Dead Poets Society. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Dead Poets Society
N.H. Kleinbaum, 1988
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Peter Weir, 1989

Students at Welton Academy have been raised to live lives of tradition and conformity for centuries, but a dynamic new professor named John Keating encourages them to think for themselves, seize the day, and “Carpe Diem.”


RoboCop. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the book novelization
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RoboCop
Ed Naha, 1987
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Paul Verhoeven, 1987

In a dystopian future, Detroit is on the verge of collapse due to financial mismanagement and a high crime rate. Investigating their hideout, an abandoned steel mill, Murphy kills one of the gang members, but is ambushed by the leader, Clarence Boddicker.


Resurrection. Poster of the 2014 TV series and cover of the 2013 book, The Returned
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The Returned
Jason Mott, 2013
TV series vs book
Aaron Zelman, 2014-2015

The residents of Arcadia, Missouri experience a profound transformation when their deceased family members begin to resurface. Meanwhile, an eight-year-old American boy finds himself in a rural Chinese province, uncertain of how he ended up there. The child, who goes by the name Jacob, remembers his hometown as Arcadia and is brought back by an immigration agent named J. Martin Bellamy.


Hitchcock. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
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Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Stephen Rebello, 1990
movie vs book
Sacha Gervasi, 2012

In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, North by Northwest, to both critical and commercial success, but is troubled by a reporter’s insinuation that he should retire. Gein appears in sequences throughout the film, in which he seems to prompt Hitchcock’s imagination regarding the Psycho story, or act as some function of Hitchcock’s subconscious mind.


Rambo III. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Rambo III
David Morrell, 1988
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Peter MacDonald, 1988

Three years after the events in Vietnam, John Rambo has settled in a Thai monastery and is helping with construction work on the monastery grounds. Rambo immediately flies to Peshawar, Pakistan, where he intends to convince arms dealer Mousa Ghani to bring him to Khost, the town closest to the Soviet base where Trautman is held captive.