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I've seen it once in black and white. I think it won the oscar prize in 1968. Of course a full length movie taken from a short novel has added parts, but it's not too different from the novel. I'd say yes, it's worth.
Then you are right, usually movies inspired by books are rubbish. Dune, The Last Legioon and Phantoms are some of the worst movies I've ever seen (I stopped watching the second after less than 10 minutes)
There were two versions of movie based on the book. A 1961 TV version in black and white and a feature released color version in 1968. Both starred Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for his lead role in the second color version titled "Charly."
I have seen the b&w version. I clearly remember Robertson on a see-saw at the end of the movie.
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Hi,

In general, films tear me up a lot more than books do ... not sure why, but I guess that seeing the human element shown, instead of imagined, makes a difference.

I can not, quite remember a book that made me cry, although there are many that are very valuable and their content is incredible, and it's hard to not feel anything from it ... Dee Brown's book listed above, is one of those, and an eye opener ... somehow our history did not think of those folks as people, and still doesn't in many ways, in regards to other cultures and such.

AND, I read a lot, even in my old days ... I'm always around with yet another book, and just ordered a bunch from Powell's again ... can't stop ... probably pass on with a book over my face! I was thinking that a really good Victorian Novel would be fun and shock a lot of people!


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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Both Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) and the Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger) have made me cry at particular places but not because of the endings. Books that end in tears should include everything by E.M Forster i.e. all the pages should be torn out. Had to study him in secondary school. The worst author ever published.Ouch

"The Catcher in the Rye" was one of my most disappointing reads; I hated the book. I had absolutely no sympathy for Holden Caulfield; that guy is such a jammerlappen.


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Because JD insisted on throwing touring tests my way
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I think I’ve seen about all I can take of those blasted touring tests thank you
Also I’m actually lying...come to think of it. I vividly remember crying my eyes out when Hooch died. I was literally inconsolable for hours - not even Tom Hanks’ swifty smile and a bunch of mini-Hooches made a lick of difference.
I also shed a tear when I saw the Danish documentary about upright bass beauty Hugo Rasmussen following the last leg of his life, his illness, joy for life and music. Yep that one hit me so hard.

But outside of Turner & Hooch...I genuinely can’t remember crying during a flick, book or whilst listening to music. A little strange as music makes me the most emotional..but in err..other ways?

I challenge you to watch Lorenzo's Oil and not cry....

Not too many books have made me cry, but film, stage and TV do regularly.  I sniffle my way through The Sound Of Music at least once a year, and pretty much the first note of Les Miserables (film/stage show/CD) leaves me in tatters!

I definitely cried reading Watchers by Dean R. Koontz.  And 11.22.63 by SK.  But don't think it was at the end of either?....
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The only book I can ever recall making me cry is Watership Down. 🤔
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Both Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) and the Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger) have made me cry at particular places but not because of the endings. Books that end in tears should include everything by E.M Forster i.e. all the pages should be torn out. Had to study him in secondary school. The worst author ever published.Ouch

"The Catcher in the Rye" was one of my most disappointing reads; I hated the book. I had absolutely no sympathy for Holden Caulfield; that guy is such a jammerlappen.


whiner, wuss, wimp? To a certain extent yes, but it's a rites of passage novel and Salinger knows his protagonist can't be fully formed from the outset as he's still an immature adolescent. I liked his honesty and innate ability to sniff out petulant shallow narcissists at both ends of the social spectrum.


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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I think I’ve seen about all I can take of those blasted touring tests thank you
Also I’m actually lying...come to think of it. I vividly remember crying my eyes out when Hooch died. I was literally inconsolable for hours - not even Tom Hanks’ swifty smile and a bunch of mini-Hooches made a lick of difference.
I also shed a tear when I saw the Danish documentary about upright bass beauty Hugo Rasmussen following the last leg of his life, his illness, joy for life and music. Yep that one hit me so hard.

But outside of Turner & Hooch...I genuinely can’t remember crying during a flick, book or whilst listening to music. A little strange as music makes me the most emotional..but in err..other ways?


I challenge you to watch Lorenzo's Oil and not cry....

Not too many books have made me cry, but film, stage and TV do regularly.  I sniffle my way through The Sound Of Music at least once a year, and pretty much the first note of Les Miserables (film/stage show/CD) leaves me in tatters!

I definitely cried reading Watchers by Dean R. Koontz.  And 11.22.63 by SK.  But don't think it was at the end of either?....

I’ve seen it a couple of times and absolutely adore both Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon in one of their best acting efforts caught on screen. It is indeed a heartbreaking movie but alas never made me cry.
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