Originally posted by Jaguar:Ahh, Dominique Francon. I couldn't agree more Jag.
The Fountainhead. I loved the book but the film absolutely sucked.
Movies in which they changed the ending from the book.
Apparently they changed the ending of the The Last Detail so that Buddusky doesn't die, although I haven't read the book (and I'm not sure anyone has). That's an awesome movie. Maybe Nicholson's best work.
most books are completely re-written for the screen. Elmer Gantry is a perfect example (the movie is just awful with the exception of Lancaster's performance). The book is great btw.
York was never sacked by the way…
York was never sacked by the way…
The best re-write is the Scarlet Letter. I always found the book tedious, but man, if you add in a happy ending AND an indian attack, you've sold me. And that slave bathroom candle masturbation scene? GOLD!
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Not a book, book per se but a graphic novel, "Ghostworld" took what was maybe a minute fraction of the story (maybe two to four pages) and turned it into a whole plot thread. It does boast having America's sweetheart Scarlett Johansson in a she's not quite America's sweetheart co-star role.
Also Steve Buschemi whom always seems to make a movie that much more watchable. So eh.
Also Steve Buschemi whom always seems to make a movie that much more watchable. So eh.