![]() ![]() Set against the backdrop of World War I and the Russian revolution, Lean’s “Zhivago” also featured the hauntingly lush score of Maurice Jarre, especially his now-standard “Lara’s Theme.”Īndrew Davies, Britain’s premier literary adapter - his credits include recent TV versions of “Pride and Prejudice,” “Middlemarch” and “Tipping the Velvet” as well as the film adaptation of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” - acknowledges that he was a bit nervous about attempting to revisit the novel. ![]() Omar Sharif became an international superstar with his performance as the sensitive Russian poet-doctor Yuri Zhivago, who finds himself torn between his wife (Geraldine Chaplin) and the love of his life, the beautiful Lara (Julie Christie). Lean’s version, adapted by Robert Bolt, is unabashedly romantic and beloved by moviegoers around the world. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |