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Anthony McCarten General Fiction Brilliance 368 pages 11.6 × 18.4 cm March 2017 Published by Diogenes as Licht
Original title: Brilliance Contact: Susanne Bauknecht, Rights Director, [email protected] and Bozena Huser, Film Rights, [email protected]
Movie adaptations
2019: The Two Popes Director: Fernando Meirelles Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín
2011: Superhero Director: Ian FitzGibbon Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Cast: Andy Serkis, 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 Two star-studded Hollywood movie productions about Thomas Edison The Theory of Everything 2012 ›Young Generation Award‹ des 6. FSFF are in preparation, one starring Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of (Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival) für die Everything, The Danish Girl), the other one Michael Shannon Verfilmung Am Ende eines viel zu kurzen (Nocturnal Animals, Salt and Fire). Tages A spark of genius, a Faustian pact, two destinies: Thomas Edison and 2008 ›Jugendbuchpreis‹ der Jury der Jungen his banker J.P. Morgan. Leser (Altersgruppe 15/16) für Superhero Two geniuses in a historical thriller on money, corruption and murder. 2007 ›hörBücher Grandios‹-Auszeichnung des Magazins Hörbücher für das Hörbuch Brilliance is the story of two very different men who together were Superhero, gelesen von Rufus Beck destined to change the world. 2001 ›Molière-Preis‹ für das beste One of them brought light into the dark, while the other was a ausländische Stück für Ladies Night financial genius. But whereas J. P. Morgan left the relationship as the richest man in the world, Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, allowed himself to be seduced by the sparkling world of his Praise business partner and not only risked his creative powers but also the well-being of his soul. Brilliance
»You can be sure that Brilliance will appear at a screen near you. In the meantime, read.« – E&T Magazine, London
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