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Originally Posted by cromag
As Halloween approaches I was thinking of the animated version of Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree. The television adaptation was a sub-set of the book, but stayed true to the spirit. Ray Bradbury did the narration, and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Moundshroud was just about perfect.
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Ooooh. I wonder if that is on Netflix.
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Originally Posted by steven522
Personally, I have enjoyed all of the Stephen King mini-series adaptations that have been done for television over the years. It seems like they can do fairly well when they are able to take a story of his and let it play out over two or three different nights.
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I've thought so, too. I mean, you can't do The Stand in 2 hours.
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
The Merchant/Ivory/Jhabvala films are magnificent examples of adapting classic novels to the movie screen. My particular favorites are The Golden Bowl and The Bostonians. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a superb screenwriter, bringing Henry James' prose to life.
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I should look those up. I saw Howard's End and Remains of the Day a long time ago and they were lovely.
Okay. Here's a question; do you have a book you'd really like to see a good adaptation of.
For me, it is
A Wizard of Earthsea. That hideous miniseries they came out with awhile back doesn't count.
I'd also like to see adaptations of David Mitchell's
1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and Neil Gaiman's
Sandman (yes, I know it is a graphic novel).