What movies were inspired by the novel, "The Catcher in the Rye"?

Question

I already know that the movie, "Igby Goes Down" was inspired by the novel. Does anyone else know of any other inspired movies?

Answer 1

Blade Runner

Answer 2

Field of Dreams...Terrance Mann is based on JD Salinger...in fact, I think JD Salinger was the name used in the book that Field of Dreams was based on.

Edit: I just reread your question, so here are some other inspired movies:
- Simon Birch was based on John Irving's a Prayer for Owen Meany
- Shawshank Redemption based on a book named something with Rita Hayworth in the title
- LA Confidential was based on a book (I forget the name) and the book was based loosely on some real events that took place in LA. They made a bunch of changes to it.
- South Pacific is based on James Michner's Tales of the South Pacific.
- Bridget Jones Diary is based on a collection of newspaper columns
- The Wizard of Oz is based on L. Frank Baums short stories about trips to Oz. (Like Hans Christian Anderson, he used to tell stories on the fly to little kids)

I'm assuming your not looking for movies are the books just made into movie form, because there are tons of these including the Harry Potter series, Ragtime, the Notebook, The Devil Wears Prada, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Da Vinci Code, etc.

Answer 3

Not sure, but I do know the Mark Chapman shot and killed John Lennon after reading this novel.

Answer 4

Peter Fonda in EASY RIDER was compared to Holden Caufield in an essay written in ESQUIRE magazine

Answer 5

"The Good Girl" with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Anniston

Answer 6

ummmm how to deal with mandy moore was based on a novel the notebook and so on