The teen vampire movie Twilight opens in theaters on Friday. The movie follows the best-selling series of romance-thriller novels, set in the small and rainy hamlet of Forks on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
Despite its remoteness, the town has become a pilgrimage destination for readers from around the world.
hamlet'Twilight' Fans Destination: Forks, Wash.NPR Programs: Morning Edition Thu, 11/20/2008 - 6:38am
'Hamlet 2': Something Deliriously RottenNPR Programs: Morning Edition Fri, 08/22/2008 - 9:03am
Steve Coogan stars as an Arizona drama teacher inspired to save his failing theater program — with a musicalized sequel to the best-known drama in the English language. This Week in AustinPlanning Ahead, Austin Tue, 05/20/2008 - 3:00am
My sister recently asked me via text message "who wrote Romeo and Juliet"? She was about to watch Hamlet and knew it was by the same person who wrote Romeo... |
