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 2006 Movies Based on Books
Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.
The Ultimate Gift (Drama, Coming of Age, Inspirational, Adaptation)
  
PLOT: Jason (Drew Fuller) has grown up to become a spoiled brat, relying on handouts from his wealthy grandfather (James Garner). When grandpa finally passes away, Jason thinks he's hit the jackpot. But built into the old man's will are a series of tasks that Jason must complete before he can inherit any money, and which may finally teach him how to be a man. AUTHOR: Jim Stovall
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2006 Movies Based On Books List |
| Movie Title | Book Title | Author |
 Alice |  Alice in Wonderland (1865) | Lewis Carroll | | All the King's Men | All the King's Men (1946) | Robert Penn Warren | | Americanese | American Knees (1995) | Shawn Wong | | Aquamarine | Aquamarine (2001) | Alice Hoffman | | Ask the Dust | Ask the Dust (1939) | John Fante | | Black Dahlia, The | Black Dahlia, The (1987) | James Ellroy | | Brideshead Revisited | Brideshead Revisited (1945) | Evelyn Waugh | | Candy | Candy | Luke Davies | | Cervantes | Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes, The (1991) | Stephen Marlowe | | Charlotte's Web | Charlotte's Web (1952) | E. B. White | | Children of Men, The | Children of Men, The (1992) | P. D. James | | Curious George | Curious George (1941) | H. A. Rey | | Da Vinci Code, The | Da Vinci Code, The (2003) | Dan Brown | | Death and Life of Bobby Z | Death and Life of Bobby Z (1997) | Don Winslow | | Decameron: Angels & Virgins | Decameron (1997) | Giovanni Boccaccio | | Devil Wears Prada, The | Devil Wears Prada, The (2003) | Lauren Weisberger | | Eragon | Eragon (2003) | Christopher Paolini | | Flags of our Fathers | Flags of our Fathers (2000) | James Bradley | | Flicka | My Friend Flicka (1941) | Mary O'Hara | | Freedomland | Freedomland (1998) | Richard Price | | Gone, Baby, Gone | Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) | Dennis Lehane | | Good German, The | Good German, The (2001) | Joseph Kanon | | Good Year, A | Good Year, A (2003) | Peter Mayle | | Hawk Is Dying, The | Hawk Is Dying, The (1973) | Harry Crews | | Hoot | Hoot (2002) | Carl Hiaasen | | How to Eat Fried Worms | How to Eat Fried Worms (1973) | Thomas Rockwell | | I Served the King of England | I Served the King of England | Bohumil Hrabal | | Illusionist, The | Eisenheim the Illusionist | Steven Millhauser | | Killshot | Killshot (1989) | Elmore Leonard | | Last King of Scotland | Last King of Scotland, The (1998) | Giles Foden | | Last Legion | Last Legion (2003) | Valerio Manfredi | | Little Children | Little Children (2004) | Tom Perrotta | | Namesake, The | Namesake, The (2003) | Jhumpa Lahiri | | Night Listener, The | Night Listener, The (2000) | Armistead Maupin | | Painted Veil, The | Painted Veil, The (1925) | W. Somerset Maugham | | Peaceful Warrior | Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives (1980) | Dan Millman | | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Patrick Suskind | | Poseidon | Poseidon Adventure, The (1969) | Paul Gallico | | Running with Scissors | Running with Scissors: A Memoir (2002) | Augusten Burroughs | | Scanner Darkly, A | Scanner Darkly, A (1977) | Philip K. Dick | | Sentinel, The | Sentinel, The (2003) | Gerald Petievich | | Stormbreaker | Stormbreaker (2000) | Anthony Horowitz | | Tenants, The | Tenants, The (1971) | Bernard Malamud | | Thief Lord | Thief Lord, The (2001) | Cornelia Funke | | Treatment, The | Treatment, The (1998) | Daniel Menaker | | Ultimate Gift, The | Ultimate Gift, The | Jim Stovall | | V for Vendetta | V for Vendetta (1988) | Alan Moore | | Visitation, The | Visitation, The (1999) | Frank E. Peretti | | Wedding Season | Wedding Season (2004) | Darcy Cosper | | Zodiac | Zodiac (1985) | Robert Graysmith |
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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