On Feb 18, 6:14 pm, Duggy  wrote:
> I always joke about film that are advertised as "From the writer of
> 'The Green Mile' and The Shawshank Redemption'."  There's a whole
> batch of films were admitting that King was the author is not allowed.
What "batch of films" are you talking about?  I suspect any film
advertised as being "from the writer of" SHAWSHANK or GREEN MILE are
referriing to Frank Darabont, who wrote the screenplay.  Othewise
they'd just say "Stephen King", onr of the most famous writers in the
world.
As for films where "admitting" King is the author is "not allowed"...
I know King kept his name off "The Running Man", because the didn't
like the adaptation.  Normally he wouldn't have been able to do so,
since he sold the rights to the book, but since the novel was
published under his "Richard Bachman" pseudonym he was able to do so.
I think he also used his clout with the studios to prevent the
distributors of the later "Children of the Corn" films from prmoting
them as "Stephen King's"   But that's about it.  ("Stand by Me" and
"Shawshank", if I'm not mistaken, weren't *advertisted* as King films,
either, probably to avoid giving audiences the wrong expectations.
Since King is still billed as "The Master of Horror" and more people
probably associate his name with the film versions of "Carrie" and
"The Shining" than anything else, calling the former "Stephen King's
STAND BY ME" or even using the story's actual title, "The Body", would
have given people the wrong idea.  Horror fans would have go to see it
opening weekend and left disappointed, while the larger mainstream
audience would probably have ingored it, thinking it was a horror
film.)
Regards,
Joe
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