Recreation

Books into film and television

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Jack the bear
From the 1974 novel Jack the bear by Dan McCall
The Jackal
A sort of remake, disowned by the author, of The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Jackie Brown
From the novel Rum punch by Elmore Leonard
Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis
From the 2000 book Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot
From the 2000 book Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Jake and the kid
From the 1974 novel Jake and the kid by W. O. Mitchell
James and the giant peach
From the novel James and the giant peach by Roald Dahl
Jamie's kitchen
Tie-in book by Jamie Oliver, published 2002
The Jane Austen book club
Karen Joy Fowler’s bestselling 2004 novel is about six Californians who join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and romance happens. Robin Swicord, who previously made two other literary adaptations, Little women and Memoirs of a geisha, directs and the cast is headed by Maria Bello, Ellen Burstyn, Jimmy Smits and Emily Blunt.
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Jane Eyre
From the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jarhead
Anthony Swofford's bestselling 2003 book is a memoir of his time as a front-line infantry marine during the Gulf War. It's a tough sometimes blackly funny account of just what it was like and the film version may be next year's Black hawk down. Read the Book ~ About the Film
Jaws
From the 1974 novel Jaws by Peter Benchley
Jazz heroes
Tie-in book by John Fordham
The Jazz singer
Started life as a play in 1925 by Samson Raphaelson, became a film in the 1920s. Short story version is in the collection No, but I saw the movie
Jeffrey
From the 1993 play Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick
Jekyll and Hyde
From the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld
Tie-in book
Jesus Christ Superstar
From the musical play Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice
Jesus' son
From the short story collection Jesus' son by Denis Johnson
Jewel
From the novel Jewel by Bret Lott
Jewels
From the novel Jewels by Danielle Steel
Johnny's Girl
Based on the 1993 book Johnny's Girl by Kim Rich
Johnny Mnemonic
From the short story Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson. In the volume Cyber-killers
Journey
From the novel Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Journey to the centre of the earth
From the novel Journey to the centre of the earth by Jules Verne
Joy in the morning
From the 1963 novel Joy in the morning by Betty Smith
The Joy Luck Club
From the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Jubilee
From the novel Jubilee by Nepi Solomon
Jude
From the novel Jude the obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Judge
From the 1995 novel The Judge by Steve Martini
Judgement in stone
From the novel Judgement in stone by Ruth Rendell
Julian Po
From the 1977 novel, never translated, Smrt gospodina golaze by Branimir Scepanovic
Jumanji
From the novel Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
The Jump
From the novel The Jump by Martina Cole
Jumper
Jamie Bell, Tom Sturridge and Teresa Palmer star in Jumper, Doug Liman’s film from Steven Gould’s 2002 YA novelabout a boy from a broken home who discovers he can teleport. Sturridge takes the lead, with Bell co-starring as a fellow “jumper” who shows him the ropes and helps him on his mission to find the man he thinks killed his mother. Samuel L. Jackson costars and Teresa Palmer is the romantic interest for the hero. With a hefty budget, plenty of visual effects on board and locations in Tokyo, Rome, Toronto and New York, this is the first part of a planned trilogy.
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The Jungle Book
From the novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Jurassic Park
From the novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Juror
From the novel The Juror by George Dawes Green
Just cause
From the novel Just cause by John Katzenbach
Just like a woman
From the 1985 book Geraldine by Monica Jay
Just Like Heaven (If only it were true)
Marc Levy is a French born writer who was involved in medicine, computer graphics and interior design and construction. In his spare time he worked on a story he developed for his son and he was encouraged by a friend to send the manuscript to a publisher. In the kind of coup most writers dream of it was picked up, released with big publicity and then sold for a huge sum to Steven Spielberg's company, Dreamworks. The novel came out in 2000 so it has been a while finally making it to the screen. It's a romantic weepie with a high concept: a man falls for a woman whose ghost hides in his closet but whose body lies in a coma in a hospital across town. When the actual woman recovers she recalls nothing and so they must fall in love again in the real world! The film is a vehicle for Reese Witherspoon with Mark Ruffalo as the hapless man.
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