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Poll: Favorite movie based on a magazine article?

From this list of movies based (partially or completely) on story/article that was first published in a magazine, which one is your favorite?

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Results of 2,922 votes:

  1. 1.

    Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

     
    "The Boys in the Bank", Life, 1972 - P.F. Kluge
  2. 2.

    Argo (2012)

     
    “The Great Escape”, Wired, 2007 - Joshua Bearman
  3. 3.

    Minority Report (2002)

     
    "The Minority Report", Fantastic Universe, 1956 - Philip K. Dick

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