Adapting Disgrace

By Rebecca Pahle
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/producing/article/steve_jacobs_disgrace_jm_coetzee_20090911/
Steve Jacobs’ Disgrace stars John Malkovich as a college professor in Cape Town, South Africa who is forced out of his job when he has an affair with a student. The book Disgrace was written by J.M. Coetzee and won the Booker Prize in 1999; it was adapted into a screenplay by producer Anna Maria Monticelli.

Jacobs took the time to answer some of MovieMaker’s questions about adapting a beloved work of literature and getting funding for a film that tackles difficult and important themes such as race and sexuality.