Director Ken Kwapis turned popular book The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants into a movie which arrives in theaters on June 3. 2005. quick to DVD indeed then. out this fall, to be on sale as previously viewed dvd at HollywoodVideo on 11/8.
His TV credits include, recently, The Office. huh.
KYW Extra interviewed Kwapis .
-----The movie doesn't follow the book in every instance. Why is that?
Kwapis: The story we changed most was Lena's story, and with all due respect to Ann Brashares, I think it was the story in the book that, for me, was the least effective. I won't go into the specifics of it, but it wasn't as compelling as the other stories. huh.
But having said that, it's not like we changed the characters. I think we were very, very faithful to the spirit of the Lena story. We did change some of the plot of it and the way it unfolded.
There are certain things that fans of the book will miss. I know I'm going to get some letters from readers and viewers about gerbil [Mimi].
There may also be people who wonder what happened to Lena's little sister, Effie. I don't think Effie contributed enough to Lena's story. sure.
It's hard to tell one story let alone four stories in one, so I think we were quite respectful and really honored the spirit of all the stories even if we had to change some plot details. Believe me, I'm very sensitive to this. It's something I've talked for hours and hours about. What we did maintain from the Lena story and from some of the other stories is what I call internal monologue of those characters, often in the form of letters to one another.