October Books to Film, Part 2

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 7:27pm by muffy

The much anticipated Amelia, based on Journalist Susan Butler's exhaustively researched biography entitled East to the Dawn : The Life of Amelia Earhart, throws new light on many of the more controversial elements of the aviator's life and death. A star-studded biopic with Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor (Oh, I am SO there!) Check out the The New York Times movie review.

The Damned United is based on British author David Peace's fictional account of Brain Clough's brief spell as manager of Leeds United Football Club in 1974. Clough, played brilliantly by Micheal Sheen, is portrayed as a deeply flawed hero.

David Peace was named one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta in their 2003 list. He is also the author of Toyko Year Zero, (FFF), a riveting mystery of a real-life serial-killer case in post-WWII Japan.

The Vampire’s Assistant is a fantasy-adventure about a 16 year-old who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.

This teen crowd-pleaser is adapted from Darren Shan's immensely popular series Cirque Du Freak. With Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe playing the leads, expect long lines at the box office.