Philip K. Dick

Blaine

Blaine

Mr. Hollywood
Has anyone's work been more plundered (and I mean that in a good way) for the movies than Philip K. Dick?

Paycheck (short story)
Minority Report (short story)
Impostor (short story)
Total Recall (short story "We Can Remember It For You, Wholesale")
Blade Runner (novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
Screamers (short story "Second Variety")

He's got so many great stories, I'm wondering which one will be next. I have a whole list of his things I'd love to do :thumbsup: , alas, if only I could afford the rights. :cry:
 
Blaine said:
Has anyone's work been more plundered (and I mean that in a good way) for the movies than Philip K. Dick?
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Stephen King, Isaac Asimov, John Grisham . . .

Shakespeare. :thumbsup:
 
I, for one, would love to see a film adaptation of "Man in the High Tower" That book kicks my ass.
 
profnoxin said:
I, for one, would love to see a film adaptation of "Man in the High Tower" That book kicks my ass.
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Other than "Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep" I've only read his short stories. I went to Amazon and read the reviews of "Man in the High Castle", I guess I'm going to have to read it. I like Dick's material but feel it generally need to be updated. He was writing in a world where there was a constant fear of nuclear war leaving the world a slag heap. Does anyone remember "duck and cover" and the "fallout shelters"?

As I read his stories I picture how they would be "updated."
 
Michael Crichton anyone ? (8 Titles)

and Issac Asimov, Jules Verne, Ray Bradburry, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Tom Clancy, James Ellroy,

But how about Elmore Leonard with 12 * !

Ambassador, The
52 Pick-Up
Be Cool
Big Bounce, The
Cat Chaser
Get Shorty
Jackie Brown
Killshot
Out of Sight
Stick
Touch
Tishomingo Blues (In Production) *

Check out this great link !

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
 
John_Hudson said:
Michael Crichton anyone ? (8 Titles)

and Issac Asimov, Jules Verne, Ray Bradburry, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Tom Clancy, James Ellroy,

But how about Elmore Leonard with 12 * !

Ambassador, The
52 Pick-Up
Be Cool
Big Bounce, The
Cat Chaser
Get Shorty
Jackie Brown
Killshot
Out of Sight
Stick
Touch
Tishomingo Blues (In Production) *

Check out this great link !

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
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Good call on Crichton and Elmore Leonard, too.

I jumped a little too soon on the Philip K. Dick thing but was just going over a list I had made of his stories I thought would make good movies. I had to cross off a couple more that had been made since I originally put my list together. I completely overlooked many of the obvious choices, but felt that for many, Dick is a little more obscure than many of today's popular authors and thought it might provoke some interesting dialogue.

If it produces nothing else, it has given me that interesting link to use as a source to check out the source material for many movies I might otherwise not see. :happy:
 
Cryogenic Filmworks said:
Ian Fleming
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Other than "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" it's just been Bond. And most of them have nothing to do with Flemming other than the character he created. BUT then again, every one of his 007 books DID get made.
 
John_Hudson said:
Michael Crichton anyone ? (8 Titles)

and Issac Asimov, Jules Verne, Ray Bradburry, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Tom Clancy, James Ellroy,

But how about Elmore Leonard with 12 * !

Ambassador, The
52 Pick-Up
Be Cool
Big Bounce, The
Cat Chaser
Get Shorty
Jackie Brown
Killshot
Out of Sight
Stick
Touch
Tishomingo Blues (In Production) *

Check out this great link !

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
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After looking a little more at this site, it is good for what it is, but it is by no means complete. I checked several authors and saw that it only provided a partial listing. Even worse, it said the book Jackie Brown was made from was Jackie Brown, when it should have said Rum Punch. :shocked: It's still a good resource, or at least a good starting place, though as long as it's understood that there are gaps.:thumbsup:
 
Looking forward to a Scanner Darkly.

I loved the style of Waking Life (the heavy handed philosophical discussions were a bit much for me) and can't wait to see how Linklater implements it in this particular paranoid nightmare of a story.
 
The Machinist said:
Looking forward to a Scanner Darkly.

I loved the style of Waking Life (the heavy handed philosophical discussions were a bit much for me) and can't wait to see how Linklater implements it in this particular paranoid nightmare of a story.
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i agree. i personally can't wait for "Scanner Darkly". It looks pretty awesome.
 
There is an interesting article in this month's Wired about A Scanner Darkly and how they had to lock out the original post crew from the studio and basically restart the whole drawing of the movie. An interesting read...
 
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