Based on whose novel is the screenplay for the film where Bruno Rovello played Richie Brown?
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Jack Rovello Bruno Rovello (born April 6, 1994) is an American actor. He appeared as Richie Brown in the 2002 Academy Award-nominated film "The Hours". He was nominated for an award at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards in 2002. He has since appeared in the Steve Buscemi-directed "Lonesome Jim" (2005) and the short film "Socks & Robbers" (2013).
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The Hours (film) The Hours is a 2002 British-U.S. drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, and starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman. Supporting roles are played by Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, Jeff Daniels, Miranda Richardson, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes and Eileen Atkins. The screenplay by David Hare is based on Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title.
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Ramona Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican-American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scots–Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the "Christian Union" on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely popular. It has had more than 300 printings, and been adapted five times as a film. A play adaptation has been performed annually outdoors since 1923.
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A Mule for the Marquesa A Mule for the Marquesa (1964) is a novel by Frank O'Rourke. The film "The Professionals" (1966) is based on it. After the release of the film, new editions of the novel were issued under the title "The Professionals".
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The Loved One (film) The Loved One is a 1965 black and white comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, which is based on "The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy" (1948), a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay—which also drew on Jessica Mitford's book "The American Way of Death" (1963)—was written by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood.
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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored is a 1996 film directed by Tim Reid and the screenplay was written by Paul W. Cooper, the film is based on Clifton Taulbert’s real life and his non-fiction book "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored".
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The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (novel) The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown is an 1896 novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Following the apparent murder of a man, a novelist comes under suspicion.
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Killing Them Softly Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American neo-noir crime film directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, based on the 1974 novel "Cogan's Trade" by George V. Higgins. On May 22, 2012, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, receiving positive early reviews. The film is about three small-time crooks who rob a Mob-protected illegal gambling operation, which prompts the Mob to send in two hitmen, Jackie (Brad Pitt) and Mickey (James Gandolfini) to deal with the perpetrators.
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Dirty Dingus Magee Dirty Dingus Magee is an American comic 1970 anti-western film starring Frank Sinatra as the title outlaw and George Kennedy as a sheriff out to capture him. The movie was based on the novel "The Ballad of Dingus Magee" by David Markson and the screenplay was partly written by Joseph Heller. It was directed by Burt Kennedy.
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Riding the Rap "Riding the Rap" is a 1995 crime fiction novel by Elmore Leonard. It is the sequel to Leonard's "Pronto", released in 1993. Like "Pronto", "Riding the Rap" centers around 67-year-old Harry Arno, World War II veteran and bookie, who has been skimming from the mob for decades. The book also features a reappearance of Joyce Patton, Harry's ex-girlfriend and a former stripper, and her new boyfriend Raylan Givens, an always-gets-his-man old western type law enforcer who later comes to Harry's aid when he discovers the plot set up by Chip Ganz, Bobby Deo, and Louis Lewis. Chip Ganz, who is $16,500 in debt, hatches a plan to steal Harry's millions of skimmed money from a Swiss bank account by taking him hostage and forcing the money out of him. It's up to Raylan Givens to find Harry Arno before it's too late.
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The Client (1994 film) The Client is a 1994 American legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Brad Renfro. It is based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. The film was released in the United States on July 20, 1994.
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Honeymoon in Vegas (musical) Honeymoon in Vegas is a musical with a book by Andrew Bergman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical is based on the 1992 movie of the same name which Bergman also wrote and directed. The musical had its world premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse and premiered on Broadway in January 2015.
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The Dinner (2017 film) The Dinner is an American drama thriller film directed and written by Oren Moverman, based on the Dutch novel of the same name by Herman Koch. It is the third film adaptation of the novel, following the 2013 original Dutch version "Het Diner" by Menno Meyjes and the 2014 Italian film "I nostri ragazzi" by Ivano De Matteo. The film stars Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Charlie Plummer, Miles J. Harvey and Adepero Oduye.
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Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae Brown (born 28 November 1944) is an American writer, activist, and feminist. She is best known for her first novel "Rubyfruit Jungle". Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter.
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Finding Forrester Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. In the film, an African-American teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery), through whom he refines his talent for writing and comes to terms with his identity. Anna Paquin, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Pitt, Glenn Fitzgerald, April Grace and Busta Rhymes star in supporting roles.
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Carried Away (1996 film) Carried Away (also known as Acts of Love) is a 1996 American English language film directed by Brazilian Bruno Barreto. It is based on the novel "Farmer" by Jim Harrison.
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Diary of the Dead (1976 film) Diary of the Dead is a 1976 neo-noir film directed by Arvin Brown, based on the novel "One Across, Two Down" by Ruth Rendell. It was produced by Charles B. Moss. Robert L. Fish, author of "Mute Witness", the basis of "Bullitt", contributed to the screenplay.
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A Question of Taste A Question of Taste (French: "Une affaire de goût" , also known as "A Matter of Taste" in the United States) is a 2000 French film directed by Bernard Rapp. Rapp and Gilles Taurand wrote the screenplay which was based on the book "Affaires de goût" by Philippe Balland. The film received 5 César Award nominations, including the nomination for Best Film.
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is a 1969 novel written by Jimmy Breslin. It is a "roman à clef" based on the life of Joey Gallo, and was adapted into a 1971 film of the same name directed by James Goldstone.
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The Whites (novel) The Whites is a 2015 detective novel written by Richard Price under the pen name Harry Brandt. The book was published on February 17, 2015. Scott Rudin is producing a film adaptation of the novel.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 American black comedy road film adapted from Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. It was co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo. The two embark on an initially assigned journey with journalistic purpose which turns out to be an exploration of the Las Vegas setting under the effect of psychoactive substances.
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Man on Fire (2004 film) Man on Fire is a 2004 British-American crime thriller film directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell. The novel had previously been adapted into a feature film in 1987. In this film, Denzel Washington portrays John Creasy, a despondent, alcoholic former CIA operative/U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance officer-turned mercenary and bodyguard, who goes on a revenge rampage after his charge, nine-year-old Lupita "Pita" Ramos (Dakota Fanning), is abducted in Mexico City. The supporting cast includes Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell, Giancarlo Giannini, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin and Mickey Rourke.