Billy Bathgate is a movie directed by Robert Benton in 1991 and based on the book of the same name by E.L. Doctorow, first published in 1989. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Movie vs Book
Year
1991
Minutes
106
Movie Rate
5.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Billy Bathgate
Director: Robert Benton
Country: USA
Year: 1991
Length: 1h46m
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Year
1989
Pages
326
Book Rate
7.58
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Book
Billy Bathgate
Author: E.L. Doctorow
Country: USA
First published in: 1989
Length: 326 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.”
GRAHAM GREENE (Writer)
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