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What are some good (not science fiction or fantasy) films that started as short stories?
I know Brokeback Mountain is one-- how about some others? Can you link me to their short story form? Thanks so much.
I know Brokeback Mountain is one-- how about some others? Can you link me to their short story form? Thanks so much.
How broad is your definition of good?
Two movies popularly regarded as "good", Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption, started life as novellas by the similarly "good" Stephen King. They were written under the names "The Body" and "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption", and are both in the collection Different Seasons.
For "great" movies/films, Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films may be worth looking at.
posted by marionnette en chaussette at 2:42 PM on April 27, 2007
Two movies popularly regarded as "good", Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption, started life as novellas by the similarly "good" Stephen King. They were written under the names "The Body" and "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption", and are both in the collection Different Seasons.
For "great" movies/films, Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films may be worth looking at.
posted by marionnette en chaussette at 2:42 PM on April 27, 2007
Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption are from short-ish stories by Stephen King, from the book Different Seasons.
posted by goo at 2:42 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by goo at 2:42 PM on April 27, 2007
Alan Sillitoe's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was made into a film in 1962.
There's a list on Amazon called Coolest Movies Based on Short Stories.
posted by djb at 2:43 PM on April 27, 2007
There's a list on Amazon called Coolest Movies Based on Short Stories.
posted by djb at 2:43 PM on April 27, 2007
Secretary is based on the short story of the same name by Mary Gaitskill. In the Bedroom is based on a short story by Andre Dubus.
posted by birdie birdington at 2:45 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by birdie birdington at 2:45 PM on April 27, 2007
Shop Girl is from Steve Martin's novella of the same title. Not sure if that fits the definition of "good-ness" though.
posted by awegz at 2:46 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by awegz at 2:46 PM on April 27, 2007
Children of the Corn
The Sweet Smell of Success
A Day in The Country
2001 A Space Odysee
The Illusionist
Minority Report
etc
posted by Kololo at 2:46 PM on April 27, 2007
The Sweet Smell of Success
A Day in The Country
2001 A Space Odysee
The Illusionist
Minority Report
etc
posted by Kololo at 2:46 PM on April 27, 2007
Amazon also lists this book, for which the reviews claim All About Eve, High Noon, Jazz Singer, Rear Window and It Happened One Night are based on stories.
posted by goo at 2:47 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by goo at 2:47 PM on April 27, 2007
Odyssey, obviously; although that's science fiction. So i correct myself on two accounts.
I was loose with the 'good' qualifier too, I guess.
posted by Kololo at 2:47 PM on April 27, 2007
I was loose with the 'good' qualifier too, I guess.
posted by Kololo at 2:47 PM on April 27, 2007
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films
Memento
"Memento Mori" by Jonathon Nolan
Short Cuts
"Jerry and Molly and Sam" by Raymond Carver
Blow-Up
"Blow-Up" by Julio Cortazar
A Face in the Crowd
"Your Arkansas Traveler" by Budd Schulberg
Rear Window
"It Had to be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich
2001: A Space Odyssey
"The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke
AI: Artificial Intelligence
"Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss
Freaks
"Spurs" by Tod Robbins
The Fly
"The Fly" by George Langelaan
Re-Animator
"Herbert West--Reanimator: Six Shots by Moonlight" by H.P. Lovecraft
Stagecoach
"Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox
Smoke Signals
"This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie
American Splendor
"The Harvey Pekar Name Story" by Harvey Pekar
Ghost World
"Hubba Hubba" by Dan Clowes
All About Eve
"The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr
Meet John Doe
"A Reputation" by Richard Connell
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
"Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle" by Eric Hodgins
The Wild One
"Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney
Tomorrow
"Tomorrow" by William Faulkner
Bringing Up Baby
"Bringing Up Baby" by Hagar Wilde
The Last Time I Saw Paris
"Babylon, Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Swimmer
"The Swimmer" by John Cheever
The Fallen Idol
"A Basement Room" by Graham Greene
My Friend Flicka
"My Friend Flicka" by Mary O'Hara
A Christmas Story
"Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Street Kid" by Jean Shepherd
Field of Dreams
"Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa" by W.P. Kinsella
Rashomon
"In a Grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Dark Eyes/The Lady with the Dog
"The Lady with the Pet Dog" by Anton Chekhov
Smooth Talk
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates
Smoke
"Auggie Wren's Christmas Story" by Paul Auster
Jesus' Son
"Emergency" by Denis Johnson
In the Bedroom
"Killings" by Andre Dubus
via
posted by ND¢ at 2:48 PM on April 27, 2007
Memento
"Memento Mori" by Jonathon Nolan
Short Cuts
"Jerry and Molly and Sam" by Raymond Carver
Blow-Up
"Blow-Up" by Julio Cortazar
A Face in the Crowd
"Your Arkansas Traveler" by Budd Schulberg
Rear Window
"It Had to be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich
2001: A Space Odyssey
"The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke
AI: Artificial Intelligence
"Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss
Freaks
"Spurs" by Tod Robbins
The Fly
"The Fly" by George Langelaan
Re-Animator
"Herbert West--Reanimator: Six Shots by Moonlight" by H.P. Lovecraft
Stagecoach
"Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox
Smoke Signals
"This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie
American Splendor
"The Harvey Pekar Name Story" by Harvey Pekar
Ghost World
"Hubba Hubba" by Dan Clowes
All About Eve
"The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr
Meet John Doe
"A Reputation" by Richard Connell
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
"Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle" by Eric Hodgins
The Wild One
"Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney
Tomorrow
"Tomorrow" by William Faulkner
Bringing Up Baby
"Bringing Up Baby" by Hagar Wilde
The Last Time I Saw Paris
"Babylon, Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Swimmer
"The Swimmer" by John Cheever
The Fallen Idol
"A Basement Room" by Graham Greene
My Friend Flicka
"My Friend Flicka" by Mary O'Hara
A Christmas Story
"Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Street Kid" by Jean Shepherd
Field of Dreams
"Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa" by W.P. Kinsella
Rashomon
"In a Grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Dark Eyes/The Lady with the Dog
"The Lady with the Pet Dog" by Anton Chekhov
Smooth Talk
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates
Smoke
"Auggie Wren's Christmas Story" by Paul Auster
Jesus' Son
"Emergency" by Denis Johnson
In the Bedroom
"Killings" by Andre Dubus
via
posted by ND¢ at 2:48 PM on April 27, 2007
Stephen King's "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption: Hope Springs Eternal" was originally published in Different Seasons and subsequently made into the film The Shawshank Redemption.
posted by Jeff Howard at 2:50 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by Jeff Howard at 2:50 PM on April 27, 2007
Huh? My Friend Flicka is definitely a novel, not a short story.
One of the vignettes in Four Rooms is based on a Roald Dahl story, "The Man from the South".
posted by goo at 2:52 PM on April 27, 2007
One of the vignettes in Four Rooms is based on a Roald Dahl story, "The Man from the South".
posted by goo at 2:52 PM on April 27, 2007
Donnie Darko
Rio Bravo
The Killers
Sleepy Hollow
Mentioning Roald Dahl reminds me: There are tons of Childen's/Family films that fit the bill here, his and Wes Anderson's upcoming Fantastic Mr. Fox
Take a look at the imdb's results for keyword "based on".
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:07 PM on April 27, 2007
Rio Bravo
The Killers
Sleepy Hollow
Mentioning Roald Dahl reminds me: There are tons of Childen's/Family films that fit the bill here, his and Wes Anderson's upcoming Fantastic Mr. Fox
Take a look at the imdb's results for keyword "based on".
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:07 PM on April 27, 2007
Also from the Stephen King 'Different Seasons' collection is 'Apt Pupil', which was made into a film with Ian McKellen I believe.
posted by Happy Dave at 3:30 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by Happy Dave at 3:30 PM on April 27, 2007
I can't believe nobody's mentioned The Shawshank Redemption yet. :)
There are a bunch of film adaptations of King's short stories, few of which qualify as "good".
posted by jjg at 4:03 PM on April 27, 2007
There are a bunch of film adaptations of King's short stories, few of which qualify as "good".
posted by jjg at 4:03 PM on April 27, 2007
One of the stories covered by Short Cuts (which incorporates a shitload of Raymond Carver stories) is coming out as its own movie this weekend: it's called Jindabyne, and the story it's based on is called "So Much Water So Close To Home."
posted by granted at 4:15 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by granted at 4:15 PM on April 27, 2007
Link to the aforementioned Auggie Wren's Christmas Story.
posted by alana at 4:24 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by alana at 4:24 PM on April 27, 2007
I liked Babette's Feast, which started out as a short story.
posted by small_ruminant at 4:27 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by small_ruminant at 4:27 PM on April 27, 2007
John Houston filmed an adaptation of James Joyce's The Dead.
posted by treepour at 5:22 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by treepour at 5:22 PM on April 27, 2007
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and A Man Called Horse, by Dorothy M. Johnson)
posted by Guy Smiley at 5:38 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by Guy Smiley at 5:38 PM on April 27, 2007
You can go ahead and give NDCent best post, but I'll still mention that Enders game is becoming a movie and started as a short story.
I, Robot started as several short stories (sort of).
Electric Dreams was a short story first, but I'll be damned if I can recall what it was.
posted by Four Flavors at 5:38 PM on April 27, 2007
I, Robot started as several short stories (sort of).
Electric Dreams was a short story first, but I'll be damned if I can recall what it was.
posted by Four Flavors at 5:38 PM on April 27, 2007
Most of Sherlock Holmes was short stories, but have there been any decent Holmes movies?
posted by JaredSeth at 5:47 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by JaredSeth at 5:47 PM on April 27, 2007
3:10 to Yuma
Valdez is Coming
Elmore Leonard
I believe the Valdez novel is sequel to a short story.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:19 PM on April 27, 2007
Valdez is Coming
Elmore Leonard
I believe the Valdez novel is sequel to a short story.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:19 PM on April 27, 2007
The Man Who Would Be King, starring Connery and Caine, from a story by Kipling of the same name.
posted by jamjam at 6:29 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by jamjam at 6:29 PM on April 27, 2007
Million Dollar Baby was originally a short story from this book.
posted by micketymoc at 6:55 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by micketymoc at 6:55 PM on April 27, 2007
Fight Club (by Chuck Palahniuk) was originally a short story, later expanded.
From wikipedia: After initially publishing it as a short story (which became chapter 6 of the novel) in the compilation Pursuit of Happiness, Palahniuk expanded it into a full novel, which, contrary to what he expected, the publisher was willing to publish.
Bloody good movie.
posted by kisch mokusch at 7:48 PM on April 27, 2007
From wikipedia: After initially publishing it as a short story (which became chapter 6 of the novel) in the compilation Pursuit of Happiness, Palahniuk expanded it into a full novel, which, contrary to what he expected, the publisher was willing to publish.
Bloody good movie.
posted by kisch mokusch at 7:48 PM on April 27, 2007
Does"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" count as a short story? Blade Runner is pretty good.
Also, I think Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption are great movies, and I firmly believe that while he has his rough moments, Stephen King also has some brilliant work. Have a look at Wizard and Glass from his Dark Tower series sometime.
posted by ZakDaddy at 7:49 PM on April 27, 2007
Also, I think Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption are great movies, and I firmly believe that while he has his rough moments, Stephen King also has some brilliant work. Have a look at Wizard and Glass from his Dark Tower series sometime.
posted by ZakDaddy at 7:49 PM on April 27, 2007
Kissed was based on a Barbara Gowdy story called "We So Seldom Look On Love."
posted by carmen at 10:01 PM on April 27, 2007
posted by carmen at 10:01 PM on April 27, 2007
Full Metal Jacket is based on the novella The Short Timers.
posted by furtive at 2:41 PM on April 28, 2007
posted by furtive at 2:41 PM on April 28, 2007
Breakfast at Tiffany's was based on a short story.
posted by Flamingoroad at 10:17 AM on April 29, 2007
posted by Flamingoroad at 10:17 AM on April 29, 2007
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posted by autojack at 2:37 PM on April 27, 2007