Today's question: name the two Best Picture winners that were based on books that won the Pulitzer Prize. (I suppose related questions might ask for Best Picture nominees adapted from Pulitzer Prize books, or Best Picture winners (or nominees) based on Pulitzer Prize plays (rather than books).)
Pictured: The Hours (2002), a Best Picture nominee adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by Michael Cunningham. The film did not win Best Picture (losing to Chicago).
Gone With the Wind
The Godfather
Posted by: DF | February 27, 2010 at 01:46 PM
All the King's Men
The Grapes of Wrath
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 27, 2010 at 05:35 PM
Not right. Not wrong.
Or should I say: not wrong, not right?
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | February 28, 2010 at 08:37 AM
Gone With the Wind and All the King's Men?
Posted by: Garrett | February 28, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Garrett is correct. If one looks beyond novels and looks at other material (plays), or if one looks beyond Best Picture winners to Best Picture nominees, the circle of answers could expand. But the only two Best Picture winners adapted from novels that won the Pulitzer Prize are GWTW and ATKM.
Genesis of the question here:
http://www.filmsite.org/bestpics1.html
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | February 28, 2010 at 03:22 PM