Amis Novels on Film

Writing in The Times (23 August 1998), Arts Correspondent John Harlow reported that four of Amis's novels were "set to be filmed over the next 12 months." These included London Fields, Dead Babies, Money, and The Information. To date -- and quite remarkably, given the competiting titles -- only Dead Babies has made it to the screen, joining The Rachel Papers as the sole films of Amis's novels.

Appearing at Barbara's Bookstore in Chicago on 3 February 1998, Amis noted that Gary Oldman might play John Self in Money. He recounted a tale of visiting Oldman on a film set, where the actor mimicked Self's persona and boasted, "I have a great new cough."

In The Times (17 June 1999), Geoffrey MacNab reported that Nicolas Roeg had signed on to direct a $10 million adaptation of Night Train. That project never got off the ground.

The most promising recent project has been London Fields, which David Cronenberg was set to direct.

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http://www.martinamisweb.com/filmography.shtml

(Viewed on November the 5^th, 2008)

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