Mercury Rising is a movie directed by Harold Becker in 1998 and based on the book Simple Simon by Ryne Douglas Pearson, first published in 1996. The movie features Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride, Robert Stanton, Miko Hughes, Kim Dickens, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
During a bank robbery hostage situation, an undercover FBI agent, Art Jeffries, attempts unsuccessfully to negotiate for more time to defuse the situation. A nine-year-old autistic savant boy, Simon Lynch is given an adult puzzle book by his teacher, and deciphers with his eye a phone number in a numerical puzzle. Simon phones the number, and Pedranski and Crandell report the situation to their boss, division chief Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Kudrow.
Movie vs Book
Year
1998
Minutes
111
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Mercury Rising
Director: Harold Becker
Country: USA
Year: 1998
Length: 1h51m
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Year
1996
Pages
248
Book Rate
7.36
S: Goodreads
Book
Simple Simon
Author: Ryne Douglas Pearson
Country: USA
First published in: 1996
Length: 248 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Art Jefferson
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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“I had to unlearn a lot of novelistic stuff to do a screenplay.”
RICHARD PRICE (Writer, Scriptwriter)
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