Great books turned into great movies and/or TV shows

[XemaSab]

Game of Thrones.

[pscot]

1. The Maltese Falcon

The book is the script.

[CBHagman]

2. Just about anything Jane Austen ever wrote.

The novel Pride and Prejudice first drew me to Jane Austen, and subsequently to the TV and film adaptations, but I really must give a special shout-out to the wonderful adaptations of Sense and Sensibility, including the 1995 version (direction by Ang Lee, screenplay by Emma Thompson).



Roger Michell's 1995 Persuasion is also a gem.



Oh, and in the E.M. Forster category, how could I forget the Merchant-Ivory productions of A Room with a View, Maurice, and Howards End?

[Justice wanted]

3. Shopgirl.

[Chan790]

4. The Shining.

Mind you, both may be great but they're in no way the same narrative.

The same can be said of Fight Club. Great movie. Not even close to the book, also great.

The novel that Dr. Strangelove is based off of was an award-winning suspense thriller. All of the absurdist comedic bits in the movie mostly grew out of the ad-libbing of Peter Sellers. Kubrick gave him a bare-bones script and told him to go to town with it. At the same time, none of the James Earl Jones/Slim Pickens bomber-crew cast were told prior to editing that the film was anything other than a serious drama. The juxtaposition between the two is what makes the film a masterpiece.

[mikeSchmuckabee]

5. The Name of the Rose.

Really great book, very good film.

[Taverner]

6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas