From Print into Film

This fall, over a dozen new feature films will be released that are based on books available for check out at your San Marino Public Library.

September saw the premier of Under the Tuscan Sun, based on the book by Frances Mayes. Now Mystic River, from the novel by Dennis Lehane, is in theaters.

Before the end of the year, be sure to see Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World directed by Peter Weir, based on the Jack Aubrey stories by Patrick O'Brian. Girl With A Pearl Earring, taken from Tracy Chevalier's novel, is set for an autumn release as are films adapted from John Grisham's Runaway Jury, Cold Mountain by Charles Frasier, Timeline by Michael Crichton, House of Sand And Fog by Andre Dubus, and Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. Brian Moore's book The Statement will be released to the big screen soon as will adaptations of A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham and The Human Stain by Philip Roth.

At Thanksgiving, feast on The Cat in the Hat based on the story by Dr. Seuss. And on December 17, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final film in Peter Jackson's epic dramatic trilogy based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, opens in theaters.

Visit the library today to read your favorite films!