what were some poor selling, or how about just poorly written books turned into successful movies?
2007-09-01 13:39:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die" was an extremely stereotypical novel and hardly a best seller, yet was a successful first Bond entry for Roger Moore and featured one of the series' most memorable title songs (by Paul and Linda McCartney). Another Fleming novel, "Goldfinger" was a disappointing Bond vehicle, but was box office "gold" for Sean Connery along with it's title song. A good number of Alfred Hitchcock's films were superior to their literary sources, too.
2007-09-01 15:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by The one next to the blond 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Green Mile. I had a hard time getting into the book, but the movie was better visually.
2007-09-01 20:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Pitdog1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Harvey, with Jimmy Stewart. Terrible book, movie made it mainly because Jimmy was a big star at that point.
2007-09-01 20:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter. JK Rowling was turned down by every publisher in England and finally came to the US as a last resort.
2007-09-01 22:12:54 · answer #4 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋