A Time to Kill. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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A Time to Kill
John Grisham, 1989
movie vs book
Joel Schumacher, 1996

In the town of Clanton, Mississippi, ten-year-old African American Tonya Hailey is abducted, raped, and beaten by two local white men, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard. Carl Lee goes to the county courthouse and opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing both rapists and unintentionally injuring Deputy Dwayne Looney, whose leg is later amputated.


The Phantom of the Opera. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1909 book, Le fantôme de l'Opéra
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Le fantôme de l'Opéra
Gaston Leroux, 1909
movie vs book
Joel Schumacher, 2004

In 1919, a public auction is held to clear an abandoned opera theatre’s vaults in Paris. Viscount Raoul de Chagny bids against the elderly Madame Giry for a papier-mâché music box shaped like a barrel organ with the figure of a cymbal-playing monkey attached to it. The auctioneer presents a shattered chandelier, relating it to ‘the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera’. As it is hoisted up to the roof, the story moves back to 1870.


The Client. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Client
John Grisham, 1993
movie vs book
Joel Schumacher, 1994

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his little brother, Ricky, are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their home when they encounter mob lawyer W. Jerome Clifford. Authorities – and the mob – realize that Clifford may have told Mark where a Louisiana senator, murdered by Muldano, is buried.


Twelve. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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Twelve
Nick McDonell, 2002
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Joel Schumacher, 2010

On the Upper East Side, White Mike, once a wealthy, carefree teenager, now struggles to scrape out a living as a pot dealer; he deals to his former classmates. His mother died a year prior, her treatment consuming his family’s wealth and leaving Mike emotionally scarred. Mike’s good friend, Molly, does not know he is a drug dealer.


The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1956 book, The Shrinking Man
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The Shrinking Man
Richard Matheson, 1956
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Joel Schumacher, 1981

Pat Kramer of Tasty Meadows is an ordinary suburban housewife and mother of two children. Her husband Vance is an advertising executive. After exposure to an experimental perfume and other chemicals from her husband’s company, she begins to shrink, gradually at first, then rapidly.


Batman Forever. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book, Batman
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
movie vs comic book
Joel Schumacher, 1995

In Gotham City, the vigilante Batman defuses a hostage situation orchestrated by a criminal known as Two-Face, but Two-Face escapes. Edward Nygma, an eccentric researcher at Wayne Enterprises, approaches his employer, Bruce Wayne with an invention that can beam television signals into a person’s brain.


Batman Forever. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Batman Forever
Alan Grant, 1995
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Joel Schumacher, 1995

In Gotham City, the vigilante Batman defuses a hostage situation orchestrated by a criminal known as Two-Face, but Two-Face escapes. Edward Nygma, an eccentric researcher at Wayne Enterprises, approaches his employer, Bruce Wayne with an invention that can beam television signals into a person’s brain.


Batman & Robin. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Batman & Robin
Michael Jan Friedman, 1997
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Joel Schumacher, 1997

Batman and his new partner, Robin, come into conflict in the form of a new foe, Mr. Freeze, who has left a string of diamond robberies in his wake. After a lab accident, Fries was rendered unable to live at normal temperatures and forced to wear a cryogenic suit powered by diamonds in order to survive.


Batman & Robin. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book, Batman
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
movie vs comic book
Joel Schumacher, 1997

Batman and his new partner, Robin, come into conflict in the form of a new foe, Mr. Freeze, who has left a string of diamond robberies in his wake. After a lab accident, Fries was rendered unable to live at normal temperatures and forced to wear a cryogenic suit powered by diamonds in order to survive.