Man Booker Prize at the movies. . .

I recently reread “The Man Booker Prize on the Silver Screen”, an August 2nd, 2012 posting on the Man Booker Prize web site (http://www.themanbookerprize.com/feature/man-booker-prize-silver-screen). For my amusement, I searched the IMDb web site for all films based on MBP winners and short listed novels and developed. Here were my ground rules for the resulting list, which is longer than that in the MBP posting:
1. Chronological order, by Man Booker Prize year for winners (w) and short listed novels (sl)
2. Includes big screen and television films (f) designated as released on the IMDb web site (http://www.imdb.com/)
3. Search was on novel name only: (a) listed writers and plots were skimmed to ensure that films reflected the Man Booker novel of the same name; (b) any films based on a Man Booker winner or short listed novel that were renamed for released as a film are not included in this list
4. Not all of the listed films are readily available in the U.S. (or perhaps in other countries too), with “ready availability” operationalized as a listing in the U.S. Netflix DVD data base
5. No claim is made for comprehensiveness! Please feel free to correct any mistakes, and to add to the list. I would very much appreciate your posting any corrections or additions here.
I’ll post the list here in two segments (1960s-1980s, and 1990s-present).

1969-1989:

Driver’s Seat 1970(w), 1974f
Troubles 1970w (Lost Booker), 1988f
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont 1971sl, 2005f, 1973f (BBC)
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1972sl, 1978f
Heat and Dust 1975w, 1983f
Staying On 1977w, 1981f (BBC)
Pascali’s Island 1980sl, 1988f
Midnight’s Children 1981w, 2012f
Comfort of Strangers 1981sl, 1990f
Schindler’s List 1982w, 1993f
Sour Sweet 1982sl, 1988f
Waterland 1983sl, 1992f
Empire of the Sun 1984sl, 1987f
In Custody 1984sl, 1994f
The Handmaid’s Tale 1986sl, 1990f
Circles of Deceit 1987sl, 1990f (BBC)
Oscar and Lucinda 1988w, 1997f
Nice Work 1988sl, 1989f (BBC)
Restoration 1989sl, 1995f
Utz 1988sl, 1992f
Remains of the Day 1989w, 1993f

1990-present:

Possession 1990w, 2002f
Amongst Women 1990sl, 1998f (BBC)
An Awfully Big Adventure 1990sl, 1995f
The Van 1991sl, 1996f
English Patient 1992w, 1996f
The Butcher Boy 1992sl, 1997f
Scar Tissue 1993sl, 2002f
Last Orders 1996w, 2002f
Breakfast on Pluto 1998sl, 2005f
Disgrace 1999w, 2008f
The Blackwater Lightship 1999sl, 2004f
Atonement 2001sl, 2007f
Life of Pi 2002w, 2012f
Fingersmith 2002sl, 2005f (BBC series)
Brick Lane 2003sl, 2007f
Notes on a Scandal 2003sl, 2006f
Line of Beauty 2004w, 2006f (BBC series)
Cloud Atlas 2004sl, 2012f
Never Let Me Go 2005sl, 2010f
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2007sl, 2012f

Great list, Daniel! Thanks for posting it here.

Thanks! . . . I've definitely seen more of the films (8) than I've read of the books (3) . . . (not saying that's a good thing, just how it turns out) . . . though many of the books are ones I've MEANT to read :)

I seen 17 and it will be 18 next week after I have seen Midnight Children.

I also have 61 in my Library of the long. short and winners.

Great work, Daniel! Have you considered adding these films to each book's "Common Knowledge" section? You could also create a LibraryThing list of these books.

>7 lauralkeet: Thanks, lauralkeet. I appreciate your suggestions. I'm ignorant about both Common Knowledge and the LibraryThing list features. I'll look into both, and probably choose the option which will be least time consuming.

> 7 they are all in the CK already

You left out 1969

Figures in a Landscape (1970 ∙ IMDb)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065720/

Impossible Object (filmed in 1973 by John Frankenheimer as Story of a Love Story)

>10 bergs47:, Thanks for the additions.

I thought I would do the long list movies as well. There are only 4.

Any Human Heart (2010 ∙ TV mini-series ) 2002
The Emperor's Children (2011) 2006
Child 44 (2014) 2008
Netherland (2013) 2008


Strangely enough 5 of the long list were also nominated for Bad sex in fiction award.

The Sea by John Banville was just made into a film this year. I saw it at the Yoronto Film Festival- it was excellent

>13 torontoc: Thanks for the addition. The Sea is an interesting choice for a film, and I look forward to seeing it.

> 6. Well I saw the film of Midnights Children and even though it’s 148 minutes I am sure it would have made a much better TV series. There are too many relevant episodes in Saleem’s life that are missing. What amazes me though is the total taking as of this week , worldwide, has been a mere $ 880 000.

Wow, that is cool. I had no idea so many were made into films.
Mr Pip was also just released as a film, and a very good one imo.

>16 LovingLit: Thank you! Mr Pip is among my favorite short-listed Bookers. I'll add it to my Netflix queue and eventually add it to the list.