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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 5

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 Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
161
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
162
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
163
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
164
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
165
The Guns of Navarone (Alistair MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone
166
Alistair MacLean
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
167
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
168
Shirley Jackson
The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting (1963)
169
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
170
Joseph Conrad
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
171
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
172
Graham Greene
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
173
Hell House (Richard Marheson)
Hell House
174
Richard Marheson
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
175
The Horse Soldiers (Harold Sinclair)
The Horse Soldiers
176
Harold Sinclair
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
177
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
178
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
179
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
180
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
181
Michael Cunningham
The Hours (2002)
The Hours (2002)
182
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
183
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
184
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
185
Richard Llewellyn
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
186
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
187
E.M. Forster
Howards End (1992)
Howards End (1992)
188
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
189
Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
190
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
191
Richard Matheson
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
192
Ice Station Zebra (MacLean)
Ice Station Zebra
193
MacLean
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
194
In the Heat of the Night (John Ball)
In the Heat of the Night
195
John Ball
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
196
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
197
Dorothy B. Hughes
In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
198
The Inspector (De Hartog)
The Inspector
199
De Hartog
The Inspector (1962)
The Inspector (1962)
200
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