the production of Robin Swicord and Denise Di Novi. In March 2015, produced Amy Pascal joined the development, while Sarah Polley entered negotiations, which later failed, to rewrite the film and potentially direct it. In August 2016, Greta Gerwig was tapped to rewrite the screenplay. In June 2018, in light of the success of her film Lady Bird, she was also made official as director.

Arnon Milchan's New Regency Pictures and Columbia Pictures co-financed the film.

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*Little Women (1994, dir. by Gillian Armstrong)

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Um clássico dos anos 90, Da Magia à Sedução com Sandra Bullock e Nicole Kidman, vai ganhar uma continuação que já está em produção!

Segundo a Warner, a continuação ainda não tem título definido e a empresa está tentando chegar em um acordo para contar o retorno de Sandra Bullock e Nicole Kidman ao elenco e como produtoras, dividindo a função com Denise Di Novi, que foi a produtora do longa de 98. O roteiro será escrito por Akiva Goldsman, que escreveu o roteiro do original ao lado de Robin Swicord e Adam Brooks, além de ter trabalhado em Star Trek e Eu Sou a Lenda. A direção ainda não tem nome definido.

Da Magia à Sedução é inspirado no livro de mesmo nome de Alice Hoffman, de 1995. Na produção acompanhamos as irmãs Owens, Sally (Sandra Bullock) e Gillian (por Nicole Kidman), que fazem parte de uma longa linhagem de bruxas amaldiçoadas que sempre acabam perdendo seus parceiros. Criadas por suas tias excêntricas desde a infância, ambas cresceram em meio à magia, mesmo com dificuldade em lidar com isso.

Sally, reprimida e desesperada para ter uma vida normal, viveu com seu marido e duas filhas até que a maldição acabasse matando seu marido, fazendo com que ela retornasse para a casa da família com as filhas. Sendo o oposto de sua irmã, Gillian é um espirito inconsequente e selvagem, que acabou se envolvendo com um homem perigoso e violento, Jimmy Angelov (Goran Visnjic). Após uma situação com Gillian chegar ao extremo, ela pede ajuda para Sally e as duas acabam entrando em uma situação ainda pior para se livrar de Jimmy.

Na época, Da Magia à Sedução rarrecadou 68 milhões de dólares no mundo todo.

Maiores detalhes sobre a trama ainda não foram revelados.

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"Da Magia à Sedução 2" é confirmado e retorno de Sandra Bullock e Nicole Kidman está em negociação

Sandra Bullock e Nicole Kidman estão em negociações para o longa "Da Mágia à Sedução 2".

De acordo com o Deadline, as atrizes Sandra Bullock e Nicole Kidman estão em negociações para retornar a sequência do longa “Da Magia à Sedução 2”. O segundo filme do clássico dos anos 90 foi anunciado pela Warner Bros. por meios das suas redes sociais. Além disso, “Da Magia à Sedução 2” terá o retorno do roteirista do primeiro filme, Akiva Goldsman, ao lado de Robin Swicord e Adam Brooks.…

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#SandraBullock y #NicoleKidman regresan en secuela #PracticalMagic2 √

Sandra Bullock y Nicole Kidman están en negociaciones para regresar en Practical Magic 2, una secuela de la fantasía romántica de Warner Bros de 1998. Sandra Bullock y Nicole Kidman en “Practical Magic” (1998). / Imagen cortesía Warner Bros. Akiva Goldsman, quien escribió la película original junto a Robin Swicord y Adam Brooks, volverá a escribir el guión. Se espera que Bullock y Kidman…