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25 Great Movies Inspired By Folk Tales


25 Great Movies Inspired By Folk Tales
By
Meagan Drillinger, Stacker News
On 8/3/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
The folk tale tradition from fairy tales to ghost stories has origins stretching back to the start of human speech. The art of oral storytelling predates the written word, and has been used for time immemorial for recording information, teaching morality, and untangling some of life s greatest mysteries.
Stacker surveyed film history and compiled a list of movies across decades, countries, and genres that drew their inspiration from the folk tale tradition, with accompanying IMDb and Metacritic data. The 25 films chosen are organized alphabetically. To qualify, the film had to be inspired by a folk or fairy tale (or tales) and have at least 2,500 votes. Some that made the list are direct reimaginings of classic tales, such as ....

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With its three golden knights each holding a sword, Michel Legrand’s château is the best guarded in the region. Never mind the fact that these Hollywood statuettes, stranded in the Gâtinais, are only 34 centimetres high. At 86, there is nothing to suggest even the slightest lull in the composer’s busy schedule. For example, there is some unfinished business dating back to the 70s, pet projects such as the stage adaptation of
Peau d’âne (
Donkey Skin) this autumn at Théâtre Marigny, followed by a stage production of his famous song L’Amour fantôme in 2019. “The texts were written by my good friend Stephen Sondheim. Have you heard of him? Michel Legrand begins with gusto, testing the waters. “Um, remind me, maestro…” He was of course the lyricist of ....

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