By Dawn’s Early Light is a movie directed by Jack Sholder in 1990 and based on the book Trinity’s Child by William Prochnau, first published in 1983. The movie features Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin, Rip Torn, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
A non-NATO nuclear missile is launched from Turkey towards the USSR, resulting in detonation on Soviet soil. The automatic Soviet response interprets it as a NATO missile, raising the stakes. The narrative unfolds as we track the actions of the U.S. president and a bomber crew, exploring whether continued escalation can be averted.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1983
Pages
400
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
Trinity's Child
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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