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'The Giver': Film Review. An agreeable YA riff on Orwell — via Logan's Run — topped with the kind of magic-transformative baloney that passes for an ending in too many otherwise-fine Hollywood adventures, Phillip Noyce's The Giver greets a man-made Utopia with the eternal question: "If you can't feel, what's the point?
" Lois Lowry's 1993 Newbery Medal-winning source novel has been substantially altered here, mostly in ways that nudge it toward other chosen-one teen fantasies set in restrictive futuristic worlds (Divergent being one of the most recent). The changes, which include making the book's 12-year-old hero old enough to make tween viewers swoon (he's played by 25-year-old Aussie Brenton Thwaites), surely enhance marketability, even if they sand some edges off a tale that has won many hearts over the years. Thwaites plays Jonas, who lives in a black-and-white world.
Literally. Upon their ritualized graduation from childhood, the Chief Elder (Streep) doles out appointed roles to Jonas and his peers. The Giver Movie Review & Film Summary (2014) 20 years ago, Lois Lowry's dystopian YA novel "The Giver" won the Newberry Medal.
Creepy and prophetic, told in a kind of flat-affect voice, it has been a staple in middle-school literature curriculum ever since, introducing young students to sophisticated ethical and moral concepts that will help them recognize its precedents when they come to read the works of George Orwell or Aldous Huxley. Jeff Bridges has been attached as a producer to the film project for almost 20 years, and finally, "The Giver" is here, with Bridges in the title role. Directed by Phillip Noyce, with an adaptation of the book by Michael Mitnick, "The Giver" gives us the overall structure of Lowry's original work, adds a couple of understandable details like a sweet little romance and then derails into an action movie in its final sequence, complete with attacks from the air and a hi-tech command center.
Children have been thrilled by the book for 20 years, and a chase scene still proved irresistible. 10 Interesting Lois Lowry Facts. Lois Lowry facts explore the information about an American writer who is famous with her autobiography and children’s books.
Lois Lowry’s books are still popular among kids today. You can find out her contribution as a children writer and personal life by reading the following post below: Lois Lowry Facts 1: date of birth Lois Lowry is her pen name. Actually she was born with the full name Lois Ann Hammersberg on 20th March 1937. Lois Lowry Facts 2: awards During her life, she has received numerous kinds of awards. Lois Lowry Facts Lois Lowry Facts 3: international Hans Christian Andersen Award International Hans Christian Andersen Award is considered as the most prestigious award for the author for children book. Lois Lowry's Biography. Biography. Lois Lowry. LOWRY PAGE. Compiled by: Toni DiNuzzo, Joan Moran, Heidi Pedersen, and Chris Yurgelonis with Kay E.
Vandergrift in Young Adult Literature Lois Lowry was born March 20, 1937 in Hawaii to Robert and Katharine Hammersberg. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She attended Brown University, but left after her sophomore year to get married and raise a family of four children. They settled in Maine, where she returned to college and received her degree from the University of Southern Maine. Lois Lowry, author of over 20 novels and winner of the Newbery Medal twice, is a woman to be taken seriously.