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filmize, v. orig. U.S. Brit. |ˈfɪlmʌɪz|, U.S. |ˈfɪlˌmaɪz| Forms: 19– filmise, 19– filmize [‹ film n. + -ize suffix, after novelize v. Compare filmization n.] trans. To make (a book, play, person's life, etc.) into a film; to adapt as a film.
1914Newark (Ohio) Advocate 20 Feb. 2/4 Miss Fawn Lippincut will filmize eight hundred and fifty-four feet of her novel, ‘The Lost Heiress of Red Stone Hall’, for the movies. 1939Baltimore Evening Sun 1 July 4/4 The backers would finance only plays they intended to filmize. 1990Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 22 Oct. FE/0901/B/1 Kim Chong-il looks after and guides the work and life of the creative staff in filmising ‘The Flower Girl’. 2000Village Voice (Nexis) 27 June 10 The similarly gender-bending jazz musician Billy Tipton..has yet to be filmized. |