the charge of the light brigade is a 1936 american historical adventure film made by warner bros . it was directed by michael curtiz and produced by samuel bischoff , with hal b. wallis as executive producer , from a screenplay by michael jacoby and rowland leigh , from a story by michael jacoby based on the poem the charge of the light brigade by alfred , lord tennyson .

the music score was by max steiner and the cinematography by sol polito .

scenes were shot at the following california locations : lone pine , sherwood lake , lasky mesa , chatsworth and sonora .

the sierra nevada mountains were used for the khyber pass scenes .

the film starred errol flynn and olivia de havilland .

the story is very loosely based on the famous charge of the light brigade that took place during the crimean war ( 1853 – 56 ) .

additionally , the story line seems to include the siege of cawnpore during the indian rebellion of 1857 .

this was the second of eight films in which errol flynn and olivia de havilland starred together .

the film was remade the charge of the light brigade in 1968 starring trevor howard and vanessa redgrave .

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the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 film ) <EOT> this article is about the 1936 film . for the 1968 film , see the charge of the light brigade ( 1968 film ) .

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a poster for michael curtiz ' s 1936 action film ' the charge of the light brigade ' starring errol flynn .

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olivia de havilland and errol flynn in the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) , directed by michael curtiz .

two brothers love the same woman at a perilous indian outpost in the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) starring errol flynn . >

' the charge of the light brigade ' , an analysis for gcse . ( edexcel conflict anthology )

in name only : it doesn ' t remotely resemble the same - titled 1936 errol flynn vehicle beyond featuring the charge of the light brigade .

this original promotion for the errol flynn adventure the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) features a behind - the - scenes look at its production . >

for me the ending of the 1968 " charge of the light brigade " film was lacking most the narration and summary we got from richard burton in the 1964 zulu film . . .

the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) starring errol flynn as maj . geoffrey vickers , olivia de havilland , donald crisp , patric knowles , henry step… | pinteres…

of the many film versions of alfred lord tennyson ' s narrative poem , 1936 ' s charge of the light brigade has the least relationship to the facts concerning the famous 19th century british military blunder in the crimea .

music clips : " the charge of the light brigade " ( clip ) ( a . mp3 file courtesy rca victor ) .

" the charge of the light brigade " ( 1936 ) . an early max steiner score and one of his best . this great 2 disc recording of the score by william strom… | pinteres…

with a bow to tennyson , the strand offers ' charge of the light brigade ' - - ' legion of terror ' at the globe .

it has been monitoring the treatment of animals in hollywood for more than 70 years , ensuring standards have been lifted from the time 25 horses were killed during filming of the 1936 movie the charge of the light brigade .

the film starred errol flynn and olivia de havilland . the story is very loosely based on the famous charge of the light brigade that took place during the crimean war ( 1853 - 56 ) .

half a league , half a league , half a league onward , all in the valley of death rode the six hundred : “forward , the light brigade ! charge for the guns , ” he said : into the valley of death rode the six hundred . —opening of the charge of the light brigade by alfred , lord tennyson

with the headline : with a bow to tennyson , the strand offers ' charge of the light brigade ' - - ' legion of terror ' at the globe .

while the film’s version of the siege of cawnpore is quite faithful to history , the script is less successful with the climatic charge of the light brigade . in the film’s version , the allied commanders meet and decide to withdraw the light brigade . sent to deliver the message , geoffrey changes the order , but the charge is later viewed as a blunder that turned the tide , resulting in a british victory .

the brigadier : the battle of the alma depicts sir colin campbell leading the highland brigade in a successful charge .

with a bow to tennyson , the strand offers ' charge of the light brigade ' - - ' legion of terror ' at the globe . - the new york times

the charge of the light brigade is a 1936 historical film made by warner bros . it was directed by michael curtiz and produced by samuel bischoff , with hal b . wallis as executive producer , from a screenplay by michael jacoby and rowland leigh , from a story by michael jacoby based on the poem the charge of the light brigade by alfred lord tennyson . the music score was by max steiner and the cinematography by sol polito .

not to be confused with the 1936 film starring errol flynn , with which it only shares a title .

the charge of the light brigade , poem by alfred , lord tennyson , published in 1855 . the poem , written in tennyson’s capacity as poet laureate , commemorates the heroism of a brigade of british soldiers at the battle of balaklava ( 1854 ) in the crimean war . the 600 troops of the brigade followed ambiguous…

opening credits dedication : to the officers and men of the light brigade who died victorious in a gallant charge at balaklava for queen and country a . d . 1856 .

and at the moment all the wiki page says as regards reception is . . . ( the 1936 film was )

vickers ( errol flynn ) and warrenton ( nigel bruce ) come upon the altogether fictional " massacre at chukoti , " which provides the revenge motive for the climax , in warner bros . british imperial epic the charge of the light brigade , 1936 .

…they often would be ) in the charge of the light brigade , a big - budget period film that was inspired by the poem of the same name by alfred lord tennyson , though its setting was transferred from the crimean war to india . also released in 1936 was the walking dead , a horror…

vickers ( errol flynn ) and warrenton ( nigel bruce ) come upon the altogether fictional " massacre at chukoti , " which provides the revenge motive for the climax , in warner bros . british imperial epic the charge of the light brigade , 1936 . >

the charge of the light brigade is a 1968 film directed by tony richardson , loosely adapted from cecil woodham - smith ' s 1953 nonfiction book the reason why : the true story of the fatal charge of the light brigade . the cast includes trevor howard , vanessa redgrave , david hemmings , jill bennett , john gielgud , and harry andrews . it takes its title from the famous poem by alfred lord tennyson .

2 . the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) without anti - animal abuse laws in place , filmmakers were free to do whatever they deemed necessary to get their action sequences . but 1936 ' s the charge of the light brigade took things too far with its extensive use of the " running w " — a type of trip wire used to make horses fall during the filming of its climatic scene . in response to the film ' s rampant abuses , the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals successfully petitioned to have the " running w " banned from further use .

the cameo : laurence harvey appears for a split second as an officer in the light brigade . see what could have been .

as passages from the tennyson poem are superimposed on the action , flynn leads a suicidal charge against the russians ; he manages to kill the treacherous gordon before being slain himself . its dozens of historical inaccuracies aside , the charge of the light brigade is rousing entertainment .

in 1854 , during the crimean war , poor planning leads to a british light brigade openly charging a russian artillery position with tragic consequences .

heroic spinning of history and lord tennyson ' s poem , followed by a hearty introduction of captain vickers ( errol flynn ) and sir humphrey ( e . e . clive ) in warner bros . ' epic imperial hit the charge of the light brigade , 1936 , directed by michael curtiz . >

the film comes to a climax at the battle of balaclava , subject of lord tennyson ' s poem the charge of the light brigade . the lancers charge into the valley and brave the russian cannons , and many are killed . text from tennyson ' s poem is superimposed on the screen , coupled with max steiner ' s musical score .

“the charge of the light brigade , ” directed by michael curtiz in 1936 , is another romantic , oriental adventure film , with all the normal prejudices , stereotypes , and exaggerations of the time about the middle east that we have come to expect . what the story we remember today is about the charge . but it is not the narrative but the treatment of the horses that ultimately transformed attitudes about the use of animals in films .

released in late october 1936 , the charge of the light brigade was another huge box - office hit for warner bros . once again , director michael curtiz ' s ability to create exciting , dramatic action sequences deserves a great deal of credit for the film ' s success , as does composer max steiner rousing , oscar - nominated score . stripped of its action , exotic locales and foreign names however , the charge of the light brigade is actually a very simply story - - a love triangle and an unrequited desire to avenge a massacre , both resolved with a suicidal charge . and with the simple story comes the problem of simple characters .

sir humphrey ( e . e . clive ) leads vickers ( errol flynn ) , randall ( david niven ) and others into a giant warner bros . set where they meet surat khan ( c . henry gordon ) in an early scene from the charge of the light brigade , 1936 . >

having read “the films of errol flynn” and david nivens’ “bring on the empty horses” and having recently watched for the nth time the charge of the light brigade , i agree to dustedoff’s critique of the film . but the part i least like was the use of the “running w” during the filming of the charge . many horses were killed outright or had to be destroyed due to the trip wire .

captain vickers ( errol flynn ) with randall ( david niven ) et al headed back to india from the northern frontier with empty horses ( the director ' s phrase , cited by niven in the famous title of his memoir ) , attacked by natives , in michael curtiz ' s epic the charge of the light brigade , 1936 . >

the freres warner , bless ' em , may not give a hang for history , but they do know how to turn out a smashing and spectacular adventure film . " the charge of the light brigade , " which has taken what will unquestionably prove to be a long - term lease of the strand , is the 1936 model of " lives of a bengal lancer . " view full article in timesmachine »

thirsting for revenge , flynn falsifies an official order so that he and the light brigade can battle gordon and his allies at balaclava ( thus are britons lord cardigan and lord ragan , the actual instigators of the doomed charge , exonerated ) .

flynn and his fellow light brigade lancers are then transferred to the crimea - - where , as luck would have it , gordon is now ensconced with the russians .

if the charge of the light brigade had been set anywhere but india , any country i didn’t know so well , i’d probably have liked it a whole lot better . if you aren’t indian or don’t know the country too well , this can still be an entertaining , if melodramatic , film .

i thoroughly enjoyed this film . but then again , any movie boasting the talents of both errol flynn and david niven is always going to be a treat . my favourite part of charge of the light brigade is at the ball in calcutta , every man in the place is trying to avoid the interfering old bint ( can ' t remember her name ) . the looks on their faces every time she approaches is priceless . it doesn ' t matter that it ' s full of nonsense , charge of the light brigade is an entertaining film that takes you back in time to the genteel goings - on of colonial times .

the charge of the light brigade was , in fact , steiner’s initial score under a first - time warners contract—the film and the score were great successes—though the composer continued to do independent work for other studios , especially for david o . selznick , most famously for a little ditty titled gone with the wind .

delicate moment in which captain vickers ( errol flynn ) , off for another mission , confers with father col . campbell ( donald crisp ) then explains to his betrothed elsa ( olivia de havilland ) that his brother is in love with her , which she already knows , in the charge of the light brigade . , 1936 . >

the reason for the charge of the light brigade was shown in the film as being because the 27th lancers changed the direction of the manoeuvre so as to invade the russian camp to kill surat khan . it was actually as a result of a dispute between lord cardigan and lord raglan . moreover , the battle of balaklava did not result in the fall of sebastopol , as is erroneously stated in the film .

reflecting the popularity of 1935 ' s lives of a bengal lancer , the film uses the climactic charge as the culmination of events which begin in british india .

half a league , half a league , half a league onward , all in the valley of death rode the six hundred . " forward , the light brigade ! charge for the guns , " he said ; into the valley of death rode the six hundred .

the poem by alfred lord tennyson , is superimposed over the action in the final scenes of the film . half a league , half a league , half a league onward , all in the valley of death rode the six hundred . " " forward , the light brigade ! charge for the guns , " he said ; into the valley of death rode the six hundred . cannon to right of them , cannon to left of them , cannon in front of them volley ' d and thunder ' d ; when can their glory fade ? o the wild charge they made ! all the world wonder ' d . honor the charge they made ! honor the light brigade , noble six hundred .

i hate to say it , but the charge of the light brigade is really not a good movie , and i usually like anything with errol flynn . this is especially irritating since there are few films about the indian rebellion and fewer about the crimean war .

what happened to the mouse ? : colin campbell and his highland brigade and james scarlett of the heavy brigade get prominent establishing scenes early in the film . yet the balaclava scenes completely ignore their role in said battle . deleted scenes may account for this .

, which shared the same title . the film was the first of several pairings of

the charge of the 27th lancers at the battle of balaklava . very impressive and well shot .

- one more day ' s light ( 2005 ) . . . ( creator )

the climax of the film—and the highlight as well—is inspired by alfred , lord tennyson’s famous poem . film and poem recreate the charge of british light cavalry against a prepared , well - defended russian force during the battle of balaklava ( 1854 ) in the crimean war , a charge as foolish as general george pickett’s infantry advance at gettysburg nine years later—and in both cases across open terrain and against overwhelming odds .

opening credits prologue : the world is indebted to alfred , lord tennyson , poet laureate to her majesty , queen victoria of great britain , for perpetuating in an epic poem one of the most distinguished events in history conspicuous for sheer valor . . . " the charge of the light brigade "

my god , what have i done ? : nolan during the final charge .

the success of this film set the seal on errol flynn ' s superstardom .

historical inaccuracies aside , the charge of the light brigade is quite a spectacle . warner bros . spent some $ 1 , 200 , 000 on the production and employed hundreds of horses and riders for the film ' s largest battle sequences . ( * 4 ) the famous charge is especially realistic and brutal , with dozens of artillery shells sending horses and riders crashing violently into the dusty plain . in fact , second unit director b . reeves eason ' s prolific use of trip wires to make the horses fall injured or killed many of them . in his autobiography , flynn calls the charge of the light brigade " the toughest picture i ever made " ( * 5 ) and asserts he himself complained to the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals :

eager for revenge , when sir charles macefield ( henry stephenson ) , commander of the british forces in the crimea , sends geoffrey to balaklava with orders commanding the light brigade to withdraw , geoffrey forges new orders commanding sir benjamin to attack the russian position on the balaklava heights . rallied by geoffrey with a rousing speech urging them to " show no mercy ! , " the 600 men of the light brigade charge into heavy volleys of russian cannon fire to find surat khan and avenge the chukoti massacre .

( 1935 ) lasts over half of the film’s running time . during the 115 minutes of

flynn and de havilland quickly rode the success of captain blood into another big - budget warners adventure film the following summer . based on the famous poem by alfred , lord tennyson ( poet laureate to england ' s queen victoria ) about one of the bloodiest battles of the crimean war ( 1853 - 1856 ) , the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) was the first of four flynn - de havilland pairings to be inspired by actual historical characters and events . lest an unsuspecting viewer think he is witnessing a historical reenactment however , the film explicitly disavows any comparison to fact with the following prologue :

though the charge and the music share center place in the charge of the light brigade —a lesser account was filmed in 1968 with trevor howard and vanessa redgrave—there are , of course , other elements to be considered in this 1936 version . one is the script , which , like most scripts in the hollywood meat grinder of changes and shifting emphases , underwent a distinct departure from michel jacoby’s collection of ideas about the crimean war . with the recent success in 1934 of another movie set in india , paramount’s the lives of a bengal lancer , warners decided the charge at balaklava would be retained as the climax , but most of the film would contain other action , intrigue and a sizable love story , but centered in india .

clips of the charge sequence were included in the music video of iron maiden ' s " the trooper . "

a chronicle of events that led to the british involvement in the crimean war against russia and which led to the siege of sevastopol and the fierce battle of balaclava on october 25 , 1854 which climaxed with the heroic , but near - disastrous cavalry charge made by the british light brigade against a russian artillery battery in a small valley which resulted in the near - destruction of the brigade due to error of judgment and rash planning on part by the inept british commanders .

formally recommended the new film because it enabled the cinematographer to lower the lighting levels on the set . the film was used on several major 1931 and 1932 productions , notably

eastman cooperated with the trend by introducing in 1931 its super sensitive panchromatic , designed for use with incandescent light . two to three times as sensitive as earlier stocks , the new panchromatic could also soften light values . the

" the film received generally positive reviews but proved a box office bomb . "

onsidering that anything close to sophisticated film scoring hadn’t been around all that long , 1936 was a reasonably good music year for the movies . the clear , hands down winner of the best score oscar was erich wolfgang korngold for

i just watched it again - - i am now 83 . i was unhappy with it the first time because i wanted to see something accurate about the charge of the light brigade , not a made up tale . even the india part of the film was hash , although i did recognize some scraps of history in it . i can be a little kinder to the film now , errol flynn was braver and braver as we expected of him ! i think the charge scene is a bit overrated - - check it against the charge scene in the 1968 gb version - - you can hear the horses scream ! that ought to be enough reality for anyone ! i won ' t watch it again . errol flynn was the perfect robin hood - - that is the film i remember him for .

the battlefield set was lined with trip wires to trip the cavalry horses . dozens were killed during filming , forcing u . s . congress to ensure the safety of animals in motion pictures . the aspca banned trip wires from films as well . unlike the rest of flynn ' s blockbuster films , because of the use of trip wires and the number of horses killed in the film , " the charge of the light brigade " was never re - released by warner brothers .

crew : ( b & w ) available on vhs , dvd . extract of a review from 1936 . running time : 116 min .

unfortunately , the movie is probably best - known for the death of many animals . the admittedly impressive scene of the charge of the light brigade had such an effect because of the liberal use of tripwires , which caused the death of a disturbing number of horses . in fact , so many horses died that congress passed a law requiring the studios to ensure the safety of animals in their films , which led to the now - familiar notice at the end of films stating that no animals were harmed in the making of this film .

the swashbuckler captain blood ( 1935 ) had jump - started the careers of errol flynn , olivia de haviland and director michael curtiz . the charge of light brigade reunited them a year later , but sad to say , the movie lacks the same spark . set during the crimean war ( 1853 - 1856 ) , the movie also incorporates a fictionalized version of the indian rebellion of 1857 .

despite the movie’s happy ending , the real battle was a russian victory . the attack was due to a misunderstanding of an order delivered verbally , which caused the light brigade to attack the wrong part of the russian lines . moreover , the charge did not result in a victory , just a waste of men’s lives . shocked by the heavy losses , the british did not launch another attack . there is little excuse for the inaccurate portrayal , since lord raglan , overall commander of the british forces , lord lucan , commander of the british cavalry , and lord cardigan , commander of the light brigade , all survived the battle , and engaged in a lengthy and public debate over who was to blame , but the script presents a more gallant explanation of the doomed charge .

meanwhile , england is pouring men into the crimea to oppose the russian hordes . aware that surat khan had found refuge in russia , the british troops from india thirst for the opportunity to avenge their comrades and kill the treacherous swine . frustrated that the allied command will not risk a direct attack on the russian artillery at balaclava , even though surat khan is there , vickers deliberately alters the order , sending the light brigade to attack the russian artillery . the light brigade charges and the massacre is finally avenged .

the film ' s opening credits include a statement acknowledging the technical advice of captain e . rochfort - john , formerly of the royal engineers . the film played with historical fact , linking the charge to the fall of sebastopol , which occurred in 1855 , rather than at the climax of the crimean war . warner bros . ' production of

two at the sugar creek fight , and one in a charge along the road . 12 . . .

and it was because of the abuse of the horses used in the charge itself , and the damaging publicity , that the charge of the light brigade was not theatrically re - released as were most warner films at the time . the use of the “running w , ” as it was called , a tethered wire which forced the animals to buckle headfirst after traveling a predetermined distance , killed and injured many horses . in fact , one stuntman was killed in a freak accident when an upended lance pierced his chest .

finally , the 27th lancers are fictional as well . the 17th lancers , 8th and 11th hussars , and the 4th and 13th light dragoons made the real charge . a " 27th lancers " were not a part of the british army until 1941 .

he is quite dastardly in the film . the only thing missing is him twirling his mustache .

in the real charge confusion send the light cavalry into battle , which leads to a slaughter . in the film geoffrey is motivated by his hatred of surat khan who has staged a massacre of british men , women , and children . often oriental male royals are shown as deceitful in these films . g . vickers sacrifices his own life to kill surat khan at the end of the charge thus playing the gentleman to free his brother and ex - fiancé to love .

jack sullivan won the academy award for best assistant director for his work on the film , and the film was also nominated for the academy award for sound and the academy award for original music score .

the american humane association , which prohibits the use of animals killed for the purpose of film production , is investigating the incident .

petrine day mitchum writing in her book “hollywood hoofbeats : trails blazed across the silver screen” states , “not all early filmmakers had the knowledge or desire to protect horses from the hazards of the original running w , however . in fact , director michael curtiz was oblivious to the dangers in staging the action in an earlier errol flynn movie , the charge of the light brigade . the second unit director b . reeves “breezy” eason was largely responsible for the infamous charge sequence , for which adequate safety precautions simply were not taken . ”

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the war film is one of the great modes of cinematic expression . many war films have been lauded for their realism and their focus on the cruelties of war , as well as for their portraits of heroism . outstanding examples of the subgenre include formidable hollywood productions such as the charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) , the longest day ( 1962 ) , tora ! tora ! tora ! ( 1970 ) , glory ( 1989 ) , and saving private ryan ( 1998 ) , but also more subdued treatments of war and resistance such as roberto rossellini ' s ( 1906–1977 ) roma , città aperta ( rome , open city , also known as open city , 1945 ) and paisà ( paisan , 1946 ) .

( 1936 ) was staged primarily on a sound stage at paramount , where footage of six thousand indians and a cavalry regiment were added on two large screens at the rear , the gap between the two screens being hidden by a dead tree in the set . 42 the 1937 film

the film of the book : the movie is largely an adaptation of cecil woodham - smith ' s nonfiction book the reason why .

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after receiving vickers ' note , macefield takes responsibility for the charge and burns the note to protect vickers ' good name .

the movie depicts the circumstances surrounding the famous charge of the light brigade at the battle of balaclava ( october 25th , 1854 ) during the crimean war . its protagonist is captain louis nolan ( hemmings ) , a dashing young cavalry officer assigned to the 11th hussars . he immediately clashes with lord cardigan ( howard ) , the regiment ' s arrogant colonel , who fans a minor disagreement with nolan into a national scandal ( the " black bottle affair " ) . nolan also carries on an affair with clarissa ( redgrave ) , the wife of another officer . both men serve in the war , where cardigan leads the light brigade under division commander ( and hated brother - in - law ) lord lucan ( andrews ) . nolan , now an aide to commander - in - chief lord raglan ( gielgud ) , grows disgusted with mismanagement of the war and helps initiate the titular charge .

: cardigan ' s detailed protest to lucan , after being ordered to initiate the titular charge . lucan brushes him off .

spiritual successor : to the film tom jones , tony richardson ' s similarly satirical take on georgian england .

i haven’t seen this film or even the 1968 version – which is said to be more historically accurate .

anyway , a fine tribute and look back to a great film . have a great weekend ! page

guts . glory . revenge . honour . two brothers in love with the same girl . a tale based on alfred , lord tennyson’s classic poem of the battle of balaklava , the charge of the light brigade . errol flynn . what more could one ask for ? well , much better scripting , for one . more believable settings for another , and less melodrama . flynn , master swashbuckler , delivers as always in this film , but other than that , there wasn’t enough to make it a memorable one for me . into the trashcan ride these six hundred .

it’s been a long , long time since i watched this film , so i’ve forgotten the scene you mention - but when it comes to errol flynn’s acting , one film i’d highly recommend is the dawn patrol , with david niven . both he and niven are excellent in that , and the film itself is very good .

the original script used the real - life siege of a british fort at cawnpore ( and subsequent massacre of its survivors ) during the sepoy rebellion - - a nationwide mutiny of indian soldiers , called " sepoys " , in the british army - - as the reason for the famous charge of the light brigade at balaklava during the crimean war . however , shortly before the film was started , someone pointed out that the sepoy rebellion took place three years after the crimean war . the fort ' s name was hurriedly changed to chukoti , and instead of mutinous indian soldiers , the besiegers were changed to tribesmen of a fictitious warlord called surat khan .

only sane man : nolan . clarissa plays this role earlier in the film as the only character leery of war breaking out .

a good movie to remind you of the empire . i last watched this movie about 15 years ago and then forgot its name . i found it again in an erroll flynn special collectibles edition . not being a great fan of erroll flynn , i bought the stand alone movie - and i have not regretted the purchase . the movie begins in british india - in the northwest frontier provinces ( a place near the afghan border - where britain and russia vied for control in the 19th and 20th centuries ) . a british column ( the light brigade ) with women and children tasked with putting down local tribes is surrounded and slaughtered thanks to the treachery of the tribal leader hoping to find favor with russia . the men meet him again in balaklava during the crimean war - the rest is recorded in the immortal history of the charge of the light brigade .

it ' s all about revenge , much deserved revenge . it is a film in glorious black and white that details the famous charge of the light brigade just as it did not happen - well the charge happened but much of the story is just a story . we need stories like this . it is about good destroying evil . the bad guys are bad and deserve what they get . yes evil is black and good is white . it is clear that this film is from a time when heroes were not darker than their nemesis . the cast has some of the best stars ever to appear on camera . the acting is good acting and the charge is executed by a direct who was a former cavalry officer if i am not mistaken . it is a master piece in acting and directing . this is one of flynn ' s eight classic films and has nothing that would cause viewers to shade the eyes of anyone in the family . it does require us to ask what has happened to hollywood . this is the way movies should be made again . not remakes but new stories where white males and females have problems and conflicts without requiring them to disrobe or to perform senseless violence . yes there is violence here but is it really senseless ? not at all . this film should be viewed by families . film makers who have lost any sense of movie making should be challenged to create new films , about historical events that have good defeat evil and inspire the viewers to do great things . i am not holding my breath for anything like that to ever come about . fortunately i have charge of the light brigade to enjoy for years to come .

on my list of the talented couple i would have to sandwich charge in between dodge city and captain blood . does this even make sense ?

the action is fast and furious , which is appropriate , since this film depicts some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of world war ii .

of course , being steiner , he opens the main title of charge—here minus his own warners signature fanfare—with his first borrowing , “rule britannia , ” rousingly scored and entirely appropriate as the signature tune of imperial great britain , the ruler of the waves , that empire upon which the sun never sets , the nineteenth - century manifestation of parasitic colonialism . there is still time in the main title for steiner’s principal theme , “forward the light brigade , ” a march more jaunty than stirring , far from imperialistic , which is varied throughout the movie .

as the disclaimer reveals at the beginning of charge , history suffers grievously in this movie . most , if not all , of the actual historical names have been changed , and many so - called “real” characters are entirely made - up , most notably surat khan . there was no 27th lancers in the british army—at least not until 1941 ; several lancer brigades , not to mention some hungarian light dragoons , made the actual charge . the battle of balaklava , whose date is stated incorrectly in the film ( surely easy enough to get right ! ) , did not cause the fall of sevastopol as implied .

while such incidents occur only rarely on film and television sets now , two horses died during production of the 2006 movie flicka .

scenes from this film were used in the 1983 music video " the trooper " by heavy - metal band iron maiden .

as someone who had to memorize the poem during high school , i appreciate the decision to use the poem to explain what is happening during the charge .

during the climactic charge , the musical score includes several samples from russian composer pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky ' s " 1812 overture " - - written to commemorate an entirely different battle in a different war which , unlike the battle depicted in this film , russia won .

a lot of the reviews seem to focus on the issue of historical accuracy . i recognize this is a work of fiction and couldn ' t care less whether it ' s historically accurate or not , but if you create a movie called " the charge of the light brigade " , you should at least be creating a fiction based largely on the subject of the crimean war . instead , a fictional connection is made to india , which becomes the scene of 3 / 4 of the movie . if you want to see a fictional movie about the british in 19th century india , with a brief epilogue involving the charge , this may be the movie for you . don ' t expect to see much of the crimea in this movie , though .

shown their work : much of the dialogue and situations are taken directly from historical accounts . notably the exchange between cardigan , lucan and nolan just before the charge .

director michael curtiz went all out in this 1936 version of " the charge of the light brigade " , and considering the era , he made a darn good job of it - sure , he threw history out of the window , and created a very fictitious story , but when it came to the actual charge , it was a masterpiece of staging and direction . he was aided by that great pair - errol flynn and olivia de havilland ( lovely as usual ! ) who kept the interest all the way through . the supporting cast was really star - studded , with donald crisp , henry stephenson , nigel bruce and spring byington , and in a very early role in his career , david niven . if you had to pinpoint a weak link , it was patric knowles as flynn ' s brother . but all that aside , it is a couple of hours of excitement and sheer entertainment while waiting for the charge and what is going to happen to the nasty surat khan ! ! the remakes since , while having the benefits of far greater technical tools , falls way short of this epic .

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oh , and there’s a disclaimer at the end that all scenes involving animals were supervised by the american humane association . we’re used to seeing this now , but it was fairly new in the ’40s . after several horses were killed during the making of charge of the light brigade ( 1936 ) and jesse james ( 1939 ) , there were numerous audience protests , which led to supervision by american humane of most hollywood films involving animal performers . this said , i’d really like to see behind the scenes for the amazing sequence in which penny and jody hunt a bear , and their dogs attack it over and over . i guess the bear was just hugging the dogs before it tossed them safely away , but it looked pretty damned real to me .

another great michael curtiz film including the heroics of errol flynn , romance with havilland ( although this time flynn doesn ' t keep the girl ) , great battle scenes that curtiz was well - known for , the nasty villain , and a little bit of politics thrown in to remind the audience that the main event really took place albeit the characters in the film are fictional . although the dvd is not made of same material in which others used to be done , the film has the same pristine quality for a film of this period . the only drawback that it does not play with regular dvd / blu - ray players . i could see it by connecting my tv to the laptop . enjoyable film .

some months ago and being befuddled by it as it was only " very loosely based on the famous charge " and included much additional fiction .

the film was made to cash in on the success of “the lives of the bengal lancer” and was the film that secured one its stars “super star” status . that would be errol flynn . right from the end of the opening credits it declared that the filmmakers had not adhered to the facts of history . of course , this was not unusual in hollywood .

lots of galloping horses , not quite enough of anything else , though the climactic charge is a heart - quickening piece of cinema . it’s a shame all those horses and stuntmen died .

modern sources add the following information about the production : the production design was so accurate that actual postage stamps of the period were used even though they were not visible on screen , and the uniforms seen in the film were the same as those originally worn by the 27th dragoons . modern sources credit eason with direction of the charge scenes as well as other 2d unit work . alfred , lord tennyson ' s poem was the basis for a 1903 biograph film and a 1912 edison film directed by j . searle dawley and starring ben wilson and richard neill . in 1968 , director tony richardson made

this regiment was part of the famous black brigade which general smith at first refused to use in his charge on petersburg on june 15 , 1864 . general butler , commanding the corps , promptly ordered general smith to march on petersburg and storm her breastworks . general smith led the black phalanx in the charge , and for the courage , the heroism , the daring and skill displayed by the colored troops in that bloody fight , general smith remarked that he would lead men like those into any fight and rely upon their pluck .

design ) or by the variable - density method ( the western electric solution ) . this innovation increased the volume range of the recorded page 124 material by “pushing” the fundamental frequency and “pulling” overtones and equipment noise . 15 in addition , in 1936 ,

the association , which supervises film , television and commercials production , is behind the " no animals were harmed " disclaimer in the end credits .

for some reason i’ve always thought of the charge of the light brigade ( not the film or the poem , just the incident ) as a comical chapter in history – probably because of the way its referred to in shaw’s arms and the man . have you read it ? for some reason , the character of sergius saranoff – impossibly handsome , heroic - looking , tilting at windmills , but still becoming a hero , inspite of himself – has always seemed to me to be especially written with errol flynn in mind ! so , though i love his swashbucklers , its hard to take his onscreen tragedies completely seriously . that said , i’ve never seen him die onscreen , and will look out for this one just for the novelty value !

i saw _ charge of the light brigade _ shortly after seeing _ the patriot _ , mainly in order to compare the battlefield scenes . much could be written about the different possibilities open to the directors and the approaches taken . what interested me more , however , was the very different stance towards britain . recent american movies have been extremely prejudicial towards britain , either appropriating events in british history as american , or adopting an outright hostility . _ charge _ reflects a different era in which american viewers were apparently expect ed to be on the side of the british . i suspect the reason for this change derives from changes in american education . until roughly twenty years ago , most history departments in american colleges had two or three historians who concentrated on britain , and british history was a required subject . despite the revolutionary wars , the united states was seen in a very real sense as a " continuation " of britain . this has now changed , perhaps for the better . my point is that not only could a film like _ charge _ not be made today because of damage to the animals , but because hollywood would be incapable of seeing british history as does this film .

light brigade is a vicious satire of both the british class structure and military incompetence . it mixes often comic scenes of cardigan , lucan and raglan ' s ineptitude with violent battle scenes and anger at aristocratic bigotry . the movie is also noteworthy for animated sequences provided by richard williams . while the movie bombed in its original release , it ' s gained a strong critical reputation in subsequent decades .

during world war ii , director george stevens served as a lieutenant colonel in charge of combat photography . he filmed d - day , the battle of the bulge , the liberation of paris , and the horrors of the concentration camps .

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we are struggling together : given how poorly most of the british high command get along with each other , the film ' s ending is hardly surprising .

errol flynn lives up to the promise of previous film efforts as the youthful major who sacrifices all to avenge the slaughter of his comrades . donald crisp is strong in the character portrayal of the colonel .

charge is one of only two of the nine flynn / de havilland films in which he dies , the other being they died with their boots on . in his first film since captain blood , the actor is supremely more self - assured , more charming , more romantic , a better actor , though there was nothing seriously wrong with flynn’s performance in that pirate movie ; his persona there seems to match the less sophisticated trappings of the film itself . in charge , his british accent fits perfectly in time and place , while nine films later , although it would seem anachronistic in the western dodge city , no one seemed to mind .

darryl f . zanuck ' s ( 1902–1979 ) the longest day initiated what has become a historical film staple of combat spectaculars . the combination of extraordinary realism in the battle scenes and exceptional attentiveness to the small dramas unfolding among the individual soldiers provided the model for many films to come , among them apocalypse now and saving private ryan . the film also set a new standard for authenticity in the historical genre , in some scenes replicating the normandy invasion so closely that stills taken from the shooting of the film


young adult is a 2011 american comedy-drama film directed by jason reitman , from a screenplay written by diablo cody , and starring charlize theron .

reitman and cody worked together previously on juno ( 2007 ) .

young adult began a limited release on december 9 , 2011 , before expanding to a wide release on december 16 .

it received generally positive reviews .

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young adult ( film ) <EOT> young adult may be the year ' s most engaging feel - bad movie .

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the cast of jason reitman ’s new film young adult has been selected to receive the vanguard award , which recognizes an outstanding creative ensemble , at the 23rd annual palm springs international film festival .

coolly truculent … charlize theron in young adult . photograph : photo credit : phillip v . caruso

matched their precursors’ success rates . as the first young adult book series in america to achieve a

charlize theron is riveting in a mouthwateringly sour anti - romantic comedy young adult , finds robbie collin .

two australian writers have signed a deal with brad pitt ' s movie production company to turn their best - selling young adult science fiction thriller into a major hollywood film .

young adult reunites reitman with juno scribe diablo cody , and stars charlize theron , patrick wilson and patton oswalt .

we spoke separately with theron , cody and reitman as they each described how they committed young adult - ery .

“young adult” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . harsh language , bad sex , unpleasant situations — grown - up stuff , in other words .

young adult shows us that recessions can be emotional as well as financial , and even erotic capital isn’t safe from the slump .

487 pp . katherine tegen books / harpercollins publishers . $ 17 . 99 . ( young adult ; ages 14 and up )

the heroine in “juno” was briefly dazzled by jason bateman’s cool , not - nice guy , but she eventually found her way back to the sweet loser played by michael cera . that was impeccable young adult logic , but “young adult” itself is a little more complicated , and much harsher .

as good as theron and oswalt are , and they ' re very good , young adult doesn ' t give them enough room to breathe .

paramount will launch jason reitman ' s young adult in a limited run on dec . 9 , followed by a nationwide bow on dec . 16 .

what do you guys think ? did we leave out a reason why you think young adult craze is seemingly over ? let us know in the comments .

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jason reitman ' s new film selected to receive the fest ' s vanguard award .

this review was originally published on september 11 , during the toronto international film festival .

1 i analysed tris as a young adult dystopian heroine in a paper that was presented at the sf / f now conference at warwick university , 22 august 2014 .

fji : talking about young - adult novels : diablo , in 2009 , you were going to write and produce an adaptation of " sweet valley high " for universal .

hintz , carrie . “monica hughes , lois lowry , and young adult dystopias . ” the lion and the unicorn 26 . 2 ( 2002 ) : 254 - 264 .

five years ago , young adult book adaptations were all the rage in hollywood . but in 2016 , the ones that remain may be the last of a dying breed .

the studio is using the same release pattern for young adult - - a likely awards contender - - it employed with the fighter last year . that film opened on the same weekend in four theaters , expanding into a total of 2 , 503 locations the next weekend .

charlize theron tries to steal her bland , nice - guy old flame from his wife in " young adult , " opening dec . 9 in manhattan and going wide next week .

anna silver discusses the reasons why young adult literature about adolescence and a young person’s formation of identity sells so well . “during this luminal time , most adolescents prepare to leave the home and take on the increased responsibilities of adulthood . . . . young adult literature , whether realistic or fantastic , engages with these issues of identity” ( 123 ) . such an identification process is fuelled by empathy and , as keen affirms , “empathy sells books” ( 105 ) .

, in its serialized version , is about the emotions of relating , and its young adult protagonists tell us stories of love and anger—those same emotions associated with relationships . keith oatley observes in

reitman and cody have worked together before on juno , an oscar - winning comedy - drama in which pregnancy turns a coolly insouciant teenager into a mature young woman . from a similar jumping - off point , young adult pounces , cougar - like , in an entirely different direction .

westerfeld , scott . " breaking down the ' system ' . " the dark side of young adult fiction . the new york times . 27 december 2010 . 16 march 2014 . < urltoken > .

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independent film and tv producer komixx entertainment has optioned worldwide screen rights to the “ cherub ” series of young adult spy novels . the london - based production company , which has offices in l . a . and australia and studio facilities in northern england , will develop a drama series based on the 18 - book series .

box office mojo . " young - adult book adaptations : adaptations of books aimed at 10 - 17 year - olds . " box office mojo . 23 october 2014 . 24 october 2014 . < urltoken > .

are presented as positively involved in what is happening to their children precludes a youth - culture story of the kind favored by authors of young adult pop fiction . lev grossman interprets meyer’s beliefs as a mormon in his

forget what the poster and name imply about the film and the fact that it comes from the duo behind the sweet and quirky juno . . . it ' s a painfully realistic film that manages to be pretty funny nonetheless .

2 a dissimilar dystopian aesthetic is established in the film’s sequel , insurgent ( 2015 ) . in this film , chicago is coded as the city of post - apocalyptic science fiction . i discussed insurgent with the maze runner in the paper , “moving mazes : genre , hero and place in young adult dystopian cinema” . this was given at the conference brave new worlds : the dystopic in modern & contemporary culture at newcastle university , 30th april 2015 .

vi diane sheets insists in this same article that there is a pronounced gender gap in reading habits , in which girls read far more than boys which would explain this series “phenomenal success” despite “its calculated decision to forsake half the young adult audience in order to present the fevered consciousness of one hormonal young woman” ( 3 ) .

and yet mavis can look at him and complain , without irony , about how much she has suffered in her life . her cruelty and self - pity are downright shocking . if ms . theron hadn’t already appeared in a film called “monster” ( for which she won an oscar ) , that title might suit “young adult” just as well .

the deal caps off an incredible four weeks for the melbourne authors in which their novel debuted on the new york times ' young adult hardcover bestseller list and raced to number three soon after its international release on october 20 .

the double - meaning title of young adult —the new paramount comedy - drama re - teaming diablo cody and jason reitman , the writer and director , respectively , of oscar - script sleeper juno —refers both to the literary niche of novels aimed at teenagers and to mavis gary ( charlize theron ) , who in our present world of maturity - challenged baby - men and apatow avatars is a woman who , at 37 , is still a young adult .

asked if the film would be a star vehicle for brad pitt , kaufman said : " a girl can hope . "

these bookish flare - ups have been particularly numerous in the past few months : 2014 has been a big year for people with a lot of feelings about young adult literature . in the us , there was the “greenlit” controversy , when

after i left the screening of " young adult , " my thoughts were mixed . with " thank you for smoking , " " juno " and " up in the air , " jason reitman has an incredible track record . those films were all so rewarding . the character of mavis makes " young adult " tricky to process . as i absorbed it , i realized what a fearless character study it is . that sometimes it ' s funny doesn ' t hurt .

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the adaptation : disney pounced and acquired the film rights when this book came out back in 2015 . prometheus producer michael costigan was said to be in talks to produce the film , but we haven ' t gotten much movement on this one lately .

but nothing appears to cause more anxiety than the question of who , exactly , should be reading these books . is it because in reality , the majority of young - adult readers are not particularly young ? a widely - reported 2012 study found that in the us , more than half of ya books were being purchased by people over 18 – and

academy award - winning actress charlize theron discusses her attraction to roles that ' scare ' her and her new dark comedy , " young adult , " in theaters dec . 9 . ( nov . 28 , 2011 ) photo credit : ap

the impossibilities of mavis ' behavior in " young adult " require some sort of cushioning , and the film wisely provides the character of matt freehauf , played by the comedian patton oswalt . matt and mavis had nothing to do with each other in high school . " i remember you ! " mavis now tells him . " you ' re the hate crime guy ! "

independent film and tv producer komixx entertainment has optioned worldwide screen rights to the “cherub” series of young adult spy novels . the london - based production company , which has offices in l . a . and australia and studio facilities in northern england , will develop a drama series based on the 18 - book series . created by british author robert muchamore , the [ … ]

to occur when it is drawn out into a serialized version . for instance , the young adult reader identifies with bella to the extent that he / she feels her pain , confusion and affection—and wants to buy the next book in the series .

' young adult " did location shooting in minnesota , where the film takes place , but subbing for the fictional town of mercury were white plains , nanuet , new city , tappan , ardsley and port chester , upstate , and both garden city and massapequa park here on long island . ( there were also a few days on a soundstage at jc studios in brooklyn . )

the problem with people who think they’ve grown up without growing old is that they’ve invariably done the opposite . young adult , a mouthwateringly sour anti - romantic comedy directed by jason reitman and written by diablo cody , is about a particularly nasty case .

divergent is successful in remediating dystopia for a young demographic . there is a dynamic tension in the novel between the heroine , the valorisation of classification , the psychological motif of divergence , self - development , and dystopian location . this tension is visualised through a reworking of conventional dystopian cinematic space . divergent ’ s youth - oriented production design , extending to related transmedia and the commercial intertext is part of its appeal , supporting the key portrayal of tris and her journey . the film shares motifs with other young adult dystopian films , including selection and game - oriented adventure . these are central to the hunger games , but young adult dystopian cinema may organise such motifs to more play - oriented effect than in the latter franchise . divergent’s rendering of dystopia , like that of other young adult dystopian adaptations , is separate from the source novels and from canonic dystopian and science fiction cinema , yet it draws on all of these . this is not a simulated dystopia , but a repurposed one , with its own heroic configuration .

“‘cherub’ stands alone as an internationally successful and globally loved series , ” said andrew cole - bulgin , group chief creative officer and head of film and tv for komixx entertainment . “it’s a fantastic opportunity to take on an exciting and gritty thriller series that has already been breaking taboos for young - adult literature , and create a dynamic new drama series for this thrill - seeking generation . ”

tedman , a . “moving mazes : genre , hero and place in young adult dystopian cinema” . brave new worlds : the dystopic in modern & contemporary culture , 29th - 30th april 2015 , newcastle university , newcastle , uk . unpublished conference paper 2015 .

komixx’s roster of young - adult productions already includes a feature adaptation of welsh teen author beth reekles’ “the kissing booth” for netflix . the company is also developing a thriller series based on simon mayo’s “itch” books and an adaptation of “the winter horses” by phillip kerr .

at 16 – and who would read it again today in a heartbeat . i , who continue to read young adult literature , who just this year fell in love with a novel about a girl who is , on a fannish level , me : rainbow rowell’s

somehow , the film is very enjoyable - - most likely because it has cody ' s sense of humor and celebration of human shortcomings .

they must have closed their eyes and crossed their fingers while they were making this film . it breaks with form , doesn ' t follow our expectations , and is about a heroine we like less at the end than at the beginning . there are countless movies about queen bitches in high school , but " young adult " has its revenge by showing how miserable they can be when they ' re pushing 40 .

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was a franchise that didn’t earn favorable reviews for any of its entries , but the dedicated fan base drove the film series to great success .

young tk . the health of native americans : toward a biocultural epidemiology . new york , ny : oxford university press ; 1994 .

looking at the documentary selections , i was at first disappointed not to see senna included , but it is possible the film wasn’t eligible for consideration .

fresh off the heels of his final performance in the broadway juggernaut hamilton , fast rapper and actor daveed diggs seems to be parlaying his theatrical success into sustainable longevity on film . according to the hollywood reporter , diggs , who earned a tony award for his portrayal of thomas jefferson and marquis de lafayette , will be joining the cast of wonder , an adaptation of the best - selling young adult novel by r . j . palacio .

“what is more bittersweet than realizing that your glory days , particularly those in high school , when everything was possible , may truly be a thing of the past , ” festival chairman harold matzner said in announcing the honor . “in young adult , a writer of teen literature gets a major reality check when her plan to reclaim a former high school sweetheart goes awry , but leads her to forge an unlikely bond with a former classmate who is similarly time warp - challenged . young adult ( is ) a truly unique and utterly enjoyable film . the filmmakers and cast represent the some of the best and most exciting filmmaking work of the year and have delivered a biting black comedy as deeply poignant as it is funny . ”

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

while the underlying concept of the series is the examination of a big social experiment , this gets lost in the film . extremely lackluster fare , overall .

one of young adult’s greatest strengths is that , even on the few occasions when it does go where you expect , it goes there via an unexpected detour : without revealing too much , there’s a sex scene that one member of this cast will have never dreamed would end up on their cv .

kaufman and kristof are already two of australia ' s biggest exports in the field of young adult fiction . kaufman is the co - author of the starbound trilogy , currently in development at mgm television , and has just sold her own middle grade fantasy - adventure trilogy , due for release in 2018 .

- century heroine moving in and out of a world of supernatural misfits of which she feels a part . for a young reader , the theme of

in a supernatural guise . such a scenario attracts those young adult readers for whom the real world seems “too dismal , too drab , too dull , and too dead , then virtual reality as imagined in a fictional universe provides the tantalizing possibility of empowerment , free choice , and opportunity . ” the critic notes that

hit theaters , anticipation was so low it ended up as the lowest grossing film in the series — not something often seen in the final entries in film series . some books can be broken up into two parts , but other shouldn’t , especially when that decision is driven more by financial game and has nothing to do with storytelling .

as much as we live in an age of the superhero blockbuster film , we’re also witnessing an unprecedented amount of film adaptations of young adult novels . last year alone saw , among others , the commercially successful screen adaptations of john green’s the fault in our stars , suzanne collins’ mockingjay ( the final installment of the hunger games trilogy , which has been split into two films ) , veronica roth’s divergent , and james dashner’s the maze runner . these titles are perhaps the most recognizable , but are just a sampling of the plethora of ya adaptations out there , which extend into the world of television with shows such as pretty little liars and the 100 .

the charlize theron dark comedy young adult opened wide this past weekend , but the release was sort of a hedged bet : unlike the slowwww , months - long expansion of the descendants , paramount pushed young adult into nearly a thousand theaters after teasing it in just eight last week . the box - office results were inconclusive , but for those of us who ' ve seen it , this spiky reteaming of director jason reitman and screenwriter diablo cody still gave us plenty to talk about afterward . let ' s stuff our yippy little dogs in our purses and convene a meeting of the monday movie club , but beware : there will be spoilers .

urltoken - click to subscribe ! urltoken - become a fan ! urltoken - follow us ! young adult hits theaters on december 16th , 2011 . cast : charlize theron , patton oswalt , patrick wilson , elizabeth reaser academy award winner charlize theron plays mavis gary , a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart ( patrick wilson ) . when returning home proves more difficult than she thought , mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate ( patton oswalt ) who hasn ' t quite gotten over high school , either . young adult trailer courtesy paramount pictures .

theron : i didn ' t grow up with young - adult books . wish i did . i can ' t imagine being a teenager [ today ] and not reading that stuff . it ' s so geared toward that kind of mindset , it ' s amazing . no 16 - year - old should be reading bukowski .

there’s an odd line in roger ebert’s otherwise mostly astute review of young adult , the new movie written by diablo cody , directed by jason reitman , and starring charlize theron as mavis gary , a ya - fiction writer who goes back to her hometown to seduce her high school boyfriend away from his wife and new baby . ebert points out , rightly , that mavis is an alcoholic , then claims that “civilians ( and some of the critics writing about this film ) are slow to recognize alcoholism . ”

the film , divergent constructs a pleasurable aesthetics of dystopian categorisation . in adult dystopian fiction such as orwell’s canonical 1984 , the categorisation of the individual within society is visualised as part of a totalitarian nightmare . threatening regimes are often found in young adult fiction , mitigated by teenage trust and bonding , but in the novel of divergent there is no perceptible totalitarian authority . tris accepts the faction system , although she is aware that ‘faction customs…supersede individual preference’ ( roth , divergent 9 ) . roth has spoken in interviews of her initial pleasure in the “personal . . . world - building” of the faction system , influenced by personality tests , and by the giver and the harry potter novels :

the story follows a young adult author ( theron ) who returns to her hometown in the hopes of reclaiming her happy youth - - and her now - married high school sweetheart ( wilson . ) . but her plan doesn ' t go so well , and she soon forms an unusual bond with another former classmate ( oswalt ) .

fisher , mark . “precarious dystopias : the hunger games , in time , and never let me go . ” film quarterly 65 . 4 ( 2012 ) : 27 - 33 .

what warrants an in - depth study of this paranormal , traditional romance , however , is the role that the adolescent or young adult reader played in converting it into a cross - cultural phenomenon . an analysis of the role of empathy in meyer’ narrative provides a better understanding of how this author has been able to make an old story look new :

that ' s even how she intended it . " it ' s midwestern humor , " explains cody , who grew up in illinois and , like mavis , was a young adult in minneapolis . when told of the screening audience ' s reaction , she thought about it for a moment and then realized , " that line is kind of horrifying . "

reitman : i have a film i ' m going to be making next year called labor day and it got pushed and a window opened up and i had the opportunity to make this .

power , aidan . ”panic on the streets of london . tourism and british dystopian cinema . ” science fiction film and television . 7 . 1 . ( 2014 ) : 77 - 98 .

* please note * applicants who live in san francisco and are between the ages of 18 - 25 will be given priority . check the box below to certify that you have read your application and are ready to submit . thank you for applying to participate in baycat young adult workshops ! a baycat team member will contact you via email to confirm your workshop date .

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finally , we meet chiron as a young adult , played with remarkable subtlety by trevante rhodes . kevin ( now played by andré holland of “the knick” ) reaches out to a very - different chiron , and the film’s themes coalesce in a surprisingly emotionally resonant way without monologues or heavy - handed melodrama . in a sense , “moonlight” is a coming - of - age story about a boy often overlooked by society , that little kid not cool enough to hang with the bigger ones and without the support of a family to keep him from simply disappearing into the night .

cast members from the film including charlize theron and patton oswalt , director jason reitman and screenwriter diablo cody are expected to attend the awards gala on jan . 7 at the palm springs convention center .

film has a rotten tomatoes rating of 40 % . that franchise is fading quicker than it arrived . taking a look at the multitude of ya movies - beautiful creatures , the 5th wave , the maze runner , i am number four - only one film gets out of the 40s in rating , and most are rated lower than 30 % . if the movie isn’t well adapted , then the movie ends up losing the fans that have read the books . nobody wants to pay money to see a bad film , and the paralleling decline in critical reception and box office decline isn’t a coincidence .

specifically . parks’s comment might have been a throwaway line , but it’s not an outlier . something curious has been happening in the book world recently : a whole lot of adults appear to suddenly have a whole lot of opinions about young adult literature ( ya ) – and a desperate need to express them . ( yes , i’m well aware of the irony here : i am

a tart , abrasive character study of a seriously messed up writer who pens a twisted new episode to her own life , the pungent young adult feels like a chapter in what by rights should be a longer film or novel . as if deliberately setting out to make something less warm and friendly than his genial first three features , jason reitman reunites here with his juno cohort diablo cody on a smartly observed , well acted but narrowly conceived story about a deluded author of teen novels who plots to win back her high school boyfriend , who ' s now a happily married dad .

let ' s discuss the nineties alt - rock soundtrack . teenage fanclub ! suicidal tendencies ! young adult has a very specific mixtape sensibility , and while it does include the easy layup of " what ' s up " by 4 non blondes , it ' s nice to revisit the nineties through a soundtrack that has more to offer than just " remember semisonic ? remember spin doctors ? "

one of the incidental pleasures of “young adult” is its specific sense of generational identity . the logos of bands like black flag , the breeders and — of course , this being minnesota — the replacements serve as tokens of belonging and signifiers of nostalgia . on the road from minneapolis to mercury , mavis plays an old mixtape ( an actual cassette , by the way ) from buddy , fixating on “the concept” by teenage fanclub , which serves as the film’s ambiguous anthem . it evokes warm and affectionate memories , but also , in her case , the pathological inability to let go of the past .

daveed’s inclusion rounds out a cast that includes julia roberts , owen wilson and jacob tremblay , the young actor who captured critics’ attention with his performance in room . tremblay will play auggie pullman , a young boy born with a facial deformity who experiences bullying as he begins life as a fifth - grader at a private elementary school . diggs is set to portray auggie’s teacher .

as well as sequels , remakes , and comic book adaptations , there’s one kind of movie you can feel fairly sure is going to keep popping up at a cinema near you : young adult adaptations . stories about teenagers are still doing big business in the book trade , and thanks to harry potter , twilight , and the hunger games , hollywood is convinced of the genre’s appeal , too .

were both well received ( for the most part ) and still hold up remarkably well years after the films ended . but those are the big ya franchises , and not every film can stand negative reviews .

jenkins and his technical team shoot miami in a way that we don’t often see , using their setting brilliantly , especially the way that the water and the beach around it can feel like a break from the troubles of the real world . but " moonlight " is a film about faces . chiron’s eyes say so much that this young man has not been taught how to express . he is young , black , gay , poor , and largely friendless—the kind of person who feels like he could literally vanish from being so unseen by the world . during one of the film’s many memorable dialogue exchanges ( written by jenkins , adapted from a play by tarell mccraney ) , chiron speaks of crying so much in his life that he feels like he could simply turn to liquid and roll into the ocean .

created by british author robert muchamore , the “ cherub ” books are a young - adult thriller series , first published in 2004 , which have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into 25 languages . they follow the undercover missions of a team of teenage secret agents who work for a special division of the british security service known as “cherub , ” operating under the radar of adults .

creenwriter diablo cody ' s first film , juno , was full of scared teenagers who talked like thirtysomethings ; this new one is full of scared thirtysomethings who talk like teenagers . again , cody has worked with director

with the decline of the divergent series , the ya film adaptation franchise may be a bit past its harry potter heyday — we ' ll have to wait and see — but there are always ya novels in development .

charlize theron plays the irresistibly unpleasant mavis gary , an attractive single woman in her mid - thirties whose juvenile , self - involved mindset has served her well in a career writing novels for the young adult market . mavis lives by herself in the city ( in this case , minneapolis ) , drinks diet coke for breakfast and bourbon for dinner , and owns a gonkish little dog called – what else ? – dolce .

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franchise potential : rowell has mentioned wanting to maybe return to those characters one day , but no , it’s a standalone story at the moment . rowell ' s other novels fangirl and carry on seem ripe for film adaptation .

it’s no great mystery why hollywood keeps looking for material in the young - adult section of barnes & noble . when a ya series hits , it hits big . but for every harry potter , katniss everdeen , or bella swan , there are five alex riders ; not every kid - or teen - lit character makes a profitable leap from page to screen . below , we’ve singled out 21 movies , all based on popular book series for young readers , that failed to inspire a corresponding hit movie franchise . narnia , which made it to three films , is exempt . percy jackson , which somehow limped to two , is not .

is a surprisingly potent and insightful dramedy , all the more effective for its understated nature and its off - the - cuff black comedy construction . the film continues diablo cody ' s exploration of how women are treated ( both by men and by other women ) , and how the superficial societal standards of feminine success makes all women eventually feel like failures . it will be interesting to see how the film is received in an era where female - centric franchises (

letty aronson ( midnight in paris ) , a top contender for the best picture oscar , was presented with the hollywood producer award by her film ' s star owen wilson . the reception that both of them - - and the clip of their film - - received from the audience only enhances my current suspicion that it will wind up as one of this year ' s best picture nominees even if there are only five films that make the cut in the category .

speaking of weird , the film rights to this book were picked up by fickle fish films . that’s stephenie meyer’s production company . yes , that stephenie meyer . this movie is going ahead , with den of geek favorite cameron monaghan (

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the search for the next great franchise never ends in hollywood . currently , the big fad is comic book movies , but book adaptations will always be library from which studios can adapt material . everything changed for book adaptations in the early 2000s when harry potter took the world by storm with its massive success and trail blazed the path for future young adult books to be turned into movies . this set the tone for what is being reaped now .

eloved mystery novel to the big screen , there is always room for new movies in theaters . this idea , though , does not apply to ya adaptations . simply put , they follow the same tropes and can be closely associated with others with the genre . how many chosen one stories can be told , or love triangles become interesting ? this brings about the main issue with the declining interest in the young adult craze : the novelty is gone .

of course : the vague sense of outrage some people seemed to feel when adults flocked to it – made worse when the publishers had the gall to reprint them with “adult” covers . it was the endless mocking that “paranormal romance” has received since

- century young adult pop fiction . meyer avoids explicit sex or violence , and instead weaves a thrilling supernatural tale that sheds light on very traditional relationships amongst the attractive characters . commitment , sustained by will power and sacrifice , is the essence of meyer’s literary universe . if packaged differently , such an old - fashioned message may have fallen flat in terms of reader response . the involvement and believability of the supernatural misfits give a new twist to the romance narrative paradigm .

the film jumps to chiron as a teenager , dealing with more intense bullying and questions about sexuality . these are the years in which everyone claims to be sleeping around and a young man like chiron ( now played by ashton sanders ) struggles to find himself , especially now that all semblance of a normal home life is gone . he literally has nothing , and it takes kindness from his friend kevin ( played by jharrel jerome at this age ) to bring him comfort . but even that is turned in a time , place and age in which compassion is sorely lacking , when young men believe that violence is the answer to what will make them feel better or allow them to fit in .

young adult dystopian cinema’s emphasis on subjectivity and shared visions of other environments can offset hostile dystopian narrative spaces in which the hero is forced back onto her or his own resources . in divergent , simulated environments forward the romance narrative as they enable tris to share four’s fear landscape . in how i live now , a film that jonathan romney aptly places in a tradition of “apocalyptic british ruralism” , american teenager daisy falls in love with her english cousin eddie before war separates them . in the novel , daisy has a telepathic sense of eddie’s presence if she is in “a certain state of mind” ( rosoff 96 ) . the film puts this into visual terms , first in an utopian , idyllic vision of eddie in the garden in which he tells daisy ‘i’m home’ before the image fades to white , and later in an abject vision of eddie buried in the earth , and calling ‘help me ! ’ . these visions give powerful impetus to her desire to return home to him .

the book : in the future , an evil corporate dictatorship controls everything –but a young woman with clairvoyant powers might be about to change that . if she can avoid the criminal underworld and inter - dimensional beings , that is .

when all five honorees in attendance gathered together on the stage , they were asked which film or performance other than their own they really loved this season . woodley championed beginners ( " i wish it never ended " ) ; serkis hailed tyrannosaur ( " one of the most powerful movies i ' ve ever seen " ) ; oswalt recommended martha marcy may marlene ( and particularly john hawkes performance ) ; bichir talked up a separation ( " a wonderful film . . . well - written " ) ; and mara demurred .

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the book : in a world where only young people can see and defeat ghosts , demons , and other assorted spooks , a team of teen exorcists heads to a legendarily haunted house to try to solve the mystery of the screaming staircase .

i couldn’t help imagining this world as i read “divergent , ” the first in a planned trilogy of young adult novels set in a dystopian future and written by veronica roth , who sold the book in a major pre - emptive bid before she even graduated from northwestern last year . with “divergent , ” roth adds to a genre that has crossed over from having a vague cultural moment to being a full - bore trend , much of it driven by the wild success of suzanne collins’s “hunger games” trilogy .

in the film but not in the novel , tris’s aptitude test begins with a simulated hall of mirrors . in roth’s novel , mirrors are used naturalistically to illustrate selflessness or personal alteration , since abnegation’s rules specify that tris may look at herself only when her hair is cut . reflections are deliberately used throughout the film as a motif of identity and to create identification . the mirror sim intentionally furthers burger’s experimentation on the 2011 film limitless , with “psychotropic visual effects , using mirrors and infinity reflections” to convey mental states ( burger ) . in this visual effects sequence by method studio , tris circles herself as the camera moves 360 degrees , while she is replicated into infinity , then addressed by a simulacrum that asks her to choose . the visual effects supervisor for method studios , matt dessero , explains that :

the protagonist of “moonlight” reflects the conflicted and fluid masculinity of young african - american men in the united states , even in just the way he’s presented . the film is divided into three chapters—“little , ” “chiron” and “black”—the three names used to refer to the same person that we follow from childhood through adolescence to adulthood . he’s a boy and then a man who has trouble figuring out his place in the world , which is also articulated by the character being played by three separate , all - remarkable actors .

emmanuel lubezki ( the tree of life ) , who is a top contender for the best cinematography oscar , was presented with the hollywood cinematographer award by ben affleck , one of the stars of the untitled terrence malick film that lubezki is editing . affleck , sporting a beard , sung lubezki ' s praises and emphasized that much of his best work didn ' t even make it into the highlight reel that preceded his introduction . lubezki profusely thanked affleck for coming to present him with the award despite being in the midst of shooting a film .

a very depressing and horrible film , which has some how drawn me and involved me into it ' s world . mavis is such a horrible , uncaring and unchanging character , but something makes me love her and hope that she ' ll sort herself out one day .

stephen mirrione ( the ides of march ) , who is a top contender for the best film editing oscar , was presented with the hollywood film editor award by george clooney , who has had him edit three of the four films he has directed - - good night , and good luck , leatherheads , and ides - - and several other films in which he has starred , which clooney joked about : " he edited oceans 11 , 12 , and 13 . he actually completely edited out 14 - - he did that for you guys ! "

deftly done in every respect , this paramount release , which oddly bypassed the fall festival circuit , is much closer in feel to an indie - style film than to a major studio production , making it a curious choice for a christmas launch . okay commercial results look likely .

an amazing little movie with a streep - wise performance by theron—who impossibly , impeccably , gives her character humanity— young adult cost a modest $ 12 million to make and was shot in 30 days . like the wrestler or crazy heart or even reitman ' s own up in the air , it ' s one of those small end - of - year films that , rightfully , charms audiences and academy voters alike . ok , maybe we ' re kvelling —but how many movies with such a distinctly midwestern milieu make you kvell ?

on friday evening , six actors were honored with virtuoso awards at santa barbara ' s historic arlington theatre as part of 27th annual santa barbara international film festival . three will soon be heading to the oscars and three will not be . from the former category were best actor nominee demian bichir ( a better life ) , best actress nominee rooney mara ( the girl with the dragon tattoo ) , and best supporting actress nominee melissa mccarthy ( bridesmaids ) , and from the latter category were patton oswalt ( young adult ) , andy serkis ( rise of the planet of the apes ) , and shailene woodley ( the descendants ) . all were in attendance except for mccarthy , who apparently came down with a case of laryngitis . the other five were separately and then collectively interviewed by moderator dave karger of entertainment weekly .

indeed , emotions are , in effect , the reader’s way of acknowledging neediness and lack of self - sufficiency . a literary work becomes an “optical instrument” ( nussbaum uses proust’s’ own metaphor to explain how the reader focuses on certain personal realities ) , and depending on one’s circumstances , one will have a corresponding range of emotions toward the characters in the story being read ( 22 ) . the adolescent and young adult buyers and readers of fantasy romances react to the sense of life conveyed in the text and share it through an empathic process .

budgeted at a microscopic $ 12 million , says reitman , and shot in 30 days , " young adult " began as a spec script - - one not written as a paid assignment . " i had been asked repeatedly , " cody says , " why i wrote about teenagers so much , " what with the protagonists of " juno " ( 2007 ) and " jennifer ' s body " ( 2009 ) . " and i always had a pat answer . but as time went on i started to think , ' why do i ? am i having problems growing up , that i need to live vicariously through these young characters ? ' " she started writing , " projecting my own fears onto mavis , and then she just started to grow into a dark manifestation of the worst person i could be . "

imagine the publishing world as it might look in a dystopian universe in the distant future . in this world , college english majors — call them “englies” — aspire to write only one kind of book : the dystopian young adult novel set in the distant future . ( englies of a certain status are permitted to write about dystopias populated by vampires . ) another subset of the population — “the fans” — provides a kind of slave labor , posting endlessly to dedicated blogs and recording podcasts , providing free marketing for an unceasing succession of aspiring best - seller trilogies .

fji : let ' s talk about how the film came together . diablo , you ' ve said mavis is partly based on you . she lives in minneapolis , as you did for a time , so what part of you is she based on besides the living - in - minneapolis part ?

franchise potential : there are four books , disney’s got the rights to all of ‘em , and reportedly production has already begun on the second movie ( though we’ve been here before with the mortal instruments , so if the first film doesn’t do well , that second movie might not actually happen ) .

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divergent makes dystopia both recognisable and appealing to its intended demographic , through its use of style . orange is used intentionally to create warmth in the mise - en - scene at the start of initiation , while an added scene of the initiates’ crowd - surfing is both communal and intimate ( burger ) . by visually connoting the emotional warmth of the groups that share these communal quarters , young adult adaptations transform such spaces into a referent for the narrative trope that has been noted in the novels , whereby the teen protagonists adopt new communities rather than leaving home . by the end of divergent , the viewer is intended to have invested in tris’s desire to succeed within this faction , and with the characters . the film positions its audience to feel loss rather than freedom as the faction and its defences break down , symbolised spatially by jeanine’s attack on abnegation from inside dauntless headquarters .

book or two , and you’re convinced that there is something shallow that is inherent to the young adult novel – to the sort of book that might “as easily be enjoyed by a child” . perhaps you , for some reason i can’t explain or even really understand , might get upset to see many of your peers so enthusiastically engaging with these books . ( at the expense of books you love ? i don’t even know . ) if you aren’t the type to dismiss and diminish ( and write think - pieces about it ) , you might genuinely wonder what you’re missing .

the adaptation : lionsgate bought the rights in 2011 , presumably with an eye to launching a new ya film series when the hunger games wraps up . since then , the movie has seen some major movement . doug liman ( edge of tomorrow ) is directing with tom holland and daisy ridley to star .

cody : this common question i would get at q & as or press junkets or what - have - you was : " why are you so fixated on [ movies about ] adolescents ? " [ i began wondering : ] am i stunted somehow ? and so as i thought about my own life , i thought , " gosh , that would be a great character—a woman in her 30s who writes young - adult fiction and does in fact cling to deluded teenage fantasies in her real life , and is obsessed with recreating her teenage years come hell or high water . "