Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1843 book, A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
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Richard Boden, 1988

Ebenezer Blackadder, the Victorian proprietor of a moustache shop, is the nicest man in England. He is everything that Ebenezer Scrooge was by the end of the original story: generous and kind to everybody, and sensitive to the misery of others. As a result, people take advantage of his kindness – Mrs. Scratchit and an orphan take all his money, and a beadle takes his food.


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, 1997
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Chris Columbus, 2001

Late one night, Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall, professors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with the school’s groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid, deliver a recently orphaned infant named Harry Potter to his only remaining relatives, the Dursleys. After he and the Dursleys escape to an island to avoid more letters, Hagrid re-appears and informs Harry that he is a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts against the Dursleys’ wishes.


GoldenEye. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1993 book, Casino Royale
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1993
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Martin Campbell, 1995

In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there.


GoldenEye. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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GoldenEye
John Gardner, 1995
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Martin Campbell, 1995

In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there.


Brave. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Brave: The Junior Novelization
Irene Trimble, 2012
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Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell, 2012

In Medieval Scotland, Princess Merida of the clan Dunbroch is given a bow and arrow by her father, King Fergus, for her sixth birthday to the dismay of her mother, Queen Elinor. Elinor explains that failure to consent to the betrothal could harm Dunbroch, reminding Merida of a legend of a prince whose pride and refusal to follow his father’s wishes destroyed his kingdom.


From Hell. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1999 comic book
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From Hell
Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, 1999
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Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, 2001

In 1888, Mary Kelly and a small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. The murder of Martha and her companions grabs the attention of Whitechapel Police Inspector Frederick Abberline, a brilliant, yet troubled, man whose police work is often aided by his psychic visions. Abberline’s investigations reveal that the murders, while gruesome, imply that an educated person is responsible due to the precise and almost surgical method used.


Danny the Champion of the World. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Danny the Champion of the World
Roald Dahl, 1975
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Gavin Millar, 1989

In 1955, William Smith, a widower, lives with his nine-year-old son, Danny, in a vardo behind the filling station and garage where he works in the English countryside. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy, and when he won’t take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father.


The World Is Not Enough. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The World is Not Enough
Raymond Benson, 1999
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Michael Apted, 1999

In Bilbao, Spain, James Bond meets a Swiss banker to retrieve money for Sir Robert King, a British oil tycoon and friend of M. Bond tells the banker that King was buying a report stolen from an MI6 agent who was killed for it, and wants to know who killed him. After the banker is killed by his assistant before he can reveal it, Bond escapes with the money but it is revealed to be booby-trapped.


The World Is Not Enough. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1953 book, Casino Royale
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1953
movie vs book
Michael Apted, 1999

In Bilbao, Spain, James Bond meets a Swiss banker to retrieve money for Sir Robert King, a British oil tycoon and friend of M. Bond tells the banker that King was buying a report stolen from an MI6 agent who was killed for it, and wants to know who killed him. After the banker is killed by his assistant before he can reveal it, Bond escapes with the money but it is revealed to be booby-trapped.


Great Expectations. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1861 book
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, 1861
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Mike Newell, 2012

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip’s ‘Uncle Pumblechook’ to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.


Message in a Bottle. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Message in a Bottle
Nicholas Sparks, 1988
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Luis Mandoki, 1999

Theresa Osborne, a former reporter, works as a researcher for the Chicago Tribune. She is fascinated by it and shows it to her colleagues. Later, they receive another letter of the same kind from one of the readers which was not addressed to Catherine, but typed on the same notepad. His name is Garrett Blake and he lives quietly on the Outer Banks of North Carolina near his father, Dodge.


Alice in Wonderland. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1865 book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, 1865
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Nick Willing, 1999

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?