The Shadow (1994) - Adapted from the pulp character
Dick Tracy - adapted from the newspaper comic strip
Strange Brew - loosely adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Tower of London – medieval “history”
adapted from a couple of medieval documents, one written by Sir Thomas More, and a number of rumors, perpetuated by Shakespeare’s play, which is (supposedly) not a source, as this film is ACCURATE history
The Shadow (1994) - Adapted from the pulp character
Dick Tracy - adapted from the newspaper comic strip
Strange Brew - loosely adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
V for Vendetta – adapted from a graphic novel originally serialized as a ten-volume DC
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - adapted from a series of books which were adapted from a radio show, except it’s really a lot more complicated than that
The Shadow (1994) - Adapted from the pulp character
Dick Tracy - adapted from the newspaper comic strip
Strange Brew - loosely adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
V for Vendetta – adapted from a graphic novel originally serialized as a ten-volume DC
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - adapted from a series of books which were adapted from a radio show, except it’s really a lot more complicated than that
The Shadow (1994) - Adapted from the pulp character
Dick Tracy - adapted from the newspaper comic strip
Strange Brew - loosely adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
V for Vendetta – adapted from a graphic novel originally serialized as a ten-volume DC
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - adapted from a series of books which were adapted from a radio show, except it’s really a lot more complicated than that
There Will Be Blood - adapted from the novel Oil!
Harper Valley PTA - adapted from the hit song of the same title recorded by Jeannie C. Riley
The Shadow (1994) - Adapted from the pulp character
Dick Tracy - adapted from the newspaper comic strip
Strange Brew - loosely adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
V for Vendetta – adapted from a graphic novel originally serialized as a ten-volume DC
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - adapted from a series of books which were adapted from a radio show, except it’s really a lot more complicated than that
There Will Be Blood - adapted from the novel Oil!
Harper Valley PTA - adapted from the hit song of the same title recorded by Jeannie C. Riley
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Loosely based on Homer’s The Odyssey
Brazil -Has nothing to do with Brazil other than the closing song.
Fargo - The story takes place in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Reservoir Dogs - reportedly a corruption of the French film title Au revoir les enfants, which itself has little or nothing to do with RD.
To Kill a Mockingbird - is not a “how-to” guide.
The title of the movie (and book) is mentioned in a sentence by Atticus, though. That it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all they do is make pleasant music for us to listen to, or something.