Adaptation. Since the earliest beginnings of cinema film-makers have turned to great (and not so great) literature for inspiration. Over Spring Break, take some time to see a film and read the book it's based on. Here are a few examples from the library collection. Some are more or less faithful film versions of the books, some are carefully adapted, and some are off-the-wall adaptations.
 

Austen, Jane. Emma. PR4034 E53 P3x
Emma. DVD PR4034 E5 1999
Clueless. VHS PN1997 C65685x 1995

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. PR4034 P7 2004
Pride and Prejudice. DVD PR4034 P7 2006c

Baskin, Ellen. Enser's Filmed Books and Plays. 1928-2001

Bluestone, George. Novels into Film. PN1997.85 B5 2003

Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down: A Modern War Story. DT407.4 B69 2002
Black Hawk Down. DVD DT407.4 B69 2002b

Cartmell, Deborah. Adaptations: From Text To Screen, Screen To Text. PN1997.85 A32 1999.

Corrigan, Timothy. Film and Literature. PN1995.3 .C68 1999.

Ferrell, William K. Literature and Film as Modern Mythology. PN1995.3 .F47 2000.

Giddings, Robert & Erica Sheen (eds.). The Classic Novel: From Page to Screen. PN1995.3 .C53x 2000.

Harwell, Richard, ed. Gone With The Wind As Book And Film. PS3525 I972 G683 1987

Hickham, Homer. October Sky/ Rocket Boys. PS3558 I224 O28x 1999c
October Sky. DVD PS3558 I224 O28x 1999

de Laclos, Choderlos. Les Laiasons Dangereuses.
Dangerous Liaisons. VHS PN1997 D285 2001
Les Liaisons Dangereuses. DVD PQ1993 L222 L5 2002b
Valmont. DVD PN1997 V33668x 2002

Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. PS3562 E53 T6 1999
To Kill A Mockingbird. DVD PS3562 E353 T6 2005

Lupack, Barbara Tepa. Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Morrison. PN1995.9 .N4 L87 2002.

Mayer, Robert. Eighteenth-Century Fiction on Screen. PN1997.85 E39 2002

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With The Wind. PS3525 1972 G6 I936
Gone With The Wind. DVD PS3525 I972 G6 2004

Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. PS3527 A15 L6 1991
Lolita. DVD PS3527 L62x 2001

Naremore, James. Film Adaptations. PN1997.85 N27 2000

Orwell, George. Animal Farm. PR6029 R8 A63x 1954
Animal Farm. DVD PR6029 R8 A63 2004

Proulx, Annie. Close Range: Wyoming Stories. PS3566 R697 C58 1999
Brokeback Mountain. DVD PS3566 R697 B76 2006b

Crowl, Samuel. At the Shakespeare Cineplex. PR3093 .C75 2003
Jackson, Russell (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. PR3093 .C36 2000.
Rothwell, Kenneth S. A History of Shakespeare on Screen. PR3093 .R67 2004.
Sammons, Eddie. Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film. PR3093 .S26 2004.

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV. PR2811 A2 H85 1984
Henry IV. VHS PR2810 A2 B7x 1988
My Own Private Idaho. DVD PN1997 M926965x 2005

Shakespeare, William. Henry V. PR2812 A2 B7 1988
Henry V. VHS PR2812 A2 B72x 1990

Stam, Robert. Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. PN1997.85 L515 2005

Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. PR5485 A2 L56 2003
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. DVD PR5485 A1 2001b

Stoker, Bram. Dracula. PR6037 T617 D7 1983
Dracula. VHS PR6037 T617 D7x 1991
Dracula. DVD PR6037 T617 D7 2005

Tolkein, JRR. The Lord of the Rings. PR6039 O32 L6 1999
The Lord of the Rings. DVD PR6039 O32 L6 2004

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. PS3573 A425 C6 1992
The Color Purple. DVD PS3573 A425 C6 2003

Howard, David. How to Build a Great Screenplay. PN1996 .H72 2004.
Wright, Kate. Screenwriting is Storytelling. PN1996 .W647 2004b.