British screenwriter John Hodge adapted The Beach for a movie from the novel by which author?
The Beach (film) The Beach is a 2000 British-American adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet and, Robert Carlyle. It was filmed on the Thai island Koh Phi Phi.
The Loved One (film) The Loved One is a 1965 black and white comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, which is based on "The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy" (1948), a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay—which also drew on Jessica Mitford's book "The American Way of Death" (1963)—was written by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood.