No way he would sell the rights to it. In fact, Salinger (from what I understand) has several manuscripts that he has expressly forbidden to be published until after his death.
Salinger was strongly against movie adaptations of his work, and had a clause in his will blocking any Hollywood adaptations of his works after he died. The closest you will find is "Field of Dreams," where the Terrence Mann character was supposedly based on Salinger.
Actually "Field of Dreams" was based on a book by W.P. Kinsella. In the book the character is Salinger. Terrance Mann was made up for the movie.
...even though i have nothing worthwhile to add. i must respond to this thread just because... ive read that damn book about 14 times. id read it over and over in high school. when id finish, id just go right back to the beggining and start again. id underline stuff and everything. i really really really related to the main character. i heard JD Salinger wrote some more about Holden. but he never published any of it. thats probably just a rumor because so many people liked the book. i guess when he dies theyll search his little cabin in the woods and find out. i dont think any movies made about it, or even any sequels would be a good thing. its perfect the way it is.
Holden. Have you ever read Confederacy of Dunces. Imagine Holden all grown up and all confortable in his loathing of society and people's phoniness, yet all that loathing over the years has changed him into a preying pariah who now looks down on everyone. its pretty funny.
rushmore is very loosely based on catcher in the rye; it certainly captures the spirit. also, i read, like, just yesterday, that jennifer anniston is making a movie in which her character falls in love with a guy she believes is either holden, or the person holden's based on, or.... anyone know what i'm talking about?
Holden, since you've read and underlined this book so many times, do you have any ideas of what I could do for a "visual" for a project over this book. Other people in my class just showed movies of their book, but I guess this isn't an option for me. Any ideas? Oh yea...and when does the story take place...I just finished reading it and I'm guessing late 1940s??
Sean Connery's character on Finding Forrester, a pretty lame movie IMO, was supposed to be Salinger-esque. I'm going to have to re-read Catcher. I read it once in 10th grade and was surprisingly completely unsympathetic, surprising because I tend to empathize with the marginalized, underdogs.
Refreshing myself with online synopses, I'm REALLY going to have to re-read Catcher. I wonder why I had issues before.
The Good Girl (limited release 8/7/02) The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfied. Cast: Jennifer Aniston Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko) John C. Reilly (The Perfect Storm) Tim Blake Nelson (O' Brother Where Art Thou) Mike White (Chuck & Buck)
Kevin Smith named Ben Affleck and Jason Lee in Chasing Amy Holden and Banky after the book. Thats all I know.
I don't remember the book that much. I remember vaque things like... writing on the wall Some girl named phoebe a gay teacher An amusement park and that's about it. I do remember liking the book, but it didn't stick with me.
Near the beginning of the book, I remember Holden Caulfield on the verge of expulsion from school, visiting a teacher's home. The teacher is giving him a lecture about how he's no good, his life will be nothing; the teacher grabs Caulfield's latest paper and thumbs through it. In Salinger's words, written in first-person, "(The teacher) handled my paper like it was a turd or something." I was laughing out loud in the bookstore, so I went ahead and bought it. Really good book.
That's an interesting viewpoint. I've watched Rushmore numerous times and I just don't make that connection. Holden and Max just aren't similar enough. Holden seemed to exude an anger-fueled ambivalence toward all the social norms that were being forced upon him, as opposed to Max, who seeks to control any situation he finds himself in. Now, if you want to compare The Royal Tennenbaums to Salinger's Franny and Zooey, there are numerous similarities, not the least of which are the characters that are all former child prodigies.
my take on both characters (not that i diagree with yours) is that part of their persona, part of what makes them act the way they do, part of who they are is that they both feel they're much too smart to be children. and that's what i meant by capturing its spirit. how they react to that reality, however, is not the least bit similiar. max compensates by acting grown up: he swills liquor, chases women twice his age... holden (and it's been a looooooooooong time since i've read the book, so forgive if i'm way off here) responds by deciding that which he cannot have is stupid or beneath him, so he rails everything. again, that's my take, tho i seem to recall wes stating at some point holden was an influence.
Here's a trivia question: who was Banky in the book? I would rate this question a 10 in terms of difficulty (most because it's so arcane)-- if you remember him, I'm betting you've read the book many, many times.
