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When movie characters read books
When they're not saving the world, solving a crime or running to the airport in the rain, movie characters also do regular human stuff as well.
They eat sandwiches, mention other movies and read a whole load of books. In case you're interested in reading the same book as your favourite fictional character, we've assembled a list of the 30 most memorable movie/book match-ups.
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A Fish Called Wanda
Character: Otto West (Kevin Kline) Book: Beyond Good and… More details
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Apocalypse Now
Character: Walter E Kurtz Book: The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot More details
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Bad Teacher
Character: Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) Book: To Kill A… More details
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Donnie Darko
Character: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) Book: Twenty-One… More details
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Friends with Kids
Character: Kurt (Jon Hamm) Book: Cod by Mark Kurlansky More details
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When Harry met Sally
Character: Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) Book: The Icarus… More details
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Harry Potter and the Prison…
Character: Leaky Cauldron Customer (Ian Brown) Book: A… More details
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Hot Fuzz
Character: Sergeant Turner Book: Complicity by Iain Banks More details
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Character: Topper Harley Book: Great Expectations by… More details
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Inglourious Basterds
Character: Shoshanna Dreyfus Book: The Saint In New York by… More details
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It's a Wonderful Life
Character: George Bailey (James Stewart) Book: The… More details
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King Kong
Character: Jimmy Book: Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad More details
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Little Miss Sunshine
Character: Dwayne Hoover (Paul Dano) Book: Thus Spoke… More details
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Matilda
Character: Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) Book: Moby Dick… More details
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Natural Born Killers
Character: Mallory Knox (Juliette Lewis) Book: The Bell Jar… More details
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Notting Hill
Character: William Thacker (Hugh Grant) Book: Captain… More details
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Poltergeist
Character: Steve Freeling (Craig T Nelson) Book: Reagan:… More details
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Pulp Fiction
Character: Vincent Vega (John Travolta) Book: Modesty… More details
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Serendipity
Character: Sarah Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) Book: Love In the… More details
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Addams Family Values
Character: Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston) Book: The Cat… More details
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The Book of Eli
Character: Carnegie (Gary Oldman) Book: The Holy Bible by… More details
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The Curious Case of Benjami…
Character: Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) Book: Ivanhoe by Sir… More details
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The Hours
Character: Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) Book: Mrs Dalloway… More details
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The Reader
Character: Michael Berg (David Kross) Book: War and Peace… More details
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The Wedding Crashers
Character: John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) Book: Don't Jump:… More details
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The Shining
Character: Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) Book: The… More details
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An American Werewolf In London
Character: Alex Price Book: A Conneticut Yankee in King… More details
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You've Got Mail
Character: Kathleen Kelly Book: Pride And Prejudice by Jane… More details
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The Crow
Character: T-Bird (David Patrick Kelly) Book: Paradise Lost… More details
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Gone With the Wind
Character: Melanie Hamilton Wilkes (Olivia de… More details
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