# Confederacy of Dunces is going to be a movie.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederacy-of-dunces-is-going-to-be-a-movie/140860 "2002-12-06T04:46:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederacy-of-dunces-is-going-to-be-a-movie/140860/41 "2003-10-30T21:43:45Z")

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I can usually bear movies I love being made into movies (I finally broke down and saw FOTR and Two Towers, after all) - but the supposed cast list for this just looks to a raping, a travesty of Confederacy of Dunces - the book I foist on people as the funniest book ever.

I could have borne Stephen Root as Ignatius, Philip Hoffman, even Jack Black… but will ferrell??? and those others???

In my dreams maybe a very young John Candy. And a very young Richard Pryor as Jones…oh well…

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederacy-of-dunces-is-going-to-be-a-movie/140860/42 "2003-10-31T00:30:13Z")

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Stephen Fry wrote a script for Confederacy of Dunces? That’s great! I’d love to read it.

And Will Farrell? Jesus, what a horrible decision.

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