Make a Movie Meme

Now that Peter Jackson has made the Lord of the Rings trilogy, my dream of seeing my favorite book(s) made into a movie has been realized. Until today's awesome computer graphics came to be, basing a movie on Tolkien's masterpiece would have been a disgrace, or at best a cartoon. If you had all of Hollywood at your disposal, what book would you turn into a movie?

I'd do Niven-Pournelle's Footfall. Unlike Mote in God's Eye (another favorite), I wouldn't have to digitally render an entire alien planet, just a spaceship and the aliens, who curiously resemble baby elephants. Think of the merchandising opportunities! Think of the space battle! Think of the liberals in the audience cheering when we nuke Kansas!

Setting the story in modern times, I'd use a mock-up of the International Space Station and, of course, cast Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle as themselves, science fiction writers who get enlisted into a think tank to cope with the alien invasion. I wonder why no one's thought of this before?

I'd cast an Obama-lookalike as the wishy-washy POTUS who wants to negotiate with the Fithp from a position of weakness. I'd appear in a cameo as "Hairy Red," if Larry and Jerry don't object.

What book would you adapt into a movie? Why? How?