2006-09-08 15:55:13 · 29 answers · asked by JH 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Top Five movies based on a book.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next -- Ken Kesey
M*A*S*H -- Richard Hooker
World According to Garp -- Irving (I forget his first name)
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
The Godfather -- Mario Puzo
2006-09-08 16:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. Both followed the books to a T. Two perfect adaptations.
Some other great ones:
Lonesome Dove
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Lord of the Rings
2006-09-09 00:20:41 · answer #2 · answered by Slimsmom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Bridges of Madison County". I usually think the book is better than the movie, but in this case, the movie is much better.
Essentially books are much longer and can by character development and other means convey the author's meaning. In the case of Bridges, the book did little more than fill in a plot line with characters who were pasteboard thin. The movie on the other hand had the excellent performances of Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood which supplied the deficit of the book.
2006-09-08 23:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by Chief 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a wonderful book, and a wonderful movie, but a gawed aweful movie based on a book.
In regards to faithfulness to the text and a good see, I nominate "Holes", but that also has attached a huge childhood bias. I worshipped the book, along with the Narnia series, which would be my second nomination.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Harry Potter! :-P
2006-09-09 00:58:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few...
The Princess Bride, because the author of the book also did the screen play, so it stayed true
Lord of the Rings, just cuz it was awesome
Peter Pan (the 2003 real-life version), once again, fairly true to the book
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, absolutely freaking hilarious.
2006-09-09 00:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by celery_endaliel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Time to Kill. It was based on a John Grisham book and was done really well. Another one, also based on a John Grisham novel, was The Client.
2006-09-08 23:03:57 · answer #6 · answered by bookworm7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I realize that many may disagree; however the stats would prove that GONE WITH THE WIND is the best movie that was based on a book.
Adjusted for inflation of course....
See link below:
2006-09-08 23:02:18 · answer #7 · answered by Teacher Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stand by Stephen King Awsome!
2006-09-08 23:05:42 · answer #8 · answered by Bless Tess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shawshank Redemption
Excellent in every way.
2001: A Space Odyssey
A classic
and so many more,
and hopefully, many
more to come....
Have a great weekend!
2006-09-09 00:31:08 · answer #9 · answered by vim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" The Tale Of Two Cities", great book and movie. It is about the french Revolution.
2006-09-08 22:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by The Main Man at Yahoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋