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"Based on the Book" )))
Fall is upon us and what better time to cozy up to a good read
and then have some fun and watch the movie based on the book.
Here is a selection of books along with their companion movies
for your enjoyment. Is the book better? Does the movie really
bring home those visual images and complete the picture for you?
Find out!
The movie is listed first followed by the book.
(Click on the book cover,
movie cover or title to link to library holdings information.)
 The
Accidental Tourist
By Lawrence Kasden
The methodical life of a travel
writer is upset when his son dies and his wife leaves him, until
he takes up with a dog trainer.
 The
Accidental Tourist
By Anne Tyler
Meet Macon
Leary--a travel writer who hates both travel and
strangeness. Grounded by loneliness, comfort, and
a somewhat odd domestic life, Macon is about to
embark on a surprising new adventure, arriving in
the form of a fuzzy-haired dog obedience trainer
who promises to turn his life around.
 All
the King's Men
By Robert Rossen
Crawford is a
southern lawyer who battles his way to the
governorship, with the help of his secretary.
Once elected, he becomes a dictator.
 All
the King's Men
By Robert Warren Penn
Fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of
Louisianna. Politics, society, and personal
affairs wrapped up in the cloak of history.
 The
Bourne Supremacy
By Paul Greengrass
Jason Bourne has
abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been
traveling beneath the agency's radar. He has been
able to reconnect with Marie, the woman he loves.
But Bourne is still haunted by vivid dreams and
troubling memories of his days as a killer, and
he's not really certain how much really happened
and how much is a product of his imagination.
When Bourne is led out of hiding by circumstances
beyond his control, he must reconcile his past
and present as he struggles to keep Marie out of
harm's way and foil an international incident
with dangerous consequences.
 The
Bourne Supremacy
By Robert Ludlum
The final, possibly fatal mission of Jason
Bourne. Full of cliff hangers, suspense, and
intrigue.
 Memoirs
of a Geisha
By Rob Marshall
Set in 1930's
Japan, a young girl who is sold to a geisha house
works her way up to become one of the most
desirable geishas of her time.
 Memoirs
of a Geisha
By Arthur Golden
Set in 1930's Japan, a young girl
who is sold to a geisha house works her way up to become one of
the most desirable geishas of her time.
 Girl
with a Pearl Earring
By Peter Webber
A poor seventeenth-century
servant girl knows her place in the household of the painter
Johannes Vermeer, but when he begins to paint her, nasty
whispers and rumors circulate throughout the town.
 Girl
with a Pearl Earring
By Tracy Chevalier
Vivid details of the life of Johannes Vermeer and his subject.
Inspiring.
View past Genres of
the Month
Escondido Public Library.
Revised:
11/03/08.
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