
Gentlemen Don’t Eat Poets is a movie directed by John-Paul Davidson in 1995 and based on the book The Grotesque by Patrick McGrath, first published in 1989. The movie features Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey, Jim Carter, Anna Massey, and others.
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Movie vs Book

Year
1995
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
5.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Original title: The Grotesque
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Country: UK
Year: 1995
Length: 1h39m

Year
1989
Pages
178
Book Rate
7.18
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Book
The Grotesque
Author: Patrick McGrath
Country: UK
First published in: 1989
Length: 178 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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