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Which book inspired the 1990 movie "Total Recall"?
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Hyperion
The Martian
The Three-Body Problem
21% got this right
The gore and violence had to be pared down to get an R rating instead of an NC-17 rating.
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Which movie was inspired by June Austen's book, "Emma"?
Clueless
10 Things I Hate About You
Kiss the Girls
Little Women
23% got this right
Alicia Silverstone got to keep all of her outfits from the film, but she apparently gave most of them away.
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Which movie was based on Philip K. Dick's book, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
Blade Runner
Minority Report
Paycheck
The Adjustment Bureau
48% got this right
Alan E. Nourse wrote a novel in 1974 called The Bladerunner. The producer bought the rights just to use the name.
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Which book inspired the movie "Hook"?
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
The Secret Garden
The Wind in the Willows
75% got this right
Glenn Close, David Crosby, & Jimmy Buffett play small roles as pirates on Hook’s crew. George Lucas also has a cameo.
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Which book inspired the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life"?
The Greatest Gift
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Little Prince
51% got this right
Philip Van Doren Stern sent "The Greatest Gift" as a 21-page Christmas card and sent it to 200 friends.
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Which sports film was an adaptation of the book, "Shoeless Joe"?
Field of Dreams
Invictus
Moneyball
The Blind Side
37% got this right
Field of Dreams was nominated for three Academy Awards.
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Which book by Shakespeare inspired "10 Things I Hate About You"?
The Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
King Lear
Much Ado About Nothing
20% got this right
Katie Holmes and James Van Der Beek were initially considered for the lead roles.
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Which book became the movie "The Goodfellas"?
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American Savages
The Godfather
The Untouchables
13% got this right
The real Henry Hill, who the story is based on, said that Robert De Niro would call him up to 10 times a day.
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Which controversial Christmas movie was adapted from the book "Nothing Lasts Forever"?
Die Hard
Batman Returns
Gremlins
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
35% got this right
The book went out of print after the first film's release but was republished in 2013— Die Hard's 25th anniversary.
