The Mandarin 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Sometimes I don't realize that the movie was based on the book if the book is of a different name. I've got none right now, so somebody else get the ball rolling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Off the top of my head... Apparently "Christmas With The Kranks" is a John Grisham novel called "Missing Christmas" or something like that. "Jackie Brown" is "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard. And I think that there's a lot of Ray Bradbury and Phillip K Dick short stories that get made into films with different names. "Total Recall" comes to mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 "Stand by Me". It originally appeared as Stephen King's "The Body". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbondrage99 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 "Stand by Me". It originally appeared as Stephen King's "The Body". Yeah a bunch of movies based on Stephen Kings movies have different names from the books Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Gecko Report post Posted November 21, 2004 "Apocalypse Now" is based off Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Blade Runner = Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick. Though it's loosely adapted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JMA Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Cape Fear was based on the novel The Executioners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Betty Houle 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 "Stand by Me". It originally appeared as Stephen King's "The Body". Yeah a bunch of movies based on Stephen Kings movies have different names from the books Shawshank was "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" Maximum Overdrive was "Trucks" Silver Bullet was "Cycle of the Werewolf" The Running Man should have had a different name... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 "Soylent Green" was "Make Room! Make Room!" By Sci-fi great Harry Harrison. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbondrage99 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2004 "Stand by Me". It originally appeared as Stephen King's "The Body". Yeah a bunch of movies based on Stephen Kings movies have different names from the books Shawshank was "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" Maximum Overdrive was "Trucks" Silver Bullet was "Cycle of the Werewolf" The Running Man should have had a different name... Maximum Overdrive was trucks? You sure cause I know that later on they made another movie called Trucks based off a Stephen King book....unless it was some shitty sequal... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2004 Maximum Overdrive was the actual theatrical movie of the book and the I think USA made the another tv movie adaption of the book as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mr.Negativity Report post Posted November 29, 2004 Manhunter is Michael Mann's adaption of the Red Dragon Book. Grisham from CSI played the protagonist in that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
