
Robert DeNiro and Paul Dano star in the movie adaptation of Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night In Suck City, a film called Being Flynn, which is out now via limited release through Focus Features. Courtesy of the film, we’re giving away a pair of Bose MIE2 Earbud Headphones as well as a Being Flynn package that includes a copy of the soundtrack, which features arrangements by Badly Drawn Boy, and a book. Check out the trailer for Being Flynn below. To enter, you need be a fan of Stereogum on Facebook and comment with your favorite book to movie adaptation via Facebook Connect (do not use your ‘Gum user account on this post — we’ll have to be able to check if you are a fan of Stereogum on FB when the sweepstakes ends). US entrants only. The sweeps ends 4/11 at 6 PM EST. Watch the trailer for Being Flynn below.
Being Flynn is out now in limited release.
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Jumanji by chris van allsburg
I love The Help!
Little Women (1994)
la confidential- james ellroy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Blade Runner
Stand By Me!!! (The Body)
Catch Me If You Can
Requiem for a Dream
So many to choose from… but The Princess Bride _is_ brilliant.
Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Phillip Dick)
I love the Wizard of OZ it is a great clasic
The social network
Lord of the Rings
True Grit – Charles Portis
the lorax
Hunger Games
Shawshank Redemption
Lord of the Rings.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Trainspotting
Trainspotting!!! :)
how the grinch stole christmas by doctor seuss
The Shining
To Kill A Mockingbird
I love national treasure.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Grapes of Wrath
HUGO
Gotta be the Lord of the Rings
lord of the rings
No Country for Old Men
Jurassic Park
Jumanji :)
There Will Be Blood
Lord of the Rings
The Godfather by Mario Puza.
trainspotting
The Harry Potter series.
Shawshank Redemption.
Liked the book, loved the movie…
Shawshank Redemption.
One of the rare films that do the book justice…
trainspotting
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
blade runner
White Oleander. Oh.. i cant reply for the contest!! Oh, oh.. sorry sorry, pardon!! US entrants only!! Sorry, sorry. FUCK THIS SHITTY RACISM OF STEREOGUM
Calm down.
High Fidelity.
Fight Club.
High Fidelity
The Last Prince of Mars / John Carter
Lawl, not.
Seriously though I always thought The Rules of Attraction was a masterpiece.
There Will be Blood.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
TRAINSPOTTING !
Into the Wild.
American Psycho
Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders
Great Expectations
cat in the hat
Jurrasic Park
Choke,Palahnuik
passion of the christ. bible-gore
Perks of Being a Wallflower (not out yet but still excited for it!)
well of course The Hunger Games LOL
American Psycho
(Rita Hayworth and) The Shawshank Redemption
The Royal Tenenbaums – I mean, it was a fictional book created solely to base the movie on, but it was still just a wonderful interpretation…
Let the Right One In
harry potters
No Country for Old Men
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
the shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Lord Of The Rings
Fight Club
Jurassic Park
Fellini’s Satyricon, 1969
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory into Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory with Gene Wilder
Fight Club!
The Shining
Jaws
Jane Eyre (2011)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
running with scissors
Jurassic Park
No Country For Old Men
Battle Royale
U would have to go with Gone With the Wind.
Pulp Fiction
fight club
high fidelity
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (US version)
Fight Club
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
American Psycho
bridget jones’s diary.
les miserables by victor hugo
No Country for Old Men
One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
Into the Wild
Probably “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” or “The Shining.” Neither film’s entirely true to their in-print antecedent, but Jack Nicholson’s Randle McMurphy and Jack Torrance add vivid dimension to the characters. And, Milos Forman and Stanley Kubrick’s masterful direction also raise the bar.