(Or almost, anyway...)I have one:
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe)
The book was almost the screenplay.
Also, every ambiguity and confusion in the movie, originated in the Marlowe text.
Could hardly believe it, when I finally read it... On a canyon vacation day above L.A., where both were set.
clark
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Topic - OK, which movies were *just the same as* the book? - clarkjohnsen 07:40:48 04/16/04 (18)
- Debbie does Dallas? - dennzio 19:34:20 04/18/04 (0)
- In Cold Blood... - HOK 18:12:10 04/18/04 (0)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. nt - btone88 12:04:52 04/16/04 (5)
- Loved the book, hated the movie... nt - clarkjohnsen 13:12:24 04/16/04 (4)
- Agreed. - rhizomatic 13:46:20 04/16/04 (3)
- I think Thompson is easier to take from the inside out than the other way around ..nt - late 19:17:27 04/16/04 (0)
- Don't worry, Peter Jackson will direct the remake! (nt) - grinagog 16:27:15 04/16/04 (1)
- Can we handle a H. Thompson triology? n - albee33 09:48:34 04/17/04 (0)
- Re: Star Wars...(nt) - mkuller 11:27:58 04/16/04 (2)
- Re: G. Lukas short story... - patrickU 05:36:13 04/17/04 (0)
- Very funny. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:14:15 04/16/04 (0)
- Re: OK, which movies were *just the same as* the book? - Buckeye 09:04:45 04/16/04 (0)
- Re: "Mystic River" - rico 07:57:04 04/16/04 (1)
- Everyone say so! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:41:09 04/16/04 (0)
- Brideshead Revisited . . . - albee33 07:51:39 04/16/04 (3)
- "The Dead", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Ordinary People"... - orejones 08:11:16 04/16/04 (2)
- Mockingbird surely was, although a little more treacly. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:34:13 04/16/04 (1)
- Re: Mockingbird surely was, although a little more treacly. nt - rico 08:57:22 04/16/04 (0)