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Meanings of film adaptation in English

Russian
экранизация
Portuguese
film adaptation
Spanish
adaptacion cinematografica
Catalan
adaptació cinematogràfica

Films adapted from another work.

Related terms
экранизация
Synonyms
Examples for "based upon"
Examples for "based upon"
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The study includes both general and patient-tailored information based upon need assessment.
Pubmed
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They also began sharing tasks based upon ability to resolve the issue.
Ebony
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The table is based upon the following general formulæ for certain dimensions:
Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884
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The hypsometric work is based upon the railroad levels of the country.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
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The laws of the temperance cause are based upon the same principle.
The Black-Sealed Letter / Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cock...
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It has been widely performed on stage and adapted for the screen several times.
Radio NZ
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Poorhouse was adapted for the screen by Michael Harding with Frank Stapleton, who also directs.
The Irish Times
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Worse, it was a classic of English literature adapted for the screen by its American director.
The Irish Times
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In 1989, it was adapted for the screen and made into a miniseries by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
Ebony
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It was later adapted for the screen by Tony Richardson and became a classic of British New Wave cinema.
The Guardian
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The books deserve their acclaim, but nothing about them cries out for cinematic adaptation.
The Irish Times
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In fact, it plays a little like a cinematic adaptation of an AA flyer.
The Irish Times
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Nor is Hallie, a slave prominent in both the novel and the previous cinematic adaptation, included here.
Radio NZ
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Robert Allan Ackerman's production of Strangers on a Train is probably the most swishly cinematic adaptation possible in the theatre.
The Guardian
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His cinematic adaptation of Joan Lindsay's beguiling mystery novel is a gorgeously photographed, unsettling, eerie tale that remains potent today.
The Guardian
Usage of film adaptation in English
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Read the review Facebook Twitter Pinterest The 2008 film adaptation of Persepolis.
The Guardian
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It is the second of a three- film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's novel.
BBC
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Read the review Facebook Twitter Pinterest The 2015 film adaptation of Brooklyn.
The Guardian
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There is also a film adaptation of the novel in the pipeline.
The South African
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The film adaptation was at one point set up at Universal.
Reuters
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It's fairly common knowledge that King isn't a fan of the film adaptation.
The Guardian
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There is already talk of a film adaptation of Moshfegh's novel.
The Guardian
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest The 2006 film adaptation of The Yacoubian Building.
The Guardian
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Forrest made a guest appearances in the 2003 film adaptation of the series.
Reuters
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Elizabeth Knox is distressed over film adaptation of her book The Vintner's Luck.
Radio NZ
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In Denis Villeneuve, the long-awaited film adaptation might have finally found just that.
The Guardian
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She went on to co-write the screenplay for a film adaptation in 1979.
The Guardian
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Is Angelina Jolie still on board to play Scarpetta in a film adaptation?
Reuters
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rosamunde Pike in the 2014 film adaptation of Gone Girl.
The Guardian
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The 1954 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Carmen Jones is another great example.
Ebony
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A film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, is due for release later this year.
Radio NZ