Defending Jacob is a TV mini-series created by Mark Bomback in 2020 and based on the book of the same name by William Landay, first published in 2012. The TV series features Chris Evans, Jaeden Martell, Michelle Dockery, Betty Gabriel, Sakina Jaffrey, Cherry Jones, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
402
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Defending Jacob
Creator: Mark Bomback
Country: USA
Year: 2020
Length: 6h42m / 8 episodes
Year
2012
Pages
421
Book Rate
7.98
S: Goodreads
Book
Defending Jacob
Author: William Landay
Country: USA
First published in: 2012
Length: 421 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
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