Translating "The Firm" for the Screen

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This paper studies the process of converting the book "The Firm" by John Grisham to a screenplay and movie. The paper begins with a description of the book and the characters. Then the paper discusses the specific challenges that the screenwriter had to overcome in order to create a successful screen adaptation. The author of this paper discusses how the writer and director combined characters, simplified the plot and changed the book's ending.

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"The Firm is a rangy novel by John Grisham that explores the parallel corruption in business and in government. A young lawyer, Mitch McDeere, is recruited by a high-profile law firm in Memphis, Tennessee, with a breathtaking employment package that he cannot refuse. But he soon learns that there is a sinister side to the activities conducted by his new firm, and he finds himself quickly engulfed in a network of intrigue and violence that involves the FBI, the Mafia and the partners of the firm. His marriage is threatened, he is blackmailed by the FBI into informing on the firm, and the apparent accidental death of two of the firm's partners turns out to be murder."

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