
Gettysburg is a movie directed by Ron Maxwell in 1993 and based on the book The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, first published in 1974. The movie features Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Sam Elliott, Richard Jordan, Stephen Lang, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Movie vs Book

Year
1993
Minutes
271
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb

Year
1974
Pages
345
Book Rate
8.62
S: Goodreads
Book
The Killer Angels
Author: Michael Shaara
Country: USA
First published in: 1974
Length: 345 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Civil War Trilogy
User polls & recommendations
“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema. The movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)

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