From Books to Film

From Books to Film

Starts:

Friday, September 07
2:00 PM

Ends:

Friday, September 07
4:00 PM


Join us for screenings of films adapted from books. Free showings of films adapted from books, presented by the Stanley A. Milner Library. Friday afternoons at 2:00pm in the Audio Visual room.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;>July is a month of fantasy and adventure</b></font><br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, July 6, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>Hugo</h2></i></b><br> <br> Winner of five Oscars, Director Martin Scorsese&#8217;s adventure drama is set in 1930&#8217;s Paris, where a young orphan living in the walls of a train station stumbles into a mystery involving his late father and an automatron he had been repairing. Based on Brian Selznick&#8217;s novel &#8220;The Invention of Hugo Cabret&#8221;, the film combines a great adventure with a loving tribute to the early days of film, in particular the work of George Melies (played by Ben Kingsley). 126 minutes (2011) PG<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, July 13, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>Coraline</h2></i></b><br> <br> Based on Neil Gaiman&#8217;s novel of the same name, &#8220;Coraline&#8221; is a stop-motion animated tale of a young girl who moves into an old house with her parents who largely leave her alone to explore the house. While exploring, Coraline discovers another parallel world with sinister secrets. Directed by Henry Selick , the film features the voices of Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher among others. 100 minutes (2009) PG<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, July 20, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>The Golden Compass</h2></i></b><br> <br> Based on the first book of Philip Pullman&#8217;s &#8220;His Dark Materials&#8221; trilogy, this fantasy-adventure stars Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, and Daniel Craig among others. Richards plays a plucky twelve year old girl who travels to the Arctic Circle in search of a vanished friend. She discovers a parallel universe where everyone has an animal counterpart and there is evidence of a conspiracy to make all children conform to the sinister Magisterium. 113 minutes (2007) PG<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, July 27, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>The Adventures of Tintin</h2></i></b><br> <br> The latest film from director Steven Spielberg is a tribute to the comic hero Tintin created by the late Belgian artist Herge. Using the motion capture animation first presented in the film &#8220;The Polar Express&#8221;, Spielberg creates a rollicking adventure as young reporter Tintin sets off on a treasure hunt with the aid of a drunken sea captain named Haddock. The film features the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, and Daniel Craig among others. 107 minutes (2011) PG<br> <br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;>August is a month of World War II</b></font><br> <br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, August 3, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>Patton</h2></i></b><br> <br> George C. Scott won an Oscar for his portrayal of the eccentric and controversial General George Patton, one of the Allied commanders during World War II. Karl Malden is also outstanding as General Omar Bradley. Friction between the various Allied generals eventually affects some critical decisions being made for the D-Day invasion and the ensuing Battle of the Bulge. The film also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Franklin J. Schaffner) and best screenplay (Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North). The screenplay was based on two sources: Ladislas Farago&#8217;s biography &#8220;Patton: Ordeal and Triumph&#8221; and Omar Bradley&#8217;s memoir &#8220;A Soldier&#8217;s Story&#8221;. 172 minutes (1970) 14A<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, August 10, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>The Dirty Dozen</h2></i></b><br> <br> Army Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) gives a dozen convicted murderers one last chance to redeem themselves on a mass assassination attempt on some German officers during World War II. Based on E.M. Nathanson&#8217;s novel of the same name, the all-star cast includes Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, George Kennedy, and Telly Savalas among others. 150 minutes (1967) PG<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, August 17, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>Tora, Tora, Tora</h2></i></b><br> <br> This American-Japanese co-production tells both sides of the story of the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the ensuing battle. Based on Gordon W. Prange&#8217;s book of the same name and Ladislas Farago&#8217;s &#8220;The Broken Seal&#8221;, the film&#8217;s battle sequences won an Oscar for Special Effects. 144 minutes 1970 PG<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, August 24, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>Mister Roberts</h2></i></b><br> <br> From the hit Broadway play of the same name, Henry Fonda reprises his role as the bored officer on a World War II cargo ship. Co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, this comedy-drama also stars James Cagney as the eccentric Captain Morton and a young Jack Lemmon in an Oscar-winning role as Ensign Pulver. 123 minutes 1955 14A<br> <br> <hr /><p> </p><b><font color=&quot;#0000A0&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;>Friday, August 31, 2:00pm </b></font><b><h2><i>Where Eagles Dare</h2></i></b><br> <br> Based on Alistair MacLean&#8217;s novel of the same name, this World War II action-adventure spy film features Richard Burton leading a team of Allied agents (including Clint Eastwood) on a raid on a German castle where an American general is being held by the Nazis. There are a few twists along the way, as not everything is as it appears to be. 158 minutes 1968 PG<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href=http://www.epl.ca/interests/adults/filmseries?tab=3>Visit our Film Series page to watch trailers</a><br> <br> Call Norm Frizzell at 780-944-5383 for more information or email: nfrizzell@epl.ca

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Stanley A. Milner Library
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2V4

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