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MOVIES ADAPTED FROM BOOKS
MOVIE ADAPTATIONS:
The Art of Racing in the Rain, 2019
Forrest Gump, 1994
The Godfather, 1972
BOOKS:
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, 2008
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
The Godfather, by Mario Puzo, 1969
TELEVISION SHOWS ADAPTED FROM BOOKS
TELEVISION ADAPTATIONS:
Game of Thrones, The Complete First Season, 2012. There are eight seasons
Lonesome Dove, Mini-series, 1989
The Thorn Birds, Mini-series, 1983
BOOKS:
Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin, 1996
Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, 1985
The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough, 1977
BOOKS MADE INTO BOTH MOVIE AND TELEVISION SHOW
BOOKS:
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger, 1990
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, first in the Jack Ryan series, 1984
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813
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MOVIE ADAPTATIONS:
Friday Night Lights, 2004
The Hunt for Red October, 1990
Pride and Prejudice, 2006
TELEVISION ADAPTATIONS:
Friday Night Lights, The First Season, 2007. There are five seasons
Jack Ryan, based on Tom Clancy book series. This is a new series available only through Amazon Prime at this time
Pride and Prejudice, Mini-series (BBC), 2001
BOOKS ABOUT MOVIES/SHOWS
Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber and the Making of the Legendary American Film, by Don Graham, 2018
The Genius of Jane Austen: Her love of Theatre and why she Works in Hollywood, by Paula Byrne, 2017
Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones by Ed West, 2019
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE STARS
All That Heaven Allows: a Biography of Rock Hudson by Mark Griffin, 2018
The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando by William Mann, 2019
The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy by Gavin Edwards, 2018
STREAMING MOVIES - KANOPY
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INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
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