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ST Quiz: Flavorwire has listed 10 "great" films that were based on poems. Can ST name at least 4 of them?

Posted by con_carne Apr 29 '13, 14:57

They are not "the greatest," just a random list of "great." Epic poems count. Go!

Responses:

Canterbury Tales? -- nm - zork Apr 29, 15:04
Here's the list - con_carne Apr 29, 15:03
"braveheart" was based on "the wallace" -- nm - b. Apr 29, 15:02 1
- *ding* -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 15:04
Jabberwocky was a movie - charlie Apr 29, 15:01 1
- *ding* -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 15:01
Troy (helen of) Illiad and Odessy....is Molly Bloom a poem?... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 15:00 11
- *ding* I'll give O Brother Where Art Thou? to you -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 15:01 9
  - damnit, you're gonna have to give me Troy -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 15:06
  - I thought O Brother came from Sullivan's Travels -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 15:02 7
    - the title was a tribute. (this reminds me of conversations I had with that THR columnist - *brain squint*) - b. Apr 29, 15:06 3
      - got it: martin grove! we corresponded for quite a while. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 15:09 2
        
        when I read THR more often, I read his stuff. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 15:11 1
        
        looks like he hasn't been there for several years, and he's now with a site I've never seen until now.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 29, 15:23
    - I think you mean Gulliver's. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 15:04 1
      - NO. I meant what I said. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 15:05
    - The Odyssey. They talk about it in the Directors commentary on the DVD -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 15:04
- 300 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 15:00
gunga din -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 14:59
the charge of the light brigade -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 14:58
i only know parts of some german poems :( Limericks don't count, right? -- nm - marcel Apr 29, 14:58
The Raven -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 14:58 1
- *ding* -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 14:59
Beowulf. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 14:58 1
- *ding* -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 14:59

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ST Quiz: Flavorwire has listed 10 "great" films that were based on poems. Can ST name at least 4 of them?

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