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Rabbit proof fence
Based on the book Follow the rabbit proof fence by Doris Pilkington
Radiance
From the 1993 play Radiance by Louis Nowra
The Rag nymph
From the novel The Rag nymph by Catherine Cookson
A rage in Harlem (1991)
From the 1965 novel A rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
The Railway children
From the novel The Railway children by E. Nesbit
Rain
From the 1994 novel Rain by Kirsty Gunn
The Rainmaker
From the novel The Rainmaker by John Grisham
Raintree country
From the 1948 novel Raintree country by Ross Lockridge
Raise the Titanic
From the novel Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler
Rambling Rose
From the novel Rambling Rose by Calder Willingham
Random hearts
From the novel Random hearts by Warren Adler
Ransom of Red Chief
From the short story Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry
Rascal
From the 1963 novel Rascal by Sterling North
Rat pack - a conference of cool
There is no tie-in book but we have Rat pack confidential by Shawn Levy
A Rather English marriage
From the novel A Rather English marriage by Angela Lambert
The Raven in the foregate
From the novel The Raven in the foregate by Ellis Peters
Real women
From the novel Real women by Susan Oudot
Real women 2
From the novel All that I am by Susan Oudot
Real women have curves
From the play Real women have curves by Josefina Lopez
Rear window
From the short story Rear window by Cornell Woolrich. In No, but I saw the movie
Rebecca
From the novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Rebus: Dead souls
From the 1999 novel Dead souls by Ian Rankin
Rebus 2: The Hanging garden
From the 1998 novel The Hanging garden by Ian Rankin
Recalled to life
From the 1992 novel Recalled to life by Reginald Hill
Reckless
From the play Reckless by Craig Lucas, first produced 1988
The reckoning
An adaptation of a 1995 novel, Morality play, by Barry Unsworth set in the 14th century and about a disgraced priest who joins a travelling band of actors. Filmed in Britain and Spain, it features Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Ewen Bremner, Brian Cox, Gina McKee and Vincent Cassel. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize at the time.
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The Rector's wife
From the novel The Rector's wife by Joanna Trollope
Red (2007)
From the 1995 novel Red by Jack Ketchum.
Red Dragon
From the 1981 novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Red dust
Gillian Slovo's 2000 novel is a courtroom drama set against the background of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The film version, due to be premiered at next year's Cannes Film Festival, has been adapted by veteran television dramatist Troy Kennedy Martin. It stars Hilary Swank as a New York prosecutor who is brought back to South Africa to aid an anti-apartheid activist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in his case. Interestingly the film generally regarded as the best so far on South Africa and apartheid, the 1988 film A world apart, is a screenplay — based on real experiences — by Shawn Slovo, Gillian's sister.
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Red lights (2004)
From the novel, first published in English in 1959 as The hitchhiker, by Georges Simenon
The Red pony
From the novel The Red pony by John Steinbeck
Redwood curtain
From the play Redwood curtain by Lanford Wilson
Regeneration
From the novel Regeneration by Pat Barker
The Relic
From the novel The Relic by Douglas J. Preston
The Remains of the day
From the novel The Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Remember
From the novel Remember by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Remembrance
From the novel Remembrance by Danielle Steel
Renaissance
Tie-in book by Andrew Graham-Dixon
Replacing Dad
From the 1993 novel Replacing Dad by Shelley Fraser Mickle
Report to the Commissioner
From the 1972 novel Report to the Commissioner by James Mills
Requiem for a dream
From the 1978 novel Requiem for a dream by Hubert Selby
Resurrection man
From the 1994 novel Resurrection man by Eoin McNamee
Restoration
From the 1989 novel Restoration by Rose Tremain
Return from the ashes
From the novel Return from the ashes by Hubert Monteilhet, translated 1963
Return of the musketeers
From the novel Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas
The Return of the native
From the novel The Return of the native by Thomas Hardy
Return to the blue lagoon
Based on the 1923 novel The Garden of God by H. De Vere Stacpoole
Reversible errors
Scott Turow's 2002 novel is about a Chicago corporate lawyer who takes a case of a death row prisoner who may be innocent. The novel is a powerful picture of lives in crisis and it links into Turow's interest in the death penalty, as covered in his book Ultimate punishment. It has been made into a television miniseries with William H. Macy as lawyer Arthur Raven, Felicity Huffman (Macy's real life wife), Tom Selleck and Monica Potter.
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Rich in love
From the 1987 novel Rich in love by Josephine Humphreys
Richard III
From the play Richard III by William Shakespeare
Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey
Tie-in book by Rick Stein
Riding in cars with boys
From the 1990 book Riding in cars with boys by Beverly Donofrio
Everything's Eventual - coverRiding the bullet
This story by Stephen King first came out as an e-book in 2000 and it was later included in King's short story collection Everything's eventual in 2002. It's the story of a university student who is hitchhiking home to visit his mother in hospital. Being a Stephen King story his trip home is not uneventful and scriptwriter/director Mick Garris has opened out the original 41 page story, reset it back in the 1960s and added a few extra horrors for the hero en route to his mother. The cast includes Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Barbara Hershey and Cliff Robertson.
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Riding the bus with my sister
Rachel Simons's 2001 book is a touching and funny memoir. The author writes of her sense of coming to terms with life and career as well as her feelings towards her intellectually handicapped sister. She finds her sister's ability to find companionship with the bus drivers and the passengers enables her to change her own life for the better. The film version is a Hallmark cable TV movie but may be released in theatres. It is directed by Anjelica Huston with Andie MacDowell as the author and Rosie O'Donnell as her sister.
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Rififi
From the 1953 Du Rififi chez les hommes by Auguste Le Breton
The Ring
From the novel The Ring by Danielle Steel
Rio Conchos
From the 1958 novel Guns of Rio Conchos by Clair Huffaker
Rio Grande
From the short story Mission with no record by James Warner Bellah
Ripley's game
From the 1974 novel Ripley's game by Patricia Highsmith
Rising sun
From the novel Rising sun by Michael Crichton
River of Adventure
From the novel River of Adventure by Enid Blyton
A River runs through it
From the novel A River runs through it by Normal MacLean
The road from Coorain (2002)
From the 1989 book The road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
Road to Avonlea
Based on the novels The Chronicles of Avonlea and the story girl by L. M. Montgomery
Road to Denver
Based on the short story The Man from Denver by Bill Gulick
Road rage
From the novel Road rage by Ruth Rendell
The Road to Mecca
From the play The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard. Abridged version in The Best plays of 1987/1988
The Road to perdition
Based on the graphic novel The Road to perdition by Max Allan Collins
The robber bride (TV-2007)
From the 1993 novel The Robber bride by Margaret Atwood.
Robbery under arms
From the novel Robbery under arms by Rolf Boldrewood
The Robe
From the novel The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Robin Cook's Terminal
From the 1993 novel Robin Cook's Terminal by Robin Cook
Robin Cook's Virus
From the novel Outbreak by Robin Cook
The Rock Hudson Story
From the 1987 book My husband Rock Hudson by Phyllis Gates
Rocket to the moon
From the novel From the earth to the moon by Jules Verne
The Rocketeer
From the 1985 graphic novel The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens
The Rocky Horror picture show
From the musical play The Rocky Horror picture show by Richard O'Brien
Romeo and Juliet
From the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Romulus my father.
Raimond Gaita’s award winning 1998 biography tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. A touching story, Australian actor and director Richard Roxburgh has been working for some years to bring it to the screen. Playwright and poet Nick Drake has adapted the book and the cast is headed by Eric Bana as Romulus and German actress Franka Potente as his wife. Kodi Smith-McPhee plays Raimond and the supporting cast is led by New Zealand actor Marton Csokas.
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Roommates
From the book Roommates by Max Apple
Rope
From the play Rope by Patrick Hamilton, first produced 1929
Rose Marie
From the musical play Rose Marie by Rudolf Friml
The Rotters' Club
Jonathan Coe's 2001 novel is about a group of teenagers in Birmingham in the 1970s and it offers nostalgia seekers a perfect opportunity to indulge in the flavour of the decade. Veteran comedy writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have adapted the book to a three-part BBC television series.
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Rough Magic
From the novel Miss Shumway waves a wand by James Hadley Chase
The Round Tower
From the 1968 novel The Round Tower by Catherine Cookson
Rowing through
From the 1985 book The Amateurs by David Halberstam
Ruby
Based on the play Love Field by Stephen Davis
The Ruby ring
From the 1994 novel The Secret of the ruby ring by Yvonne MacGrory
Rudy's wars
From the 2001 book Rudy by Wayne Barrett
The Rules of attraction
From the 1987 novel The Rules of attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
Rumble Fish
From the novel Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton
The Run of the country
From the novel The Run of the country by Shane Connaughton
The runaway jury
From the 1996 novel The runaway jury by John Grisham
The Running man
From the novel The Running man by Richard Bachman
Running with Scissors - coverRunning with scissors
The 2002 memoir by Augusten Burroughs was a bestseller in the current wave of autobiographies of terrible childhoods. It is about being brought up with a drunken father and a wildly unstable mother. Mother gives up her son to adoption by her therapist and that lady has a pretty colourful family herself so his childhood is a long way from conventional. Difficult women means juicy parts for name actresses and Annette Bening plays the mother of Joseph Cross, playing Augusten. Gwyneth Paltrow is the therapist, Alec Baldwin is Augusten's father and the large cast also includes Joseph Fiennes, Brian Cox, Jill Clayburgh, Evan Rachel Wood and Vanessa Redgrave.
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