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fred_darling's "Books & Film Adaptations"

I love to read books and watch the film versions. Some are better, some worse but I like to watch the different takes on them. On this list, book is first and film version directly below it.

1. Atonement
by Ian McEwan
 
2. Atonement (Full Screen)  
3. Perfume (MTI)
by Patrick Suskind
 
4. Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer  
5. Boys from Brazil, The
by Ira Levin
 
6. The Boys From Brazil
by Franklin J. Schaffner
 
7. Children of Men, the
by P. D. James
 
8. Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
by Alfonso Cuarón
 
9. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
 
10. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Lloyd Kramer
 
11.
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The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
by William Goldman
 
12. The Princess Bride (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Rob Reiner
 
13. Big Fish (movie tie-in): A Novel of Mythic Proportions
by Daniel Wallace
 
14. Big Fish
by Tim Burton
 
15. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil: A Savannah Story
by John Berendt
 
16. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by Clint Eastwood
 
17. Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
 
18. Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Anthony Minghella
 
19.
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Love in the Time of Cholera (MTI) (Vintage International)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 
20.
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Love in the Time of Cholera
by Mike Newell
 
21. Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
 
22. A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Anthony Burgess
 
23. A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Stanley Kubrick
 
24. Penelope
by Marilyn Kaye
 
25.
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The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
 
26.
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The Other Boleyn Girl  
27. Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
 
28. Chocolat (Miramax Collector's Series)
by Lasse Hallström
 
29. Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
by Ben Mezrich
 
30.
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Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
 
31. Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition)
by Sharon Maguire
 
32. High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
 
33. High Fidelity  
34. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S. Thompson
 
35.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Terry Gilliam
 
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Created by fred_darling on Feb 27, 2008.