Movies that we bet most people don’t know were adapted from novels.
The reasons for this can vary a title change can often sever the valuable link between book and film.
Or maybe the passage of time has simply left the books renown diminished, while its film adaptation endures.
ThatScarfacewas originally inspired by a novel is seldom mentioned.
Again, Hitchcocks fame as an auteur might suggest that much of whats great aboutPsychooriginated with him.
The Bates embodied by Anthony Perkins is a handsome, apparently wholesome boy next door.
Unlike the films, the fame of MacDonalds novel has waned somewhat in recent years.
Strangelove,a film that riotously funny and simultaneously chilling.
The raving anger ofDr.
In fact, althoughDr.
The source novel was an interesting product of the Cold War era; the film adaptation goes beyond that.
The last was published in 1988, the year the author died.
The movies major departure came at the end, where Rambo is apprehended rather than killed.
By the end, Elizabeth had relinquished all control over her body and her mind.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
LikeDr.
You are not even human.
You people are nothing but a lot of little pieces of amphibian shit.
But a novel it was, written by William Goldman and published in 1973.
Both are extremely funny and complement one another perfectly.
Otherwise, the movie is a fairly faithful adaptation.
you might read more about theDie Hardfranchises strange history here.
Barely released in theatres, this directorial debut from screenwriter Shane Black deserved more attention than it received.
