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Tom Wolfe's 1998 book "A Man in Full" being adapted into a Netflix series
Posted on 11/7/21 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 11/7/21 at 8:15 pm
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Netflix has picked up six episodes of a drama based on the bestselling 1998 Tom Wolfe fiction opus “A Man in Full” about an Atlanta real estate mogul’s fall from grace.
Executive producers Regina King (”One Night in Miami”) and David E. Kelley (”Ally McBeal,” “The Practice,” “Nine Perfect Strangers”) are overseeing the project.
“All I can say is when David E. Kelley calls, you just say yes,” King said in story broken by Variety. “I know this partnership will produce something special.”
King previously worked on an FX project about the Atlanta child murders that never made it to fruition.
Soon after the book’s release, there were talks in 1999 to create an NBC miniseries based on “A Man in Full.” That project died on the vine.
Wolfe, who died in 2018, made a name for himself with a raft of bestsellers, including 1979's historical nonfiction book “The Right Stuff” about the Mercury Seven astronauts and his fictional 1987 Wall Street satire, “The Bonfire of the Vanities.” His style of journalism featured a broad array of literary techniques and he used his journalistic observational style to populate his fictional work as well.
Posted on 11/7/21 at 8:41 pm to Wally Sparks
I was one of many people to buy A Man in Full but never finish after realizing how long, slow, and detailed it was. Im sure they're going to soap opera it up.
Posted on 11/7/21 at 9:00 pm to Wally Sparks
quote:the film version of this is the worst adaptation of a novel I've ever seen
his fictional 1987 Wall Street satire, “The Bonfire of the Vanities.”
It does have the immortal moment when Melanie Griffith is driving through the ghetto and says: "Ah'm from the South, and Ah'm beginnin' to not lahk this"
Posted on 11/8/21 at 9:48 am to Wally Sparks
I'd imagine that finding an actor to play Charlie Croker would be as hard as finding someone to play Ignatius Reilly.
I guess I'm the odd man out as I liked the book. A Man In Full was the first place I'd heard the term 'boys with breasts' regarding starved and over-exercised housewives prone to visits to their plastic surgeon. Its a term I still use today.
I guess I'm the odd man out as I liked the book. A Man In Full was the first place I'd heard the term 'boys with breasts' regarding starved and over-exercised housewives prone to visits to their plastic surgeon. Its a term I still use today.
Posted on 11/8/21 at 9:58 am to Wally Sparks
One of my all time favorite books, this should be a home run
Posted on 11/8/21 at 2:13 pm to Wally Sparks
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nonfiction book “The Right Stuff” about the Mercury Seven astronauts
A must read for everyone
Posted on 3/27/24 at 6:25 pm to Wally Sparks
Not my favorite Wolfe book, but good enough.
Regina King? Ugh...she's truly vile.
Regina King? Ugh...she's truly vile.
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:52 pm to Wally Sparks
Watched the first two episodes. Very meh. Jeff Daniels’ accent is pretty bad. Certainly had a place in the Hall of fame of bad southern accents.
They really try to make the Georgia legal system out to be stuck in the 1950’s.
They really try to make the Georgia legal system out to be stuck in the 1950’s.
This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 2:09 am
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