Sex and the City is a TV series created by Darren Star in 1998 and inspired by the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell, first published in 1996. The TV series features Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, David Eigenberg, Chris Noth, and others.
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Storyline
Carrie Bradshaw lives in Manhattan and writes a column called Sex and the City. At a birthday party for Miranda, Carrie and her friends decide to start having sex like men, meaning without emotional attachment. However, she realizes she cannot after getting brushed off by a man she has sex with one time later. Carrie has many chance encounters with a handsome businessman whom Samantha refers to as Mr. Big.
Movie vs Book
Year
1998
Minutes
30
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
TV Series
Sex and the City
Creator: Darren Star
Country: USA
Year: 1998-2004
Length: 30m / 94 episodes
Year
1996
Pages
304
Book Rate
6.84
S: Goodreads
Book
Sex and the City
Author: Candace Bushnell
Country: USA
First published in: 1996
Length: 304 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Michael Patrick King
Movie by Michael Patrick King
TV Mini-Series by Michael Patrick King, Cynthia Nixon
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“A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.”
GRAHAM GREENE (Writer)
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