Time Out's 100 best British films was topped by a film adapted from a short story by which author ?
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Time Out 100 best British films In February 2011 "Time Out" surveyed 150 film industry experts to produce its list of "The 100 best British films." Nicolas Roeg's "Don't Look Now" topped the list.
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Don't Look Now Don't Look Now (Italian: A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking ) is a 1973 independent British-Italian film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is a thriller adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland portray a married couple who travel to Venice following the recent accidental death of their daughter, after the husband accepts a commission to restore a church. They encounter two sisters, one of whom claims to be clairvoyant and informs them that their daughter is trying to contact them and warn them of danger. The husband at first dismisses their claims, but starts to experience mysterious sightings himself.
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When the Nines Roll Over When the Nines Roll Over (and Other Stories) is the 2004 novel by David Benioff. A short film adaptation of the first of the seven total stories, for which Benioff wrote the screenplay, directed and produced was released in 2005.
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Kate Plus Ten Kate Plus Ten is a 1917 British crime novel written by Edgar Wallace. In 1938 it was made into a film "Kate Plus Ten". In 1967 it was adapted for the film "The Trygon Factor" starring Stewart Granger.
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Out of the Shelter Out of the Shelter (1970) is a novel by British author David Lodge.
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All in Good Time (film) All in Good Time is a British film directed by Nigel Cole. It is based on Ayub Khan-Din's 2007 play "Rafta, Rafta," which itself was based on a 1963 play and 1966 film by Bill Naughton, "All in Good Time" and "The Family Way."
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The Man out of the Rain The Man out of the Rain is a collection of crime short stories by Philip MacDonald.
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The Devil Rides Out (film) The Devil Rides Out, (known as The Devil's Bride in the United States), is a 1968 British horror film, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley. It was written by Richard Matheson and directed by Terence Fisher. The film stars Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Niké Arrighi and Leon Greene.
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The Rocking Horse Winner (film) The Rocking Horse Winner is a 1949 fantasy film about a young boy who can pick winners in horse races with complete accuracy. It is an adaptation of the D. H. Lawrence short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and starred Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies and Ronald Squire. Producer of the film John Mills also acted in the film.
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Agatha Christie bibliography Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. Although she wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, her reputation rests on the 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections that she wrote under her own name, which have sold over two billion copies—an amount only surpassed by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. Her works contain several regular characters with whom the public became familiar, including Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Parker Pyne and Harley Quin. Christie wrote more Poirot stories than any of the others, even though she thought the character to be "rather insufferable". Following the publication of the 1975 novel "Curtain", Poirot's obituary appeared on the front page of "The New York Times". The literary historian Howard Haycraft considered that "few fictional sleuths can surpass the amazing little Belgian—with his waxed moustache and egg-shaped head, his inflated confidence in the infallibility of his 'little grey cells', his murderous attacks on the English language—either for individuality or ingenuity."
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Wuthering Heights (1998 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1998 British television film directed by David Skynner and produced by Jo Wright. It is based on the novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. The novel was adapted for the screen by Neil McKay. The film was released by ITV on 5 April 1998 in the United Kingdom and released by WGBH-TV on 18 October 1998 in the United States.
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Vanity Fair (2004 film) Vanity Fair is a 2004 British-American historical drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name. The novel has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations, and Nair's version made notable changes in the development of main character Becky Sharp.
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Crowned Heads Crowned Heads is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States in "The Argosy" in June 1914 and then in the United Kingdom in "Pearson's Magazine" in April 1915. It was also included in the collection "The Man with Two Left Feet" published in the UK in 1917.
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Nicholas Nickleby (1912 film) Nicholas Nickleby is a 1912 American silent short drama film directed by George Nichols, adapted from Charles Dickens' 1839 novel of the same name. The two-reel film stars Harry Benham in the title role and Mignon Anderson.
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The Grey (film) The Grey is a 2011 British-American survival thriller film co-written, produced and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo and Dermot Mulroney. It is based on the short story
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella by Stephen King, from his 1982 collection "Different Seasons", subtitled "Hope Springs Eternal". It is loosely based on the Leo Tolstoy short story "God Sees the Truth, But Waits". It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as "The Shawshank Redemption", which was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1994, including Best Picture. In 2009, it was adapted for the stage as the play "The Shawshank Redemption".
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Time Enough "Time Enough" (alternate title: "Enough Time") is a science fiction short story by American writer Damon Knight. It first appeared in the July 1960 issue of "Amazing" magazine and has since been reprinted twice, in "Far Out" (1961) and "The Best of Damon Knight" (1976).
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Seven Days to Noon Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama / thriller film directed by John and Roy Boulting. Based on the book, "Un Nazi en Manhattan", written by Fernando Josseau, Paul Dehn and James Bernard won the Academy Award for Best Story for this film.
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The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is an 1893 collection of short stories by American writer Mark Twain.
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The Seven Who Were Hanged The Seven Who Were Hanged (Russian: Рассказ о семи повешенных ) is a 1908 short story by Russian author Leonid Andreyev. The novel was adapted for film in 1920.
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Sunset Song (film) Sunset Song is a 2015 British drama film directed by Terence Davies. It is an adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel of the same name.
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The Captain's Doll The Captain's Doll is a short story or novella by the English author D. H. Lawrence. It was written in 1921 and first published by Martin Secker in March 1923 in a volume with "The Ladybird" and "The Fox". It was the basis of the 1983 TV film of the same name with Jeremy Irons as the Captain.