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The Object of my affection
From the novel The Object of my affection by Stephen McCauley
October sky
From the 1998 book Rocket boys by Homer H. Hickam
Octopussy
Based on the short stories Octopussy and The Property of a lady by Ian Fleming
The Odd couple
From the play The Odd couple by Neil Simon
Odd girl out (2005, TV)
Fictionalised version of the 2002 book Odd girl out by Rachel Simmons
Odette
From the 1949 book Odette: The story of a British agent by Jerrard Tickell
The Odyssey
Various translations of Homer's work The Odyssey
Of love and shadows
From the novel Of love and shadows by Isabel Allende
Of mice and men
From the novel Of mice and men by John Steinbeck
The Old Curiosity shop
From the novel The Old Curiosity shop by Charles Dickens
Old Yeller
From the 1956 novel Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
The Oldest living Confederate widow tells all
From the novel The Oldest living Confederate widow tells all by Allan Gurganus
Oleanna
From the 1992 play Oleanna by David Mamet
Oliver Twist
Roman Polanski is directing a new version of the classic Dickens novel. British playwright Ronald Harwood has adapted the novel and it is being made in Prague. There is a British cast led by a 10 year old newcomer Barney Clark as Oliver. Ben Kingsley plays Fagin and Frank Finlay is Mr Brownlow.
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On Beulah Height
From the 1998 novel On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill
On dangerous ground
From the 1945 novel Mad with much heart by Gerald Butler
On golden pond
From the play On golden pond by Ernest Thompson
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
From the Ian Fleming novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On our selection
From the novel On our selection by Steele Rudd
Once a convent girl
Tie-in book is Convent girls
Once were warriors
From the novel Once were warriors by Alan Duff
One Christmas
From the book One Christmas by Truman Capote
Onegin
From the prose poem Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
The only boy for me (TV-2006)
From the 2001 novel The only boy for me by Gil McNeil.
Only two can play
From the 1955 novel That Uncertain feeling by Kingsley Amis
Opal Dream (Pobby and Dingan)
This 2000 first novel by Ben Rice is a likeable and touching tale set in a small New South Wales town known as the opal capital of Australia. It's a town filled with colourful and very eccentric characters and the title characters don't really exist. They are the imaginary friends of young Kellyanne, the daughter of a miner. The rest of the family are too busy with their own lives to take much notice when the young girl says her friends have disappeared but eventually they recognise how important it is to her and her brother organises a search party to find the imaginary pair. A story that appeals to children and adults, the producers are hoping for the same audience that made films like Whale rider so successful. English director Peter Cattaneo (The full Monty) is directing Vince Colosimo and Jacqueline McKenzie as the parents and newcomer Saphire Boyce as Kellyanne.
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Open range (2003)
From the 1990 novel Open range by Lauran Paine
Oranges are not the only fruit
From the novel Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The Orchard walls
From the short story The Orchard walls by Ruth Rendell in her collection The New girlfriend
Ordeal in the Arctic
From the 1993 book Death and deliverance by Robert Mason Lee
Original sin
From the 1947 novel Waltz into darkness by Cornell Woolrich. In The Cornell Woolrich omnibus
Original sin
From the novel Original sin by P. D. James
Orlando
From the novel Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Oscar and Lucinda
From the novel Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
The Osterman weekend
From the 1972 novel The Osterman weekend by Robert Ludlum
Othello
Modernised version of the Shakespeare play Othello
The other Boleyn girl
The other Boleyn GirlPhilippa Gregory’s 2001 bestseller is an historical tale set in and around the court of Henry VIII. It was filmed quite well for television in 2003 but predictably it had no screenings in this country on free to air television. The T.V. version had Jodhi May as Anne Boleyn and Natascha McElhone as her sister, the woman of the title. Jared Harris played the king. Presumably this television adaptation made no waves in the U.S. which is why a large scale film version surfaces a mere three years later. This version is directed by Justin Chadwick who made the critically acclaimed television serialisation of Bleak house. This time around the actresses are younger and the woman of the title is played by Scarlett Johansson with Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn and Eric Bana as Henry.
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Other people's money
From the 1987 play Other people's money by Jerry Sterner
Our Friends in the north
From the 1982 play Our Friends in the north by Peter Flannery
Our guys: outrage in Glen Ridge
From the 1997 book Our guys: the Glen Ridge rape and the secret life of the perfect suburb by Bernard Lefkowitz
Our mutual friend
From the novel Our mutual friend by Charles Dickens
Our Town
From the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Out of Africa
From the book Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Out of sight
From the novel Out of sight by Elmore Leonard
Outcast of the islands
From the 1896 novel Outcast of the islands by Joseph Conrad
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Based on the 1975 novel Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter
The Outsider
From the 1996 novel The Outsider by Penelope Williamson
The Outsiders
From the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Over the hill
Based on the 1984 book Alone in the Australian outback by Gladys Taylor
Owning Mahowny (2004)
From the 1987 book Stung: the incredible obsession of Brian Molony by Gary Ross
The Ox-Bow incident
From the 1940 novel The Ox-Bow incident by Walter van Tilburg Clark