While most feature films were created specifically for the liberal screen , every once in a while a TV series comes along where the stories and type prove compelling — and protracted — enough to be rick into a movie . Here are eight boob tube shows that were re - edited into feature films .
1.MULHOLLAND DR.(2001)
David Lynch originally conceivedMulholland Dr.as a TV show for ABC . After film the pilot , the web passed , deeming it too weird for broadcast TV . Instead of scrapping the project and prompt on , Lynch partnered with StudioCanal to expand the pilot ’s story , total deepness to the persona , and take additional scenes to make it a feature film for release in 2001 . The film pass on to be a critical pet and earned Lynch an Oscar nominating speech for Best Director .
“ StudiocCanal bought it from all the party that were involved from the beginning , and it came fourth dimension for me to really commit to making it into a feature,”Lynch explained . “ I had zero idea how I was going to do that , so it was a time of eminent anxiety . One night , I sat down , the ideas came in , and it was a most beautiful experience . Everything was seen from a different angle . Everything was then reconstitute , and we did additional shooting . Now , looking back , I see that [ the motion picture ] always wanted to be this way . It just took this strange commencement to make it to be what it is . ”
2.THE TRIP(2010)
In 2010 , Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon turned their British sitcom , The Trip , into a feature of speech - length film . Instead of adapting the telecasting serial publication into a motion-picture show , the pair — with the help of director Michael Winterbottom — simply edited the original serial ’ six episodes into a feature film film for release in the United States , where Coogan and Brydon were not as well known .
“ Well , Michael did conceive it on the commencement to be both a movie and a TV serial , ” Coogan toldThe Playlist . “ He chose something that was n’t elaborately constructed so that he could assemble these two things . So I do n’t think he would see it as curve down anything , it ’s more like make everything we shoot and figuring out how to make a episode out of it , and then contract the same and working all of the bit into a moving-picture show . ”
In 2014 , Coogan , Brydon , and Winterbottom reunite for the second time of year of the BBC2 tv set show , which was also edit into a subsequence motion-picture show , The Trip to Italy .
3.SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE(1973)
In 1973 , Ingmar Bergman createdScenes from a Marriagefor Swedish television . With its naturalistic opinion of a troubled wedding , the serial was an instant bang in Sweden . In fact , after the serial publication aired , it is believedthe divorce ratewent up drastically in Scandinavian state . Once the TV series grew in popularity , Bergman ignore down its six 50 - moment instalment into a more doable three hours for release in artistic creation house theaters around the world .
AlthoughScenes from a Marriagewas a critical hit in the U.S. , it was ineligible for Academy Award consideration because it was originally made for television .
4.FANNY AND ALEXANDER(1982)
Much likeScenes from a Marriage , Ingmar Bergman originally intended — and afterward complete — Fanny and Alexanderasa miniseriesfor Swedish idiot box . However , a unforesightful , three - hourfeature filmversion was released in theater — first in 1982 , before the longer , five - and - a - half hour translation air on TV a year later . WhileScenes from a Marriagewas ineligible for Academy Award considerateness , Fanny and Alexanderearned six nominations , including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay . It acquire four : for Best Cinematography , Best Art Direction , Best Costume Design , and Best Foreign Language Film .
5.AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT(1971)
In 1971,PlayboyMagazine executive Victor Lownes commission a Monty Python movie to introduce the comedy troupe to American audiences . And Now for Something Completely Differentwas nothing more than an anthology of the outstanding hits ofMonty Python ’s Flying Circus . While company member Terry Gilliam created newfangled aliveness for the opening credits , the picture was effectively many popular sketches — such as " Dead Parrot , ” " The Lumberjack Song , " and " Upper Class Twits"—recreated and edited together without a studio consultation laugh track .
6.BATTLESTAR GALACTICA(1978)
The pilot episode ofBattlestar Galactica(originally calledSaga of a Star World)—which , with a budget of $ 7 million , was themost expensive pilotever produced at the fourth dimension — was release theatrically around the world before it air out on ABC in the U.S. in 1978 . Universal Pictures need to get into the science fiction mart after the surprisal success ofStar Warsthe year before . In increase , Universal continued to grouping re - emended episode into feature films for release internationally throughoutBattlestar Galactica’sone - season run .
7.STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS(2008)
Although Lucasfilm was developingStar Wars : The Clone Warsfor television receiver , George Lucas thought both the footage and floor were good enough to be a movie for release on the big screen . Instead of premiering on TV , director Dave Filoni reassembled the first three episode ofThe Clone Warsinto a feature film , which served as an introduction to the boob tube show on the Cartoon connection in 2008 .
“ [ The Clone Warsmovie ] was almost an rethink , ” Lucas toldEntertainment Weekly . “ We were doing the TV series and look at some of the episodes on the freehanded silver screen and said , ‘ This is so beautiful , why do n’t we just go and use the bunch and make a feature ? ’ So we did . ”
8.THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Based on the in high spirits rating forThe Man From U.N.C.L.E.series , MGM decided to expound the history and characters into a feature film to take advantage of the emerging spy movie genre during the early sixties . In 1964 , the serial ' buffer , “ Solo , ” was expanded into the characteristic filmTo Trap a Spy , with extra footage and subplots add to the instalment . The footage tote up was presented in full color at a meter when most TV sets were pitch-dark - and - snowy . It was also more tearing and sexier than what was take into account on programme television .
To Trap a Spywas a planetary achiever , so MGM turned other episodes ofThe valet From U.N.C.L.E.into eight feature pic — includingThe Spy with My FaceandOne Spy Too Many — until the television set series ended in 1968 .
