while audiences and critics may have
loved these films the original scribes
did not feel the same way I’m not a
smart man but I know what love is
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
authors who hated movie adaptations of
their work before we begin we publish
new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
otters who for one reason or another
took issue with the big-screen versions
of their written material number 10
Billy Hayes midnight express catch The
Midnight Express what’s that Midnight
Express tells the true story of Billy
Hayes incarceration in Turkey after
being apprehended for smuggling hashish
it’s film adaptation directed by Alan
Parker with an Oliver Stone screenplay
was a success both commercially and
critically winning several Academy
Awards but while the movie version was
relatively faithful to the source
material Stone opted to change the
ending in the film Hayes takes the life
of a prison guard attempting to sexually
assault him in real life however Hayes
escaped by stealing a dinghy and rowing
17 miles across the sea of Marmora Hayes
has been quoted as saying he wished
they’d included the real ending but it
never made it into the final draft
number nine Winston groom Forrest Gump
my mom always said life was like a box
of chocolates you never know what you’re
going to get Forrest Gump was the smash
hit of 1994 earning over six hundred and
seventy seven million dollars at the box
office and winning six Academy Awards
including Best Picture
perhaps the film’s biggest critic
however was the author of the original
book himself Winston groom was
frustrated that the film left out
several key plot points
what’s more groom didn’t earn much money
due to the language in his contract
which allotted him three percent of the
film’s net profits the Amin must keep
that money because I still ain’t seen a
nickel that million dog however
producers claimed Forrest Gump didn’t
turn a profit so three percent of
nothing is a big fat zero groom
published a sequel to the novel in 1995
with the first page stating quote don’t
never let nobody make a movie of your
life story
ouch promises to be exist if it goes
number eight me fail and the neverending
story good luck we’ll find you if you
were a kid in the 80s odds are you
watched the neverending story a dozen
times if not more the film was generally
considered a critical success with Roger
Ebert praising the visual effects in
particular these effects weren’t enough
to win over the original author however
me hey Olinda believed the ending of the
revised script was so different from the
spirit of the book that he tried to take
back the film rights took the producers
to court and eventually had his name
removed from the project entirely in the
end he called the film quote a gigantic
melodrama of kitsch commerce plush and
plastic
number seven EB white Charlotte’s Web
I’ve been watching you and I like you I
can’t see you
EB White’s tale about the friendship
between a pig and a spider is one of the
best-selling children’s books of all
time and in 1973 it was adapted into an
animated musical film although
Charlotte’s Web was a moderate success
at first it has since become one of the
most beloved children’s films ever
produced that likely isn’t the case in
EB White’s household however white
called the film a travesty and he hated
that the storyline was constantly
interrupted for musical numbers stating
quote I don’t care much for jolly songs
[Music]
number six Bret Easton Ellis American
Psycho to return some videotapes
American Psycho is a chilling tale about
a Wall Street investment banker with a
taste for the macabre begins
moonlighting as a serial killer the
author behind the source material Bret
Easton Ellis was not impressed with the
adaptation stating that he didn’t think
the book needed to be turned into a
movie did you know I’m utterly insane
Ellis has also been quoted as saying
that film is quote a medium that really
is built for the male gaze and for a
male Sensibility perhaps a comment on
American psychos director mary harron
whom Ellis believes failed to capture
the books ambiguity and Batemans role as
an unreliable narrator I simply am NOT
THERE number 5 anthony burgess a
Clockwork Orange
from one disturbing adaptation to
another a clockwork orange’ is
considered one of Stanley Kubrick’s best
films even now decades later it
continues to terrify shocked and
disturbed viewers however anthony
burgess the author of the 1962 novel on
which it was based
didn’t feel the film did his original
work justice the englishman believed
that Kubrick missed the main theme of
the novel redemption with the director
choosing to focus on graphic violence
and explicit sex instead funny how the
colors of the real world only seemed
really real and you vide them on a
screen number for rural doll Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory
[Music]
who doesn’t love Gene Wilder’s
performance as the eccentric Willy Wonka
in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the
Chocolate Factory
well you all doll for one doll the
author of Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory hated the fact that the film
shifted the focus from Charlie to Wonka
as evidenced by the change in title he
also disliked Wilders performance
calling it pretentious and wished that
Spike Milligan or Peter Sellers had been
cast instead thinkable ultimately Dahl
vowed to never allow producers to adapt
the novel sequel while he was alive jeez
good day sir
number three Truman Capote Breakfast at
Tiffany’s
Holly I love you Audrey Hepburn is one
of the most beloved actresses of all
time and perhaps her most memorable role
was that of Holly Golightly the
eccentric socialite in Breakfast at
Tiffany’s Hepburn was even nominated for
an Academy Award for her performance
clearly no one told Truman Capote any of
this however Capote believed Hepburn was
entirely wrong for the part instead he
wanted the role to go to Marilyn Monroe
while Monroe likely would have been
great in retrospect it’s hard to imagine
anyone other than Hepburn playing Holly
come to me that something lipstick
number 2 P L Travers
MARY POPPINS you may come in welcome to
time P L Travers held out for nearly 20
years before she finally allowed Disney
to adapt her children’s book Mary
Poppins into a big-budget film
unfortunately her worst fears were
realized during production
Travers script edits were disregarded
she hated the changes to Poppins
character thought the animated scenes
were absurd and reportedly even detested
Julie Andrews classic portrayal
supercalifragilistic expialidocious even
though the sound of it is something
quite atrocious at the film’s premiere
Travers allegedly spent much of the film
in tears as a result she refused to
allow Disney to adapt any of the other
books in the series before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions God didn’t do this out we did
what do you think you are for Christ’s
sake crazy or something
number one Stephen King The Shining
here’s Johnny the shining is considered
by many to be the greatest horror movie
of all time so it’s ironic that the
master of horror fiction and author of
the source material disagrees Stephen
King hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation
of his novel particularly the changes to
the characters he believed Kubrick and
Jack Nicholson turned Jack Torrance into
a crazy character which was not the case
in the novel and transformed Wendy
Torrance into nothing more than a
screaming mess King claimed that Kubrick
couldn’t grasp the inhuman evil of the
hotel and instead looked for evil in the
characters King disliked it so much he
ended up helping produce a TV
mini-series adaptation in 1997 that was
far closer to his intended story do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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loved these films the original scribes
did not feel the same way I’m not a
smart man but I know what love is
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
authors who hated movie adaptations of
their work before we begin we publish
new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
otters who for one reason or another
took issue with the big-screen versions
of their written material number 10
Billy Hayes midnight express catch The
Midnight Express what’s that Midnight
Express tells the true story of Billy
Hayes incarceration in Turkey after
being apprehended for smuggling hashish
it’s film adaptation directed by Alan
Parker with an Oliver Stone screenplay
was a success both commercially and
critically winning several Academy
Awards but while the movie version was
relatively faithful to the source
material Stone opted to change the
ending in the film Hayes takes the life
of a prison guard attempting to sexually
assault him in real life however Hayes
escaped by stealing a dinghy and rowing
17 miles across the sea of Marmora Hayes
has been quoted as saying he wished
they’d included the real ending but it
never made it into the final draft
number nine Winston groom Forrest Gump
my mom always said life was like a box
of chocolates you never know what you’re
going to get Forrest Gump was the smash
hit of 1994 earning over six hundred and
seventy seven million dollars at the box
office and winning six Academy Awards
including Best Picture
perhaps the film’s biggest critic
however was the author of the original
book himself Winston groom was
frustrated that the film left out
several key plot points
what’s more groom didn’t earn much money
due to the language in his contract
which allotted him three percent of the
film’s net profits the Amin must keep
that money because I still ain’t seen a
nickel that million dog however
producers claimed Forrest Gump didn’t
turn a profit so three percent of
nothing is a big fat zero groom
published a sequel to the novel in 1995
with the first page stating quote don’t
never let nobody make a movie of your
life story
ouch promises to be exist if it goes
number eight me fail and the neverending
story good luck we’ll find you if you
were a kid in the 80s odds are you
watched the neverending story a dozen
times if not more the film was generally
considered a critical success with Roger
Ebert praising the visual effects in
particular these effects weren’t enough
to win over the original author however
me hey Olinda believed the ending of the
revised script was so different from the
spirit of the book that he tried to take
back the film rights took the producers
to court and eventually had his name
removed from the project entirely in the
end he called the film quote a gigantic
melodrama of kitsch commerce plush and
plastic
number seven EB white Charlotte’s Web
I’ve been watching you and I like you I
can’t see you
EB White’s tale about the friendship
between a pig and a spider is one of the
best-selling children’s books of all
time and in 1973 it was adapted into an
animated musical film although
Charlotte’s Web was a moderate success
at first it has since become one of the
most beloved children’s films ever
produced that likely isn’t the case in
EB White’s household however white
called the film a travesty and he hated
that the storyline was constantly
interrupted for musical numbers stating
quote I don’t care much for jolly songs
[Music]
number six Bret Easton Ellis American
Psycho to return some videotapes
American Psycho is a chilling tale about
a Wall Street investment banker with a
taste for the macabre begins
moonlighting as a serial killer the
author behind the source material Bret
Easton Ellis was not impressed with the
adaptation stating that he didn’t think
the book needed to be turned into a
movie did you know I’m utterly insane
Ellis has also been quoted as saying
that film is quote a medium that really
is built for the male gaze and for a
male Sensibility perhaps a comment on
American psychos director mary harron
whom Ellis believes failed to capture
the books ambiguity and Batemans role as
an unreliable narrator I simply am NOT
THERE number 5 anthony burgess a
Clockwork Orange
from one disturbing adaptation to
another a clockwork orange’ is
considered one of Stanley Kubrick’s best
films even now decades later it
continues to terrify shocked and
disturbed viewers however anthony
burgess the author of the 1962 novel on
which it was based
didn’t feel the film did his original
work justice the englishman believed
that Kubrick missed the main theme of
the novel redemption with the director
choosing to focus on graphic violence
and explicit sex instead funny how the
colors of the real world only seemed
really real and you vide them on a
screen number for rural doll Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory
[Music]
who doesn’t love Gene Wilder’s
performance as the eccentric Willy Wonka
in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the
Chocolate Factory
well you all doll for one doll the
author of Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory hated the fact that the film
shifted the focus from Charlie to Wonka
as evidenced by the change in title he
also disliked Wilders performance
calling it pretentious and wished that
Spike Milligan or Peter Sellers had been
cast instead thinkable ultimately Dahl
vowed to never allow producers to adapt
the novel sequel while he was alive jeez
good day sir
number three Truman Capote Breakfast at
Tiffany’s
Holly I love you Audrey Hepburn is one
of the most beloved actresses of all
time and perhaps her most memorable role
was that of Holly Golightly the
eccentric socialite in Breakfast at
Tiffany’s Hepburn was even nominated for
an Academy Award for her performance
clearly no one told Truman Capote any of
this however Capote believed Hepburn was
entirely wrong for the part instead he
wanted the role to go to Marilyn Monroe
while Monroe likely would have been
great in retrospect it’s hard to imagine
anyone other than Hepburn playing Holly
come to me that something lipstick
number 2 P L Travers
MARY POPPINS you may come in welcome to
time P L Travers held out for nearly 20
years before she finally allowed Disney
to adapt her children’s book Mary
Poppins into a big-budget film
unfortunately her worst fears were
realized during production
Travers script edits were disregarded
she hated the changes to Poppins
character thought the animated scenes
were absurd and reportedly even detested
Julie Andrews classic portrayal
supercalifragilistic expialidocious even
though the sound of it is something
quite atrocious at the film’s premiere
Travers allegedly spent much of the film
in tears as a result she refused to
allow Disney to adapt any of the other
books in the series before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions God didn’t do this out we did
what do you think you are for Christ’s
sake crazy or something
number one Stephen King The Shining
here’s Johnny the shining is considered
by many to be the greatest horror movie
of all time so it’s ironic that the
master of horror fiction and author of
the source material disagrees Stephen
King hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation
of his novel particularly the changes to
the characters he believed Kubrick and
Jack Nicholson turned Jack Torrance into
a crazy character which was not the case
in the novel and transformed Wendy
Torrance into nothing more than a
screaming mess King claimed that Kubrick
couldn’t grasp the inhuman evil of the
hotel and instead looked for evil in the
characters King disliked it so much he
ended up helping produce a TV
mini-series adaptation in 1997 that was
far closer to his intended story do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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