What do you think are the BEST movie adaptations of classic or popular books?

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What do you think are the BEST movie adaptations of classic or popular books? Aug 24, 2018 18:48:25 GMT

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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 24, 2018 18:48:25 GMT

no disagreement with any of the above mentions

would add

The Harry Potter series
Of Mice and Men … B Meredith, Gary Sinise and Robert Blake versions all fantastically well done and true to the book
The Grapes of Wrath

A Christmas Carol ~ Sim and George C Scott versions
A Christmas Story

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What do you think are the BEST movie adaptations of classic or popular books? Aug 24, 2018 19:23:49 GMT

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Post by mikef6 on Aug 24, 2018 19:23:49 GMT

Here are a dirty dozen

To Kill A Mockingbird (1961)
True Grit (1969)
A Tale Of Two Cities (1935)
The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1939 and 1959)
From Russia, With Love (1963)
The Time Machine (1960)
Fail-Safe (1964)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)
The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Murder On The Orient Express (1974)
A Passage To India (1984)
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990)

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What do you think are the BEST movie adaptations of classic or popular books?

Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 24, 2018 18:48:25 GMT

Post by mikef6 on Aug 24, 2018 19:23:49 GMT

Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Aug 24, 2018 19:33:26 GMT