Green Zone
Paul Greengrass, 2010
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, 2006
Green Zone is a movie directed by Paul Greengrass in 2010 and based on the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, first published in 2006. The movie features Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Jason Isaacs, Khalid Abdalla, and others.
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Storyline
On March 19, 2003, Iraqi General Mohammed Al-Rawi flees his residence amid the bombardment of Baghdad. Afterward, CIA officer Martin Brown tells him that the next place he is to search was inspected by a UN team two months prior and that it too has been confirmed empty.
Movie vs Book
Year
2010
Minutes
115
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
2006
Pages
320
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Subtitle: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Author: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Country: USA
First published in: 2006
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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