All of these films were not best appreciated by the authors of their original pieces of work (novel/play) - Whether it's because you've read the book, or seen the original play in action and it's completely changed, or because the film is awful... Which author do you believe has the most cause to feel aggrieved at the film adaptation?
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Author - Stephen King. He thought that Kubrick couldn't grasp the fact that the hotel was evil, so instead tried to portray the evil in the characters - he thought that the movie was made into a human…
And other adaptions; The Last Man on Earth (1964), Omega Man (1971). Author - Richard Matheson. 1964 - Vincent Price was miscast and the direction was poor. 1971 - The film was completely different to…
Author - Anne Rice. She considers the film to be a terrible disappointment for both her and her readers. Feeling that it was too dissimilar to her novel, saying "Let’s forget the film. That’s the…
Author - Winston Groom. Certain plot points were omitted (Gump became an astronaut in the book). He also felt that the film was made too child friendly with bad language and sexual scenes left out. As…
Author - Anthony Burgess. He felt that "the book I am best known for, or only known for" was a novel that he regretted writing due to the film. This was because he felt it seemed to glorify …
Author - P.L. Travers. Her edits were largely disregarded, her characters were changed, or were almost left out entirely (Hence "Saving Mr. Banks" 2013). She hated the animated sequences and…
Author - Clive Cussler. Cussler was meant to have total script control, however the producer did not honour this agreement. Other than that the movie was just plain bad.
Author - Roald Dahl. The title was changed to promote a chocolate bar. Dahl was unhappy that Spike Milligan was not cast as Willy Wonka, and said Gene Wilder's performance was "pretentious and bo…
Author - Ken Kesey. He disagreed with the casting of Jack Nicholson and was unhappy that the story was not told from the view point of Chief Bromden. He has since refused to watch it after a small vie…
And other films; The Informers (2009) Author.- Bret Eaton Ellis. He doesn't think that any of the film adaptations of his books were that great but, with AP, he didn't think it should have been adapte…
Author - Michael Ende. He was so unhappy with the film version that he refused to have his name appear in the opening credits of the film. He thought that film was straying so far from the book, that …
Author - Tennessee Williams. He hated the film, as the screenplay, removed almost all of the homosexual themes and revised the third act section to include a lengthy scene of reconciliation between Br…
Author - Ursula K. Le Guin. She was not satisfied with the adaptation made of her film as she felt the film was not in keeping with the spirit of her book - a point defined by the fact felt that &quo…
And other adaptations; Solaris (2002). Author - Stanislaw Lem. The author felt that neither of the adaptations capture the mystery of the novel -the film-makers - trying to grasp the human concerns o…
Author - Lothar-Günther Buchheim. He felt that despite his original intent of conveying an anti-war novel the adaptation was "another re-glorification and re-mystification" He called the fil…
Author - J.D. Salinger. Salinger consented to have his short story Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut made into a movie retitled My Foolish Heart. He was so mortified by the swooning love story that he swor…
Author - John Grisham. He said that due to the numerous amount of re-writes, that this was the least favourite of his film adaptations, leaving him to say that "it was just a mess". - credit…
Author - Brian Garfield. The lead character Paul Kersey shouldn't start killing until near the end of the story, as he ought to be a conflicted man who kills to prove he's in control of his life. How…
Author - Ernest Hemingway. He thought the film betrayed the original ending of the book, and that it heavily focused on the romantic element of the story and failed to depict the sense of war time bru…
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