Anthony McCarten

Hat man als Einzelner überhaupt eine Chance gegen das System? Eine junge Bibliothekarin aus Boston ist entschlossen, es zu versuchen – ihr bleibt keine Wahl. Und so greift sie zu, als sich die Einladung zu einem ungewöhnlichen Kräftemessen bietet: dem Betatest von FUSION, einem Projekt der US-Geheimdienste und des Social-Media-Moguls Cy Baxter. Wem es gelingt, 30 Tage unauffindbar zu bleiben, dem winken 3 Millionen Dollar. Doch Kaitlyn geht es um etwas anderes.

Going Zero

From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revelatory look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill’s ascendancy to Prime Minister—soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. “He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to history...” May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming Prime Minister, Winston Churchill must deal with this horror—as well as a skeptical King, a party plotting against him, and an unprepared public. Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, how could he change the mood and shore up the will of a nervous people? In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of how an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the celebrated Bafta-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how he practiced and re-wrote his key speeches, from ‘Blood, toil, tears and sweat’ to ‘We shall fight on the beaches’; his consideration of a peace treaty with Nazi Germany, and his underappreciated role in the Dunkirk evacuation; and, above all, how 25 days helped make one man an icon. Using new archive material, McCarten reveals the crucial behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history. It’s a scarier—and more human—story than has ever been told. “McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable.”—Michael F. Bishop, Executive Director of the International Churchill Society

How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink

Darkest Hour

Junge Londonerin zu ihren kurdischen Eltern: "Ich habe eine gute und eine schlechte Nachricht. Die schlechte: Ich werde Stand-up Comedian. Die gute: Ich trage ab heute Burka allerdings nur auf der Bühne." (Quelle: Buchdeckel verso).

Roman

Funny Girl

Inspired by real events, Death of a Superhero is an original fusion of novel, comic book and film script. Donald Delpe is a troubled teenager. Not only is he a 'terrible teen' by default, as obsessed with sex, music and drugs as the rest of his gang, but he is also suffering from a life-threatening form of leukemia, which makes him an even more difficult boy, both for his parents and his teachers. Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he repeatedly dashes his family's hopes by refusing to fight the battles facing him in the real world. As famous psychologist Dr. King is brought in to help, a glimmer of hope is rekindled. But will the doctor break the rules, betray the parents' trust and risk everything to help Donald achieve his greatest wish? Or will Donald be the one to save the doctor?

Death of a Superhero

Er ist nur noch ein Abglanz seiner selbst und säuft sich in Florida zu Tode: Jack Kerouac, Idol der Beatniks, der einst das Leben seines Freundes Neal Cassady ausschlachtete, um es zu ›dem‹ Kultroman der Jugendbewegung zu verdichten, ›Unterwegs‹. Da steht aus heiterem Himmel eine Literaturstudentin vor seiner Tür. Ihr Traum: als seine erste Biographin sein Leben aufzuschreiben. Jack weigert sich und lässt sich doch von Jans Bewunderung zu einem Blick zurück verführen. Ein Trip, aus dem keiner der Beteiligten heil zurückkommt.

Jack

A Novel

Muerte de un superhéroe

From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour comes the fascinating and revealing tale of an unprecedented transfer of power, and of two very different men - who both happen to live in the Vatican. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS AND JONATHAN PRYCE. In February 2013, the arch-conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement: he would resign, making him the first pope to willingly vacate his office in over 700 years. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a one time tango club bouncer, a passionate soccer fan, a man with the common touch. Why did Benedict walk away at the height of power, knowing his successor might be someone whose views might undo his legacy? How did Francis - who used to ride the bus to work back in his native Buenos Aires - adjust to life as leader to a billion followers? If, as the Church teaches, the pope is infallible, how can two living popes who disagree on almost everything both be right? Having immersed himself in these men's lives to write the screenplay for the upcoming motion picture The Pope, Anthony McCarten masterfully weaves their stories into one gripping narrative. From Benedict and Francis's formative experiences in war-torn Germany and Argentina to the sexual abuse scandal that continues to rock the Church to its foundations to the intrigue and the occasional comedy of life in the Vatican, The Pope glitters with the darker and the lighter details of one of the world's most opaque but significant institutions.

Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World

The Pope

A clever, moving novel about the impact of the internet on our relationships. Jim and Renata Delpe's life is in a very modern crisis. With their son, Jeff, sending text messages to his dead brother while slipping quickly into internet addiction, and with Renata engaged in a secret internet relationship with a figure she has never actually met, Jim Delpe - who has long had 'a love-hate relationship' with computers - is left with no choice but to log in himself, if the family is to be saved. In this ambitious, suspenseful and achingly human novel, set against the decline of the nuclear family and the unstoppable rise of digital relationships, In The Absence Of Heroes gives us the complex modern world, full of hard, binary choices: make one or two bad choices in a row and just see what happens . . . This is sequel to Death of a Superhero, now made into a movie, starring Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

In the Absence of Heroes

FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER OF DARKEST HOUR AND THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING COMES THE FASCINATING AND REVEALING TALE OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT MEN - BOTH OF WHOM HAPPEN TO LIVE AT THE VATICAN In February 2013, the arch-conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement: he would resign, making him the first pope to willingly vacate his office in over 700 years. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a onetime tango club bouncer, a passionate soccer fan, a man with the common touch. Why did Benedict walk away at the height of power, knowing his successor might be someone whose views might undo his legacy? How did Francis - who used to ride the bus to work back in his native Buenos Aires - adjust to life as leader to a billion followers? If, as the Church teaches, the pope is infallible, how can two living popes who disagree on almost everything both be right? Having immersed himself in these men's lives to write the screenplay for The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten masterfully weaves their stories into one gripping narrative. From Benedict and Francis's formative experiences in war-torn Germany and Argentina to the sexual abuse scandal that continues to rock the Church to its foundations to the intrigue and the occasional comedy of life in the Vatican, The Two Popes glitters with the darker and the lighter details of one of the world's most opaque but significant institutions.

The Two Popes

Eigentlich ist Donald ein ganz normaler einsamer, unglücklicher Teenager. Vor allem quält ihn die Frage: "Wie geht Liebe?" Aber er hat wenig Zeit - er ist krank. Was ihm bleibt, ist ein Leben im schnellen Vorlauf. Das schafft nur ein Superheld. Deshalb hat Donald einen erfunden - MiracleMan.

Superhero

Manfred Allié

Englischer Harem

When a desperate car dealer advertises a competition with a simple premise -- that each contestant must keep one hand on a car at all times, and the last one standing will drive away the owner of a new Land Rover -- he sets in motion a chain of events that brings together an oddball group of individuals, each with a desperate need to win.

a novel

Show of hands

Do aclamado romancista e guionista de A Teoria de Tudo, eis um olhar revelador sobre o período imediatamente após a ascensão de Winston Churchill a primeiro-ministro - brevemente também no cinema, num filme protagonizado por Gary Oldman. Gary Oldman venceu o Globo de Ouro na categoria de 'Melhor Actor de Filme Dramático' pela sua interpretação de Winston Churchill em A Hora Mais Negra. Este é o relato da angústia que a Grã-Bretanha viveu em maio de 1940, a partir do dia 10, quando as tropas de Hitler começaram a invasão da Holanda, até o dia 29, quando os soldados britânicos e franceses, derrotados pelos alemães, embarcaram em Dunquerque para se refugiarem na Inglaterra. Esta história é frequentemente contada em tom épico, mas desta feita o relato centra-se na figura de Winston Churchill, no contexto frágil e único daqueles dias incertos, reconstruído com base em extensa documentação, incluindo as discussões do governo, dentro e fora do parlamento e com os testemunhos dos seus contemporâneos. Anthony McCarten mostra-nos a dúvida de Churchill - que admitiu negociar com Hitler, aceitando a vitória que colocou toda a Europa nas suas mãos - e descobre-nos a evolução que levou o primeiro-ministro britânico a manifestar, a 4 de junho, a decisão final de não se render, num discurso que mudaria o curso da história. Neste relato emocionante, dia a dia, hora a hora, de como Churchill, muitas vezes tomada pela incerteza, resgatou a Grã-Bretanha, Anthony McCarten - aclamado escritor e argumentista, galardoado com um prémio Bafta -, expõe o lado nunca antes visto deste grande homem. Revela como Churchill treinou e reescreveu seus discursos-chave, de "Sangue, trabalho, lágrimas e suor" para "Devemos lutar nas praias"; a sua perspectiva sobre um tratado de paz com a Alemanha nazi e o seu subestimado papel na evacuação de Dunquerque; e, acima de tudo, como 25 dias ajudaram a fazer deste homem um ícone.

A hora mais negra

Licht

When Delia Chapman is accosted on her way home from work by a group of men from outer space, she is led into their spaceship for group sex. The local community goes mad and thinks that Delia is too when she finds out that she is pregnant.

Spinners

Czas mroku

The Two Popes - A Screenplay

En abril de 2019 Netflix estrenará la película El papa, protagonizada por Anthony Hopkins (Benedicto XVI) y Jonathan Pryce (Francisco) Por el autor y guionista nominado a un Óscar de La teoría del todo y El instante más oscuro.

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