Maps to the Stars is a movie directed by David Cronenberg in 2014 and based on the book Dead Stars by Bruce Wagner, first published in 2012. The movie features Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Carrie Fisher, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
A contemporary tale exploring the demons of our celebrity-obsessed society. Stafford Weiss is a psychotherapist and life coach who made his fortune with self-help books. His wife is the overbearing mother-manager of their 13-year-old son, a TV star recently out of drug rehab. Their estranged daughter has just been released from a psychiatric hospital and befriended a limo driver who is also an aspiring actor.
Movie vs Book
Year
2014
Minutes
111
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Maps to the Stars
Director: David Cronenberg
Country: Canada
Year: 2014
Length: 1h51m
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Year
2012
Pages
604
Book Rate
6.18
S: Goodreads
Book
Dead Stars
Author: Bruce Wagner
Country: USA
First published in: 2012
Length: 604 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels. If the movie never gets made, it'd almost be okay because I did it. It's there on the page.”
QUENTIN TARANTINO (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Actor)
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