When he was asked to be guest director for a festival dedicated to films based on books, Jonathan Coe set out to disprove the adage that great literature makes terrible movies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/01/book-adaptations-film-jonathan-coe?INTCMP=SRCH
From Page to Screen
http://www.frompagetoscreen.org.uk/
http://www.bridport-arts.com/from-page-to-screen
Housekeeping
USA | 1987 | 116 mins
Thursday 14 April | 16.30 | Electric Palace
from Marilynne Robinson's novel, adapted & directed by Bill Forsyth
FEATURING A POST-FILM DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR BILL FORSYTH
http://www.frompagetoscreen.org.uk/index.php/films-events/housekeeping/
Brighton Rock
UK | 2010 | 111 mins
Sunday 17 April | 19.30 | Electric Palace
from Graham Greene's novel, adapted and directed by Rowan Joffé
CLOSING GALA
http://www.frompagetoscreen.org.uk/index.php/films-events/brighton-rock/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y2xnd
