Can't I just watch the movie? : books to film.
(DVD)

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Contributors
Fleck, Ryan, 1976- film director,
Boden, Anna, film director,
Misher, Kevin, film producer.
Browning, Ben, film producer.
Gilchrist, Keir, 1992- actor.
Published
[Holland, OH : Binge Box, [2022].
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 11 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
On Shelf
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DVD Drama Cant
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Comedy films.
Coming-of-age films.
Crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Drug addicts -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Drama.
Historical films.
Romance films.
Social classes -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Drama.
Teenagers -- Drama.

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Format
DVD
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
"It's kind of a funny story" based on the novel by Ned Vizzini.
General Note
"Trainspotting" based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
General Note
"The remains of the day" based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
General Note
"L.A. confidential" based on the novel by James Ellroy.
General Note
"Doctor Zhivago" based on the novel by Boris Pasternak.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Curtis Hanson, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, David Lean, Danny Boyle, James Ivory.
Participants/Performers
It's kind of a funny story: Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Zoë Kravitz, Zach Galifianakis.
Participants/Performers
Trainspotting: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald.
Participants/Performers
The remains of the day: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve.
Participants/Performers
L.A. confidential: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Stratharin, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito.
Participants/Performers
Doctor Zhivago: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, Rita Tushingham.
Description
It's kind of a funny story: Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think ... that's certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it's a coming-of-age story that's kind of a funny story.
Description
Trainspotting: A young heroin addict in Edinburgh tries to kick the habit but his junkie friends aren't making it easy for him.
Description
The remains of the day: The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe.
Description
L.A. confidential: This 1950s crime thriller brings together dirty cops, gangsters, politicians, and tabloid blackmailers.
Description
Doctor Zhivago: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
Target Audience
Trainspotting; L.A. confidential: Rating: R.
Target Audience
It's kind of a funny story; Doctor Zhivago: Rating: PG-13.
Target Audience
The remains of the day: Rating: PG.
System Details
DVD, wide screen and full screen.
Language
It's kind of a funny story: English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language
Trainspotting: English or French dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language
The remains of the day: English, French, Portuguese or Spanish dialogue; Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles; English closed-captions.
Language
L.A. confidential: English or French dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; English closed-captions.
Language
Doctor Zhivago: English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fleck, R., Boden, A., Misher, K., Browning, B., Gilchrist, K., Roberts, E., Davis, V., Graham, L., Gaffigan, J., Kravitz, Z., Galifianakis, Z., Boyle, D., Hodge, J., Macdonald, A., McGregor, E., Bremner, E., Miller, J. L., McKidd, K., Carlyle, R., Macdonald, K., Ivory, J., Jhabvala, R. P., Merchant, I., Nichols, M., Calley, J., Hopkins, A., Thompson, E., Fox, J., Reeve, C., Hanson, C., Helgeland, B., Milchan, A., Nathanson, M., Spacey, K., Crowe, R., Pearce, G., Cromwell, J., Strathairn, D., Basinger, K., DeVito, D., Lean, D., Bolt, R., Ponti, C., Chaplin, G., Christie, J., Courtenay, T., Guinness, A., McKenna, S., Richardson, R., Sharif, O., Steiger, R., Tushingham, R., Vizzini, N., Welsh, I., Ishiguro, K., Ellroy, J., & Pasternak, B. L. (2022). Can't I just watch the movie?: books to film . Binge Box.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ryan Fleck et al.. 2022. Can't I Just Watch the Movie?: Books to Film. [Holland, OH: Binge Box.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ryan Fleck et al.. Can't I Just Watch the Movie?: Books to Film [Holland, OH: Binge Box, 2022.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Fleck, R., Boden, A., Misher, K., Browning, B., Gilchrist, K., Roberts, E. and Davis, V. et al (2022). Can't I just watch the movie?: books to film. [Holland, OH: Binge Box.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Fleck, Ryan, et al. Can't I Just Watch the Movie?: Books to Film Binge Box, 2022.

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