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Catherine's story is more than a narrative about the making of a particular movie of a particular book. It is the personal history of a woman whose dreams and heartaches also illuminate the cultural and political history of the past 60 years -- full of fascinating and compelling incidents that span the LBJ White House, the 1968 Democratic Convention, Norman Lear's television empire of the 1970s, and Hollywood more recently.
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Becoming a Warrior is Catherine Hand's triumphant memoir of...
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Becoming a Warrior is Catherine Hand's triumphant memoir of her fifty year journey to bring Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved classic A Wrinkle in Time to the screen. Hand produced the Ava DuVernay helmed feature adaptation for Walt Disney Studios which starred Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Storm Reid.
Mar 8, 2018 · 82. Catherine Hand once wrote a letter to Walt Disney asking him to make a movie from her favorite new book, “A Wrinkle in Time.”. The fifth grader never sent the letter. That doesn’t mean she gave up on her plans, though, witness the new “Wrinkle in Time” from “Selma” director Ava DuVernay. Hand serves as one of the Disney film ...
Catherine Hand is an American producer with a love for Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. She produced the 2003 television film adaptation and returned to produce Disney’s live-action adaptation directed by Ava DuVernay. Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray, and DVD on June 5, 2018.
Catherine Hand’s journey with A Wrinkle in Time began when she first read the beloved novel as a young girl, dreaming of one day making it into a major motion picture. Years later, Hand met Madeleine L’Engle, establishing a lifelong friendship and earning L’Engle’s trust as a steward for the film adaptation – an odyssey of perseverance spanning over three decades.
Catherine Hand’s early years were spent bouncing around from Texas to Washington DC to Los Angeles when her father, Lloyd Hand, served as assistant to then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and, later, served as President Johnson’s White House Chief of Protocol.
Oct 25, 2022 · If Catherine Hand is anything, she is committed to the people and stories she cares about. This devotion is present on every page of Becoming a Warrior. An extraordinarily wide-ranging and powerful read, Hand takes readers from Democratic National Conventions to movie sets to intimate conversations with Madeleine L’Engle about time, love, and trust.
