![]() ![]() ![]() What Maisie Knew isn’t Henry James’s worst novel-he probably doesn't have a worst novel-but it has occupied a space on the literary mantel below the centerpiece placement accorded The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, and The Portrait of a Lady, which, come to think of it, have themselves all gotten well-regarded, period-faithful screen treatments. (A more faithful version of Hemingway's misfire resulted in another terrific film, the underrated Michael Curtiz adaptation, The Breaking Point .) To test the hypothesis, he bet his hunting partner Ernest Hemingway that he could make a passable film out of what they both agreed was his worst book, To Have and Have Not.Hawks, of course, won the wager. Howard Hawks always said that a lousy book could make a great movie and vice versa-in fact, more often than not, a great book resulted in a lousy movie. Color, 98 min., a Millennium Entertainment release. ![]() Produced by William Teitler, Charles Weinstock, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, and Daniel Crown directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel screenplay by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright, based on the novel by Henry James cinematography by Giles Nuttgens production design by Kelly McGehee edited by Madeleine Gavin music by Nick Urata starring Onata Aprile, Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Joanna Vanderham, and Steve Coogan. ![]()
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