A Confederacy of Dunces

A "movie trailer" based off the book A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole created by students participating in Books Inspiring Film. Books Inspiring Film is an organization which encourages reading among teenagers by linking reading to film. Students create short video trailers based on novels to promote books to their peers.

For more information and to get involved in Books Inspiring Film, visit the organization's website at www.booksinspiringfilm.com.

Synopsis of the book from Powell's website:
"A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece that outswifts Swift, whose poem gives the book its title. Set in New Orleans, the novel bursts into life on Canal Street under the clock at D. H. Holmes department store. The characters leave the city and literature forever marked by their presences — Ignatius and his mother; Mrs. Reilly's matchmaking friend, Santa Battaglia; Miss Trixie, the octogenarian assistant accountant at Levy Pants; inept, bemused Patrolman Mancuso; Jones, the jivecat in spaceage dark glasses. Juvenal, Rabelais, Cervantes, Fielding, Swift, Dickens — their spirits are all here. Filled with unforgettable characters and unbelievable plot twists, shimmering with intelligence, and dazzling in its originality, Toole's comic classic just keeps getting better year after year."

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[MZVIRB]

Angry Bob! The 500LB comic!

[taypar11]

Check out my sequel to Dunces called AN ARMY OF IDIOTS now available online at amazon. It's a hoot, too.

[zaratustra007]

haahahhhah  nice video. long life to i.r.

[nicklepa24]

@HeartyArtie thanks : )

[HeartyArtie]

@nicklepa24

Kabelevsky- Comedians' Galop (No. 2) from The Comedians

[HeartyArtie]

@nicklepa24

Kabalevsky- Comedian's Gallop

[krautdale]

this is a great book but what is this video supposed to be about. Denzel Jones? and random photos of bad look alike's. I don't mean to come off as a hater but if their were ever a movie portrayal of this book, it would surely be a let down. This story is a book for a reason.

[phlashba]

@fluffygalore That would break my heart --- let's hope a movie happens but not with Farrell.

[scout6686]

Whats the book about?

[fluffygalore]

my fav book ever