The Envelope Please…Newman Communications Salutes the Oscars
Post Author: Steve Becker
The 84th annual Academy Awards, televised Sunday, February 26th to honor the years greatest achievements in the film industry. Over the years, the team at Newman Communications has had the honor of providing book publicity and creating radio, TV and print campaigns for many books that have made the leap from their bound pages and on to the big screen. Several of these books turned feature film, have also been nominated and awarded for some of the most honored awards in the industry, including Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globes.
- Seabiscuit – 7 Oscar Nominations
by Laura Hillenbrand - The Blind Side – Won an Oscar, 2010.
by Michael Lewis - The Perfect Storm – Oscar Nomination, 2001
by Sebastian Junger - Marley and Me
by John Grogan - Tuesdays with Morrie
By Mitch Albom - The Celestine Prophecy
by James Redfield - Game Change
by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (HBO)
Now, it’s your turn to vote: Cast your own nominations for “Best Book Turned Movie?”
Filed under: For Fun, Site News
February 26th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
There are so many great choices to select from. I’ll stick with the books-to-film titles that have stuck with me since I was a kid.
One of my favorite stories turned feature film was J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Sure, the film was animated, but it still ranks among my top favorites. So it should’t be a surprise that I also loved the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Now looking forward to the live action production of The Hobbit.
Watership Down is another that I’ve read/watched over and over.
Of Mice and Men, The Secret of Nihm, and The Planet of the Apes would also make my list.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
The Blind Side! Great book, great movie!