NPL Books into Films: Comedy
Annotation:A spokesman for the tobacco industry is kidnapped and covered with nicotine patches, but the FBI thinks it was a publicity stunt.
Annotation:A college professor working endlessly on the follow-up to his successful first novel has a disastrous weekend culminating in a ride in a stolen car with a dead dog in the trunk.
Annotation:A divorced, 40-year-old preschool teacher is in for a surprise when she responds to a personal ad and goes on her first date in two years.
Annotation:In 1920s New York, a orphan is sent to live with his eccentric aunt who leads a unconventional life.
Annotation:A group of working-class Irish lads start a band with a mission to bring soul to Dublin.
Annotation:An actress whose mother is a famous star tries to put her life back together after an overdose lands her in rehab.
Annotation:London singleton Bridget Jones records her daily calorie and cigarette intake in her diary along with the ups and downs of her love life.
Annotation:Five women and one man form a book group to discuss the works of Jane Austen, as the stories and characters give insight into their own lives.
Annotation:An orphaned young lady from London goes to live with relatives on a farm run by Aunt Ada Doom and sets herself the task of improving things.
Annotation:After his girlfriend leaves him for another man, a vintage record store owner consoles himself by reorganizing his albums and making top 5 lists.
Annotation:Financial journalist Becky Bloomwood falls deeper in debt despite her efforts to curb her spending.
Annotation:Miami loan shark Chili Palmer heads to Hollywood to collect a debt from a horror movie producer and decides to pitch an idea for a script to him.
Annotation:A divorced, struggling writer sets out on a road trip to the wine country with a friend who’s about to get married.
Annotation:After moving into a hotel with an assortment of eccentric residents, a recently widowed woman neglected by her relatives befriends a young man who agrees to pose as her grandson.
Annotation:An English major hoping for a job at The New Yorker takes an internship with the demanding editor of a fashion magazine.
Annotation:The hapless Bertie Wooster is saved from unwanted engagements, onerous aunts, and a variety of other unpleasant situations by his inimitable valet Jeeves.
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Books that have been made into comedy films, along with the DVDs for comparison.
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