Top 20 Best Book to Movie Adaptations

Alex, a teenage hooligan in a near-future Britain, gets jailed by the police. There he volunteers as guinea pig for a new aversion therapy proposed by the government to make room in prisons for political prisoners. "Cured" of his hooliganism and released, he is rejected by his friends and relatives. Eventually nearly dying, he becomes a major embarrassment for the government, who arrange to cure him of his cure. A pivotal moment is when he and his gang break into an author's home: the book he is writing (called "A Clockwork Orange") is a plea against the use of aversion therapy, on the grounds that it turns people into Clockwork Oranges (Orang is Malay for "Man"): they are not being good from choice (sentiments later echoed by the prison chaplain). The film reflects this: many bad scenes in a Clockwork Orange are accompanied by jolly music; if we are to experience them as we should, we have to do it consciously, by realising they are bad, and not because the director tells us so through the use of music and images. Written by Steven Pemberton [IMDB.COM] Release: 2 February 1972 Running Time: 136 min Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 12 nominations AFI Recognition: 100 YEARS100 MOVIES #46 100 YEARS100 THRILLS #21 100 YEARS100 HEROES & VILLAINS #12 100 YEARS100 MOVIES 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #70 Producer: Stanley Kubrick Executive Producers: Max L. Raab, Si Litvinoff, Bernard Williams Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Malcolm McDowell (Alex [DeLarge]), Patrick Magee (Mr. [Frank] Alexander), Michael Bates (Chief guard) Warren Clarke (Dim), John Clive (Stage actor) Genre: Crime, Thriller Domestic Total Gross: $27 million [AFI.COM][IMDB.COM][BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM]

The oficial trailer of the name of the rose.

Trainspotting is a 1996 Scottish film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The movie follows a group of heroin addicts in early 1990's economically-depressed Edinburgh and their passage through life. The film stars Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton, Ewen Bremner as Spud, Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy, Kevin McKidd as Tommy, Robert Carlyle as Begbie and Kelly Macdonald as Diane. Author Irvine Welsh also has a brief appearance as hapless drug dealer Mikey Forrester. The Academy Award-nominated screenplay, by John Hodge, was adapted from Welsh's novel. It does not contain any references to the non-drug-related hobby of train spotting. The title is a reference to an episode in the original book (not included in the film) where Begbie and Renton meet "an auld drunkard", who turns out to be Begbie's estranged father, in the disused Leith Central railway station, which they are visiting to use as a toilet. He asks them if they are "trainspottin'" (p309, Minerva edition). The title also relates to obsessive behavior (drug addicts obsess about getting their next fix just as trainspotters obsess about collecting train numbers) and to a slang term to inject heroin or "Mainline" it. Beyond drug addiction, other concurrent themes in the film are exploration of the urban poverty and squalor, in 'culturally rich' Edinburgh The film has since developed a cult following and has been ranked 10th spot by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of all time. It was also part of a cluster of motion pictures that some claimed glamorized the gritty lifestyle of opiate addiction to a mainstream audience and also included Pulp Fiction (1994) and The Basketball Diaries (1995) The success of these films revealed that the heroin culture, although dark and forbidden, was equally fascinating. It demonstrated that the American public hungered for glimpses into heroin's dark and mysterious culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainspotting_(film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/ http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:135870

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Trailer for Curtis Hanson's film starring Michael Douglas,Tobey Maguire,Frances McDormand,Robert Downey Jr.,Katie Holmes,Rip Torn,Jane Adams,Michael Cavadias,Richard Knox,Richard Thomas,Alan Tudyk,Philip Bosco,George Grizzard,Kelly Bishop,Bill Velin

Charlotte's Web (1973) theatrical trailer

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the ring (2001) offical theatrical trailer http://imdb.com/title/tt0120737/ Music used: http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/?cid=L&mid=15663

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must first try and gain Lecter's confidence before he is to give away any information. Released on 1991 Directed by: Jonathan Demme Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn, Ted Levine,

Thin Red Line trailer, one of my favorite movies :P

Trailer for the first Harry Potter feature-length film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Copyright © Warner Bros.

No copyrights infringement intended. My trailer for The Hunt for Red October from 1990 with Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance, Joss Ackland, Tim Curry, Stellan Skarsgard and Scott Glenn directed by John McTiernan. song: Hans Zimmer - Crimson Tide Theme. enjoy:-)

For your ipod: http://rapidshare.com/files/65168422/The_English_Patient_-_Extended_Trailer.m4v.html Used the theatrical trailer as a base to create an extended trailer showcase. Enjoy!!

Film: To Kill a Mockingbird. Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford and Robert Duvall. Directed by: Robert Mulligan. Story written by: Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird (novel)". Screenplay written by: Horton Foote. Distributed by: © Universal Pictures. Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1962 (USA) Niceties by: http://www.youtube.com/IAmOnlyLove Synopsis! "To Kill a Mockingbird" is an American 1962 drama film based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. It was directed by Robert Mulligan and stars Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch. In 1995, the film was listed in the National Film Registry. It also ranks twenty-fifth on the American Film Institute's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time, and #1 on AFI's list of best courtroom films. Plot! "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) is a six-year-old tomboy growing up in Maycomb, Alabama in 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression. Along with her brother "Jem" (Phillip Alford), and their friend "Dill" (John Megna), she leads a carefree life. Their father is Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), a widower, and an attorney with deeply-held principles. When young Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man, is falsely accused of raping a white woman (Collin Wilcox) Atticus is appointed to defend him, although a guilty verdict from an all-white jury is expected by everyone which is exactly what happens, even though Atticus shows that Tom is innocent. Atticus tries to have the verdict overturned, but Tom tries to escape from jail and is killed. To get back at Atticus, the father of the supposed rape victim (James Anderson) attacks Scout and Jem, but Boo Radley (Robert Duvall), a mentally challenged neighbor whom the children have built up in their minds into the local boogeyman, saves them by killing their attacker. The Sheriff decides to promulgate that the death was accidental, and Boo is not put on trial.

Trailer for The Green Mile. Surprised I couldn't find it here, so I just thought I'd upload it. In my opinion one of the best movies ever made.

A Beautiful Mind Trailer that came with the Motion Picture Soundtrack. Song at the End: "Aftermath" by Trevor Rabin Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EABWKMD1

Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr [IMDB.COM] Release: 15 December 1993 Running Time: 195 min Awards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 63 wins & 21 nominations AFI Recognition: 100 YEARS100 MOVIES #9 100 YEARS100 HEROES & VILLAINS #13 100 YEARS100 CHEERS #3 100 YEARS100 MOVIES 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #8 Producers: Steven Spielberg, Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen Executive Producer: Kathleen Kennedy Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Steven Zaillian Cast: Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler), Ben Kingsley (Itzhak Stern), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goeth), Caroline Goodall (Emilie Schindler), Jonathan Sagalle (Poldek Pfefferberg) Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War Domestic Total Gross: $96 million Worldwide Total Gross: $321 million [AFI.COM][IMDB.COM][BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM]

A tribute trailer I put together for one of my all-time favorite directors and movies, Stanley Kubrik's The Shining.