Japan Took the J.A.P. Out of Me Movie Updates

Fri., Oct. 16, 2009

from The Hollywood Reporter

Chickflicks Options 'Japan' Memoir

Chickflicks Prods. has optioned the film rights to Lisa Fineberg Cook's forthcoming memoir, "Japan Took the J.A.P. Out of Me." Cook will adapt the screenplay with her teacher husband, Peter, who inadvertently laid the groundwork for the book. Downtown Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, will publish the memoir T...

• added ChickFlicks as a production company
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• added Lisa Fineberg Cook to the credits
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• "A woman relocates to Japan six days after marrying her husband, who has taken a one-year teaching job in Nagoya. Having left her valet-defined L.A. life behind, the woman endures the abrupt transition to a culture severely lacking in manicures ... show all and Jewish-American women but teeming with cooking, cleaning and commuting duties."

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