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OK, which movies were just the same as the book?

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clarkjohnsen

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(Or almost, anyway...)
I have one:
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe)
The book was almost the screenplay.
Also, every ambiguity and confusion in the movie, originated in the Marlowe text.
Could hardly believe it, when I finally read it... On a canyon vacation day above L.A., where both were set.
clark

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Debbie does Dallas? - dennzio 19:34:20 04/18/04 (0)
Not sure because I didn't read the book, nor did I see the "film". However, I'm pretty sure that there wasn't much deviation from the book.
In Cold Blood... - HOK 18:12:10 04/18/04 (0)
A fantastic read as well.
John
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. nt - btone88 12:04:52 04/16/04 (5)
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- Loved the book, hated the movie... nt - clarkjohnsen 13:12:24 04/16/04 (4)
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  - Agreed. - rhizomatic 13:46:20 04/16/04 (3)
    The movie is peculiarly static and anodyne. I don't know how it could've come out that way with HST's involvement.
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Re: Star Wars...(nt) - mkuller 11:27:58 04/16/04 (2)
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- Very funny. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:14:15 04/16/04 (0)
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Re: OK, which movies were *just the same as* the book? - Buckeye 09:04:45 04/16/04 (0)
FWIW, I think most of the film versions of Thomas Harris' books (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, even Black Sunday) do a reasonably good job of following the story line and intent of the book...Hanibal is one of those films I should have mentioned that the film improved upon (at least the ending was better!), imo.
Of course, it's been some time since I read the books...so I could be completely wrong!
Regards,
Gary
Re: "Mystic River" - rico 07:57:04 04/16/04 (1)
I found it the closest to the book of any film I have seen.
- Everyone say so! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:41:09 04/16/04 (0)
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Brideshead Revisited . . . - albee33 07:51:39 04/16/04 (3)
I saw it when it first hit our pulbic t.v. and picked up the book shortly afterward--it was like reading the script.
- "The Dead", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Ordinary People"... - orejones 08:11:16 04/16/04 (2)
  ...are faithful both to the spirit and to the letter in the books.
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  - Mockingbird surely was, although a little more treacly. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:34:13 04/16/04 (1)
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    - Re: Mockingbird surely was, although a little more treacly. nt - rico 08:57:22 04/16/04 (0)
      The film also retained this anachronism: it's supposed to be 1932 but the narrator mentions Roosevelt's "nothing to fear but fear itself" quote, something he didn't say until 1933.