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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 9

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 Remains of the Day (1993)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
321
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
322
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
323
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
324
E.M. Forster
A Room With a View (1985)
A Room With a View (1985)
325
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
326
Sillitoe
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
327
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
328
Philip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
329
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
330
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
331
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers
332
Alan Lemay
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
333
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
334
Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent (1996)
The Secret Agent (1996)
335
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
336
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
337
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
338
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
Seven Days in May (1964)
Seven Days in May (1964)
339
Shane (Schaefer)
Shane
340
Schaefer
Shane (1953)
Shane (1953)
341
The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
The Shape of Things to Come
342
Wells
Things to Come (1936)
Things to Come (1936)
343
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
344
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
345
Stephen King
Shoeless Joe (W P Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe
346
W P Kinsella
Field of Dreams (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
347
The Shrinking Man (Richard Matheson)
The Shrinking Man
348
Richard Matheson
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
349
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
350
Thomas Harris
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
351
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
352
Hemingway
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
353
Somewhere in Time (Richard Matheson)
Somewhere in Time
354
Richard Matheson
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
355
Sons and Lovers (1960)
Sons and Lovers (1960)
356
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
357
D.H. Lawrence
Spartacus (Howard Fast)
Spartacus
358
Howard Fast
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
359
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
360
John Le Carré
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