![]() ![]() In a 1957 letter, Salinger did write: "Since there's an ever-looming possibility that I won't die rich, I toy very seriously with the idea of leaving the unsold rights to my wife and daughter as a kind of insurance policy." Otherwise, The Catcher in the Rye will become part of the public domain in the year 2080.Īlthough the story in The Catcher in the Rye has never been brought to the screen, a physical copy of the book itself and the author has been the subject of several films. The one sliver of hope fans have is if his estate sells the rights in need of financial compensation. Salinger died in 2010 having successfully never let his iconic book get adapted, but his estate has continued to obey his wishes for the time being. RELATED: Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor Has Something Bleak to Say About Internet Privacy Several Hollywood legends like Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Lewis, John Cusack, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio all yearned to play the novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield while they were still young. Salinger even prevented his book from becoming a play on Broadway, but a couple of his letters from the early 1950s say that he was open to a play adaptation of his book - so long as he would be the one playing Holden Caulfield himself. Samuel Goldwyn, Billy Wilder, The Weinstein Company and Steven Spielberg each made attempts at earning the film rights but to no avail. The final product was a critical flop that deviated from the plot of the novel. Salinger never again allowed any of his work to be adapted to film.ĭespite Salinger's stubbornness, many Hollywood titans have attempted to buy the film rights for Catcher for decades. In 1949, his short story Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut was adapted into a film called My Foolish Heart. But there was a time early in the author's career when he was willing to have his work put on the big screen. The simplest explanation for why the novel has never been filmed is because the notoriously private Salinger and his estate have never granted permission for it to be. ![]()
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