Ruby in Paradise is a movie directed by Victor Nunez in 1993 and inspired by the book Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, first published in 1817. The movie features Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Allison Dean, Dorothy Lyman, Betsy Douds, and others.
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Storyline
Ruby is a young woman in her early 20s. She leaves her small town in Tennessee, landing in Panama City, Florida, a summer resort town she visited as a child. Although she arrives there in fall, at the beginning of the off-season, she gets a job at Chambers Beach Emporium, a souvenir store run by Mildred Chambers.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
114
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
Ruby in Paradise
Director: Victor Nunez
Country: USA
Year: 1993
Length: 1h54m
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Year
1817
Pages
251
Book Rate
7.66
S: Goodreads
Book
Northanger Abbey
Author: Jane Austen
Country: UK
First published in: 1817
Length: 251 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
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Movie by Jon Jones
TV Series by Anya Steiner
TV Series by Amanda Taylor, Kailee Brown
TV Series by Marcos Bernstein
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“There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?”
NEIL JORDAN (Filmmaker)
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