Louise Rennison had her first two novels adapted into what 2008 British-American film?
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Louise Rennison Louise Rennison (11 October 1951 – 29 February 2016) was an English author and comedian who wrote the "Confessions of Georgia Nicolson" series for teenage girls. The series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang. Her first and second novels, "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging" and "It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers" were portrayed in a film adaptation called "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging". She also wrote a series of books about Georgia's younger cousin, "The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey".
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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British-American coming of age-comedy film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha. The film's lead is played by Georgia Groome, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Karen Taylor amongst the supporting cast. The story is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging" and "It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers". The narrative follows fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicholson (Groome) as she tries to find a boyfriend while also organising her fifteenth birthday party.
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The Other Man (2008 film) The Other Man is a 2008 British-American drama film directed by Richard Eyre. It stars Liam Neeson and Antonio Banderas as competitors for a woman's (Laura Linney) love. The film was a flop, failing to reach its $15,000,000 budget.
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Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a 2008 animated film, the first to be based on the "Dragonlance" campaign setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is based on the first novel written for the campaign setting, "Dragons of Autumn Twilight", co-written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, both of whom gave assistance for the film's screenplay adaptation by George Strayton. The film was directed by Will Meugniot and distributed by Paramount Pictures, directly to video.
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Guernsey (film) Guernsey is an upcoming British historical drama directed by Mike Newell and written by Don Roos and Tom Bezucha. The film is based on the 2008 novel "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The film entered pre-production in January 2017, with filming beginning in March 2017. The film is being distributed and financed by French company StudioCanal.
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Deborah Lawrenson Deborah Lawrenson (born November 1960 in London, England) is a British novelist and journalist.
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Yolanda Wood Yolanda Wood is an American actress, known for playing Mrs. Danforth in the 2008 film "".
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The Jane Austen Book Club (film) The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2007 American romantic drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord. The screenplay, adapted from the 2004 novel of the same name by Karen Joy Fowler, focuses on a book club formed specifically to discuss the six novels written by Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
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Serena (2014 film) Serena is a 2014 American–French drama film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by American author Ron Rash. Directed by Susanne Bier, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper as newlyweds running a timber business in 1930s North Carolina.
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The Girl from the Marsh Croft (novella) The Girl from the Marsh Croft (Swedish: Tösen från Stormyrtorpet ) is a 1908 novella by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. The story has been adapted numerous times for film.
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (soundtrack) Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is the official soundtrack of the 2008 comedy-drama film "", starring Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Joan Cusack, Stanley Tucci, Jane Krakowski, and Julia Ormond, and was released under the New Line Records label.
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North Starr North Starr is a 2008 film directed by Matthew Stanton.
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A Most Wanted Man A Most Wanted Man is a thriller/espionage novel by John le Carré published in September 2008 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and in October 2008 by Scribner in the United States.
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The Stoning of Soraya M. The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار کردن ثريا م‎ ‎ "Sangsâr Sorayâ M.") is a 2008 American Persian language drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book "La Femme Lapidée".
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Spinning into Butter (film) Spinning Into Butter is a 2008 drama film written by Rebecca Gilman and loosely based on her play of the same title. It was directed by first-time director Mark Brokaw and produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, who also stars in the film. "Spinning Into Butter" was sold for distribution Cannes Film Market on May 17, 2007 and opened in the U.S. in March, 2009. The film concerns political correctness and racial identity.
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Skeletons at the Feast Skeletons at the Feast is a novel by author Chris Bohjalian, published in 2008. It is the story of a journey in the waning months of World War II concerning the Emmerich family, who flee their beloved home in Prussia and move west to avoid the advancing Russian troops. The family consists of one of the novel's main protagonists, Anna; her mother, known affectionately as "Mutti"; her father, Rolf; her twin brother, Helmut; her younger brother, Theo; and the Scottish POW that once worked on the family's farm, Callum Finella, who becomes Anna's lover. Anna also has an older brother, Werner, who is off fighting in the war. Rolf and Helmut leave the family to aid in stopping the Russian advance and the rest continue on alone; on their westward journey they are joined by Uri Singer, an escaped Jew posing as a Nazi officer. Bohjalian said in an interview he was inspired to write the story after being persuaded to read a diary spanning from 1920 to 1945 belonging to Eva Henatsch, a German woman that embarked on a similar journey west across the Third Reich.
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The Butterfly Tattoo (film) The Butterfly Tattoo is a 2008 feature film, based on the Philip Pullman novel "The White Mercedes" (also released as "The Butterfly Tattoo"). The film is particularly notable given that despite being a commercial production it actively sought to provide training and experience for young film-makers. The film also used a novel method of financing its production, by selling shares to members of the public.
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Sea of Poppies Sea of Poppies (2008) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. It is the first volume of the Ibis trilogy. The second volume is "River of Smoke".
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Quiet Chaos (film) Quiet Chaos (Italian: "Caos calmo" ) is a 2008 Italian drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sandro Veronesi.
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Submarine (novel) Submarine is a novel by Joe Dunthorne. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 2008, it was adapted into a film in 2010.
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List of American films of 2008 A list of American films released in 2008.
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Enid (film) Enid is a 2009 British biographical television film first broadcast on 16 November on BBC Four. Directed by James Hawes it is based on the life of children's writer Enid Blyton, portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. The film introduced the two main lovers of Blyton's life. Her first husband Hugh Pollock, who was also her publisher, was played by Matthew Macfadyen. Kenneth Darrell Waters, a London surgeon who became Blyton's second husband, was portrayed by Denis Lawson. The film explored how the orderly, reassuringly clear worlds Blyton created within her stories contrasted with the complexity of her own personal life.