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Nine of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man.
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- The Rainmaker (1997) This time it was Francis Ford Coppola, who took his piece of John Grisham. The Rainmaker, Grisham’s sixth courtroom thriller was adapted with splendid cast of Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight and Danny DeVito.
- The Client (1994) Director Joel Schumacher made this legal thriller, based on John Grisham’s fourth ‘The Client’. With the cast of Susan Saanson and Tommy Lee Jones and a thrilling story-line, the film turned out to be an overall success.
- The Firm (1993) John Grisham’s first walk to fame The Firm, the best-selling novel of 1991. Sydney Pollack adapted this legal-thriller into a feature film starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.
- The Gingerbread Man (1998) The Gingerbread Man proves the significance of Grisham as a writer. A discarded manuscript by him was considered vital enough for filmmakers.
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- The Firm (1993) The Sydney Pollack film was the second book that John Grisham wrote, but the first to make it to screen in a big Hollywood film. Starring Tom Cruise as the young and naive Mitch McDeere, The Firm follows the murky underbelly of prestigious law firms.
- The Pelican Brief (1993) Release the same year as The Firm, The Pelican Brief shows another side to the legal thriller genre, but with far higher stakes.
- The Client (1994) A who’s who of ‘90s stars, The Client utilizes its cast with some of the biggest names of the time. Earning an Acadamy Award Nomination for the film, the legal drama stars Susan Sarandon as recovering alcoholic lawyer Reggie Love who tries to protect a young boy — Mark Sway (the late Brad Renfro) — who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- A Time To Kill (1996) Recalling famous lawyers in fiction may bring images of Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird, but Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey) in A Time To Kill should be remembered as one of the most impressive demonstrations of lawyers in film and television.
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Oct 22, 2023 · Many of Grisham’s novels are set in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, known for its deep-seated racial divisions. His notable works include “A Time for Mercy,” “The Summons,” and “The Chamber.”. Aside from his legal thrillers, Grisham has delved into sports and comedy fiction.
Playing for Pizza is a short novel by John Grisham, released on September 25, 2007. The novel is about an itinerant American football player who can no longer get work in the National Football League and whose agent, signs a deal for him to play for the Parma Panthers , in Parma , Italy in the Italian Football League .
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Movies Based on John Grisham Novels. by leigh-ely • Created 11 years ago • Modified 11 years ago. List activity. 579 views. 2 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 8 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Runaway Jury. 2003 2h 7m PG-13. 7.1 (105K) Rate. 61 Metascore.
