Novels-turned-movies

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[nq:1]Can anyone name some thrilling and popular novels-turned-movies? I will name some: 1. Dracula 2. Jurassic Park 3. Harry Potter ... of novels I am looking forward to. I love reading such novels and, at the end, watching the corresponding movies.[/nq]
I'm usually disappointed in the movie after reading the novel. Some that came close (IMHO) t

I guess "The human stain" by Phillip Roth won't do it.

Try any novel by John Grisham that was turned into a movie, except "A Painted House", which is not your type.

Also, try other novels by Michael Crichton:
http://www.globalnets.com/crichton/crichton.html

[nq:1]Can anyone name some thrilling and popular novels-turned-movies? I will name some: 1. Dracula 2. Jurassic Park 3. Harry Potter ... of novels I am looking forward to. I love reading such novels and, at the end, watching the corresponding movies.[/nq]
Well, The Godfather of course. The novel is a terrific read, and there isn't much in either Part I or Part II that isn't in the novel

Shine filted:
[nq:1]Can anyone name some thrilling and popular novels-turned-movies? I will name some: 1. Dracula 2. Jurassic Park 3. Harry Potter ... of novels I am looking forward to. I love reading such novels and, at the end, watching the corresponding movies.[/nq]
"The Curse of Capistrano", a serialized novel by Johnston McCulley, published in
1919 and made into a movie the

1. Dracula
2. Jurassic Park
3. Harry Potter
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Godfather

Any other?

[nq:1]Can anyone name some thrilling and popular novels-turned-movies? I will name some: 1. Dracula 2. Jurassic Park 3. Harry Potter ... novels I am looking forward to. I love reading such novels and, at the end, watching the corresponding movies. Shine.[/nq]
Nothing recent. Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter (I'm thinking of the 1950 version, which seemed to stay closer to the book

[nq:1]Can anyone name some thrilling and popular novels-turned-movies? I will name some: 1. Dracula 2. Jurassic Park 3. Harry Potter 4. Lord of the Rings[/nq]
Gone with the Wind .

Bob Cunningham, Southern California, USofA
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Let's hear it for "like" as a conjunction!

[nq:1]Can anyone name some thrilling and popular novels-turned-movies? I will name some: 1. Dracula 2. Jurassic Park 3. Harry Potter ... of novels I am looking forward to. I love reading such novels and, at the end, watching the corresponding movies.[/nq]
"The Manchurian Candidate". "War and Peace" (the BBC version starring Anthony Hopkins as Pierre). The BBC versions of "I, Claudius" a

1. Dracula
2. Jurassic Park
3. Harry Potter
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Godfather
6. Gone with the Wind

Any other?