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Christine has received the Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1984). [3] The American Library Association named Christine the 95th most banned and challenged book in the United States between 1990 and 1999. [4] Eight months after the release of the novel, a film adaptation was also released in December, directed by John Carpenter. It ...
Christine was released in North America on December 9, 1983, to 1,045 theaters. [16] In its opening weekend Christine brought in $3,408,904 landing at #4. The film dropped 39.6% in its second weekend, grossing $2,058,517 slipping from fourth to eighth place. In its third weekend, it grossed $1,851,909 dropping to #9.
The Bookshop is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald, [2] in which the lead character attempts against opposition to open a bookshop in the coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk (a thinly-disguised version of Southwold). [3]
Christine. The first of King’s big ‘80s bestsellers to feature on this list, Christine is beloved by many. To me, it’s the King book that comes closest to hubris (and yes, that includes the ...
If "The film opens with" is part of the plot, then that means the film is about the film itself. If the plot summary was for "The Making of The Bookshop", that would be the case. In such a film it would be expected that the film "The Bookshop" is being discussed. But the plot summary is for "The Bookshop", and that film does not refer to itself.
Christine, based on Schnitzler's play Liebelei; Christine, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name; Christine, a British television film by Alan Clarke and Arthur Ellis in the anthology series ScreenPlay
As a novel by a still relatively unknown writer, The Bookshop appeared to mostly condescending initial reviews. [3] The Times called it "a harmless, conventional little anecdote, well-tailored but uninvolving"; The Guardian a "disquieting" novel about "really nasty people living in a really nice little coastal town"; and The Times Literary Supplement, while calling it "marvellously piercing ...
Surely, someone would have thrown their coat over her, ran to look for water, screamed at her to stop, drop and roll. Found a fire extinguisher. Yelled for help. Something. Most of us like to ...