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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Film Adaptations From Great Kids Books

By Leroy Holmes

Numerous dearly loved kids films were originally much-loved children's books. Various children's books that have been around for a very long time have been made into films at distinctive times in the past. Most of the movies can stand on their own and the majority of the books were already classics. How narrowly do the films storylines follow the books?

A rather recent picture that was adapted from a series of books is "The Spiderwick Chronicles" from 2008. The motion picture was adapted from the series of books by the same name authored by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. There has only been one motion picture so far but there are in reality 5 books in the series at this point. The books and the picture follows the exploration of a family of children who move into a new house where they find a special book that leads them into a land filled with goblins and trolls, elves and dwarves and other creatures.

The dearly loved children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl was initially available in 1964. It has been modified into two admired films, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" in 1971, starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and from 2005 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka.

One of the most dearly loved family books of all time is "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. From its first printing back in 1952 it has maintained its regard throughout. The book was first made into an cartoon film in 1973. In December 2006, a live action big screen adaptation was released. Both of the films very closely followed the narrative of the book.

Dr. Seuss is one of the most beloved family writers of all time. A few of his books have been made into celebrated movies. "Horton Hears a Who" came out in 2008 with Jim Carrey as the voice of Horton. This is an cartoon feature film that follows the storyline of the book just about exactly.

Another Seuss classic, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" was made into an cartoon edition in 1966 and it still shows on many program listings throughout the holiday time. The cartoon adaptation follows the tale faithfully. Then again, in the year 2000, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" the live action account came out with Jim Carrey in the lead character as the Grinch. In that movie many new events and scenes were added. In the 2003 account of "The Cat and the Hat" also by Dr. Seuss, liberties were again taken and the storyline was added to with events and scenes not found in the book.

One of the highest grossing motion picture series of all time is from the children's books on the subject of Harry Potter authored by J.K. Rowling. At this point 6 of the 7 books have been made into films with a plan to make two films from the seventh installment for a total of 8 films. This series is the 2nd maximum grossing series in times past after James Bond.

Children's writing often makes amazing films that the whole family can take pleasure in. Reading the books all together and watching the movies together make for wonderful family activity and fantastic memories. - 18418

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