1. "Rita Hayworth and rescue from Shawshank." Author - Stephen King (1982)
"Shawshank redemption" (1994). Directed by Frank Darabont
Everybody knows the plot of the movie because they must have watched it. It is a masterpiece, although it failed at the box office. Vice-President of the bank Andy Dufresne is facing trial for double murder. He is accused of the death of his wife and her lover, but the protagonist does not recognize the fact of involvement in the crime and says that the night of the tragedy was drunk and does not remember anything. He is being sent to Shawshank prison, one of the strictest places of detention. Dufresne, with the help of Red's new friend, extracts a small hammer. The man has been carrying out a brilliant escape plan for twenty long years and successfully leaves the prison walls one rainy night.
The book is worth reading too. Although there are significant differences. First of all with Morgan Freeman. According to the book, Red is a white Irishman. It's funny in the movies too.
2. "Gone with the Wind" Margaret Mitchell (1936)
"Gone with the Wind" directed by Victor Fleming (1939)
Both the book and the film are of equal importance and quality.
Georgia has a large Torah cotton plantation. In a rich house lives spoiled beauty Scarlet, she does not count on the feelings of others and selfishly breaks the hearts of men. The civil war in the U.S. makes adjustments to the carefree existence of the main character. She hardens like steel, but deep in her heart remains the same Scarlet.
Although there are significant differences. In the book at the beginning of Scarlett is only 16, in the movies, she is older. In the book Sulin remains an old maiden, she does not marry a poor man as in the movie. Old man O'Hara's death occurred after Scarlett's wedding, she lived in Atlanta and could not be present at the time of the fatal jump. The main character had three children, one from each spouse.
3. "A girl with a dragon tattoo. Stig Larsson (2004)
"Girl with a dragon tattoo." Directed by Niels Arden Oplev (2009)
The journalist Michael Blomkvist was charged with libel and lost his case. The man's career collapses and he is forced to take a break from his work. During this difficult period, the main character is addressed by a very influential man Henrik Vanger with a request to shed light on the mysterious disappearance of his niece, which occurred many years ago. Lisbeth Salander, an informal hacker, is helping with the investigation. A couple of detectives take out all the dirt of the Wangers family.
I would like to say that it is my personal opinion that the Swedish screen version is better than the Hollywood version. At least because the Praktieks are filmed by the cavity in a book. Repeating and the third book from "Millennium" (that's the name of the Larson series) to me too, very much to taste - but here are the screenings noticeably worse.
4. "Hannibal. Thomas Harris (1999)
"Hannibal." Directed by Ridley Scott (2001)
Most people love the book "Silence of the Lambs" and its adaptation, but I think Harris's third novel about Dr. Lecter is the most interesting one ("Red Dragon" I didn't like either the book or the film). And the main thing is that it turned out to be so bright and aesthetic, I am surprised how much it is underestimated.
Many years have passed since the events described in the novel "Silence of the Lambs". Clarissa Starling has become a real professional, a special agent of the FBI, but because of the intrigues of a longtime detractor Paul Krandler from the Ministry of Justice, she is entrusted with difficult thankless work. This time too, she must take part in the operation to arrest Evelda Drumgo, the head of the drug lab. The criminals have been warned and are not going to give up. Starling kills Evelda, who is carrying a child and is being attacked by the media and her colleagues, including Cradler. Mason Mason Verger (Verger), a millionaire who has fallen victim to Lecter, comes to her rescue. Lecter threw Mason into a state of intoxication and ordered him to cut off his face with a shard of mirror, and then broke his neck with a loop. Disfigured and unable to move, Verger dreams of feeding Lecter alive to the pigs. Clarissa receives a letter from Lecter asking him to tell her the story of the lambs. Scent experts set up a perfume maker. It will work or not, read and see.
In general, the book and the film differ considerably, especially in the end, and I think the film is even more aesthetically pleasing and sophisticated.
5. "Lincoln for a lawyer. Michael Connally (2005)
"Lincoln for a lawyer." Directed by Brad Furman (2011)
Connelly's a great detective master at all. But it was after this film that he became world-famous, although Mickey Holler is not the main (but personally beloved by me) character. I love the whole series, and I am glad that Matthew McConaughey was able to embody it brightly.
With the help of a friend of a policeman Holler gets the case of realtor Louis Roulet, accused of beating up a prostitute Regina Campo. Wealthy Roulet works in the company of her mother, Mary Windsor, who was raped a few years ago, and denies the fact of the beating, claiming that Campo herself attacked him. The arrested Roulet is released on bail of $1 million and put on his ankle an electronic transmitter bracelet. The prosecution has evidence in the form of a bloody Roulet knife, but Holler is not sure of the client's guilt. He then realizes that Roulet had previously killed a prostitute for whom his client Jesus Martinez is serving a life sentence. Martinez denied his guilt, but Holler did not believe him and forced him to confess to the murder in order to avoid the death penalty. But then he decides to achieve justice, especially since he has no other way out.
In principle, the book is a little better (I repeat, I love the whole series of Holler), but the film is worthy. More than that.