Most movies based on books border on plagerism of the title and have little to do with the story.There are exceptions though.The 15 part series Brideshead Revisted was true to the Evelyn Waugh's novel.My personal favourite book to movie was Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.It was close to being faithful to the book.I hear that a movie is being considered on the book The Davinci Code.It shouldn't be too hard. I think the book was written with a movie in mind.

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Sex is one of nine reasons for reincarnation.The other eight are unimportant...Henry Miller