PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY Wasn't That A Book Resources PLANOLIBRARY.ORG 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 Plano Public Library – Wasn’t That a Book Resources PLANOLIBRARY.ORG 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 Kanopy Provided to you by the Plano Public Library, Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films. INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE IMDb: Internet Movie Database free to use, IMDB is an online database of information related to films, television programs, and streaming content online – including cast and crew biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, reviews and trailers. .