Adapting Stephen King

Volume 2, Night Shift from Short Stories to Screenplays
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9010-0
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

The second in a series, this book examines the various film adaptations of King's Night Shift anthology. Through his "Dollar Baby" program, King licensed several Night Shift stories to aspiring filmmakers for just one dollar each, resulting in numerous student film adaptations. Although most have never been screened outside of a college classroom, films like Frank Darabont's The Woman in the Room were eventually released commercially with considerable critical success. Darabont, in fact, would later direct both The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

This volume critically examines and contextualizes these and other adaptations of the Night Shift short stories, illuminating how each film is a uniquely and intricately collaborative endeavor. It charts the development of each adaptation through old and new interviews with the creators, exploring how Hollywood filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake and reboot King's stories.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Maddrey has researched, written and produced over 100 hours of documentary television, focusing on true crime and the paranormal. He lives in Midlothian, Virginia.