On this day in movie and book history - The Adjustment Bureau (2011 and 1954)

 

The Adjustment Bureau

directed and written by George Nolfi,

based on the short story Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick,

was released in the United States on March 4, 2011.

Music by Thomas Newman.

 

Cast:

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson, Florence Kastriner, Michael Kelly, Phyllis MacBryde, Natalie Carter, Chuck Scarborough, Jon Stewart, Gregory P. Hitchen, Darrell Lenormand, Michael Bloomberg, Kar Fearon, RJ Konner, Susan D. Michaels, Anthony Mackie, Gregory Lay, Lauren Hodges, James Carville, Mary Matalin, John Slattery, Amanda Warren, Anthony Ruivivar, Sandhi Santini, Laurie Dawn, Christine McLain, Betty Liu, Jim Edward Gately, Don Hewitt, Venida Evans, Kyoko Bruguera, David Gregoire, Julie Hays, Fabrizio Brienza, David Bishins, Kate Nowlin, Rob Yang, Jennifer Ehle, Johnny Cicco, Pedro Pascal, Michael Boyne, Sarah Bradford, Peter Epstein, Brian Haley, Kirsty Meares, Jessica Lee Keller, Donnie Keshawarz, Kieran Campion, Terence Stamp, Sandi Carroll, Daniel Bazile, Shane McRae, Meghan Andrews, Sandra Berrios, David Alan Basche, Joel de la Fuente, Mike DiSalvo, Dina Cataldi, Paul DiPaola, Jason Kravits, Peter Jay Fernandez, Lawrence R. Leritz, Peter Hans Benson, LeRoy McClain, Brit Whittle, Wayne Scott Miller, Lorenzo Pisoni, Bart Wilder.

Recommended reading:

Adjustment Team

by Philip K. Dick.

Filmed as The Adjustment Bureau (2011), directed by George Nolfi.

Published by Read & Co. Classics.

First published 1954.

Illustrated edition.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1473305543

ISBN-13: 978-1473305540

Description:

Posing the question of who truly controls our destiny, Adjustment Team is a remarkable short story by the prolific science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.

Ed Fletcher is a real estate salesman with a steady routine. When he leaves late for work one day, his entire life is thrust off-kilter. Arriving at his office, Ed realises the entire world has been transformed into a horrifying black-and-white nightmare. Rushing to get help, Ed begins to question the philosophy of life and, on the brink of a psychotic breakdown, he realises that he might not be in charge of his own fate.

First published in 1954, Adjustment Team was adapted into the science fiction romantic thriller The Adjustment Bureau in 2011.