"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." - Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather. Quite ironically, "The Godfather" is simply an offer you can't refuse. It is the pinnacle of gangster films.
The film was based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo, who also co-wrote the screenplay with the director, Francis Ford Coppola. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is The Godfather, the Don (head) of a successful, tightly-knit family whose business is organized crime. Heir apparent is impulsive, hot-tempered Sonny (James Caan), whose brothers are brooding Michael (Al Pacino), who tries to seperate himself from his criminal family, and Fredo (John Cazale), who can't seem to do anything right. Vito has also adopted level-headed Tom Hagan (Robert Duvall), now the family lawyer. Michael's second wife is Kay (Diane Keaton).
'The Godfather' is one of the pioneering films that will carry the film industry into the next century and its important legacy is a testament not only to the talent of its cast, filmmakers and their crews but it's a film that will undoubtedly stand the test of time and is one of those classics that simply cannot be remade better than the original.
DAN BROWNS THE DAVINCI CODE
The book was made into a movie because of its controversy. Nowadays people are becoming quite familiar with controversies in their day-to-day life. This movie too created chaos around the globe and the writer was put down into the hammer. This book totally raised questions on catholic faith and in order to make people aware of the situation a movie was made on it so that people of all ages could have an access to it.
Rudyard Kiplings The Harry Potter Series
This one made especially for the children was a great success. The movie based on witchcraft and black magic was of new excitement for the children of that time. This movie not only provided the children with fun, excitement and extravaganza but it also made them aware of the witchcraft and black magic.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
The film is a powerful look at the life of John Nash, a Nobel Prize winning theorist who struggles with schizophrenia. Based loosely on real events, it chronicles the association of genius with mental illness but in the context of the value of human relationships. Real and imagined, merely friendly and deeply committed, the human interactions in this movie take center stage, and their portrayal are what make this not just a good film, but a great one.
The above are but a few examples of great books that have been made into movies. This exuberant practice is an all time hit thanks to the excellent authors & film makers and they leave us only pinning for more.
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