The Writing Journey -017
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• “Walking,” an essay (also called, “The Wild”) by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1862, but delivered as lectures prior to that. • Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002; produced by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara in 1996. • 1917, 2019; writers, Same Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns; director, Sam Mendes. • The Maze Runner, 2014 (and series); directed by Wes Ball, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote in two-parts, 1605/1615. • Jean Ramón Jiménez, Platero and I, 1914. • Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, 1958. • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1994; conceived by filmmakers Stephan Elliott and Stuart Quin; director, Stephan Elliott. • William Faulkner, As I lay Dying, 1930 • Thelma and Louise, 1991; director, Scott Thomas; writers, Sidney Iwanter and Mark Onspaugh. • Ernesto “Che” Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries, 1952. • Victor Hugo Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book (also The Negro Motorist Green-Book, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or simply the Green Book), 1936-1966; was an annual guidebook for African-American roadtrippers, originated and published by African American, New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green. • Green Book; 2018; writers, Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie, and Nick Vallelonga; director, Peter Farrelly. • Zombieland, 2009; writers: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; director: Ruben Fleischer. • Steven King, The Langoliers, 1995. • Airplane!, 1980; written and directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams; producer, Jon Davison. • Air Force One, 1997; writer, Andrew W. Marlowe; directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen. • Flight of the Living Dead, 2007; writers, Sidney Iwanter, Mark Onspaugh; director, Scott Thomas. • The Aeronauts, 2019; writers, Tom Harper and Jack Thorne; director, Tom Harper. • Around the World in Eighty Days; book by Jules Verne, 1872; it went through several iterations in film and other versions. • Passengers, 2016; originally written by Jon Spaihts in 2007; director, Morten Tyldum. • Gravity, 2013; directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón with his son, Jonas. • Star Trek (The Original Series), 1966-69; created by Gene Roddenberry; aired on NBC-TV. • Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express, 1934. • The Lady Vanishes, 1938; writers, Ethel Lina White (based on the story, “The Wheel Spins”) and Sidney Gilliat; producer, Alfred Hitchcock. • The Polar Express, 2004; animated film based on the 1985 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg; co-written, co-produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis. • The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, 2009; directed by Tony Scott; a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Morton Freedgood (writing under the pseudonym John Godey), and is a remake of the original 1974. • Snowpiercer (movie), 2013; director, Bong Jooh-ho; writers, Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson, adapted from French graphic, Le Transperceneigem 1982, authors Jean-Marc Rochette, Jacques Lob, and Benjamin Legrand; (t.v. series), 2020—; TNT network. • Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, 2006. • Leon Uris, Exodus, 1958. • Dante Alighieri, The Inferno (first part of The Divine Comedy), c. 1308-1329, Italy. • Homer, The Odyssey, 8th century B.C.; Greece. • Das Boot (English: "The Boat"), 1981; written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen; produced by Günter Rohrbach. • The Hunt for Red October, 1990; adapted to film the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy, 1984. • Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1851. • Titanic, 1997; written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. • The African Queen, 1951; adapted by John Houston and James Agee from the C.
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