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Films and Television Programs Based on Books

Ever find out your favourite movie was actually a book before it hit the silver screen!? Ever wanted more context on a movie but didn't know it was on written paper before hand? Then this list is for you! From The Bone Collector to The Day After Tomorrow, check out these movies and books that are not commonly known to have been based after each other! Don't forget the popcorn with layered butter!

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a Carolco/Ronald Shusett production ; produced by Buzz Feitshans and Ronald Shusett ; directed by Paul Verhoeven ; screenplay by Ronald Shusett & Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman.
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The box
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital, a Darko Entertainment production ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly and Dan Lin ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Kelly.
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The box
Richard Matheson.
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The day of the jackal
Frederick Forsyth.
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The day of the jackal
Warwick Film Productions and Universal Productions France S.A. ; produced by John Woolf ; directed by Fred Zinnemann ; screenplay by Kenneth Ross. --
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Being there
Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Hal Ashby ; screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. --
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The American
an Alliance Films release, Focus Features presents a This is That/Greenlit/Smokehouse production ; produced by Anne Carey ... [et al.] ; directed by Anton Corbijn ; screenplay by Rowan Joffe. --
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The American
by Martin Booth.
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The men who stare at goats
Overture Films presents in association with Winchester Capital and BBC Films a Smokehouse production ; produced by Paul Lister, George Clooney, Grant Heslov ; directed by Grant Heslov ; screenplay by Peter Straughan.
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