National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
 (2012)
Drama, Mystery
On Wish List
#1394
9*
Seen ItYes
(07/12/2018 Plaza Theater, Patchogue, NY)
IMDB   8.4
135 mins USA / English
Luke Treadaway Christopher Boone
Niamh Cusack Siobhan
Paul Ritter Ed
Nicola Walker Judy
Una Stubbs Mrs. Alexander
Sophie Duval Mrs. Shears
Nicholas Sidi Mr. Shears
Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty Punk Girl
Matthew Barker Mr. Thompson
Howard Ward Reverend Peters
Director
Marianne Elliott


Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Notes
While reading my emails, I noticed that The Curious Incident Of The Dog in The Night was playing its final performance at our local "art" theatre· Seeing the announcement reminded me that this film had been on my "wish list" for some time· After exploring its availability on dvd and vod, and not finding it, I hollered down to Richard: "Want to go to the movies tonight?" After learning it's title, he surprising agreed, even though we had but a short time to get to are local art theater· Curious … is a film of a live stage show produced by the National Theater in London. Transferring a stage production to film is fraught with dangers, and rarely successful· And the Long Island Village of Patchogue is infamous for it's parking problems, but we managed to sneak into one of the few remaining free stalls in the village lot across the street from the small arts theater· We were a bit hassled by the time we settle into our seats·
We were enthralled by the film· Not only was the play well written and imaginatively staged, we thought the filming enhanced the production. The camera was able get views and angles that would have been unavailable to audience members· Except for one crucial scene, the sound was excellent; the exception being a piece that was spoken as a whisper, and Richard and I were able to piece to gather its essence after the show.
"Adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s best-selling 2003 novel about an autistic boy’s coming-of-age, this is one of the most fully immersive works ever to wallop Broadway." [NYT]