
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stephen Daldry, 2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, 2005
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a movie directed by Stephen Daldry in 2011 and based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, first published in 2005. The movie features Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, and others.
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Storyline
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell, who has Asperger syndrome, lives in New York City with his parents Linda and Thomas Schell. He is close to his father, who stimulates him with missions to hunt for clues to New York City’s ‘lost Sixth Borough’. Oskar hides under his bed, where his grandmother finds him and stays until Linda returns home.
Movie vs Book

Year
2011
Minutes
129
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Director: Stephen Daldry
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Length: 2h9m
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Year
2005
Pages
326
Book Rate
7.94
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Book
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
Country: USA
First published in: 2005
Length: 326 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)
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