Penguin Bloom (2020)
Glendyn Ivin, 2020
Penguin the Magpie
Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive, 2016
Penguin Bloom is a movie directed by Glendyn Ivin in 2020 and inspired by the book Penguin the Magpie: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive, first published in 2016. The movie features Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Gia Carides, Leeanna Walsman, and others.
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Storyline
During a family vacation in Thailand, Sam Bloom accidentally falls off a high balcony and breaks her T6 thoracic vertebrae resulting in partial paralysis. Back home in Australia, Sam, an avid surfer, struggles to adjust to life in a wheelchair supported by her husband, three sons, and mother. One afternoon, the three boys find and bring home an injured magpie chick who they name Penguin.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
95
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
2016
Pages
208
Book Rate
8.72
S: Goodreads
Book
Penguin the Magpie
Subtitle: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family
Author: Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive
Country: Australia
First published in: 2016
Length: 208 pages
Genre: Biography
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User Polls Summary
“The book is better than the movie”
But the movie is worth watching.
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“When I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'”
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenwriter)
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