based-on-book movies

General’s Daughter, The (1999)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Stowe, Madeleine | Cromwell, James | Hutton, Timothy | Stefanson, Leslie | von Bargen, Daniel | Williams III, Clarence | Woods, James | Weireter, Peter | Boone Junior, Mark | Beasley, John | Boyd Kestner | Beyer, Brad | Hickey, John Benjamin | Dial, Rick
Directors: West, Simon
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Military police detectives Paul Brenner and Sarah Sunhill investigate a horrifically bizarre rape and murder of a respected female Pysch-Ops officer who is also the daughter of a renowned retiring general. Yet the case becomes more complicated when the autopsy showed no evidence of sexual assault. Furthermore, that is but the beginning of the twists when they discover the victim’s secret life, her past and a disturbing determination by senior staff to keep this investigation short and quiet.

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Horror | War
Countries: France | Italy
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Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944, four dignitaries round up sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them together with guards, servants and studs to a palace near Marzabotto. In addition, there are four middle-aged women: three of whom recount arousing stories whilst the fourth accompanies on the piano. The story is largely taken up with their recounting the stories of Dante and De Sade: the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit and the Circle of Blood. Following this, the youths are executed whilst each libertine takes his turn as voyeur.

Investigating Sex (2001)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Mulroney, Dermot | Delpy, Julie | Tunney, Robin | Campbell, Neve | Davies, Jeremy | Cumming, Alan | Schweiger, Til | Light, John | Nolte, Nick | Howard, Terrence | Weld, Tuesday | Bruni, Emily | Anderson, Jacqueline | Hosemann, Marc | May, Joseph
Directors: Rudolph, Alan
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A group of men and two female stenographers scientifically study sex.

Private Parts (1997)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Stern, Howard | Quivers, Robin | McCormack, Mary | Norris, Fred | Giamatti, Paul | Dell'Abate, Gary | Martling, Jackie | Alt, Carol | Portnow, Richard | Bishop, Kelly | Goodman, Henry | Hadary, Jonathan | Hecht, Paul | Janney, Allison | Murphy, Michael
Directors: Thomas, Betty
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Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970’s college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio.

Matilda (1996)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Wilson, Mara | DeVito, Danny | Perlman, Rhea | Davidtz, Embeth | Ferris, Pam | Reubens, Paul | Walter, Tracey | Levinson, Brian | Howard, Jean Speegle | Magdalin, Sara | Robb, R.D. | Goliath, Gregory R. | Parnes, Fred | Davael, Kiami | Hackel, Leor Livneh
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A grouchy couple give birth to a very sweet girl they name Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother & mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet & extremely intelligent girl who is very anxious to go to school & read books. After a while, her parents send her to a school with the worst principal in the world, a very sweet teacher, & good friends. While trying to put up with her parent’s & principal’s cruelty, she starts to unwittingly unleash telekinetic powers that destroy a television & make a reptile fly on her teacher. With enough practice, Matilda starts to learn to control her telekinetic powers & soon using them on her principal so she can drive her away from the school.

Gotti (1996)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Assante, Armand | Forsythe, William | Sarafian, Richard C. | Vincent, Frank | Quinn, Anthony | Chianese, Dominic | Miranda, Robert | Cohen, Scott | Serra, Raymond | Pastore, Vincent | Lawrence, Marc | Sirico, Tony | Watson, Alberta | Waxman, Al | Azman, Yank
Directors: Harmon, Robert
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John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. He is known as the Dapper Don for his expensive taste in suits, and the Teflon Don because none of the FBI charges against him will stick. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.

Princess Bride, The (1987)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Elwes, Cary | Patinkin, Mandy | Sarandon, Chris | Guest, Christopher | Shawn, Wallace | André the Giant | Savage, Fred | Wright Penn, Robin | Falk, Peter | Cook, Peter | Smith, Mel | Kane, Carol | Crystal, Billy | Dyson, Anne | Mason, Margery
Directors: Reiner, Rob
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When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley’s tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck’s evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing?

Out of Africa (1985)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Streep, Meryl | Redford, Robert | Brandauer, Klaus Maria | Kitchen, Michael | Bowens, Malick | Thiaka, Joseph | Kinyanjui, Stephen | Gough, Michael | Hamilton, Suzanna | Kempson, Rachel | Crowden, Graham | Phillips, Leslie | Bugara, Mike | Rimmer, Shane | Seda, Job
Directors: Pollack, Sydney
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Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.

JFK (1991)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Jones, Tommy Lee | Taggart, Gary | Bacon, Kevin | Ramirez, Anthony | LePere, Ray | Metcalf, Laurie | Oldman, Gary | Rooker, Michael | Sanders, Jay O. | Spacek, Sissy | Lemmon, Jack | Pesci, Joe | Kirkland, Sally | Morris, E.J.
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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Part fact and part opinion, mainly of Jim Garrison and director Oliver Stone, as to the events surrounding the proposed conspiracy of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison began a probe into the actions of the F.B.I. and other officials of whom he suspected where covering up information that could lead to evidence of multiple shooters. The motive is believed to be to escalate the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. President Kennedy was attempting to prevent any further involvement in this situation, but which Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson supposedly promised the United States government that he would “give them the war”. Thus, the motive for eliminating President Kennedy. The movie also details the events of many people involved in the assassination, from Lee Harvey Oswald to Clay Shaw, a prominent figure in New Orleans.

Civil Action, A (1998)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Duvall, Robert | Shalhoub, Tony | Macy, William H. | Ivanek, Zeljko | Norris, Bruce | Lithgow, John | Quinlan, Kathleen | Jacobson, Peter | Mara, Mary | Gandolfini, James | Fry, Stephen | Hedaya, Dan | Thornton, David | Pollack, Sydney
Directors: Zaillian, Steven
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Jan Schlichtmann is a successful lawyer whose practically his own entrepreneur. He’s a humble bachelor with a nice car, a nice house, and a career that has amassed huge rewards. Not to mention being the founder and practice of the lucrative law firm he runs with his Boston partners, all in a case’s settlement. However, when the families of deceased children sue a giant food conglomerate, with the accusation of their companies are responsible for poisoning their children and afflicting them fatally with cancer. Jan cames to the rescue, thinking it’s one more case he can easily knock out of the park and make a fortune, as well as a name for he and his firm. With a class action lawsuit to file, Jan willingly puts himself and his firm as representatives of those families. However, it’s one case that could ruin Jan: his pride, his ambition, and ultimately, his career. As the pressures of the case begin to take their turn on both the prosecution, the defense, as well as the families, Jan is about to realize that he has taken on the biggest case of his life, and there is a price to pay.