Mr. Hollywood Speaks

It's time once again for a trip to Hollywoodland, where we're going to take a literary twist on our recommendations: Pulitzer Prize winning adaptations! We have several Pulitzer winning books and a play that made the leap to the big screen that we think you'll really enjoy.

First on our list is The Shipping News, starring Kevin Spacey. The book, by E. Annie Proulx, won the fiction category in 1994 and was released as a motion picture in 2002. Also worth looking at is The Hours, adapted in 2003 from the book by Michael Cunningham, winner for fiction in 1999. It stars Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman.

Playwright David Auburn won the Pulitzer for his drama Proof in 2001. Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins starred in the 2005 movie adaptation of Proof about a grieving daughter and her late mathmatical genius father.

Lastly we have John Adams, just released this year on DVD. The widely acclaimed book, by David McCullough, published in 2001, won the Pulitzer for Biographies. For this seven-part mini-series, HBO enlisted Paul Giamatti to play the founding father. Remember, all of the original books recommended here can be found on our shelves!