# Made into a movie?! Impossible!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 16, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-into-a-movie-impossible/678961 "2014-01-16T13:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-into-a-movie-impossible/678961/41 "2014-01-21T08:04:02Z")

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A high school friend of mine’s father directed _Ulysses_ circa 1970, based on the Joyce book. While it didn’t get good reviews overall, several reviewers remarked on the brave attempt – that the book is pretty much un-filmable.

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