Jo Nesbø’s Headhunters is a movie directed by Morten Tyldum in 2011 and based on the book Headhunters by Jo Nesbø, first published in 2008. The movie features Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joachim Rafaelsen, Gunnar Skramstad Johnsen, Lars Skramstad Johnsen, and others.
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Storyline
Roger is a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. He is living above his means and stealing works of art to pay for his extravagant way of life. He chooses to risk everything to obtain a priceless painting when his attractive gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary who is in possession of it. However, in doing so, he learns something that turns him into a wanted man.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Jo Nesbø's Headhunters
Original title: Hodejegerne
Director: Morten Tyldum
Country: Norway
Year: 2011
Length: 1h36m
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Year
2008
Pages
265
Book Rate
7.62
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Book
Headhunters
Original title: Hodejegerne
Author: Jo Nesbø
Country: Norway
First published in: 2008
Length: 265 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Geir Henning Hopland
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“If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.”
BRET EASTON ELLIS (Writer)
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