Utopians are proud of this resident author, and it was very special to watch the movie based on her work of historical fiction.Īs is almost always the case when Hollywood takes over, the plot was altered in a few places but Captain Kidd remained the hero and everyone who had not already read the book is now anxious to get a copy. Hollywood director/actor Tom Hanks purchased the movie rights from Jiles after her novel by the same title received national acclaim. Paulette Jiles, Utopia’s national award-winning author, and a large entourage of friends attended the showing of the movie “News of the World” in San Antonio last Wednesday. The novel and movie are set five years after the end of the Civil War. Diane Causey|Leader-News Utopia resident Paulette Jiles, who wrote a novel entitled “News of the World,” which Tom Hanks made into a movie with Universal Pictures, stands alongside the poster for the film, which she watched in San Antonio.
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