Various nearby Grandparents helped us out on our Anniversary last night and took the kids. The FP Gal and I went out for some seafood and some second hand shopping. I scored big and got three more of the Booker award winners (and
a Pulitzer). Two of the Booker winners had covers that matched the film version. It got me wondering just how many of the 44 winners have been made into movies.
To my surprise, only ten (with
an assist from Wikipedia):
- Heat and Dust (1975)
- Schindler's Ark [retitled 'Schindler's List'] (1982)
- Oscar and Lucinda (1988)
- Remains of the Day (1989)
- Possession (1990)
- The English Patient (1992)
- Last Orders (1996)
- Disgrace (1999)
- Life of Pi (2002), currently in production
- Vernon God Little (2003), currently in production
Another half dozen or so have been made into mini-series for TV. And keep in mind that this is just for the actual winners. If I'd expanded to include the short listed novels several others would have gotten included ('Atonement' and 'Notes on a Scandal', etc.). That's still a pretty high percentage.
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