I literally read the book in two or three hours and I was instantly passionate and excited. It wasn’t a job offer, it was a “Would you like to audition?” offer. They came to me with the book A Long Way Home and said, “Have you heard about this amazing story? Do you want to look at this book and tell us what would be your approach if you were to adapt this?” Over the years we’ve tried a few things that didn’t get off the ground. They went on to form See-Saw and make The King’s Speech. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, who are See-Saw Films, met on the Candy shoot. It was a little, dark, Aussie drama that I think was the third-last film that Heath Ledger made before he died. One of the producers of Lion was one of the producers of Candy, which was an adaptation of my novel. I had an existing friendship and working relationship with See-Saw Films that went back ten years. Photo by Mark Rogers How did you get involved in adapting A Long Way Home? Note that this interview contains spoilers for the film. Following Candy, Davies’ co-wrote the screenplay for 2014’s Reclaim and wrote the screenplay for 2015’s Life.Ĭreative Screenwriting spoke with Davies about meeting the real-life individuals who are portrayed in Lion, how he adapted a book that didn’t seem cinematic, what Lion has in common with mythology, and why a screenwriter should strive to create a “document” that inspires others to take on the project. Twenty-five years later, Brierley began using Google Earth as a means to find the home he had been separated from.ĭavies, who is an acclaimed author of fiction, poetry, and journalism, connected with Brierley’s story after he was presented with the book by the producers behind Lion.ĭavies’ first film, Candy, which was adapted from his novel and co-written with director Niel Armfield, created professional associations that eventually led to him being hired to write the screenplay for Lion for director Garth Davis.Ĭandy was based on Davies’ personal struggles with addiction, which perhaps prepared him to tell Brierley’s personal story in screenplay form. In other words, screenwriter Luke Davies faced a difficult task when he was hired to write the screenplay adaptation of A Long Way Home, the book written about the extraordinary true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian man who was separated from his family as a child, adopted by a Tasmanian couple. Lion is a film based on a true story that contains no traditional antagonist, with much of the “action” happening on Google Earth, a website used by millions of people daily.
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