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From books To films!
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Film adaptation - the transfer of a written work
to a feature film.

• Film adaptation is as common as the development
  of original screenplays and it includes the use
  of
• non-fiction (including journalism)
• autobiography
• comic book
• plays
• other films

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300 by Frank Miller (graphic novel)
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Beloved by Toni Morrison
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and
Ron Barrett
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott
Fitzgerald(based on the short story)
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Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Dune by Frank Herbert
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Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R.  Tolkien
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
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Nanny McPhee by Christianna Brand (based on the
Nurse Matilda book series)
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving based on the
short story
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
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The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Zathura A Space Adventure by Chris van Allsburg
Yes Man by Danny Wallace
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One of the most popular film adaptations, with
over 252 derived films (according to
www.imdb.com) and the inspiration of countless
parodies, cartoons, TV programmes is
Dracula. This famous character has entered the
universal , collective imagination and is here to
stay.
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The phenomenon started with the publication of
Dracula, an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram
Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of
the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the
story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from
Transylvania to England, and the battle between
Dracula and a small group of men and women led by
Professor Abraham van Helsing.
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• Stokers Dracula was influenced by
• research on European folklore
• stories of vampires
• Emily Gerard's 1885 essay Transylvania
  Superstitions
• Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 novel Carmilla
• Varney the Vampire, a lengthy serial by James
  Malcolm Rymer
• John Polidoris 1819 novel The Vampyre, where
  the image of a vampire portrayed as an
  aristocratic man appeared for the first time

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Historians have connected the character of
Dracula to Vlad the Impaler, who reigned from
14561462 and is said to have killed from 40,000
to 100,000 European civilians (political rivals,
criminals and anyone else he considered "useless
to humanity"), mainly by using his favorite
method of impaling them on a sharp pole. Vlad
the III rd is revered as a folk hero by Romanians
for driving off the invading Turks. The numbers
of his victims are most likely exaggerated.
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The plot Jonathan Harker, a young English
lawyer, travels to Transylvania to conclude a
real estate transaction with a nobleman named
Count Dracula. Although the elderly Dracula seems
to be a well educated, hospitable gentleman,
Harker realizes soon that he is held prisoner and
that the count is actually undead. Harker
escapes, but Dracula reaches England by boat and
tracks down Mina, Harkers fiancee and attacks
her friend, Lucy. The expert van Helsing is
called to deal with the disease Lucy seems to
suffer from and not long passes before they find
they are the victims of a vampire. The
characters join forces and ultimately destroy the
monster as it was trying to reach his
home-castle.
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The most popular film adaptations
Director Tod Browning Writers Bram Stoker,
Hamilton Deane Stars Bela Lugosi, Helen
Chandler and David Manners Tagline The story of
the strangest passion the world has ever known!
Bela lugosi as dracula
MINA (Helen CHANDLER) aND dracula
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The most popular film adaptations
CHRISTOPHER LEE as dracula
Peter cushing as vaN Helsing
Director Terence Fisher Writers Bram Stoker,
Jimmy Sangster Stars Peter Cushing, Christopher
Lee and Michael Gough Tagline The terrifying
lover who died - yet lived!
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The most popular film adaptations
Gary oldman as Dracula
Winona Ryder as MINa
Anthony Hopkins as VAN helsing
Keanu reeves as harker
Director Francis Ford Coppola Writers Bram
Stoker, James V. Hart Stars Gary Oldman,
Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins Tagline The
blood is life.
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A video from Dracula (1995) Mel Brookss
parody
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Little Dracula is a British series of children's
books and an American animated television series
that originally aired on FOX. Little Dracula
revolves around a green-skinned, child vampire
who aspires to be like his father, Big Dracula,
yet also enjoys rock 'n roll and surfing. Little
Dracula also has a monstrous friend named
Werebunny, and his Transylvanian family of
strange characters is often threatened by the
villainous Garlic Man.
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Dracula in popular culture

• Stage An acclaimed Edward Gorey production,
  starring Frank Langella as the Count was staged
  in 1977.
• Radio - In 1938, Orson Welles and John Houseman
  chose Dracula to be the inaugural episode of the
  new radio show.
• Novels - Dracula has inspired many literary
  tributes or parodies, including Stephen King's
  Salem's Lot, Stephenie Meyers Twilight Saga
• Short Stories - Shepard, Leslie. 1977. The
  Dracula book of great vampire stories.
• Comics - Marvel comics version of Dracula Tomb
  of Dracula by Marv Wolfman
• Games and video games - Tepes is a mysterious
  vampire in Vampire The Masquerade.
• Anime and manga - In 1980, Toei Animation
  produced the TV anime movie Yami no Teiô
  Kyûketsuki Dracula, based upon Marv Wolfman and
  Gene Colan's Tomb of Dracula.
• Television True Blood, Vampire Diaries, Buffy
  the Vampire Slayer
• Cartoons Little Dracula, Scooby-Doo and the
  Ghoul School
• Others - The General Mills cereal mascot Count
  Chocula is a vampire who craves Count Chocula
  cereal rather than blood.