Motherless Brooklyn is a movie directed by Edward Norton in 2019 and based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Lethem, first published in 1999. The movie features Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Alec Baldwin, Leslie Mann, and others.
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Storyline
In 1950s New York City, Lionel Essrog works at a detective agency alongside Gilbert Coney, Danny Fantl, and Tony Vermonte. Their boss, Frank Minna, rescued them as children from an abusive orphanage. Nicknamed ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ by Frank, Lionel has Tourette syndrome, often alienating him from people, but his strong verbal and photographic memory make him a good detective.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
144
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
Motherless Brooklyn
Director: Edward Norton
Country: USA
Year: 2019
Length: 2h24m
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Year
1999
Pages
311
Book Rate
7.76
S: Goodreads
Book
Motherless Brooklyn
Author: Jonathan Lethem
Country: USA
First published in: 1999
Length: 311 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“Adapting a book is nerve-wracking because there's an audience who loves the book, and what if they see the movie and hate it?”
ANGOURIE RICE (Actress)
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