With gabriella wilde, alex pettyfer, bruce greenwood, robert patrick. The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by. Thats what he once said about endless love, the 1981 adaptation of scott spencers 1979 novel, one of his favorite books. I became addicted to his stories, with every novel, theres passion. If only genuine nicholas sparks adaptations could derail as. Scott spencer writes about loves tenacity with passionate intensity. The original endless love, of course, gave us the title song by diana ross and lionel ritchie that stayed no. He has seventeen published novels as of september 20 plus one nonfiction. The movie feels like nicholas sparks fan fiction as david elliot alex pettyfer.
See more ideas about endless love, endless love 2014 and endless love movie. See more ideas about endless love, endless love movie and endless love 2014. A second adaptation of scott spencers novel, the film stars alex pettyfer, gabriella wilde, bruce greenwood, joely richardson, and robert patrick the film was released on february 14, 2014 by universal pictures in the us and uk, and on february, 2014 in australia. The two leads have sex within three days of meeting each other and its portrayed as the. Hugh bruce greenwood tries to intervene when he sees david alex pettyfer about to break his restraining order and approach jade gabriella wilde. There are three things nicholas sparks knows how to do exceptionally well when it comes to storytelling. Rhys wakefield and anna enger ritch in endless love 2014 alex pettyfer and. Nicholas sparks is an american novelist, screenwriter, and producer who has published seventeen books. The remake of the 1981 brooke shields teen love anticlassic endless love ignores most of the original en route to making a nicholas sparks ripoff. The best of me 2014239571 a pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown. When franco zeffirelli brought scott spencers novel endless love to the big screen in 1981, the result was a corny, poorly received teen. That this film still bears the name endless love is mystifying.
Endless love is a 2014 american romantic drama film directed by shana feste and cowritten by feste with joshua safran. If only genuine nicholas sparks adaptations could derail as gloriously as endless love. The longest ride follows the lives of four people living two love stories several decades apart. With james marsden, michelle monaghan, luke bracey, liana liberato. Inspired by the 1979 novel and 1981 film of the same name, endless love will be released on valentines day, 2014. Endless love is more nicholas sparks than the original. Alex pettyfer, her sheltered world is turned upsidedown as the pairs instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair. Yet sparks fans clamor for his brand of love story, and, with the added punch of suspense, this one will be another. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, endless love remains perhaps the most powerful book ever written about young love. Nicholas sparkss novels about plots of love and bogus destiny adapt readily into trashy tearjerkers. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, endless love tells the story of david axelrod and his overwhelming love for jade. A heightened and straightfaced reality makes this remake of endless love a bonkers delight in its own right.
It is about pure and intense romantic love, trust, strength, and the reality that all choice is a cheap illusion. The first time i read a book from nicholas sparks, i was only 16, and now, im 22 years old. In 1993, he published his first and most revered novel, the notebook. The notebook movie nicholas sparks rachel mcadams ryan gosling allie and noah nicholas. The official website of nicholas sparks, american novelist, screenwriter and producer.
In this new york times bestselling novel of first love and second chances, former high school sweethearts confront the painful truths of their past to build a promising future together. From his remarkable opening sentence he had me in thrall. Endless love 2014 film, remake of the 1981 film, directed by shana feste. In the spring of 1984, high school students amanda collier and dawson cole fell deeply. With over 100 million copies of his books sold, nicholas sparks is one of the worlds most beloved storytellers. Whereas the original 1981 version of endless love basked in melodrama of the most bizarre order. See more ideas about endless love, endless love 2014, endless love movie. If endless love was a dream, then it was a dream we all shared, even more than we all shared the dream of never dying or. Newsweek first published three decades ago, and hailed as one of the best books of the year by the new york times, here is the classic novel that first established scott spencer as the contemporary american master of the love storypublishers. The classic novel that has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. The movie feels like nicholas sparks fan fiction as david elliot alex pettyfer, a wrongsideofthetracks type, falls for blond bookworm jade butterfield gabriella wilde.
David is the son of a mechanic and has always been in love with jade, the unattainable, introvert rich girl in high school. It took turns that people couldnt foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. In 2011 the author of the hugely popular novel, the notebook, published his next novel, the best of me. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of what if questions that could never be answered. The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart. James marsden stars in trailer for nicholas sparks the. The best of me is directed by michael hoffman the last station, one fine day and written by j.
It was amazing, and i definitely wanted to read it before i went to see the movie. Feb 26, 2014 this pin was discovered by alyssa pannell. Millis goodloe pride, the age of adaline, based on nicholas sparks novel. Blander than the original endless love and even less faithful to the. But, above all, because whether davids particular excessive fixation convinces on a literal level, his story works absolutely as a massive metaphor for whatever endless loves, hates, or fears the reader brings to the book. To remember quotes this is by far my favorite nicholas sparks book.
On its own, festes film is a fine melodrama about kids breaking out of their parental holds and diving headfirst into love. Two of his books, endless love and waking the dead, have been adapted into films. Alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde in endless love 2014 endless love. Message in a bottle, a walk to remember, the notebook, nights in rodanthe, dear john, the last song, the lucky one, safe haven, and most recently the longest ride. When jade gabriella wilde meets david alex pettyfer, her sheltered world is turned upsidedown as the pairs instant desire sparks a reckless summer love. The choice is a 2007 novel written by nicholas sparks. Endless love, like scott spencers book of the same title, dealt directly and insanely with obsession, the kind of blinding romance that drives a young man to think of inventive ways he can.
The book, a message in the bottle,had been borrowed from a friend and since then, ive read every single novel written by him. The choice nicholas sparks 2016 movie official teaser trailer duration. And i can feel this passion in a way i cannot explain. The best of me by nicholas sparks 2014, cd, unabridged. It was first published on september 24, 2007 by grand central publishing. Director shana feste starring alex pettyfer, gabriella wilde, bruce greenwood genres drama subtitles english cc. Endless love 1981 film, released in 1981 and directed by franco zeffirelli, based on the novel. Shed believed in it once, too, back when she was eighteen.
Here a pair of teenaged lovers divided by class and absurd plot. The best of me by nicholas sparks 2014, paperback, movie. A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown. Is endless love possible the best of me, by nicholas. The best of me movie tiein, book by nicholas sparks. Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible.
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