film adaptation

collocation in English

meaningsoffilmandadaptation

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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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adaptation
noun
uk
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
the process of changing to suit ...
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(Definition offilmandadaptationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The manga was popular enough to spawn a live actionfilmadaptationin 2001.
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Still, the effort to justify thefilmadaptationwas a considerable success.
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A live actionfilmadaptationwas released in 2001.
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He borrowed aspects from both productions for hisfilmadaptation.
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He also collaborated on the 1995 featurefilmadaptation.
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The press release stated it would ship the game to coincide with thefilmadaptationof the same name.
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The song was used as the theme song for the 1979filmadaptationof the manga of the same name.
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In thefilmadaptation, a bleating goat can be seen shuffling about in the back of the pub.
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It is a tie-in to the 2008filmadaptationof the same name.
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He did not expect the series to sell millions of copies and to produce afilmadaptation.
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In the 1971filmadaptation, he has a newspaper route after school.
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An anime adaptation of the manga has been produced and aired and a live-actionfilmadaptationis in the works.
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Many changes were made to the character in thefilmadaptation.
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This is the firstfilmadaptationof his story, which later inspired many filmmakers to create further adaptations of his work.
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He expressed his interest in thefilmadaptationas a potential franchise property.
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Aja was inspired to create thisfilmadaptationbecause the original manga was one of his childhood favorites.
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Afilmadaptationof the series was released in 2008.
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Eichenwald subsequently sold the rights for afilmadaptation.
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The picture was the fifth featurefilmadaptationof the works, following four silent film versions.
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It was adapted for a critically acclaimedfilmadaptationof the same name two years later.
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The 1939filmadaptationof the novel bore a closer resemblance to the novel's storyline than previous versions.
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