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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better?

Our maverick English Teacher and movie buff looks at a whole bunch of books AND the movies that were based on them. In some cases the books are famous and the movies are obscure; in others, the reverse is true. In a few cases both are quite well known, and occasionally neither the book nor the movie are remembered. And, most interestingly, it is remarkable how often the book is NOT better than the movie.
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12 O'Clock High (Bartlett)
12 O'Clock High
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Bartlett
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
2
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
1984 (1956)
1984 (1956)
4
1984 (1984)
1984 (1984)
5
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
7
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
8
Arthur C. Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
10
Edith Wharton
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
11
Leo Tolstoy
The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
12
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
13
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
14
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
15
Carl Bernstein
All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
16
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
17
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
18
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
19
Mikhail Sholokhov
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
20
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
21
George Orwell
Animal Farm (1954)
Animal Farm (1954)
22
Anna Karenina (1935)
Anna Karenina (1935)
23
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
24
Ian McEwan
Atonement (2007)
Atonement (2007)
25
Barry Lyndon (William Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon
26
William Thackeray
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
27
Beau Geste (P.C. Wren)
Beau Geste
28
P.C. Wren
Beau Geste (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
29
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
30
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
31
Lew Wallace
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
32
Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
33
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
34
Herman Melville
Billy Budd (1962)
Billy Budd (1962)
35
Black Narcissus (Rumer Godden)
Black Narcissus
36
Rumer Godden
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
37
The Bridge Over the River Kwai (Pierre Boulle)
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
38
Pierre Boulle
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
39
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
40
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