Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback. A comingofage story about three teenagers in late 1980s new york cityjude asa butterfield, new to the city from vermont, straigh. Behold, the lord is coming with myriads of his holy ones 15 to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and. Eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. Jan 24, 2015 a coming of age story whose growing pains are divided among not just adolescents but presumed adults, shari springer berman and robert pulcinis ten thousand saints offers both a premise and a. To ask other readers questions about ten thousand saints, please sign up. Eleanor hendersons fierce, elegiac novel follows a group of friends, lovers, parents and children through the straightedge music scene and. An associate professor at ithaca college, she lives in ithaca. Gods judgment on the ungodly they are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame. Parents need to know that ten thousand saints is an edgy drama about two teens in a tough situation, set in 1980s new york. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback barnes. This is the trailer for the book ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, not the movie we do not own this video. In the meantime, ten thousand saints works as an acceptable vessel to the remarkable past with an honest meditation on what a family represents in todays day and age.
The ten thousand is a grimdark fantasy penned by paul kearney. When he arrives in new york everything change for him but also for his father. With food and a bed supplied by his dad, jude takes to the area immediately. The movies script, adapting eleanor hendersons novel, contrasts. The film stars asa butterfield as jude keffyhorn, the protagonist of the story. Ten thousand saints, a coming of age in the east village, circa 1980s. Ten thousand saints on dvd october 6, 2015 starring hailee steinfeld, ethan hawke, asa butterfield, emile hirsch. Ten thousand saints is a 2015 american drama film written and directed by shari springer berman and robert pulcini. Top 20 fiction books of 2016 so far amy parker medium. Illustrious farr and wide, but by his own first seen, them unexpected joy.
It is quite natural, then, to understand that the term saints holy ones in jude 14 refers to the holy angels of god. Ten thousand saints has a rich, textured look, with a tendency toward the dour and desaturated in its cinematography, which fits the milieu of angsty 80s teens in the city. Les is in the greenhouse, but also in the doghouse with his wife, and he opens up to his child son about it, all while lighting up a joint. I enjoyed tenthousand saints and i found it hard to put down once i started reading it. Now offering a 50 % discount for students and teachers during the evolving covid19 crisis. Ten thousand saints is a film adapted from novel ten thousand saints book works eleanor henderson. Now offering a 50% discount for students and teachers during the evolving covid19 crisis. In ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel, the ghosts of st. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this ten thousand saints study guide and get instant access to the following chapter summaries. Behold, the lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.
Ten thousand saints is based on a novel which i read about half of. The story is structured along geographical themes with four major divisions. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson goodreads. A sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york city during. Everything you need to know about ten thousand saints. Asa butterfield navigates the 1980s new york punk scene. The script sometimes borders on the tooliterary and symbolic judes name, first of all, and the book of jude quoted at teddys funeral, but the acting is so solid, so fascinating to watch behaviorally, that its not an issue. The story is a rich tapestry of family life against the exotic, tropical background of the molucca islands of indonesia. In my opinion, the best films use highly specific settings to tell stories with universal appeal. Ten thousand saints pulsates with fullblooded supporting characters who create a tragicabsurd tapestry of decay and rebellion in the ronald reagan years, from depressed new england to volatile. Four years later, the book has been adapted into a movie and directed by shari springer berman and robert pulcini. Ten thousand saints is a comingofage story about three teenagers in late 1980s new york city jude, new to the city from vermont, straightedge musician johnny, and troubled, rich uptown girl eliza who break away from their messed up parents to form their own surrogate family.
Ten thousand saints 2015 a teen asa butterfield, a pregnant girl hailee steinfeld and the lead singer emile hirsch of a punkrock band form their own surrogate family in late1980s new york. Aug 17, 2015 in the meantime, ten thousand saints works as an acceptable vessel to the remarkable past with an honest meditation on what a family represents in todays day and age. I found myself caring for the characters, even the idiot adults. But well before that i came to really love this movie. While he may have missed out on spiderman, asa butterfield is sure to continue his ascension from child actor into a burgeoning young talent. Perhaps as a novel these different plot strands could cohere into a satisfying whole, but on screen they feel malnourished and underdeveloped. Released by nettwerk america in 2015 containing music from ten thousand saints 2015. Marks are brought back to lifehendersons book reads in part like an elegy. Its a shame about this book, because its obvious why the.
Everything you need to know about ten thousand saints movie. Aug, 2015 seriously, i felt a lot better about jude when about halfway through ten thousand saints he cuts that lock of hair off and has pretty much a normal haircut. I wanted to live inside its pages, where i could imagine not just the scenes themselves, but the cameras, the lights, the actors reading their lines off to the sides of the set. Although never explicitly stated, the main setting is probably ambon island. I wanted to live inside its pages, where i could imagine not just the scenes themselves, but the cameras, the lights, the actors reading.
Ten thousand saints 2015stream and watch online moviefone. Seriously, i felt a lot better about jude when about halfway through ten thousand saints he cuts that lock of hair off and has pretty much a normal haircut. Buy a cheap copy of ten thousand saints book by eleanor henderson. In ten thousand saints eleanor henderson has written the quintessential novel of new york citys east village in the late 1980s.
Moving back and forth between vermont and new york city, ten thousand saints is an emphatically observed story of a frayed tangle of family members brought painfully together by a death, then carried along in anticipation of a new and unexpected life. They smoke pot and take plenty of other drugs including cocaine and inhalants. In the case of the movie ten thousand saints, that setting is new york city in the late 80s. A comingofage story whose growing pains are divided among not just adolescents but presumed adults, shari springer berman and robert pulcinis ten. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your head. It is based on the novel of the same name by eleanor henderson. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. She truly has breathed life into the east villages recent storied past, and has transformed that neighborhood into a character as vividly realized as her novels people. But the owner of the umbrella, a girl around the boys age, peers down and sees. The story is kind of flat and its hard to get engaged.
Attended with ten thousand thousand saints, he onward came, farr off his coming shon, and twentie thousand i thir number heard chariots of god, half on each hand were seen. Now she sent and summoned barak the son of abinoam from kedeshnaphtali, and said to him, behold, the lord, the god of israel, has commanded, go and march to mount tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of naphtali and from the sons of zebulun. Inspired by the historical journey of ten thousand greek warriors in the persian empire circa 401 bc, this tale is a gritty, bloody, and brutal look at the realities of ancient war especially civil war and its undeniable horrors. The books territory the mid80s hardcore and straight. Ten thousand saints soundtrack from 2015, composed by garth stevenson. While i dont use it to determine doctrine, i find it interesting and worth looking at in comparing to the foundation of scripture from the accepted canon of books.
Feb 23, 2014 this is the trailer for the book ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, not the movie we do not own this video. Eleanor henderson was born in greece, grew up in florida, and attended middlebury college and the university of virginia. Ten thousand saints sheila omalley august 14, 2015. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so. The east village of manhattan was home to a huge punk rock movement in the 1980s, and the new drama film ten thousand saints pays tribute to this. Aug 14, 2015 in my opinion, the best films use highly specific settings to tell stories with universal appeal. The book traces the effects of teddys death on a handful of intertwined people, skittering. I believe from the book of mormon musical on the 65th tony awards. Is the book of enoch something of god, or is it a book of false doctrine that christians should stay away from. All 32 songs from the 10,000 saints 2015 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions.
Aug 14, 2015 ten thousand saints is a drama movie which takes place in 1980s and shows a boy who is living with his mother in vermont and moves to new york city to live with his father. The resulting novel, ten thousand saints, is the best thing ive read in a long time. Numbers in scripture ten completeness of the flesh. The book is a worthy love letter to the late 1980s and the people affected and blessed by the times. Ic profs ten thousand saints made into film ithaca journal. Dec 03, 2015 ten thousand saints soundtrack from 2015, composed by garth stevenson. Jude 14,15 jesus returns with ten thousand of his saints. In saints, a straightedge coming of age set in the late 1980s, eleanor hendersons bittersweet ten thousand saints follows three teens as they search for belonging in a rapidly changing manhattan. With a starstudded ensemble cast, ten thousand saints tells the story of a group of friends and family members who come together in late80s. The tribulation is from feast of trumpets 2023 to tisha bav 2030. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. I would say that from what i read of the book that the movie was fairly loyal to the source material but much like the book it was just sort of uninteresting. Aug, 2015 all 32 songs from the 10,000 saints 2015 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions.
With empathy and masterful skill, eleanor henderson has conjured a rich portrait of the modern. Eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent whic. Released august 14th, 2015, ten thousand saints stars asabutterfield, haileesteinfeld, ethanhawke, emilehirsch the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of 62 out of. As further evidence to this conclusion, let us observe that jude 14 states. Asa butterfield, aloft, plays a troubled vermont teenager who moves to new york to live with his estranged. The book of enochknowing the end at the beginning the word of the blessing of enoch, with which he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed concerning the elect i said, as i began my story concerning them. Leila moore, our friend of the week, and gina pell our resident bookworm and content chief have combined their top ten lists to create the top 20 fiction books of 2016 so far. Ten thousand is the number of gods saints redeemed from the flesh. Where can you get the ten thousand saints soundtrack. Asa butterfield navigates the 1980s new york punk scene in. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder. Aug 15, 2015 with a starstudded ensemble cast, ten thousand saints tells the story of a group of friends and family members who come together in late80s new york to help raise the unborn child of teenager.
Ten thousand saints is a drama movie which takes place in 1980s and shows a boy who is living with his mother in vermont and moves to new york city to live with his father. The first 50 pages of ten thousand saints, which chronicle a single night. Not sure why i liked it so much, and i certainly dont really care about the answer, but i do want to find out more about someone who would ask that question. A meditation on memory, loss, free will and necessity, kings novel sends a teacher back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a maine diner. Jan 24, 2015 ten thousand saints has a rich, textured look, with a tendency toward the dour and desaturated in its cinematography, which fits the milieu of angsty 80s teens in the city. Ann kopitzke the conclusion i drew at the end of the books was the judes unnamed wife was eliza.