Your Favortie Book into Movie

Andy A 007

Ok, the game is simple. Choose your favorite book, or books, and choose your ideal cast, director, etc. for your ideal film adaptation. I'll start with a few of mine as an example.

"The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson

Cast-
Heath Ledger as Paul Kemp (RIP Heath!!)
Aaron Ekheart as Yeamon
Robert Downey Jr. as Bob Sala
Charlize Theron as Chenalt

Screenplay by Andy Andersen (that's me!)

Directed by Jim Jarmusch

"Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming
(Unofficial period James Bond film exactly like the book)
Cast-
Clive Owen as James Bond
Monica Bellucci as Solitare
Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Big
Gary Oldman as Felix Leiter

Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Alex

Sounds fun, here's my dream motion picture.

The Hour Of The Dragon By Robert E. Howard

Directed by John Boorman
With Special Effects by Ray Harryhausen

Brief Cast List

Conan: Clint Walker
Prospero: Errol Flynn
Xaltotun: Sir Cedrick Hardwicke
Zenobia: Virginia Mayo :x

Screenplay by Mike Mignola

Of course since these are scattered periods there's no way in hell this would ever happen though

blueman

Whoa, there's a whole lotta firepower in this thread already! But here's my little effort:

The Woman and the Ape, by Peter Hoeg

Directed by Roman Coppola

Paul Bettany as Erasmus
Madeleine Stowe as Madelene

and let old Peter do his own screenplay, why not.