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Dec 2, 2022 · 2. Pride and Prejudice (2005) The book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Jane Austen's classic story of love and bad first impressions has been adapted many times over. But this film version ...
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Oct 8, 2024 · Spanning decades and crossing genres - including drama, comedy, horror, and science-fiction - these beloved movies based on books all have one thing in common: they turned their source material into cinema that stands the test of time. Some authors seem to write novels that are almost handcrafted for the silver screen.
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Mar 5, 2024 · Based on former investigator Charles Brandt’s nonfiction book I Heard You Paint Houses, which recounts the life of mob enforcer Frank Sheeran and is based on almost five years of interviews Brandt conducted with him, Scorsese’s 10-time Oscar-nominated crime epic stars Robert De Niro as Sheeran, Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino, and Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa.
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- The Godfather (1972) - Director: Francis Ford Coppola. - Stacker score: 100. - Metascore: 100. - IMDb user rating: 9.2. - Runtime: 175 minutes. From Mario Puzo's pulpy novel came one of the best films ever made.
- Rear Window (1954) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock. - Stacker score: 96. - Metascore: 100. - IMDb user rating: 8.4. - Runtime: 112 minutes. Another Hitchcock classic, "Rear Window" centers on suspicious activities within a New York City apartment complex.
- Vertigo (1958) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock. - Stacker score: 95. - Metascore: 100. - IMDb user rating: 8.3. - Runtime: 128 minutes. The novel "D'Entre les morts" by Thomas Narcejac and Pierre Boileau translates to "Among the Dead," but Hitchcock called it by another name: "Vertigo."
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Director: Peter Jackson. - Stacker score: 95. - Metascore: 94. - IMDb user rating: 8.9. - Runtime: 201 minutes.
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- The Godfather (Mario Puzo) £9.99. Buy the Godfather trilogy at Amazon. Film: 1972. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. Mario Puzo himself assisted on the screenplay for Coppola’s classic.
- The Silence Of The Lambs (Thomas Harris) £5.68. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1991. Director: Jonathan Demme. That The Silence of the Lambs is a great movie goes without saying – it won the Big Five (best film; best director; best actor/actress and best writing) at the Oscars.
- To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) £4.99. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1962. Director: Robert Mulligan. If Harper Lee’s epoch-defining novel is about tolerance and compassion in the face of hatred and violence, then Robert Mulligan’s adaptation has it spot on.
- Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) £3.00. Buy the movie at Amazon. Film: 1999. Director: David Fincher. Critics often attack Hollywood for castrating a book’s central premise or diluting its message so as to garner a bigger audience.
Aug 16, 2024 · Genres: Middle-grade historical fiction and graphic novel Book published: 2007 Movie released: 2011 Evoking graphic novels, picture books, flip books and films, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by ...
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Oct 9, 2023 · Poor Things. Based on the novel by Alasdair Gray. A reunion between director Yorgos Lanthimos and The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara, this bizarre sexual fable about a reanimated woman ...
