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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 3

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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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
81
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
82
Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust (1975)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
83
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
84
John Wyndham
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
85
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
86
James Joyce
The Dead (1987)
The Dead (1987)
87
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
88
Thomas Mann
Death in Venice (1971)
Death in Venice (1971)
89
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
90
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron (1971)
The Decameron (1971)
91
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
92
Philip K. Dick
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
93
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
94
Boris Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
95
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
96
James M. Cain
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
97
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
98
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
99
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
100
Bram Stoker
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
101
Dracula (1958)
Dracula (1958)
102
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
103
Mika Waltari
The Egyptian (1954)
The Egyptian (1954)
104
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
105
Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
106
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
107
Jane Austen
Emma (1996)
Emma (1996)
108
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
109
Graham Greene
The End of the Affair (1999)
The End of the Affair (1999)
110
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
111
Michael Ondaatje
The English Patient (1996)
The English Patient (1996)
112
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
113
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome (1993)
Ethan Frome (1993)
114
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
115
Leon Uris
Exodus (1960)
Exodus (1960)
116
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
117
William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
118
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
119
Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
120
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