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> Tag: film adapatation

Philomena, should be called Michael

Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search by Martin Sixsmith

June 1, 2014 by Caitlin_D 2 Comments

The book I read was the movie tie-in with a forward written by Judi Dench. I am actually interested in seeing the movie now that I’ve read the book just to see how they made this particular book into a movie (I assume there is a lot of Hollywood embellishments). I say this because, for a book called Philomena, it focuses about 90% of its page space to Anthony Lee/Michael Hess. Which isn’t a bad thing, but I did spend the a day or two […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: film adapatation, martin sixsmith, philomena

Caitlin_D's CBR6 Review No:34 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: film adapatation, martin sixsmith, philomena ·
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