Cold in July is a movie directed by Jim Mickle in 2014 and based on the book of the same name by Joe R. Lansdale, first published in 1990. The movie features Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russell, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
Richard Dane awakens to find an intruder in his home and has to kill in self-defense. The problem is the intruder’s father, Ben Russel, is a murderous ex-con bent on avenging his son’s death. Richard, a small-time businessman, is in way over his head. Soon the two find out they’re both being misled and manipulated and find themselves drawn into a web of psychopathic sex, violence, and corruption.
Movie vs Book
Year
2014
Minutes
109
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1990
Pages
288
Book Rate
7.92
S: Goodreads
Book
Cold in July
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Country: USA
First published in: 1990
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.”
BRUCE JOEL RUBIN (Screenwriter)
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