Even so, author Ken Kesey refused to see it because of creative differences.
The movie notably removes Chief Bromden from his role as narrator and tones down some of the paranoid rambling.
Yet hes probably most famous for Stanley Kubricks film adaptation ofAClockwork Orange.

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This never entirely sat right with Burgess and eventually led to him dismissing his own book.
I should not have written the book because of this danger of misinterpretation.
But it turns out the movie wasnt ambiguousenoughfor its authors satisfaction.

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American Psychowas a book I didnt think needed to be turned into a movie.
I think the answer to that question makes the book infinitely less interesting.
Travers, Mary Poppins
Despite what the makers ofSaving Mr. Bankswould have you believe, P.L.

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Theres a reason no further Poppins movies were made.
Moorewould later requestthat his name be removed from all movie adaptations of his work.
LeGuin was incensed that the filmmakers reshuffled plot points and changed the race of her characters.

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