Cloud Atlas is a movie directed by Tom Tykwer and Lana Wachowski in 2012 and based on the book of the same name by David Mitchell, first published in 2004. The movie features Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, and others.
What users say
“The movie is neither better nor worse than the book”
Both the book and the movie have recommendations.
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Storyline
In the Chatham Islands, 1849, American lawyer Adam Ewing witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave, Autua. Autua saves Ewing’s life before his doctor, Henry Goose, can poison him and steal his gold under the guise of treating him for a parasitic worm. In San Francisco, Ewing and his wife denounce her father’s complicity in slavery and leave to join the abolition movement.
Movie vs Book
Year
2012
Minutes
172
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Cloud Atlas
Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Length: 2h52m
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Year
2004
Pages
509
Book Rate
8.02
S: Goodreads
Book
Cloud Atlas
Author: David Mitchell
Country: UK
First published in: 2004
Length: 509 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I feel the book is very respected and honored. The Daisy Jones & The Six adaptation is everything I wanted the book to be.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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