{"id":3771,"date":"2006-04-19T21:07:05","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/19\/50-best-book-to-film-adaptations\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:50:09","slug":"50-best-book-to-film-adaptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/19\/50-best-book-to-film-adaptations\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Best Book-to-Film Adaptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6633,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/books.guardian.co.uk\\\/news\\\/articles\\\/0,,1756384,00.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/books.guardian.co.uk\\\/news\\\/articles\\\/0,,1756384,00.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6634,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kottke.org\\\/remainder\\\/06\\\/04\\\/10845.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/kottke.org\\\/06\\\/04\\\/a-list-of-the-50-greatest-film-adaptations&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Another &#8220;X greatest Y&#8221; list has appeared. This, of course, means it&#8217;s meme-time!<\/p>\n<p>Working from the Guardian&#8217;s list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/news\/articles\/0,,1756384,00.html\" title=\"The Guardian: Film of the book: top 50 adaptations revealed\">50 best book-to-film adaptations<\/a> (discussion as to what films should or should not be on this list is in progress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/06\/04\/10845.html\" title=\"kottke.org: A list of the 50 greatest film adaptations of all time. No Lord of the Rings? Anything else missing?\">over at kottke.org<\/a>), I&#8217;m tagging each line with a <strong>B<\/strong> if I&#8217;ve read the book, and an <strong>M<\/strong> if I&#8217;ve seen the movie.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, we&#8217;re off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> 1984<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Alice in Wonderland<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> American Psycho<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Brighton Rock<\/li>\n<li><strong>[B]<\/strong> Catch 22<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Charlie &amp; the Chocolate Factory <em>(I don&#8217;t know<\/em> which <em>movie adaptation this list refers to, but I&#8217;ve seen them both.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> A Clockwork Orange<\/li>\n<li>Close Range (inc Brokeback Mountain)<\/li>\n<li>The Day of the Triffids<\/li>\n<li>Devil in a Blue Dress<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Different Seasons (inc The Shawshank Redemption)<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Bladerunner)<\/li>\n<li>Doctor Zhivago<\/li>\n<li>Empire of the Sun<\/li>\n<li>The English Patient<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Fight Club<\/li>\n<li>The French Lieutenant&#8217;s Woman<\/li>\n<li>Get Shorty<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> The Godfather<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Goldfinger<\/li>\n<li>Goodfellas<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Heart of Darkness (aka Apocalypse Now)<\/li>\n<li><strong>[B]<\/strong> The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Jaws<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> The Jungle Book<\/li>\n<li>A Kestrel for a Knave (aka Kes)<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> LA Confidential<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Les Liaisons Dangereuses <em>(Again, which movie version isn&#8217;t specified. I&#8217;d assume the Michelle Pfeiffer\/John Malkovich\/Uma Thurman version, but I&#8217;ve seen some of the other adaptations also.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Lolita<\/li>\n<li><strong>[B]<\/strong> Lord of the Flies<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> The Maltese Falcon<\/li>\n<li><strong>[B]<\/strong> Oliver Twist<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Orlando<\/li>\n<li>The Outsiders<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Pride and Prejudice <em>(Again&#8230;which version? Sigh.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie<\/li>\n<li>The Railway Children<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca<\/li>\n<li>The Remains of the Day<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Schindler&#8217;s Ark (aka Schindler&#8217;s List)<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Sin City <em>(Interesting&#8230;a graphic novel made the list.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The Spy Who Came in From the Cold<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> The Talented Mr Ripley<\/li>\n<li>Tess of the D&#8217;Urbervilles<\/li>\n<li>Through a Glass Darkly<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> To Kill a Mockingbird<\/li>\n<li><strong>[M]<\/strong> Trainspotting<\/li>\n<li>The Vanishing<\/li>\n<li><strong>[BM]<\/strong> Watership Down <em>(Um&#8230;I thought this was a list of fifty&#8230;?)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOuter Mind%2526songTerm=I Still Want Ya%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'I Still Want Ya' on the iTMS\">I Still Want Ya<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOuter Mind%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Outer Mind' on the iTMS\">Outer Mind<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DOuter Mind%2526albumTerm=Best of Rave, The Vol. 2%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Best of Rave, The Vol. 2' on the iTMS\">Best of Rave, The Vol. 2<\/a><\/em> (1992, 7:38).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working from the Guardian&#8217;s list of the 50 best book-to-film adaptations, I&#8217;m tagging each line with a B if I&#8217;ve read the book, and an M if I&#8217;ve seen the movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2037],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-3771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-tv-and-films","tag-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}