It will not come as a surprise to a lot of that a hefty proportion of films have been adaptations of books. Some of the best loved and most notorious films of all time like 'The Shining', 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'The Shawshank Redemption' began life as books.
Stephen King is an author who has had numerous books adapted to film due to the fact of his imaginative and imaginative storylines and memorable characters. As nicely as 'The Shining' and 'The Shawshank Redemption', King has had several other novels adapted into motion images, like 'Misery' starring Cathy Bates and James Caan, 'Carrie' starring Sissy Spacek and 'The Green Mile' starring Tom Hanks.
'Gone with the Wind' is one on the most famous films of all time, and was initially written by Margaret Mitchell in May 1936. It depicted an crucial time in American history, so it seemed an odd alternative to cast three out of the 4 major characters with English actors. Leslie Howard was born in 1893 and was chosen to play the sensitive, sixteen year old Ashley Wilkes from Atlanta. This casting can be deemed as fairly bizarre with Leslie Howard not only becoming English, but in his mid forties at the time.
The film adaptation of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' was a lot cleaner than the book, as they toned down the references to the character of Holly Golightly getting a prostitute. Interestingly, the writer (Truman Capote) had originally desired Marilyn Monroe to play the role of Holly instead of Audrey Hepburn. Several films have strayed from the rigid storyline of the original book, deciding on to interpret the plot in different techniques to create a more visual story.
The blockbuster film 'I, Robot' starring Will Smith was initially written as a collection of nine short stories by science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov.
Nonetheless, the film only takes tiny particles of the perform. Asimov's operate is held in much larger regard than the screenplay by numerous because of the psychological depth in the original writing compared to the film. An additional screenplay primarily based on the 'I, Robot' collection had been published in the 1970s and had some contribution by Isaac Asimov himself.
'Eat Pray Love' is another book adaptation released in 2010 starring Julia Roberts and James Franco. Other book to film adaptations released in 2010 and 2009 included 'Sherlock Holmes', 'The Road', 'Shutter Island' with Leonardo Di Caprio, Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' directed by Tim Burton and Charles Dickens' and 'A Christmas Carol' starring Jim Carrey and Colin Firth.
Following a productive adaptation to film, 'The Lord of the Rings' Series is set to continue with 'The Hobbit' directed by the renowned Guillermo del Toro. Guillermo will also be directing yet another version of Frankenstein. This will be the latest movie interpretation of the story, following Kenneth Branagh's try in 1994.
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