Did Justice to the Book
Books that were made into decent or good movies.
Staying true to the book as much as possible.
some of the movies are cleaner than the books
Staying true to the book as much as possible.
some of the movies are cleaner than the books
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- StarsColin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah HarkerWhile the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.Highly recomended
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreer GarsonLaurence OlivierMary BolandThe arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.very charming movie
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel AtwillAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.read the book and watch the movie.
Even though the movie is different, I like it just as much as the book. Rafael Sabatini is one of my favorite authors - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanEd HarrisCareer thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses a horrific crime involving U.S. President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman).family warning.
Made a great movie, was a bad book - DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsDenzel WashingtonAngelina JolieQueen LatifahA quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.family warning. as scary as the movie was the book was even worse. The book was more graphic with the torture.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsSean ConneryAlec BaldwinScott GlennIn November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?Sean Connery was Marko Ramius
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.The book was a drag.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantGrace KellyJessie Royce LandisA retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.Read book. Watch movie
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsGlenn FordGia ScalaEarl HollimanOn a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.Glenn Ford's Character was better than the books.
Characters has better morals as well. - DirectorTay GarnettStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonEdward ArnoldA widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.you will lose respect for Mrs. Parkington if you read the book
- DirectorSam WoodStarsAnn SheridanRobert CummingsRonald ReaganThe dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.once again the hero's of the story are more likable in the movie
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsHarrison FordWillem DafoeAnne ArcherCIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.family warning
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsHarrison FordSean BeanAnne ArcherWhen CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.family warning
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsAlan LaddLoretta YoungSusan HaywardA wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.not and easy read. the book gets caught up in the strike of the mill.
- CreatorRichard M. BluelStarsForrest TuckerLarry StorchKen BerryThe misadventures of the staff and neighbors of a remote U.S. Army outpost in the Wild West.funny
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsTom SelleckVirginia MadsenWilford BrimleyRafe promises a dying friend to look after his wife and 40,000 acre ranch in Wyoming. A powerful businessman wants the ranch and widow by whatever means necessary.a little different they deleted the big bad guy and added a Sniper but the story still staid the same.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsTom SelleckSam ElliottDominique DunneAfter the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.Read book and watch the movie
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneGeraldine PageWard BondArmy dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.Well done
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert MitchumBarbara Bel GeddesRobert PrestonUnemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.Well done
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenClaire FoyTom CourtenayThe Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtor's prison. Amy Dorrit's kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.Highly recomended
- StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-SmithNorth and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.Highly recomended
- DirectorFred SchepisiStarsSean ConneryMichelle PfeifferRoy ScheiderA British publisher is sent a manuscript detailing Soviet Union nuclear missile capabilities. British Intelligence intercept it and recruit him to investigate the author's editor, a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met.Family Warning. this was a tough read. I had an easier time reading David Copperfield. John Le Carre seemed to get lost in his writing
- DirectorHarold YoungStarsLeslie HowardMerle OberonRaymond MasseyA noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.Once again, some of the book is missing because of time constraints.
still a good movie and still get the feel of the book. - DirectorClive DonnerStarsAnthony AndrewsJane SeymourIan McKellenParis, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.this was two books combined. Baroness Orczy wrote an entire series on the Scarlet Pimpernel.
- StarsPierce BrosnanEric IdleJulia NicksonA Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.did not always stick close to the book but differences were not bad.
- StarsZelah ClarkeTimothy DaltonCarol GilliesA young governess falls in love with her mysterious employer, but a terrible secret puts their happiness at risk.Highly Recomended
- StarsRichard ChamberlainJaclyn SmithAnthony QuayleAn injured, unconscious man washes ashore in a small French town. As he recovers, it becomes quite clear, someone is trying to kill him.family warning. The 2002 version was not bad but this one sticks closer to the book.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael CaineOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.please read the book. Cornelius Ryan one of the best historians I have ever read
- DirectorKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard BurtonThe events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.read this one as well. Cornelius Ryan again
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenGregory PeckAnthony QuinnA team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.Dusty Miller was funnier in the book. Luki a great character was deleted to make way for Andrea's Love intrest
Alistair Maclean wrote the book and screen play on this movie.
there were no women in the book and there are two in the movie.
the sequel he wrote later fallowed the movie not his first book. Force Ten From Navarone. Which was made in to a movie as well. Starring a young Harrison Ford - DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsRichard BurtonClint EastwoodMary UreAllied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.Schaffer was great character in the book, with a fine sense of humor.
Schaffer in the movie is just a cold hearted killer
I did not like this movie compared to the book but the author, Alistair Maclean, wrote the screen play as well - StarsAnna Maxwell MartinCarey MulliganDenis LawsonA suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.the only movie in this list that i have not read the book. This was recommended to me by a friend
- DirectorAng LeeStarsEmma ThompsonKate WinsletJames FleetRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.I am aware there are several mini-series out there but I have not see them yet
- DirectorJohn DaviesTony WharmbyStarsFrancesca AnnisJohn GielgudBernard MilesWhile golfing on the Welsh coast, Bobby Jones apparently hits a stranger who falls off the the sea cliff. His enigmatic last words are "Why didn't they ask Evans?"I must admit , it has been a while since I read the book.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsSean ConneryBrigitte BardotStephen BoydIn 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.read the book. watch the movie
ladies only read the book if your prepared to be angry. - DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank OvertonAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.a very thought provoking book and movie
- DirectorKing VidorStarsGary CooperPatricia NealRaymond MasseyAn uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.thought the book was degrading
- StarsPierce BrosnanDeborah RaffinBen MastersIan Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan and Company, the oldest and largest trading company between Britain and East Asia.just watch the mini-series
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsKatharine HepburnJohn BealAlan HaleIn rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums' Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems, and they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and worst of all, Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.a real gem
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGregory PeckVirginia MayoRobert BeattyDuring the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.This movie was better than the book because they cut the middle of the book right out. the book made his character towards women, as a weak willed womanizer. eck
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.the book had such a lack of hope for happiness. Dark and despair. they were defeated in the book. Rebecca won.
People could argue that the acting was over done in this move, but I know why. the Producer, Selznick, re-shot and cut the movie.
At Oscar time Selznick took home the Oscar as best director. - DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckHugh MarloweGary MerrillA tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.they cut out the romance that was in the book. the Movie was still very well done.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerOrson WellesWanda HendrixAn unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.awesome book. good movie.