I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jim Gillespie, 1997
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Lois Duncan, 1973
I Know What You Did Last Summer is a movie directed by Jim Gillespie in 1997 and inspired by the book of the same name by Lois Duncan, first published in 1973. The movie features Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Johnny Galecki, Bridgette Wilson, and others.
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Storyline
On the Fourth of July 1996 in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James and her friends Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry Cox drive to the beach. While driving along a coastal byway, they accidentally hit a pedestrian. The group decides to dump the body in the water and never discuss what happened. A year later in 1997, Julie receives a letter with no return address, stating, ‘I know what you did last summer!’.
Movie vs Book
Year
1997
Minutes
101
Movie Rate
5.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Director: Jim Gillespie
Country: USA
Year: 1997
Length: 1h41m
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Year
1973
Pages
208
Book Rate
7.00
S: Goodreads
Book
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Author: Lois Duncan
Country: USA
First published in: 1973
Length: 208 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Danny Cannon
Movie by Sylvain White
TV Series by Craig William Macneill
User polls & recommendations
“The biggest challenge of adapting the book was trying to make the inner lives of the characters legible through their outward actions.”
SALLY ROONEY (Writer)
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