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Chris Chamber Admin.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Oak Park, Michigan Posts : 23201 Rep : 330
| Subject: Books that should be movies Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:11 am | |
| This book, Composition in Black and White, about the tragic life and death of Philipa Schuyler should to be made into a motion picture. Her parents believed in this theory that they coined as "Hybrid Vigor," that biracial children were superior to "pure race" children, so when Philipa Duke Schuyler was born a prodigy their theory went into high gear. Her mother kept meticulous notes of Philipa's life; maintaining a journal of her until she was of age to write in a diary herself. Philipa was kept on a strict raw diet. Later on Philipa tried to pass as Portuguese, then Madagascaran, and still didn't get accepted. Before she died in a plane crash, she said she would always be a black woman. Her mother ended up committing suicide, while her dad died alone in a hospital. | |
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Forgiveness Man …is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-06-25 Location : Chilling on your sofa Posts : 6657 Rep : 153
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:14 am | |
| MINE! ALL SIX OF MINE! MWUHAHAHHAHAHA! Oh and The Christmas Sweater too. I liked that. | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:28 am | |
| Even though they could never be done today with any justice, I think it would be interesting to see the other Oz stories made into movies, I think Ozma of Oz would be particularly interesting to see. | |
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RedBedroom …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-02-18 Posts : 10696 Rep : 312
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:20 pm | |
| Why I Jumped: My True Story of Postpartum Depression, Dramatic Rescue & Return to Hope
This woman's story is very interesting. She made national news when she jumped off a bridge and was grabbed by a police officer, saving her from falling. It was all caught by his dash board camera. (There is actually a ledge off the bridge that runs parallel with the bridge's pavement, which she hit as he grabbed her, but that detail was left off news coverage as it makes the story less sensational).
Her childhood was very interesting and the book is very well written, leading the reader through her downward spiral into the postpartum depression. I think it would be an excellent movie, if just a made-for-tv movie.
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TSJFan4Ever …is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-03-28 Posts : 5362 Rep : 78
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:55 am | |
| I'd love to see an ACCURATE portrayal of "The Dark Is Rising" books, not the... joke of an adaption that came out that bore NOTHING in common with the book other than the character's name. | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:23 am | |
| A Long Way from Chicago would I think definitely make a very good movie.
Also, Fannie Flagg's Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
and I said this before, but the rest of the Wizard of Oz books by L. Frank Baum, I mean come on, there are 14 other books in that series, how have none of them ever been turned into a major motion picture?
I'd also like to see the remake of Fahrenheit 451 get off the ground sometime in the next century. It's been 15 years and still nobody is giving it the greenlight because they're afraid 13 year olds won't want to see it, what the hell?
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-09-03 Location : 40º44’18.33”N 73º58’31.82”W Posts : 25792 Rep : 381
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:32 am | |
| - Supernova wrote:
- I'd also like to see the remake of Fahrenheit 451 get off the ground sometime in the next century.
Wait a sec... you want a remake?! | |
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-09-03 Location : 40º44’18.33”N 73º58’31.82”W Posts : 25792 Rep : 381
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:40 am | |
| I'd like to see someone give The Sirens of Titan a shot. Also, I wouldn't mind Slapstick and Breakfast of Champions getting better treatment than they did the first time. | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
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(Oh!) Rob Petrie …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2011-01-30 Location : Boston Posts : 1677 Rep : 62
| Subject: Re: Books that should be movies Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:42 am | |
| Anything by David Sedaris. | |
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