Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1941 book, Bodies Are Where You Find Them
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Bodies Are Where You Find Them
Brett Halliday, 1941
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Shane Black, 2005

At a Los Angeles party, Harold #Harry# Lockhart recounts recent events. Fleeing a botched burglary in New York City, Harry’s friend is shot, forcing Harry to evade police by ducking into an audition. Harry unintentionally impresses Dabney Shaw with an outburst of remorse Dabney mistakes for method acting.


Wayward Pines. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, Pines
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Pines
Blake Crouch, 2012
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Chad Hodge, 2015

In the first season, Ethan Burke is a U.S. Secret Service agent investigating the disappearance of two fellow agents in the mysterious small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. In the second season, Dr. Theo Yedlin is a surgeon who is caught in the battle between Jason Higgins, leader of the First Generation that took over Wayward Pines following the Abbie incident, and the underground rebels led by Ethan’s son Ben Burke.


Sleepy Hollow. Poster of the 2013 TV series and cover of the 1820 book, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving, 1820
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Phillip Iscove, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, 2013-2017

In 1781, Ichabod Crane works for George Washington as a double agent. Crane beheads a Horseman, who doesn’t die; in desperation, Crane wins with a mutual blow. However, Crane next awakes in 2013 Sleepy Hollow with Washington’s bible to guide him; he meets Lt. Abigail Mills, and learns the Horseman is back.


Wristcutters: A Love Story. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Kneller's Happy Campers
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Kneller's Happy Campers
Etgar Keret, 1998
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Goran Dukic, 2006

After Zia takes his own life, he finds himself in an afterlife limbo much the same as life, but slightly worse. Early on, it is revealed that Eugene’s car has two idiosyncrasies, a black hole underneath the passenger seat where items that are dropped disappear forever, and broken headlights that cannot be fixed by even the most adept mechanics.


A Knight's Tale. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1400 book, Knight's Tale
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Knight's Tale
Geoffrey Chaucer, 1400
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Brian Helgeland, 2001

At a jousting tournament in 14th-century Europe, several years after the Black Plague, young squires William Thatcher, Roland, and Wat discover that their master, Sir Ector, has died. With just one more pass he could have won the tournament. While traveling, the trio encounters a young Geoffrey Chaucer, who is also destitute and agrees to forge a patent of nobility so William can enter, assuming the name of Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein from Gelderland.


The Rules of Attraction. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis, 1987
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Roger Avary, 2002

Set in the fictional Camden College in New Hampshire, the film opens at the End of the World party, where students Lauren Hynde, Paul Denton, and Sean Bateman give apathetic interior monologues on their lives and briefly exchange glances with one another. Lauren, previously a virgin, takes a film student upstairs to have sex and passes out; she wakes to find herself being raped by a townie while the film student records it.