How did they ever make a movie of…?
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17 (19 actually, the LotR trilogy counts as one) successful adaptations of “unadaptable” books, by Vadim Rizov, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marcus Gilmer, Will Harris, Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias, Emily Withrow, And Claire Zulkey (A.V. Club)
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A Cock and Bull Story
2005 — a.k.a. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, in 1 top list Check -
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Slaughterhouse-Five
1972, in 1 top list Check -
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Naked Lunch
1991, in 4 top lists Check -
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Fast Food Nation
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
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Orlando
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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American Psycho
2000, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Dead
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Moneyball
2011, in 3 top lists Check -
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Crash
1996, in 9 top lists Check -
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Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel...
1999 — a.k.a. Marcel Proust's Time Regained, in 5 top lists Check -
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Where the Wild Things Are
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Johnny Got His Gun
1971, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 29, 2012; source