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Anthony McCarten General Fiction 368 pages Published by Diogenes as Licht March 2017 Original title: Brilliance World rights are handled by Diogenes (except English rights)

Movie adaptations

2019: The Two Popes Director: Fernando Meirelles Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Cast: , , Juan Minujín

2011: Superhero Director: Ian FitzGibbon Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Cast: , Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jessica Schwarz, Michael McElhatton und Sharon Horgan

2008: Show of Hands Director: Anthony McCarten Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt

2005: The English Harem Director: Robin Sheppard Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Cast: Art Malik, Martine McCutcheon, Tom Georgeson, Linda Bassett, John Sessions

Awards

2020 Oscar-Nominierung ›Bestes Drehbuch‹ für Die zwei Päpste 2018 Oscar-Nominierung ›Bester Film‹ für Darkest Hour 2015 ›Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch‹ für The Theory of Everything bei der Verleihung der 68. BAFTA Awards 2015 Oscar-Nominierung ›Bester Film‹ für The Theory of Everything Two star-studded Hollywood movie productions about Thomas Edison 2012 ›Young Generation Award‹ des 6. FSFF are in preparation, one starring Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of (Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival) für die Verfilmung Am Ende eines viel zu kurzen Everything, The Danish Girl), the other one Michael Shannon Tages (Nocturnal Animals, Salt and Fire). 2008 ›Jugendbuchpreis‹ der Jury der Jungen A spark of genius, a Faustian pact, two destinies: Thomas Edison and Leser (Altersgruppe 15/16) für Superhero his banker J.P. Morgan. 2007 ›hörBücher Grandios‹-Auszeichnung des Two geniuses in a historical thriller on money, corruption and murder. Magazins Hörbücher für das Hörbuch Brilliance is the story of two very different men who together were Superhero, gelesen von Rufus Beck 2001 ›Molière-Preis‹ für das beste destined to change the world. ausländische Stück für Ladies Night One of them brought light into the dark, while the other was a financial genius. But whereas J. P. Morgan left the relationship as the richest man in the world, Thomas Edison, the inventor of the Praise lightbulb, allowed himself to be seduced by the sparkling world of his business partner and not only risked his creative powers but also the »You can be sure that Brilliance will appear at well-being of his soul. a screen near you. In the meantime, read.« – E&T Magazine,

»Set against a backdrop of the eccentric Edison and his strange diets and marriages. [...] It leaves you wondering what is fact and what is fiction.« – The Regency Magazine, Brighton

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