Genre: Dramas Based on the Book
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Winter Dreams (2008)
Cast: Royal Ballet, Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov …
Directed by: Kenneth MacMillan
In a small Russian town at the turn of the 20th century, Masha (danced by Darcey Bussell) flees the boredom of her marriage to schoolteacher Kulygin (Anthony Dowell) for an affair with the…
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A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, John Stamos, Phylicia Rashad …
Directed by: Kenny Leon
In a Chicago tenement in the 1950s, Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) and her children, Walter (Sean Combs) and Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan), each hope for a better life in this moving, Emmy- and…
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Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Cast: Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Laz Alonso …
Directed by: Spike Lee
During World War II, four black American soldiers (Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso and Omar Benson Miller) find themselves trapped in a Tuscan village behind enemy lines. As they attempt…
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War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Christopher Reid, Kim Little …
Directed by: C. Thomas Howell
Two years after the Martian Walkers landed on Earth and destroyed nearly everything and everyone, a second wave has arrived to finish the job. But mankind, determined to hold on to…
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Land of Thirst (2008)
Cast: Hlomla Dandala, Lucy Wylde, Ian Roberts …
Directed by: Meg Rickards
Handsome black doctor Khanyiso Phalo (Hlomla Dandala) returns to his native South Africa in 1913, where he meets Margaret (Nina Lucy Wylde), a beautiful white English woman, and before long,…
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Opera Australia: The Turn of the Screw (2008)
Cast: Eilene Hannan, Anson Austin, Wendy Dixon …
Directed by: Niel Armfield
The tension is palpable in this gripping West Australian Symphony Orchestra production of Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw," an opera based on the well-known novella by Henry…
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The Tenth Circle (2008)
Cast: Kelly Preston, Ron Eldard, Jamie Johnston …
Directed by: Peter Markle
In this made-for-TV drama based on the novel by Jodi Picoult, the seemingly idyllic lives of Daniel (Ron Eldard) and Laura Stone (Kelly Preston) are torn apart when their teenage daughter,…
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008)
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Emily Watson, Gretchen Mol …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry (Dermot Mulroney) delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline (Emily Watson). But when Henry realizes his wife (Gretchen Mol) is also…
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My Zinc Bed (2008)
Cast: Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce, Paddy Considine …
Directed by: Anthony Page
Featuring fine performances, this BBC production of playwright David Hare's searing tale about addiction and manipulation follows recovering alcoholic Paul Peplow (Paddy Considine), who…
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Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2008)
Cast: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Daryl Shuttleworth …
Directed by: Ron Oliver
On a tip from his partner, Timmy (Sebastian Spence), detective Donald Strachey (Chad Allen) investigates a generous anonymous donation to a youth center. But both men are unaware of the peril…
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Cyrano De Bergerac (2008)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner, Daniel Sunjata …
Directed by: David Leveaux
Kevin Kline (in his first Emmy-nominated role) and Jennifer Garner star in this 2008 Broadway revival of Edmond Rostand's classic romance. Poetic Cyrano de Bergerac (Kline) pines for the…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Cast: Rick Schroder, Victoria Pratt, Peter Fonda …
Directed by: T.J. Scott
In this TV movie, archaeologist Jonathan Brock (Rick Schroder), heiress Martha Dennison (Victoria Pratt) and two others venture into the center of the Earth while on an expedition to track…
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Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008)
Cast: Benjamin McKenzie, Matty Ferraro, Meredith Kendall …
Directed by: Rowan Joseph
Based on the novel by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, this stage production stars Ben McKenzie ("The O.C.") in an explosive one-man performance. Wounded on the last day of World War…
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As God Commands (2008)
Cast: Elio Germano, Filippo Timi, Fabio De Luigi …
Directed by: Gabriele Salvatores
Rino (Filippo Timi), an angry and unemployed alcoholic living in Northern Italy, struggles to provide for his lonely son, Cristiano (Alvaro Caleca), and look after his disabled friend,…
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Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008)
Cast: Gil Bellows, Lisa Ray, Esai Morales …
Directed by: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
After serving time for his wife's murder, recently paroled con Joey One-Way (Gil Bellows) is hired by film producer Markie Mann (Esai Morales) to adapt the play he wrote while in prison.…
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Love Takes Wing (2008)
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Haylie Duff …
Directed by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Recently widowed Dr. Belinda Simpson (Sarah Jones) takes a job as town physician in the frontier outpost of Sikeston, Mo.,where many citizens have fallen prey to a mysterious illness but…
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Masterpiece Classic: Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Ruth Jones …
Directed by: David Blair
After discovering her family's kinship to the wealthy D'Urbervilles, poverty-stricken Tess (Gemma Arterton) endeavors to improve her lot in life, only to endure great shame and…
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Memorial Day (2008)
Cast: Sarah Nedwek, Neil Knox, Pedro Rafael Rodriguez …
Directed by: Josh Fox
Director Josh Fox's provocative indie drama -- adapted from his stage play -- delves into the mind-set of those who perpetrate war crimes, paralleling a hedonistic beach party in Ocean…
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Kevin Sullivan
Returning to Prince Edward Island as a middle-aged writer, Anne Shirley (Barbara Hershey) discovers a secret that forces her to revisit old memories of her difficult young life before…
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Hemingway's Garden of Eden (2008)
Cast: Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino …
Directed by: John Irvin
In this adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously released novel, American writer David Bourne (Jack Huston) and his new wife, Catherine (Mena Suvari), travel through Europe on their…
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The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
Cast: Danny Huston, Elizabeth Röhm, Matthew Yang Kim …
Directed by: Bernard Rose
Knowing that his pianist wife, Abby, regrets having given up her career to become a housewife, philanthropist Edgar arranges for her to give a private concert, but he grows suspicious when…
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Into the Wild (2007)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn …
Directed by: Sean Penn
A young man gives up everything -- including his trust fund and ties to a seemingly stable family -- to lead a solitary life in the wild. Eschewing convention to trek across Alaska's…
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300 (2007)
Cast: Lena Headey, Gerard Butler, Vincent Regan …
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Spartan King Leonidas leads his small band of 300 soldiers against an army of more than 1 million in the Battle of Thermopylae, a conflict that pitted the ancient Greeks against the Persians…
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin …
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
While hunting in the desert, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes off with $2 million in cash. With a psychotic hit man hot on his trail, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
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I Am Legend (2007)
Cast: Will Smith, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Alice Braga …
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
A terrible virus has spread across the planet and turned the human race into bloodthirsty monsters. Now, mankind's only hope for survival is scientist Robert Neville, the one person left…