Read it or Weep

Fall into a Book Based Movie September 26, 2009

Thought I’d share the new crop of movies based on book titles -

September
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - an animated movie based on Judi and Ron Barrett’s 1978 children’s book.
The Informant! – adapted from the 2000 book by Kurt Eichenwald about a price fixing conspiracy.
The Boys are Back - based on the 2001 nonfiction book by Simon Carr about a sportswriter who becomes the sole parent of his two boys after losing his wife to cancer.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men  – adapted from a 1999 short story collection by David Foster Wallace’s.
The Damned United - based on David Peace’s 2006 novel about the coach of Leeds United, an English football club.
The Other Man - adapted from a short story in Bernard Schlink’s 2000 collection Flights of Love.

October
Shutter Island - adapted from a Dennis Lehane’s 2003 suspense novel set in a psychiatric hospital in the 1950s.
Whip It - based on Shauna Cross’ 2007 book Derby Girl.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – adapted from the the 2008 novel by Rebecca Miller.
The Road - adapted from the 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy.
Where the Wild Things Are - a live-action adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 1963 Caldecott winning picture book.
Amelia – adapted from from Susan Butler’s 1997 biography East to the Dawn and Mary Lovell’s 1989 book The Sound of the Wings.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant - based on the first three books of Darren Shan’s YA series The Saga of Darren Shan.
Youth in Revolt - adapted from C.D. Payne’s 1993 novel following teenager Nick Twisp.

November
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - a stop-motion animated film based on Roald Dahl’s classic and directed by Wes Anderson.
New Moon - based on the the 2nd novel in Stephenie Meyer’s popular Twilight series.

 December
The Lovely Bones - based on Alice Sebold’s 2002 novel about a murdered teen who watches her family from heaven.
A Christmas Carol - an animated retelling of Charles Dickens’s classic featuring Jim Carrey.

 Sounds like a fall full of great movies (and books) to explore.

~ Dori