Books on the Big Screen

Original Content | March 30, 2009

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The Godfather

It's not often that a movie version of a book truly brings out the best of the story. Here are a few of our all-time favorite books on the big screen.

Based on Mario Puzo's 1969 novel, Francis Ford Coppola's movie adaptation has created some of the most iconic images in all of film—horse heads? Really?

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