Quote of the Day: Based on Precious
November 5, 2009 at 9:02 am by Curt Holman in Pop Culture, movies & tvEver since I saw Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, I’ve been trying to think of a quip that riffs on the unwieldy title. If other movies follow suit, will we see such titles as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: Based on the theme park ride by Disneyworld? As usual, the New Yorker’s Anthony Lane provided the wittiest line:
Please make sure, when you buy a ticket for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, to pronounce the title in full. I know you will. There was a plan to call it “Push,” until another movie got there first. But why not call the new one “Precious,” and leave it at that? After all, Deborah Kerr didn’t star in The Innocents: Based on the Novella ‘The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and Dustin Hoffman didn’t star in Rain Man: Based on the Overwhelming Desire to Win an Academy Award by Dustin Hoffman, so why the change in rubric?
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