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Monday, August 3, 2009

An Accepted American Writer's Writings That Were Turned Into Movies

By Jeffery B Marshall

One of America's most dearly loved authors is John Grisham. Since 1989, his books have sold over 250 million copies worldwide. He has written 17 legal fiction books with a new legal fiction due out in November 2009, 4 non-legal fiction works and one non-fiction story. There have been 10 films made from his works so far with an additional expected in 2012.

His second tale, "The Firm", was the earliest story to be made into a show back in 1993. In this motion picture, starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Gene Hackman, a young Harvard Law School graduate begins working at a rather devious Memphis law firm. In that same year of 1993, a second John Grisham story to motion picture came out, "The Pelican Brief" starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington.

In 1994, "The Client" was released. In this movie a little boy by accident witnesses a suicide and he is as a result chased by the mafia for what they think the dying man may have confided in him. "The Client" starred Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones and the late Brad Renfro.

Grisham's very first novel, and some may say his best tale, was "A Time To Kill". This book was made into a film in 1996 and it introduced an up and coming new performer in the lead role, Matthew McConaughey. It also starred Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey. Also from the year 1996 was "The Chamber" starring Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman and Faye Dunaway.

Matt Damon took the lead role in "The Rainmaker" in 1997. He played a rookie lawyer who takes on a influential insurance company on behalf of a boy turned down for medical treatment. In 1998, "The Gingerbread Man" starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert Downey, Jr. came out. This is the only Grisham picture that you will not be able to find as a novel because it came from an non published manuscript.

2 of the non-legal fiction books by Grisham have also been made into films. "A Painted House" came out in 2003 and in 2004, the holiday favorite, "Christmas with the Kranks", starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, based upon the story "Skipping Christmas".

"The Runaway Jury" starring Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, John Cusack and Rachel Weisz was released in 2003. The next show is intended for release in the year 2012. It is "The Associate", which was released as a book in January 2009.

Grisham has beyond doubt been one of the most famous and prolific authors in the recent past. With twenty-two stories out and another planned for November 2009, 10 movies and an additional considered for 2012, he has never failed to entertain us. If you happened to overlook any of these celebrated movies you can now download them at once to your computer to view right away on your computer, TV or even your iPhone. - 18423

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