Batman. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
movie vs comic book
Tim Burton, 1989

As Gotham City approaches its bicentennial, Mayor Borg orders district attorney Harvey Dent and police Commissioner Gordon to make the city safer. Although corrupt police lieutenant Eckhardt arranges the hit on Napier by conducting an unauthorized police operation, Gordon arrives, takes command, and orders officers to capture him alive.


Batman. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Batman
Craig Shaw Gardner, 1989
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tim Burton, 1989

As Gotham City approaches its bicentennial, Mayor Borg orders district attorney Harvey Dent and police Commissioner Gordon to make the city safer. Although corrupt police lieutenant Eckhardt arranges the hit on Napier by conducting an unauthorized police operation, Gordon arrives, takes command, and orders officers to capture him alive.


Sleepy Hollow. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1820 book, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving, 1820
movie vs book
Tim Burton, 1999

In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane is dispatched to the upstate Dutch hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, which has been plagued by a series of brutal decapitations: a wealthy father and son, and a widow. He, Young Masbath and Katrina, venture into the Western Woods, where a crone living in a cave reveals the location of the Horseman’s grave at the Tree of the Dead.


Sleepy Hollow. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Sleepy Hollow
Peter Lerangis, 1999
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tim Burton, 1999

In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane is dispatched to the upstate Dutch hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, which has been plagued by a series of brutal decapitations: a wealthy father and son, and a widow. He, Young Masbath and Katrina, venture into the Western Woods, where a crone living in a cave reveals the location of the Horseman’s grave at the Tree of the Dead.


Horror of Dracula. Poster of the 1958 movie and cover of the 1897 book, Dracula
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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897
movie vs book
Terence Fisher, 1958

In 1885, Jonathan Harker arrives at the castle of Count Dracula near Klausenburg to take up his post as librarian. Inside, he is startled by a young woman who claims that she is a prisoner and begs for his help. Dracula arrives, greets Harker and guides him to his room. Alone, Jonathan writes in his diary, and his true intentions are revealed: he is a vampire hunter and has come to kill Dracula.


Out of Africa. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1937 book
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Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), 1937
movie vs book
Sydney Pollack, 1985

Karen Blixen recalls her past life in Africa where she moved in 1913 as an unmarried wealthy Danish woman. After having been being spurned by her Swedish nobleman lover, she asks his brother Baron Bror Blixen to get married out of mutual convenience, and they move to the vicinity of Nairobi, British East Africa.


Out of Africa. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1982 book, Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
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Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
Judith Thurman, 1982
movie vs book
Sydney Pollack, 1985

Karen Blixen recalls her past life in Africa where she moved in 1913 as an unmarried wealthy Danish woman. After having been being spurned by her Swedish nobleman lover, she asks his brother Baron Bror Blixen to get married out of mutual convenience, and they move to the vicinity of Nairobi, British East Africa.


Out of Africa. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1977 book, Silence Will Speak
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Silence Will Speak
Errol Trzebinski, 1977
movie vs book
Sydney Pollack, 1985

Karen Blixen recalls her past life in Africa where she moved in 1913 as an unmarried wealthy Danish woman. After having been being spurned by her Swedish nobleman lover, she asks his brother Baron Bror Blixen to get married out of mutual convenience, and they move to the vicinity of Nairobi, British East Africa.


Pride and Prejudice. Poster of the 1967 TV series and cover of the 1813 book
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, 1813
TV series vs book
Joan Craft, 1967

The Bennet family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five unmarried daughters, with Mrs. Bennet especially keen on finding suitable partners for them. The arrival of wealthy bachelors Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy in the neighborhood raises their hopes. However, issues of pride, biases and misconceptions make the relationships and pursuit of happiness challenging.


Batman Returns. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Batman Returns
Craig Shaw Gardner, 1992
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tim Burton, 1992

In the prologue, Gotham City socialites Tucker and Esther Cobblepot become the parents of a deformed baby boy, Oswald. Thirty-three years later, millionaire and philanthropist Max Shreck proposes to build a power plant to supply Gotham with energy, though he is opposed by the mayor. Shreck pushes her out of a window to silence her, but she survives the fall and vows revenge, taking up the mantle of Catwoman.


Batman Returns. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book, Batman
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
movie vs comic book
Tim Burton, 1992

In the prologue, Gotham City socialites Tucker and Esther Cobblepot become the parents of a deformed baby boy, Oswald. Thirty-three years later, millionaire and philanthropist Max Shreck proposes to build a power plant to supply Gotham with energy, though he is opposed by the mayor. Shreck pushes her out of a window to silence her, but she survives the fall and vows revenge, taking up the mantle of Catwoman.


The Boys from Brazil. Poster of the 1978 movie and cover of the 1976 book
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The Boys from Brazil
Ira Levin, 1976
movie vs book
Franklin J. Schaffner, 1978

Young, well-intentioned Barry Kohler stumbles upon a secret organization of Third Reich war criminals holding clandestine meetings in Paraguay and finds that Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous Auschwitz doctor, is with them. Ezra Lieberman, an aging Nazi hunter, will discover a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.