Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective readily adaptable to motion picture form; -- of books, plays, and other works of literature.
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- adjective That can be
filmed ; suitable for filming.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form
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Examples
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They, like most people, didn't think the film was "filmable".
Warner Bros' Watchmen in Serious Legal Trouble! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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"filmable" story, but it needs a firmer hand at the helm.
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I won't worry about Routh/no Routh, Luthor/no Luthor, etc. until there's a good, well-written story in place; and even then, I won't worry much about it until the story gets turned into a filmable screenplay.
Voice Of The Fans: What Do You Want To See From the New Superman Franchise? 2010
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To be fair, Half-Blood Prince is probably the least filmable of the books.
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is worst of the series » Scene-Stealers 2009
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And aside from a decent gag here and there (Duplass 'wife's eagerness to try and conceive a baby, even when she's not speaking to him), the script feels about ten re-writes short of being filmable.
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As Banksy describes it, Its basically the story of how one man set out to film the un — filmable.
First Five Minutes of Exit Through The Gift Shop - Peter’s Favorite Movie of Sundance 2010 | /Film 2010
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Robin Hood, the latest depiction of folklore's most enduring and filmable character — directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe — will open the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday and in theaters on Friday.
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‘When he was approached by Terry Gilliam on how to film the comic book, Moore stated that he “didn’t think it was filmable”.
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The book was made to be practically un-filmable, but the crew and cast have done an admiral job making it as good as it is, especially since the movie has been in and out of production f**k-loads of times and no-one has ever got this far before.
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I took this as total license to write whatever I wanted, without worrying at all about whether it would be filmable ... because it was already spoken for, the problem would be the producer's, not mine.
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