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Films you love based upon novels you love

A few of my favorites:

East of Eden & The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

The Last Picture Show & Hud - Larry McMurtry

Brideshead Revisisted (mini-series) - Evelyn Waugh

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

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Dracula

The only one on your list I've read is "Dracula," which I loved. I think as far as films adaptations go, my favorite is John Badham's 1979 version, starring Frank Langella and Laurence Olivier. I can't remember exactly why I preferred it, however.

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Deloris Claiborne… Stephen King

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That one is mine too 👍

Confucius

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Delores Claiborne

I haven't read a single Stephen King novel, but I will say that of all the film adaptations of them I've seen Delores Claiborne is my favorite.

Delores Claiborne

I have Many other favorites.

The Desperate Hours

The Postman Always Rings Twice

There are great adaptations already listed here. I loved the books and found the films well done. NZer has listed some great ones!

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

I love, love, love James M. Cain, the pulp fiction writer from the 1940s who people now write their dissertations about.

My absolute favorite of his novels his "Double Indemnity," which is even better than the film, hard as that is to believe. The ending (so different from the film) is utterly haunting. "The Postman Always Rings Twice," for me would be number three on the Cain list, after "Mildred Pierce" (novels and films).

Haven't read "The Desperate Hours," but very much enjoyed the film.

For some reason you've reminded me of a couple more: one I really enjoyed though I know its limitations (film and novel), A Summer Place by Sloan Wilson, and a novel by J.R. Salamanca that was wonderful, brilliant, amazing. The novel was called "The Lost Country" and was adapted into the not great but for me quite enjoyable Elvis Presley film, Wild in the Country (probably Presley's best in terms of story and acting).

Salamanca also wrote the novel, "Lilith, which became the 1964 film starring Jean Seberg and Warren Beatty. Didn't read that novel, but liked the film.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

About 15 years ago I was surprised and happy to find a first edition of The Desperate Hours at a garage sale. You would find only a few minor changes in the film, although a book is always just a bit better. You get so much more out of it. The character's thoughts and their emotions. I would be curious to read A Summer Place. The movie was naturally a vehicle for Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue at the time. I'd love to read the novel to know even more about the other characters.
I enjoyed the film, Lilith very much. I'd love to read the book.

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

Yes, I almost always think the books are better. "A Summer Place" is a better novel than the film by far, more complex and mature, with less melodrama. I really liked it. Sloan Wilson also wrote "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit."

Have't read "Lilith," but, oh man, could J.R. Salamanca write!

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The Godfather
Jurassic Park
Misery
The Time Traveler's Wife
Jane Eyre
Life of Pi
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Rosemary's Baby
The War of the Worlds

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When I worked at a bookstore I had access to all these books but the only one I read was a recommendation from a customer ~ The Lovely Bones

Confucius

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Did you like it? I was a little disappointed in the book and the movie.

Lovely Bones

Oh, I did read this one! And I share your feelings about it. I avoided the film for that reason.

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I liked the book and I bought the movie but never watched it

The story made me cry because I thought about my sister

Confucius

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Sorry Nettie..:(

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It's okay, mate, I'm sentimental

Confucius

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@NZer@spiderwort

What was disappointing?

I read the author's own story of what happened to her and it's the stuff nightmares are made of

Confucius

Lovely Bones

Honestly, I can't remember it in detail (read it 20 years ago), but from what I do remember I felt that it started out strong, then at some critical junctures weakened. I don't think it's a bad novel at all, just not as strong as I thought it was going to be. And I can understand why it would move you in the way it did, especially if it's in any way based upon a true story, which I did not know. The emotion it evoked in you is quite a tribute to it, I would say.

Hope this makes sense.

Lovely Bones

It makes perfect sense

The author was brutally raped so these are the stories that she writes about. I also believe in the afterlife and for her to die and watch over her sister brings me to tears even now

Confucius

Lovely Bones

OMG, that explains a lot, so sadly. And I can understand your emotion about the story so well now. Thank you for explaining. It's a heartbreaking reality that explains a lot about the novel. Oh, man. . .

Lovely Bones

You're welcome 💙

Confucius

NZer

Regrettably the only one on your list I've read is "Jane Eyre," which I loved, and the film, too, though not as much as the novel.

I have "The Life of Pi" sitting in my bookcase, waiting to be read. I can't see the film until I do.

I envy you having read the others. I always meant to read "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "The War of the Worlds" - just never got around it, and now that I've seen the films, I probably won't read them (same with so many other titles on your list).

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The Outsiders

Have not read this, though I meant to, then I saw the film and that was that. Hard to believe that the novel (which I understand is wonderful) was written by the 17 year old S. E. (Susie) Hinton.

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Contact.

"Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yessir, the check is in the mail."

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One I missed, Jack. Both novel and film. Glad you loved them both.

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Les Miserables

Oh, I envy you having read this! I always meant to, but never got around to it and now probably never will. My favorite film version of it is not the musical adaptation, but the 1935 version starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton. I'm sure I'm in the minority on that, however. 😊

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No Country for Old Men
The Constant Gardener

No Country for Old Men

Haven't read this one, but I've read several other McCarthy novels. I think he's great.

Haven't read or seen The Constant Gardner; my loss, I'm sure.

No Country for Old Men

Well, now you know what you should do today, Citizen/Consumer.

No Country for Old Men

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Always meant to read these, but saw the films first and that was that. Love the films, though. Hard not to love those two.

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Alice in Wonderland and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Alice in Wonderland

Read and loved "Alice in Wonderland" and also love the early Disney adaptation of it. Did not see or read "Willy Wonka", though that looks like a very entertaining endeavor.

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Gone With The Wind.

Gone with the Wind

An older one that I haven't read. 😞 Did you love it or the film more? Sometimes I love the novels more.

Gone with the Wind

The novel was better.

Gone with the Wind

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But I also enjoyed:



Vampyre Lestat

Queen of the Damned

Dracula

Murder on the Orient Express

The Martian

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Shining

IT

Gerald's Game

Patton (some literature, some history, lots of theatrical liberty)

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"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

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Have only read "The Brothers Karamazov" (great novel), "Murder on the Orient Express" (a real treat), and "Dracula." In each case I loved the novels more than the films; it often goes that way with me.

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1984 (1984)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Brave New World (1998 TV movie)
The Shining (1980)
It (Chapter One) (2017)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
The Sentinel (1977)
Deliverance (1972)
The Trial (1962)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Crime and Punishment (1935)

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978 - TV miniseries) - The novel is just called Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon. It's a crime that the miniseries starring Bette Davis hasn't been released on DVD.

Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931) and Horror of Dracula (1958) - All of these films are based on Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Oh, some wonderful ones here that I've also read: Brave New World, The Trial, Oliver Twist, Crime and Punishment, 1984, and Dracula.

I loved the novels more than the films, generally speaking (those I saw, that is). That said, I do also love the films OLIVER TWIST, THE TRIAL, and NOSFERATU.

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What did you think about the movie adaptations of Fahrenheit 451?
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