The Giver.  As I watched the Press Conference in awe for this outstanding movie team, I was fascinated with the author of the book Lois Lowry and the screenwriters Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide.  How did they weave her book to make you realize how stupid war is;  How Deceitful the Elders (the political leaders) could become and how wonderfully innocent and intuitive our youth are?

The result of this books screen adaption,  which is drenched in “the light and the darkness of life” (As suggested by Marcello Padilla, Good News Film Producer), is that our youth SAVE US from OURSELVES, THE GROWN UPS.  They see the brighter tomorrow and have the strength to make changes..BRAVO…to them, they don’t have to wonder what if I try? Their energy and fortitude is abounding!   The Giver, beautifully adapted to the screen, wonderfully portrayed by more than outstanding actors, shows that we must get our LIVING LIFE IN PEACE… TOGETHER.  This is a Peace and Love movie and helps to open up our minds to where we have been, where we are and where we might go as a human community.  The Giver is always a Giver and gives unconditionally with true intention for Good and only good.  Not selfish Good, Loving Good –  Good Lovin said the Rascals and the melodic theme music from the Giver.  BRAVO to The Weinstein Company and Walden Media, and thanks.

Paul Sladkus, Founder,  www.goodnewsplanet.com, www.peacedayparty.org

In theaters August 15^th

NY PRESS CONFERENCE  VIDEO SOON. 

with

Jeff Bridges

Meryl Streep

Brenton Thwaites

Odeya Rush

Katie Holmes

Taylor Swift

Cameron Monaghan

Emma Tremblay

Director: Phillip Noyce

Author of The Giver: Lois Lowry

Writers: Michael Mitnick & Robert B. Weide

The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community’s memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community’s secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined – a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all – a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. THE GIVER is based on Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

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Throughout her prolific career, both as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and a novelist, Laura Lippman has written an impressive collection of tales, ranging from the beloved Tess Monaghan series to her riveting and intellectually complex stand-alones. Critics and fans alike have praised Lippman’s unparalleled ability to weave together thought-provoking, intricate plotlines with fully realized and compelling characters. USA Today calls her work “disarming and fascinating,” while The Washington Post simply proclaims that Lippman is “one of the best novelists around, period.” Now with her new stand-alone, page turning novel AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (William Morrow), Lippman solidifies her position as one of the best voices of contemporary fiction.

Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at the Baltimore Sun where her beat was crime stories. Her Tess Monaghan books: By a Spider’s Thread, The Last Place, The Sugar House, Baltimore Blues, Charm City, Butchers Hill, No Good Deeds, and In Big Trouble have won every major mystery prize including the Edgar, Shamus, Agatha, Anthony, and Nero Wolfe awards, and her novel In a Strange City was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She is also the author of five previous stand-alone novels: To the Power of Three, Every Secret Thing, What the Dead Know (winner of the Quill Award for Best Mystery), Life Sentences and I’d Know You Anywhere-the last three were New York Times bestsellers. In 2008 Lippman’s award-winning short stories were anthologized for the first time in one volume, along with an original novella, under the title Hardly Knew Her. Fall 2008 also marked Lippman’s serialization in the New York Times Magazine with The Girl in the Green Raincoat-a continuation of her P.I. character Tess Monaghan. A recipient of the first Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence and the 2003 Maryland Author Award, she and her husband, television producer David Simon, divide their time between New York, Baltimore and New Orleans. Laura is a step parent to David’s son and last year they had their first baby girl. For more information on Laura: www.lauralippman.com.

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