Out of Africa (film) American Film Institute recognition Out of Africa (film) Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book "Out of Africa" written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book "Shadows on the Grass" and other sources. The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and directed by the American Sydney Pollack. Streep played Karen Blixen; Redford played Denys Finch
No Rest for the Wicked (film) Deborah Young of "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote that the film, while conventional, is "a tense, briskly paced genre thriller". Fionnuala Halligan of "Screen Daily" called it "a deliciously complicated and gritty Spanish thriller". In March 2012, American actor Sylvester Stallone expressed interest in making an American adaptation of the film. No Rest for the Wicked (film) No Rest for the Wicked () is a 2011 Spanish thriller film directed by Enrique Urbizu, written by Urbizu and Michel Gaztambide and starring José Coronado, Juanjo Artero and Helena Miquel. The film won six Goya Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original