I wonder why.

[postman]

So i am a fan of Mr Charles Dickens.Great Expectations,i believe was the first decent book i ever read.This past twelve months i have bought again a selection of his works from Amazon,Waterstones and E bay.I also have bought adaptations on dvd.One of which is Great Expectations,with the Fabulous John Mills as Pip.
I have watched this twice.Now last night i finished the book.Whoa the book is very different in how it comes to it's finish,the film took some liberties with the story line,but i love both the book and film.
Now i wonder how many other adaptations of well known books took liberties with endings.Any thoughts out there.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Changing the story when adapting a book for the screen is pretty common. A couple with different endings that spring to mind are Jurassic Park which wrapped things up with a neat sequel-friendly finish for the film and Lord of the Rings where Peter Jackson could have added another hour and an extra battle sequence at the end of Return of the King if he'd wanted.

 

[Spinney]

Last of the Mohicans - I preferred the film version.

 

[stuee147]

only ever having read 1 book in my life iv not got a clue but i do know a couple of films that have alternate endings lol

 

[Over The Hill]

Titanic ended the same in the film.

 

[Beebo]

Lord of the Rings where Peter Jackson could have added another hour and an extra battle sequence at the end of Return of the King if he'd wanted.

and the Hobbit has been padded out across 3 films, with new characters and story lines.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

The Choirboys by Joe Wambaugh was one of the funniest black comedies I ever read. The film version ruined it by rewriting a happy ending to replace the tragic finale depicted in the book. The author himself hated it.

 

[EltonFrog]

I've just got into reading Dickens, downloading copyright free version to the Pad of I. I recently read Oliver Twist, which I thought was brilliant, but there are no songs in it.

 

[Chromatic]

IIRC the death of the shark in Jaws was different in the film and book. I may not remember correctly though, it was a long time ago.

 

[Kestevan]

Biggest travesty was the complete changing of the end of "I Am Legend"....completely missed the point of the book.

Oh, and the film was sh** in many other ways too.

 

[Gravity Aided]

To Have and Have Not was a great film, but the updating to WWII era Martinique killed off a lot of the interest in the original book, which was about bootlegging in the 1920's. But, if you let William Faulkner rewrite Ernest Hemingway, I suppose you take what you get.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v91YSpQ66k
Pretty fine stuff, just the same.