Endless love stars alex pettyfer magic mike and gabriella wilde the three musketeers in the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart. Though endless love feels like a rehash of the notebook as if one were needed, its actually a remake of a longforgotten film from 1980, starring brooke shields and martin hewitt, based on the novel by scott spencer. Endless love author trashes movie remake business insider. A second adaptation of scott spence rs n ovel, the film stars alex pettyfer, gabriella wilde, bruce greenwood, joely richardson, and robert patrick the film was released on februar y 14, 2014 by universal pictures in the us and uk, and on febru ary , 2014 in australia. In this remake of endless love the star characters are gabriella wilde and alex pettyfer. He has taught at columbia university, the university of iowa, and williams college and is a regular contributor to. Based on the book by scott spencer, endless love is the story of a high school student named david axelrod hewitt who falls in love with a fifteen year old girl named jade butterfield shields. Scott spencer is the author of twelve novels, including endless love, waking the dead, a ship made of paper, and willing. Endless love 2014 pg 02142014 us drama, romance 1h 43m user score. The remake is less trashy than the original, but theres definitely. Endless love author trashes movie remake as mangled beyond recognition. The original music score was composed by jonathan tunick. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described.
Remake of brooke shields endless love is endlessly lame. Love lost and love found are some of the most rewarding narratives we have ever seen on the big screen. Endless love 2014 pg 0214 2014 us drama, romance 1h 43m user score. This movie was rated pg in the united states, for language, sexual content and brief nudity it is a remake of the movie of the same name from 1981. Rent endless love 2014 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Dont knock it til youve read itthe movie doesnt hold a candle to the book. Endless love is a 2014 american romantic drama film directed by shana feste and cowritten by feste with joshua safran. The movie is about a charismatic boy and wealthy girl. This is supposed to be a film about the throes of teenage first love a love you would go to jail for, set a house on fire for, a love that requires a restraining orderbut its awfully tasteful and emotionally detached in its blissedout depiction. Following their highschool graduation, jade butterfield gabriella wilde, a sheltered but privileged teen, becomes enthralled with david elliot alex. Endless lo ve i s a 2 014 american romantic drama film directed by shana feste and cowritten by feste with joshua safran. The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
This book belies its sappy name which is also a pun, once you discover the staying power of the male protagonist. The only love that wont disappoint you is one that cant change, that cant be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. In this remake of the 1981 cult classic, the incendiary first love affair between two teens grows obsessive when their parents try to separate them. Reviewed in the united states on november 27, 2014. The movie feels like nicholas sparks fan fiction as david elliot alex pettyfer. From his remarkable opening sentence he had me in thrall. The book mainly takes place after the fire that causes their separation. Endless love during the summer, i read a book called endless love by scott spencer. Scott spencer writes about loves tenacity with passionate intensity. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including about last night, winters tale and 3 days to kill. Shana festes endlessly lame endless love remake turns the obsessive sexual heat way down from the infamous 1981 brooke shields vehicle while also tossing out the tragedies of scott.
When franco zeffirelli brought scott spencers novel endless love to the big screen in 1981, the result was a corny, poorly received teen. The first chapters are always the most difficult, but im really happy that i get to write the new story. A privileged girl and a charismatic boys instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart. The classic novel that has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. Differences between endless love book vs movie page 1. Endless love 2014 based on book read regency romance novels online free, alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde in endless love joely richardson in endless love rhys wakefield and anna enger ritch in endless love the film of the same name based on a pulpy, albeit wellregarded, novel. In the summer of 1981, the movie endless love was two things at once, and they meshed together not at all, which is one reason the film was such a glumly gauzy and unsatisfying concoction. She is going to be attending brown university in the fall. In 1981, the book was adapted into a brooke shields romantic drama that became a moderate. Endless love is a novel written by shubham sharma, an independent young writer. Endless love by shana feste alex pettyfer, gabriella wilde, robert.
The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or. When i was seventeen and in full obedience to my hearts most urgent commands, i stepped far from the pathway of normal life and in a moments time ruined everything i loved. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, endless love remains perhaps the most powerful novel ever written about young love. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, endless love remains p. Endless was a book that started out great for me, but the second half wasnt my cup of tea. Shana feste in endless love 2014 shana feste and gabriella wilde in. This movie was rated pg in the united states, for language, sexual content and brief nudity. This girl has the longest legs i have ever seen and. If theres any obsession or intensity in this movie, it belongs to jades. Endless love 2014 following their highschool graduation, jade butterfield gabriella wilde, a sheltered but privileged teen, becomes enthralled with david elliot alex pettyfer, a working. Find books like endless love from the worlds largest community of readers. Its rare that a movie gives me something i found missing from the book when its adapted. The book was published in 1979 by harper perennial.
During the summer, i read a book called endless love by scott spencer. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Endless love by scott spencer, first edition abebooks. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, endless love tells the story of david axelrod and his overwhelming love for jade butterfield. While jade leaves behind her inhibitions and innocence as she falls for david, he works to prove himself worthy of her love. Their passion for each other is undeniable and all consuming. A second adaptation of scott spencers novel, the film stars alex pettyfer, gabriella wilde, bruce greenwood, joely richardson, and robert patrick. While reading i found myself wanting to see what david and jade were like together. When jade gabriella wilde meets david alex pettyfer, her sheltered world is turned upsidedown as the pairs instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, endless love remains perhaps the most powerful book ever written about young love. Everything you need to know about endless love movie 2014. Endless love reveals the love story between a young couple sam and neha. But, above all, because whether davids particular excessive fixation convinces on a literal level, his story works absolutely as a massive metaphor for whatever endless loves, hates, or fears the reader brings to the book.
The antiquated remake of endless love is enough to end relationships. Fiction, literature, novels, love, passion, relationship, scott spencer. He has taught at columbia university, the iowa writers workshop, williams college, the university of virginia, and at eastern correctional facility as part of the bard prison initiative. Blander than the original endless love and even less faithful to the. Davids and jades lives are consumed with each other. This is supposed to be a film about the throes of teenage first lovea love you would go to jail for, set a house on fire for, a love that requires a restraining orderbut its awfully tasteful and emotionally detached in its blissedout depiction. The book endless love was a bestseller by twotime national book award finalist scott spencer in 1979.
All music movies tv shows books authors games podcasts. In david elliots alex pettyfer case, love lost, as his therapist tells him, is like a book you read long ago, and those words could not be more true for endless love. A second adaptation of scott spencers novel, the film stars alex pettyfer. Theyre experiencing all the passion, emotion and intensity of first love. When beautiful jade gabriella wilde meets charismatic david alex pettyfer, her sheltered world of privilege is turned upside down as the pairs instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair. In this adaptation of the 1979 novel by scott spencer, passion yields to tragedy. Endless love was released in 2014 on friday, february 14, 2014 in nationwide movie theaters.
Pages in category movies based on books the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 373 total. It is something that not even death can take away from you. A second adaptation of scott spencers novel, the film stars alex pettyfer, gabriella wilde, bruce greenwood, joely richardson, and robert patrick the film was released on february 14, 2014 by universal pictures in the us and uk, and on february, 2014 in australia. If endless love was a dream, then it was a dream we all shared, even more than we all shared the dream of never dying or. Endless love is a 1981 american romantic drama film directed by franco zeffirelli, starring brooke shields and martin hewitt. I have finally published the first chapter of the voltron fanfiction and i have to say, it is no easy task. What we have here is the classic crossed lovers scenario painted with twentieth century prose.
David and jade are wildly in love, but when jades father forbids the teens to continue their romance, david retaliates. Endless love, based on the 1979 novel by scott spencer, focuses on an allconsuming relationship between a boy and a privileged girl whose parents are deeply concerned about it. Rent endless love 2014 starring alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde on dvd and bluray. There is all the difference in the world between these two story sequences, and although there are a great many things wrong with the movie, this blunder on the narrative level is the worst. Jun 27, 2014 as to why the potency of endless love the novel is so difficult to capture on film, my theory is that film, as a medium, cannot approach the intimacy of a really good book. Newsweek first published three decades ago, and hailed as one of the best books of the year by the new york times, here is the classic novel that first established scott spencer as the contemporary american master of the love storypublishers.
David is the son of a mechanic and has always been in love with jade, the. Now that youre aware of my romanov obsession, i cant say i didnt love that aspect of the story, because i did. With gabriella wilde, alex pettyfer, bruce greenwood, robert patrick. Endless love, about a ferocious attachment the new. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, endless more. Books similar to endless love meet your next favorite book. The jury is still out on pettyfer but gabriella wilde is really quite fantastic. Two of his books, endless love and waking the dead, have been adapted into films. The movie endless love is about a teenage boy and girl who are in love, until fate and adults end their relationship. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. I was compelled to read the book after watching the movie endless love the 2014 version. Scott spencer, the author of the novel endless love, really, really regrets selling the movie rights to his book.
It was released february 2014 in the united states and the united kingdom. Parents need to know that endless love is the second adaptation of scott spencers 1979 novel the first is the campy 1981 melodrama starring brooke shields an intense drama about a smart, wealthy girl who desperately falls for a mechanics son much to her fathers horror. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, endless love tells the story of david axelrod and his overwhelming love for jade. Aug 16, 2018 watch endless love 2014 on netflix in the united kingdom. John tells liz what happened in endless love liz tells. Avalon is an 18 year old singer, she is famous, thats all there is to it. Open road media 4 150 0 summary the impassioned love of two teenagers leaves a path of destruction in its perilous wakeseventeenyearold david axelrod is consumed with his love for jade butterfield. A reimagining of the 1981 brooke shields vehicle, which was pretty bad on its own accord, is a painfully endless stream of. I was pleasantly surprised by how different the book was from the movie. But when davids mysterious past and jades overprotective father. Yin jingwan, a young woman from a wealthy merchant family, saved a young man on a train who was escaping from a. The film was released on february 14, 2014 by universal pictures in the us and uk, and on february, 2014 in australia. Goodreads members who liked endless love also liked. Endless love 2014 movie simple english wikipedia, the.
Endless love 2014 film, remake of the 1981 film, directed by shana feste. What follows is a story of teenage love and obsession. The remake is less trashy than the original, but theres definitely still sexual content, although its not graphic. Aside from being a remake of brooke sheilds 1981 film of the same name, the film is also an exercise to see how. Franco zeffirellis original 1981 film endless love itself based on scott spencers 1979 novel was notable for featuring a very young tom cruise in a minor role as an arsonist. The original music score was composed by jonathan tunick critics compared the film unfavorably to the novel, which showcased the dangers of obsessive love. Based on the 1979 scott spencer novel of the same name, the screenplay was written by judith rascoe. Jade butterfield gabriella wilde, a shy but beautiful young woman, is graduating. The opening scene is a high school graduation, class of 2014. Endless love by abigail read free book online download. Inspired by the 1979 novel and 1981 film of the same name, endless love will be released on valentines day, 2014. Inspired by the 1979 novel and 1981 film of the same name, endless love will. Since i loved the movie so much sue me i thought id ought to read the book that it was based on. The movieclips trailers channel is your destination for.