A Thief of Time is a movie directed by Chris Eyre in 2004 and based on the book of the same name by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1988. The movie features Gary Farmer, Adam Beach, Ernest Tsosie III, Wes Studi, Sheila Tousey, Kelly Byars, and others.
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Storyline
Navajo tribal policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are back for a third thrilling mystery case. An archaeologist turned pottery poacher thinks she has cracked the secret of the vanished Anasazi culture, when she herself vanishes. As other poachers start dropping dead, Leaphorn and Chee must piece together a case as complicated as the mysteriously decorated pots that seem to motivate the killer.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
94
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1988
Pages
352
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
A Thief of Time
Author: Tony Hillerman
Country: USA
First published in: 1988
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Leaphorn & Chee
User polls & recommendations
“When you adapt a 500-page book, you have to know that it won't fit into two hours. There are things that have to be left out and others that have to be told in a different way.”
MANEL LOUEIRO (Writer)
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