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I think The Birdcage is good. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as the 2 gay men and Gene Hackman as the bigoted right wing father of the bride to be had some funny scenes at times
 
Going to say I’m extremely embarrassed by this comment, but I’ve only just watched Shawshank Redemption! And it has to be on this list
Great film, one I can watch over and over.
It was based on a short story (novella) by Stephen King, called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
I'm sure The Green Mile was based on a King short story as well, but both films run well over two and a half hours hours.
Both brilliant.
 
Great film, one I can watch over and over.
It was based on a short story (novella) by Stephen King, called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
I'm sure The Green Mile was based on a King short story as well, but both films run well over two and a half hours hours.
Both brilliant.

I was thinking about the King story when I posted before, I remember reading it years ago and from memory it's one of the best/most faithful book to film adaptations I've seen.

It can be brilliant when a visionary director takes a great book and puts their own spin on it, Shawshank isn't that and it's better for it.
 
I was thinking about the King story when I posted before, I remember reading it years ago and from memory it's one of the best/most faithful book to film adaptations I've seen.

It can be brilliant when a visionary director takes a great book and puts their own spin on it, Shawshank isn't that and it's better for it.
I'm sure I've got it somewhere, will have to rake it out and have another read of it.
A lot of Kings books translate to film very well. Could be his writing style sets the scene, characters etc enough, that it doesn't need much embellishment.
 
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