If $$$ was not a problem, what novel would you make into a movie?

GenJerDan said:
No, it wouldn't. It would be Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. :engel017:

Me, I'd do Silverlock by John Meyers Meyers or Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper.

Dan
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Caught me, I had just done a post in an other thread about Harlan Ellison's essay about the importance of sex, violence and labor relations and had my head up my butt.

Still would make Stranger in a Strange Land.
 
TC said:
The stipulation was "money is not an issue" not "JD Salinger has died, and enough time has passed for his work to become public domain because he will never let anybody touch his work while he still walks this earth."

I think Ender's Game would be a good one, though there are already talks of it being made.

But, my baby, would have to be Dante's Divine Comedy; split into a trilogy.
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Thanks for the pat on the back and for the vote of confidence TC. Always good to hear from a fellow DVX member. :thumbsup:

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy would be my second choice. That probably COULD be made nowadays without much hassle I would think. It was written between 1306-1321 so it should be fair game. Wouldn't it be just frik'n awesome to see a LOTR style Divine Comedy Trilogy? Too Cool.

Rosestar said:
Wow, I am impressed. With all the posts so far... Res... I am just surprised... you are artsy fartsy at heart.. I knew it...
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Rosestar, I *AM* Holden Caulfield. :grin:


~reservoir~
 
Owen: I absolutely agree! Fahrenheit 451 would absolutely rock! Definitely a movie where you could get into all sorts of crazy symbolic stuff both visually and non visually!
 
Which one you talking about? Not the François Truffaut one, I hope.

Of course, I was also 9 years old then, so it might not have been as good as I think I remember.

Dan
 
I don't really know anything about it. I saw it in school as a kid, when we were reading the book.

Perhaps it's not as bad as I remember it.
 
Here is the original and it is awesome!!

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/

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And from the looks of it....a remake is being made now. :(

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0360556/

:(
 
"The Forever War," by Joe Haldeman

"Logan's Run," by William F Nolan (NOT the dreadful 70s corruption, which shares only the title with the original novel)

"Cities of the Red Night," by William S Burroughs



...and, the Truffaut "Fahrenheit 451" is not as bad as you remember...it's much, much worse...
 
Truffaut's "...451" is very slow, but for his first english language film it is ok. Of the 1960's sci-fi films, it is one of the better ones.
 
Tom Clancy's Zero Hour

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or any of his other books...cuz his books are f*cking amazing! Thats if ur interested in that whold espionage secret agents and military stuff. Id make his novels into movies any day...only i need about...uhhhhh 100 million dollars....and a lifetime supply of hotpockets.
 
I would have loved to have made Clancy's "Red Storm Rising" into a movie, just kinda lost it's relavancy since the collapse of the Soviet Union. We should have had a better World War III movie than "Red Dawn".
 
Sad Max said:
"The Forever War," by Joe Haldeman[/i]
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I've been thinking more and more that films are not what I really want to do. Not films as such. Too many of the stories I like need more than 2 hours to do properly...more like a 6-part miniseries, if not longer...but keep it more film-like than tv-like, if you know what I mean.

Sitting on my bookshelf, right after Haldeman is Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat books. Now wouldn't they be fun to make?

Dan
 
GenJerDan said:
I've been thinking more and more that films are not what I really want to do. Not films as such. Too many of the stories I like need more than 2 hours to do properly...more like a 6-part miniseries, if not longer...but keep it more film-like than tv-like, if you know what I mean.

Sitting on my bookshelf, right after Haldeman is Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat books. Now wouldn't they be fun to make?

Dan
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It's true; a movie adaptation of FW (or the SSR books) would either have to sacrifice a lot of content, or be very, very long...
 
Richard Layman's

THE WOODS ARE DARK

is a book I have wanted to adapt for about 20 years. I've considered doing it low-budget style; have to get rights obviously.
 
John....don't worry with getting the *rights*....just make it "quietly" and then see if they like it!! Maybe they will.... and then hook you up on the *rights*!! :thumbsup:

Seriously though, I've thought about just making or "remaking" my own version of a novel or film just to see how it turned out. But wouldn't it be cool if the authors / rights holders actually approved? :happy:

~reservoir~
 
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