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Oscars 2011: Which Book Adaptations Will Win Oscars?

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First Posted: 01/29/11 07:59 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:30 PM ET

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Unsurprisingly, several of the Best Picture nominees were adapted from books. Adaptations have historically done well at the Academy Awards, with over 25 winners coming from the world of literature.

With that in mind, we thought it might be fun to use Goodreads data to look at some of the books that inspired past Oscar winners. Have the films' glory impacted the popularity of the books? Are the movies that win Best Picture mostly adapted from popular best-sellers or do obscure books sometimes carry the day?

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Unsurprisingly, several of the Best Picture nominees were adapted from books. Adaptations have historically done well at the Academy Awards, with over 25 winners coming from the world of literature. ...
Unsurprisingly, several of the Best Picture nominees were adapted from books. Adaptations have historically done well at the Academy Awards, with over 25 winners coming from the world of literature. ...
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11:50 AM on 01/30/2011
this may not be answering the question but i am still fuming,
the adaptation of winter's bone turned one of the best books ever into a dumped down, disneyfied bore. i have just read the book again and it's even better the second time around. i am getting the memory of that awefull mess of a movie out of my head.
of course slumdog was a travesty as well. true grit i haven't read yet.
what is wrong with film makers that they must mess up good books?
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