Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Greyhound is a 2020 American war film directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay. [5] The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and follows a US Navy commander on his first assignment commanding a multi-national escort destroyer group of four, defending an Allied convoy from U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic.
The Good Shepherd is a 1955 British novel about naval warfare during World War II, by C. S. Forester, exploring the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically as seen through the eyes of the United States commander of an escort fleet during a 52-hour period: the crews' struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance.
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
Films based on the Hornblower series (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Films based on works by C. S. Forester" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Book Subject Film adaptation(s) Abbie Hoffman: American Rebel (1982), Marty Jezer: Abbie Hoffman: Steal This Movie! (2000) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), Irving Stone: Michelangelo: The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) Aimée & Jaguar. Eine Liebesgeschichte, Berlin 1943 (1994), Erica Fischer: Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim: Aimée & Jaguar ...
The Greyhound is a 1911 play written by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner. It is a melodrama with four acts, six settings, a large cast and fast pacing. The story is episodic, following four criminals working likely victims on an ocean liner, and showing how they are thwarted.
Dalkeith is a film about the story of the residents in the Dalkeith Retirement Home who obtain a greyhound. The movie was marketed to an older audience. [3] They named the dog Dalkeith after the home but due to the intervention of one of the resident's relatives, problems arise. The film was shot in 15 days in Ballarat and was made with private ...
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 67% approval rating based on 6 reviews, with an average ranking of 5.7/10. [1]William Thomas of Empire wrote "There's promise in the bursts of dark humour, but these are few and far between, only serving to remind us how much better directors like Ken Loach have dealt with the coming-of-age genre".