It’s that time of year again, the 85th Oscar Academy Awards are upon us. We here at Random House of Canada are going to be glued to the screen on Sunday night hoping that Life of Pi will take the prize in one of its many nominated categories. Life of Pi isn’t the only book that’s been adapted into an Oscar nominated film. Below are twenty books that were adapted into Oscar winning films.
Be sure to check out the TIFF. Books on Film Series running between February 11 – June 24. From their website,
“Now in its third season, Books on Film brings together book and film lovers to examine great cinema that began as outstanding literature. Host Eleanor Wachtel of CBC’s Writers and Company welcomes filmmakers, authors and experts to discuss the art of adaptation and the sometimes challenging passage from page to screen. The first 100 subscribers will receive a complimentary copy of each book featured, courtesy of Random House Canada.”
Single tickets are now available for all Books on Film events. Visit their website for additional information.
Read the books and watched the movies many times. Wonderful in every way.
I had the advantage of reading all of those books in wonderful translations into my own language when I was a kid and a teenager. The advantage is that each translation is an interpretation (I’m now a translator myself) and therefore each one of them provide nuances that might shed light onto the text provided the translator does it well. Later I read them in English. My vote goes to the Tolkien, and my hat is off to his translators who were (still are?) just as gifted as Tolkien himself.
“Brokeback Mountain” actually lost Best Picture to “Crash” in 2005… (I’ve tried to strike that travesty from my memory too.)