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Subject: 3 more films
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Movies and Film
Asked by: mongolia-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 04 Nov 2006 11:28 PST
Expires: 04 Dec 2006 11:28 PST
Question ID: 780088
I would like to know the names of three movies which are based on the
book of the same name and are fully faithful to the story desribed in
the book.

Yours

Mongolia
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Subject: Re: 3 more films
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 04 Nov 2006 13:06 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Mongolia,


Below you will find some movies that are faithful adaptations of the original book.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 

?All the familiar characters, the small town setting, and the major
racial themes of Harper Lee's classic novel are compressed in this
faithful adaptation of the novel to the stage.?
Harper Lee Factbites
http://www.factbites.com/topics/Harper-Lee

 ?To Kill a Mockingbird is on my top 3 movies everyone must see. It is
the best faithful adaptation of a book that I have ever watched.?
IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/usercomments?start=90



The Green Mile, / Stephen King
The Green Mile (1999)

Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama (The
Shawshank Redemption was the first) is a very faithful adaptation of
King's serial novel.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/amazon



The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code 2006

?The Da Vinci Code is a film based on the best selling book by Dan
Brown. Tom Hanks stars in the film as symbology expert Dr. Robert
Langdon. He is asked to investigate a murder of a French curator.

?The film is very faithful to the book, although not everything is
included in the film because of the time.?
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/dvd-title-d/the-da-vinci-code-dvd/1030345/



Faithful Adaptations 
The Best Novels Turned Movie

This article provides a list of twenty-one best movies adapted for the
screen from a novel or novella.

Room With a View (1986)
Room With a View, A / E. M. Forster 

Terms of Endearment (1983) 
Terms of Endearment / Larry McMurtry

Color Purple, The (1985) 
The Color Purple, / Alice Walker

Mystic River (2003)
Mystic River / Dennis Lehane

Out of Africa (1985) 
Out of Africa / Isak Dinesen

Cider House Rules, The (1999) 
Cider House Rules, The / John Irving

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/features/FaithfulAdaptations-TheBestNovelsTurnedMovie.php



The Mid-Continent Public Library provides a directory of movie titles
based on the book.
Browse by letter
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/movie.cfm


Search terms:
Film OR movie based on the book faithful adaptations

I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
mongolia-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $1.00
good stuff!

Mongolia

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Subject: Re: 3 more films
From: kemlo-ga on 04 Nov 2006 16:12 PST
 
The variouse Harry Potter films the films are close to the story in the boooks
Subject: Re: 3 more films
From: bobbie7-ga on 18 Nov 2006 11:40 PST
 
Dear Mongolia, 

Thank you very much for the 5 stars and nice tip!

--Bobbie7

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