Trishna (2011 film)
Trishna is a 2011 British- Swedish- Indian drama film, written and directed by Michael Winterbottom, and starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed.
The story is a loose adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel" Tess of the d' Urbervilles".
It is Winterbottom's third Hardy adaptation, after" Jude" and" The Claim".
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2011, and after some further festival appearances it saw its first cinema release in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 9 March 2012.
Justine Waddell
Justine Waddell( born 4 November 1976) is a South African born British film and television actress.
She played roles in the 2006 film" The Fall" and 2005 film" Chaos" as well as Tess in the 1998 LWT adaptation of" Tess of the d' Urbervilles" and Estella in the 1999 BBC adaptation of" Great Expectations".
J. Searle Dawley
James Searle Dawley (May 13, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American producer, director and screenwriter.
He directed 149 silent films between 1907 and 1926.
He was born in Del Norte, Colorado, and died in Hollywood, California.
Searley is best remembered for directing the Thomas Edison version of "Frankenstein" in 1910.
He reportedly referred to himself as "the first motion picture director", which was not accurate.
He worked for a while at Edison's studio, then started his own production company, being quite successful financially, although most of his films are little known today.
When critics began to regard the films of his day to be immoral, Searley became one of the founding members of the MPDA (Motion Picture Directors Association) which sought to give filmmakers who advocated good taste the power of self-censorship.
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy( 2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet.
A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth.
He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.
While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898.
Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of novels such as" Far from the Madding Crowd"( 1874)," The Mayor of Casterbridge"( 1886)," Tess of the d' Urbervilles"( 1891), and" Jude the Obscure"( 1895).
During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets( particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor.
After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin.
Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo- Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England.
Two of his novels," Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and" Far from the Madding Crowd", were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924 film)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Blanche Sweet and Conrad Nagel.
It was directed by Sweet's husband, Marshall Neilan.
The film is the second motion picture adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy, which had been turned into a very successful 1897 play starring Mrs. Fiske.
In 1913, Adolph Zukor enticed Mrs. Fiske to reprise her role in a film version which is now considered lost.
The 1924 version is also considered lost.
The Secret of the Storm Country
The Secret of the Storm Country was a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Charles Miller and starring Norma Talmadge( whose company also produced the film).
The film is described as not a direct sequel but a" continuation" of the 1914 film" Tess of the Storm Country", starring Mary Pickford.
The film is now considered lost.
Jo Woodcock
Jo Woodcock( born 9 September 1988) is an English television, film and stage actress.
Although active since 2000, Woodcock came into prominence following her critically acclaimed performances as Alice in the television drama" Torn" in 2007, and as Liza- Lu Durbeyfield in the television series" Tess of the d'Urbervilles" in 2008.
She appeared as Celia Radley in" Dorian Gray", the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel" The Picture of Dorian Gray", in 2009.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913 film)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a 1913 American silent drama film based upon the Thomas Hardy novel of the same name and was one of the first feature films made.
It was directed by J. Searle Dawley, released by Famous Players Film Company and stars Mrs. Fiske, reprising her famous role from the 1897 play.
An Adolph Zukor feature production after securing the services of top American actress Mrs. Fiske.
A fragment of this film is said to exist.
Tess (1979 film)
Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, and Leigh Lawson.
It is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel" Tess of the d' Urbervilles".
The screenplay was written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski.
The film received positive critical reviews upon release and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

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