They just don't make directors like they used to. Clint Eastwood has had an amazing career that has lasted nearly 70 years. Eastwood has acted in just about every genre you can think of while making a name for himself as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" of Spaghetti Westerns and Harry Callahan in the "Dirty Harry" series.
Eastwood has also been successful on the other side of the camera. He's won a Best Director award for "Unforgiven," a film he took home Best Picture for and was also nominated for Best Actor. His 2004 film "Million Dollar Baby" was nominated for the same trio of awards and took home the same two as "Unforgiven." Suffice it to say, Eastwood's got a handle on this whole directing thing and has continued to do so into his 90s. But what makes Eastwood such a successful director? One of...
Eastwood has also been successful on the other side of the camera. He's won a Best Director award for "Unforgiven," a film he took home Best Picture for and was also nominated for Best Actor. His 2004 film "Million Dollar Baby" was nominated for the same trio of awards and took home the same two as "Unforgiven." Suffice it to say, Eastwood's got a handle on this whole directing thing and has continued to do so into his 90s. But what makes Eastwood such a successful director? One of...
- 9/14/2022
- by Andrew Korpan
- Slash Film
Across the wide open spaces of Iowa, a stranger rides into view of an isolated farmstead. The stranger is played by Clint Eastwood, but, unlike his Man With No Name or High Plains Drifter, he rides a pickup truck and uses a camera instead of a six-shooter to capture his targets.
While the blurb of Robert James Waller's bestseller "The Bridges of Madison County" makes it sound more like a modern day version of "Brief Encounter" than a western, there are elements of the story's Robert Kincaid -- a wandering, rootless photo journalist -- that made Eastwood first choice for the part.
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While the blurb of Robert James Waller's bestseller "The Bridges of Madison County" makes it sound more like a modern day version of "Brief Encounter" than a western, there are elements of the story's Robert Kincaid -- a wandering, rootless photo journalist -- that made Eastwood first choice for the part.
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- 6/1/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
As a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood is neither precious nor patient. Though the movies he directs tend to unfold at an unhurried pace, he zips through production, bringing them in ahead of schedule and under budget. He crews and casts with an eye toward proficiency and authenticity. When an actor steps in front of his camera, they know precisely what's expected of them. Hit your mark. Speak the line as written. Be real. One or two takes, and he's moving on to the next setup.
In 1994, Eastwood did not seem like the ideal choice to direct Robert James Waller's bestselling romantic novella "The...
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In 1994, Eastwood did not seem like the ideal choice to direct Robert James Waller's bestselling romantic novella "The...
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- 6/1/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Clint Eastwood is back in the nation’s theaters once again, but you won’t see him on screen. His latest film, “The 15:17 to Paris” is a biographical suspense drama based on the 2015 terrorist attack on a Thalys train headed to Paris. Three American soldiers (Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos) thwarted the terrorist and were declared heroes by the French Government. In a bold move, Eastwood cast the trio of heroes to play themselves in the film, but as a director, Eastwood is no stranger to bold moves.
For over half a century Eastwood has been one of the world’s greatest movie stars. Comfortable in both westerns and contemporary roles, his measured growl of a voice has been a key part in creating such iconic characters as The Man With No Name and Dirty Harry.
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For over half a century Eastwood has been one of the world’s greatest movie stars. Comfortable in both westerns and contemporary roles, his measured growl of a voice has been a key part in creating such iconic characters as The Man With No Name and Dirty Harry.
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- 2/26/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
This article marks Part 10 of the 21-part Gold Derby series Meryl Streep at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at Meryl Streep’s nominations, the performances that competed with her at the Academy Awards, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the contenders.
After steamrolling through the 1980s, racking up half a dozen Best Actress Oscar nominations, Meryl Streep experienced a more subdued reception in the early 1990s.
The decade started off on just the right note, with a ninth Oscar nomination for “Postcards from the Edge” (1990). Streep also garnered praise for her turn opposite Albert Brooks in “Defending Your Life” (1991). The picture, however, was not a box office success, drawing roughly the same interest in theaters as “She-Devil” (1989), which was deemed a bomb upon its release.
Streep’s next project was among her most ambitious to date – a big-budget horror-comedy from filmmaker Robert Zemeckis,...
After steamrolling through the 1980s, racking up half a dozen Best Actress Oscar nominations, Meryl Streep experienced a more subdued reception in the early 1990s.
The decade started off on just the right note, with a ninth Oscar nomination for “Postcards from the Edge” (1990). Streep also garnered praise for her turn opposite Albert Brooks in “Defending Your Life” (1991). The picture, however, was not a box office success, drawing roughly the same interest in theaters as “She-Devil” (1989), which was deemed a bomb upon its release.
Streep’s next project was among her most ambitious to date – a big-budget horror-comedy from filmmaker Robert Zemeckis,...
- 2/9/2018
- by Andrew Carden
- Gold Derby
Celebrated author Robert James Waller has died at the age of 77. Take a look back at People’s 1995 cover story on Meryl Streep and her emotional role in the film adaptation of Waller’s The Bridges of Madison County.
In the final days of the five-week shoot of The Bridges of Madison County last fall, Meryl Streep did one of the many things she does better onscreen than anyone else: she cried. Filming an emotional scene in which her character struggles to say goodbye to her lover, the actress would show up on the set in Winterset, Iowa, at 9 in...
In the final days of the five-week shoot of The Bridges of Madison County last fall, Meryl Streep did one of the many things she does better onscreen than anyone else: she cried. Filming an emotional scene in which her character struggles to say goodbye to her lover, the actress would show up on the set in Winterset, Iowa, at 9 in...
- 3/10/2017
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Robert James Waller, whose romantic novel The Bridges of Madison County sold more than 12 million copies and was turned into an Oscar-nominated film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep, has died in Texas. He was 77, his agency confirmed. Scott Cawelti, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, told the Associated Press that Weller died early Friday at his home in Fredericksburg. He had been fighting multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. Critics didn’t even pretend to treat the 171-page…...
- 3/10/2017
- Deadline
The Bridges of Madison County author Robert James Waller has died at 77.
Waller died at his home in Fredericksburg, Texas early Friday, his friend Scott Cawelti of Cedar Falls, Iowa tells the Associated Press. He had been fighting multiple myeloma, a type of cancer.
Waller wrote the bestselling romance novel in 1992, and it was later turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, as well as a Broadway musical.
The novel, which Waller wrote in 11 days, tells the story of a National Geographic photographer named Robert Kincaid, who seduces a lonely Italian-American woman named Francesca Johnson while on...
Waller died at his home in Fredericksburg, Texas early Friday, his friend Scott Cawelti of Cedar Falls, Iowa tells the Associated Press. He had been fighting multiple myeloma, a type of cancer.
Waller wrote the bestselling romance novel in 1992, and it was later turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, as well as a Broadway musical.
The novel, which Waller wrote in 11 days, tells the story of a National Geographic photographer named Robert Kincaid, who seduces a lonely Italian-American woman named Francesca Johnson while on...
- 3/10/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Robert James Waller, who wrote the bestselling 1992 book, “The Bridges of Madison County,” has died at the age of 77. His famous book made the writer a multimillionaire after it was made into a film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. It was also turned into a Broadway musical. Waller died in Texas, according to his longtime friend Scott Cawelti, who spoke with The Associated Press. Cawelti said Waller had been fighting multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, and died in his Fredericksburg, Texas home early Friday. Waller famously wrote “Bridges” in 11 days. The novel follows roving National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid,...
- 3/10/2017
- by Meriah Doty
- The Wrap
Robert James Waller, best known for penning the romantic novel "The Bridges of Madison County," has died. Waller passed away in Texas either Thursday or Friday, according to his literary agency after battling some sort of illness. Waller wrote several books but "Bridges of Madison County" was his most popular, spending over 3 years on the New York Times bestseller list. Rumor has it he wrote the book -- about a National Geographic photographer who falls...
- 3/10/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group Ateg brings the first international production of the book-to-stage adaptation of Robert James Waller's The Bridges Of Madison County to Manila. Already buoyed by early rave reviews, the production premiered last Friday, November 20, and will run until Sunday, December 6, at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium 4F Rcbc Plaza, Ayala Ave. cor. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City.
- 11/28/2015
- by Oliver Oliveros
- BroadwayWorld.com
Kelli O'Hara has been the belle of Broadway for the better part of a decade, reaping Tony nominations for each of her last five appearances on the rialto. However, she has yet to take home the trophy. That could change this year with her Best Musical Actress bid for "The Bridges of Madison County." -Break- Join the red-hot debate about the Tonys in our fiery forums In our recent webcam chat (watch below), she detailed her five-year involvement in the development of this tuner version of the Robert James Waller novella about an Iowa farmwife and her illicit affair with a National Geographic photographer. She admitted to being both flattered and overwhelmed when composer Jason Robert Brown ("Parade") approached her to play the part of Italian war bride Francesca, which had earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nomination back in 1995. "The amount of miraculous writing and glorious singing he provided me...
- 5/31/2014
- Gold Derby
It’s no surprise that Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale, stars of The Bridges of Madison County (running at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre through May 18), lit up when asked about their go-to karaoke song and junior high jams. But that’s not where the retro fun ends.
Beyond Joni, Joel, and Journey, see what got them nostalgic from back in the day, then learn what about Bridges makes them happy to go to work eight times a week.
O’Hara and Pasquale, who have stepped into the stage shoes of Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, understand the inevitable...
Beyond Joni, Joel, and Journey, see what got them nostalgic from back in the day, then learn what about Bridges makes them happy to go to work eight times a week.
O’Hara and Pasquale, who have stepped into the stage shoes of Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, understand the inevitable...
- 5/13/2014
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
Broadway’s love affair with The Bridges of Madison County is ending quickly.
Producers said Thursday that the show based on Robert James Waller’s novel, which was made into a 1995 movie starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, will close May 18 after just 137 performances.
It’s about a four-day love affair between a photographer and an Italian-American housewife in 1965 Iowa. The music and lyrics are by Jason Robert Brown.
The musical garnered only four Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, including best original score and best actress for Kelli O’Hara. But it failed to secure a best musical nomination. A...
Producers said Thursday that the show based on Robert James Waller’s novel, which was made into a 1995 movie starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, will close May 18 after just 137 performances.
It’s about a four-day love affair between a photographer and an Italian-American housewife in 1965 Iowa. The music and lyrics are by Jason Robert Brown.
The musical garnered only four Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, including best original score and best actress for Kelli O’Hara. But it failed to secure a best musical nomination. A...
- 5/2/2014
- by Associated Press
- EW.com - PopWatch
Kelli O'Hara has reaped a Tony bid for each of her most recent four appearances on the Broadway stage, beginning with her featured work in "The Light in the Piazza" in 2005 and continuing with her star turns in the tuners "The Pajama Game" (2006), "South Pacific" (2008) and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (2012). However, she has yet to take home a Tony. -Break- Her luck could be changing this year with her touching portrayal of a housewife who embarks on an affair in "Bridges of Madison County." The best-selling 1992 novel by Robert James Waller already was adapted into a film in 1995 that reaped yet another Oscar bid for Meryl Streep. Will Kelli O'Hara win this competitive race? Weigh in with your thoughts in our forums Among her competitors are two past Tony champs: Sutton Foster and Idina Menzel. Foster has won two of her five bids in this race --...
- 4/28/2014
- Gold Derby
Bronx Bombers has just announced a closing date of March 2, proving yet again that sports fans and Broadway do not make good bedfellows. There’s already a whisper in the air that the soon-to-be-vacant Circle in the Square might see Audra McDonald in a production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill a staple of regional theaters about Billie Holiday (not to be confused with last fall’s Off Broadway show Lady Day). That would complicate the Tony race for Best Actress in a Musical, which is already shaping up as a showdown between Sutton Foster (Violet), Idina Menzel...
- 2/22/2014
- by Jason Clark
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, opened last night, February 20, 2014, at 800 Pm at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. Four-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara reunites with Bartlett Sher, the Tony- winning director of South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza, for a stunning new musical by the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown. O'Hara is joined onstage by Steven Pasquale'Rescue Me', reasons to be pretty. BroadwayWorld was backstage with the cast last night and you can check out the opening night cake below...
- 2/21/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The quiet, brief romance at the center of Robert James Waller’s bestseller “The Bridges of Madison County” would not seem to be ideal material for the stage. But talent is everything, and book writer Marsha Norman and lyricist-composer Jason Robert Brown have fashioned this ultra-simple story into a musical that’s superior not only to its source material but the 1995 movie adaptation by Clint Eastwood. “Bridges,” the musical, opened Thursday at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It raises the stakes dramatically to give the Italian-born heroine Francesca (Kelli O’Hara) a singing voice that quickly expresses her isolation among the cornfields of 1960s.
- 2/21/2014
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, opens tonight, February 20, 2014, at 800 Pm at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. Robert James Waller, author of the novel on which the musical is based, visited the show last night and was invited up on stage at the end of the performance. Below, check out photos from the special curtain call and check back tonight for a full review roundup...
- 2/20/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
“The Bridges of Madison County” is a phenomenon. The hit book by Robert James Waller sold 50 million copies, inspired an Oscar-nominated film with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep and forms the basis for a new Broadway musical that opens this month. Given that it deals with infidelity, it counts as an unorthodox, even unlikely success. After all, readers and film fans don’t tend to lose their hearts to a couple of cheaters. But the underlying story of two lost souls who forge an enduring bond resonated around the world and lifted the material out of sordid territory. The moral questions raised by.
- 2/11/2014
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
You'll see Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin in many more fine movies, but you'll never look at pie quite the same way again
No actress of modern times has subjected matrimony to more vigorous onscreen interrogation than Kate Winslet. What began in a fit of melodrama, with Winslet threatening to throw herself from the aft of the Titanic rather than face loveless marriage to caddish Billy Zane, has turned into a series of fine-grained portraits – in Little Children, Revolutionary Road, Mildred Pierce – of suburban drudges, marooned in their marriages, doomed by their intelligence, staring at the dust motes.
Her happy marriage to Alan Rickman at end of Sense & Sensibility is beginning to look like the joker in the pack. Winslet's early performances fizzed like firecrackers, giddy with their own freedom, but now she dulls her own innate brightness to play American Madame Bovaries. Then she sets something loose in their...
No actress of modern times has subjected matrimony to more vigorous onscreen interrogation than Kate Winslet. What began in a fit of melodrama, with Winslet threatening to throw herself from the aft of the Titanic rather than face loveless marriage to caddish Billy Zane, has turned into a series of fine-grained portraits – in Little Children, Revolutionary Road, Mildred Pierce – of suburban drudges, marooned in their marriages, doomed by their intelligence, staring at the dust motes.
Her happy marriage to Alan Rickman at end of Sense & Sensibility is beginning to look like the joker in the pack. Winslet's early performances fizzed like firecrackers, giddy with their own freedom, but now she dulls her own innate brightness to play American Madame Bovaries. Then she sets something loose in their...
- 1/31/2014
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
Producers Jeffrey Richards, Stacey Mindich, and Jerry Frankel announced that Derek Klena Wicked and Caitlin Kinnunen Spring Awakening will join the cast of The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller. The pair will play Michael and Carolyn Johnson, the children of Francesca Kelli O'Hara and Bud Johnson Hunter Foster.
- 12/5/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Jeffrey Richards, Stacey Mindich, and Jerry Frankel announced today that Cass Morgan and Michael X. Martin will join the cast of The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller. Morgan and Martin will play the roles of Marge and Charlie, the nosy neighbor and her husband to the Johnson family.
- 12/4/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Jeffrey Richards, Stacey Mindich, and Jerry Frankel announced today that The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, will now begin preview performances on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the Gerald B. Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. Previews were originally scheduled for Monday, January 13, 2014, but were changed to accommodate a later rehearsal date of Monday, December 9, 2013. The opening night will remain as originally scheduled, Thursday, February 27, 2014.
- 11/5/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In 2011, I wrote a short little book called Chart of Darkness, which traced Stephen King’s career by delving into his long and record-breaking career on the New York Times Bestseller Lists. It was a fascinating book to research and write, in part because it’s a way to quantify popularity, and in part because charts, especially ones involving pop culture, are just kind of fun. King first made a splash on the paperback chart in 1976 when ’Salem’s Lot, his second novel, hit #1. In an article titled “Not Guilty,” published October 24, 1976 in the New York Times, King defends his right to having the #1 bestselling paperback in the country, arguing that popularity does not necessarily equal the lowest common denominator. “Accessibility,” he states, “cannot stand alone… the honest intent to do as well as possible — that has to stand at the base of any writing career.”
In 1977, King had his...
In 1977, King had his...
- 8/14/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
The Bridges of Madison County, a new musical, based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, will begin performances on Monday, January 13, 2014, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street, with an opening night late February 2014. The story takes us deep into the heart of our country and tells the very moving story of a beautiful young woman leaving Italy and suddenly living in Iowa... and her joyful discovery of love. Below, go inside the sitzprobe for the pre-Broadway run at Williamstown Theatre Festival...
- 8/1/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Bridges of Madison County, a new musical, based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, will begin performances on Monday, January 13, 2014, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street, with an opening night late February 2014. The story takes us deep into the heart of our country and tells the very moving story of a beautiful young woman leaving Italy and suddenly living in Iowa... and her joyful discovery of love. Below, go inside the sitzprobe for the pre-Broadway run at Williamstown Theatre Festival...
- 7/31/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York -- Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale, currently appearing together in the Off Broadway musical Far From Heaven, will co-star again in The Bridges of Madison County, opening on Broadway in early 2014. Based on the best-selling 1992 novel by Robert James Waller, the show is adapted by Marsha Norman, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. It chronicles the brief but intense love affair between a lonely Iowa housewife and a National Geographic photojournalist, on assignment to shoot the area's picturesque covered bridges. In addition to the novel, which sold 50 million copies worldwide, the story
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- 6/26/2013
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York -- The musical adaptation of Robert James Waller's best-selling novel The Bridges of Madison County, will come to Broadway in January 2014, staged by Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher. The story of a short-lived but intense love affair between a lonely Iowa housewife and a weathered National Geographic photographer was adapted for the screen in 1995 in a version directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred alongside Meryl Streep. The musical has a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman ('night, Mother, The Secret Garden) with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years).
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- 6/6/2013
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The musical version of your mother's favorite weepy Meryl Streep movie (and also the best-selling book by Robert James Waller) will begin previews January 13 and open sometime in February 2014. Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) will direct; the book is by Marsha Norman, with lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. While we're on the subject of musicals based on tearjerker novels that your mom loved: Whatever happened to The Notebook musical? We demand a Notebook musical.
- 6/6/2013
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
The Bridges of Madison County, a new musical, based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, will begin performances on Monday, January 13, 2014, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street, with an opening night late February 2014. This story about a devoted Iowa housewife and her unlikely love affair with a National Geographic photographer has inspired seven of the theater's most distinguished artists to create a new Broadway musical.
- 6/6/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Sunday (May 26), the citizens of E! -- The Kardashians, Ice T and Coco, Chelsea Handler -- get some Oscar-level company with the premiere of "Mrs. Eastwood & Company."
While Clint Eastwood's second wife of 16 years, Dina, is at the center of the new reality offering (along with a couple of teenagers and about 30 family pets), Clint will appear in two episodes.
And any excuse to have a Clint Eastwood movie marathon is a good excuse ...
"A Fistful of Dollars" (1964): During a hiatus from his television Western "Rawhide," Eastwood went to Spain to work with director Sergio Leone on what would be the first Man With No Name saga. The rest, as they say, is history.
"Hang 'Em High" (1968): Proving he also could make an effective screen Western in the American style, Eastwood played a wrongful hanging victim saved, deputized ... and filled with vengeance.
"Where Eagles Dare" (1968):...
While Clint Eastwood's second wife of 16 years, Dina, is at the center of the new reality offering (along with a couple of teenagers and about 30 family pets), Clint will appear in two episodes.
And any excuse to have a Clint Eastwood movie marathon is a good excuse ...
"A Fistful of Dollars" (1964): During a hiatus from his television Western "Rawhide," Eastwood went to Spain to work with director Sergio Leone on what would be the first Man With No Name saga. The rest, as they say, is history.
"Hang 'Em High" (1968): Proving he also could make an effective screen Western in the American style, Eastwood played a wrongful hanging victim saved, deputized ... and filled with vengeance.
"Where Eagles Dare" (1968):...
- 5/20/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Chicago – The belief that most people are decent at heart may seem overly naive in a society that often favors cynicism over sincerity. Yet it is precisely this hopeful worldview that has made Nicholas Sparks one of the most successful authors of his time. His international bestsellers have captivated readers worldwide, and have inspired seven big screen adaptations.
The latest is “The Lucky One,” starring Zac Efron as a Marine named Logan who stumbles upon a picture of a beautiful young woman, Beth (Taylor Schilling), that functions as a sort of good luck charm during his tour in Iraq. Once he’s back in America, he embarks on a search to find the woman who may be his destiny. Hollywood Chicago spoke with Sparks about the challenges of adapting his novels into screenplays, his goal to create strong female characters and the real-life romance that has enhanced each of his wildly popular stories.
The latest is “The Lucky One,” starring Zac Efron as a Marine named Logan who stumbles upon a picture of a beautiful young woman, Beth (Taylor Schilling), that functions as a sort of good luck charm during his tour in Iraq. Once he’s back in America, he embarks on a search to find the woman who may be his destiny. Hollywood Chicago spoke with Sparks about the challenges of adapting his novels into screenplays, his goal to create strong female characters and the real-life romance that has enhanced each of his wildly popular stories.
- 4/16/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Oh lordie, yet another Hollywood film is coming to Broadway! This time, it's "The Bridges of Madison County." You remember the film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood and their few days of solace...and cheating! Based on the bestselling book by Robert James Waller, I think this is one of those rare instances where the movie (directed by Eastwood) is actually better than the novel. I was bored to pieces by Waller's prose, but was entertained thoroughly by Streep and Eastwood.
And now, the story of the forlorn lovers will get the stage musical version update! According to the Huffington Post by way of the New York Times, the production will receive a developmental workshop this month.
Two-time Tony award nominee, Kelly O'Hara ("South Pacific," "The Light in the Piazza") will star in the role of the farmer's wife. Bartlett Sher, who worked with O'Hara in her two nominated performances,...
And now, the story of the forlorn lovers will get the stage musical version update! According to the Huffington Post by way of the New York Times, the production will receive a developmental workshop this month.
Two-time Tony award nominee, Kelly O'Hara ("South Pacific," "The Light in the Piazza") will star in the role of the farmer's wife. Bartlett Sher, who worked with O'Hara in her two nominated performances,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
For all of you diligent fans who have been waiting with bated breath for "The Bridges Of Madison County" to become a musical, your time has come.
The romantic Robert James Waller novel about a photographer and a farmer's wife falling in love was originally published in 1992 and became a bestseller and then a film in 1995, directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep. The film grossed over $175 million in theaters, and earned Streep an Academy Award nomination.
The New York Times reports that the stage musical version will receive a developmental workshop this month, with Broadway producers already attached. Kelli O'Hara, a two-time Tony award nominee for "South Pacific" and "The Light in the Piazza," will star as the farmer's wife. Bartlett Sher, who directed O'Hara in both of those shows, will direct. No word yet on who will step into the role made famous by Eastwood.
The romantic Robert James Waller novel about a photographer and a farmer's wife falling in love was originally published in 1992 and became a bestseller and then a film in 1995, directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep. The film grossed over $175 million in theaters, and earned Streep an Academy Award nomination.
The New York Times reports that the stage musical version will receive a developmental workshop this month, with Broadway producers already attached. Kelli O'Hara, a two-time Tony award nominee for "South Pacific" and "The Light in the Piazza," will star as the farmer's wife. Bartlett Sher, who directed O'Hara in both of those shows, will direct. No word yet on who will step into the role made famous by Eastwood.
- 12/2/2011
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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We're back in our time machine with the broken dial, and this time we land in 1993.
What Was the Story?
Bill Clinton began his presidency, and Monica Lewinsky had yet to be hired as a White House intern. The internet was just a few years away, and things were looking pretty good... mostly. Janet Reno was selected as Attorney General, thereby insuring many hours of spoofing on 'Saturday Night Live' (the cast of which included Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade and Chris Rock). Hellboy made his comics debut, and people were reading "The Client," by John Grisham, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" by Stephen King, "Vanished" by Danielle Steele, "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh, and -- heaven help us -- "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend" by Robert James Waller. On TV, there was a new show called 'The X-Files' and Conan O'Brien...
We're back in our time machine with the broken dial, and this time we land in 1993.
What Was the Story?
Bill Clinton began his presidency, and Monica Lewinsky had yet to be hired as a White House intern. The internet was just a few years away, and things were looking pretty good... mostly. Janet Reno was selected as Attorney General, thereby insuring many hours of spoofing on 'Saturday Night Live' (the cast of which included Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade and Chris Rock). Hellboy made his comics debut, and people were reading "The Client," by John Grisham, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" by Stephen King, "Vanished" by Danielle Steele, "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh, and -- heaven help us -- "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend" by Robert James Waller. On TV, there was a new show called 'The X-Files' and Conan O'Brien...
- 2/9/2011
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Moviefone
Filed under: Features, Columns, Cinematical
We're back in our time machine with the broken dial, and this time we land in 1993.
What Was the Story?
Bill Clinton began his presidency, and Monica Lewinsky had yet to be hired as a White House intern. The internet was just a few years away, and things were looking pretty good... mostly. Janet Reno was selected as Attorney General, thereby insuring many hours of spoofing on 'Saturday Night Live' (the cast of which included Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade and Chris Rock). Hellboy made his comics debut, and people were reading "The Client," by John Grisham, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" by Stephen King, "Vanished" by Danielle Steele, "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh, and -- heaven help us -- "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend" by Robert James Waller. On TV, there was a new show called 'The X-Files' and Conan O'Brien...
We're back in our time machine with the broken dial, and this time we land in 1993.
What Was the Story?
Bill Clinton began his presidency, and Monica Lewinsky had yet to be hired as a White House intern. The internet was just a few years away, and things were looking pretty good... mostly. Janet Reno was selected as Attorney General, thereby insuring many hours of spoofing on 'Saturday Night Live' (the cast of which included Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade and Chris Rock). Hellboy made his comics debut, and people were reading "The Client," by John Grisham, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" by Stephen King, "Vanished" by Danielle Steele, "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh, and -- heaven help us -- "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend" by Robert James Waller. On TV, there was a new show called 'The X-Files' and Conan O'Brien...
- 2/9/2011
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
Undead is the new black. Vampires used to hold sway in horror fiction, with the fashionably black clad children of the night reigning in the 90′s and early 2000′s. But bloodsuckers are so 2003; now zombies are the hot item in horror fiction. The problem is they’re starting to suffer from a massive case of overexposure — not a day goes by without a graphic novel, book, or DVD hitting the shelves featuring a new tale of the flesh craving undead. But if you’re a horror fan looking for an anti-dote to the flesh or brain craving walking dead, look no further. After knocking it out of the park with his vampiric debut “Let The Right One In”, author John Ajvide Lindqvist faced a bit of an unusual problem. It’s the same problem faced by Peter Benchley and Robert James Waller; namely releasing a second novel after the first was a stratospheric success.
- 10/20/2010
- by Joseph Savitski
- Beyond Hollywood
Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood is the last star to be featured in Turner Classic Movies‘ "Summer Under the Stars" series, 2010 edition. [Clint Eastwood schedule.] Right now, TCM is showing the Western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), one of Eastwood’s early directorial efforts. Chief Dan George and Sondra Locke, with whom Eastwood had a highly publicized and highly acrimonious split off-screen, co-star. Next, is Sergio Leone‘s A Fistful of Dollars (1964), one of the Italian Westerns that helped to turn Eastwood into an international star. Gian Maria Volontè, who’d become one of the greatest film actors of the late 20th century, has a featured role. A Fistful of Dollars will be followed by Eastwood’s The Bridges of Madison County (1995), a romantic tearjerker based on Robert James Waller‘s bestseller, and starring Eastwood and Best Actress Oscar nominee Meryl Streep (playing an Italian woman named Francesca...
- 8/31/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
A Serious Man may be getting rave reviews – but it's like nothing the Coens have made before. Joe Queenan on weird one-offs and the directors who make them
About halfway through the very funny, very disturbing, very ethnic new film A Serious Man, the modern-day Job who is the serious man in question climbs up on to the roof of his ghastly 1960s Minneapolis suburban home and tries to adjust the antenna to improve his TV reception. Beleaguered on all fronts – conjugally, professionally, medically – Larry Gopnik, a dorky physics professor who may be about to lose his job and is very likely to lose his family, is a bright, principled Jewish man whose children have begged him to fix the antenna so they can watch F Troop, an idiotic 1960s comedy. Many of Larry's travails unfold as songs from Jefferson Airplane's seminal 1967 LP Surrealistic Pillow play in the background.
About halfway through the very funny, very disturbing, very ethnic new film A Serious Man, the modern-day Job who is the serious man in question climbs up on to the roof of his ghastly 1960s Minneapolis suburban home and tries to adjust the antenna to improve his TV reception. Beleaguered on all fronts – conjugally, professionally, medically – Larry Gopnik, a dorky physics professor who may be about to lose his job and is very likely to lose his family, is a bright, principled Jewish man whose children have begged him to fix the antenna so they can watch F Troop, an idiotic 1960s comedy. Many of Larry's travails unfold as songs from Jefferson Airplane's seminal 1967 LP Surrealistic Pillow play in the background.
- 11/29/2009
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
NEW YORK -- Scott Glenn and Harvey Keitel are joining the indie feature Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, based on the novel by The Bridges of Madison County author Robert James Waller. The project -- shooting in Mexico -- is a romantic thriller about an American government hit man who is on the run and enlists the aid of two innocent travelers in his desperate attempt to escape through the wilds of Mexico. Miguel Sandoval, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Brandis and newcomer Giovanna Zacarias also star. Arthur Allan Seidelman is directing the script by Richard Alfieri, Craig Fernandez and Ami Canaan Mann. Robert Katz and Carolyn S. Chambers are producing. Glenn is repped by ICM. Keitel is repped by Endeavor.
- 12/2/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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