Smart Philip is a movie directed by Václav Marhoul in 2003 and based on the characters from the book series Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler, which first book was published in 1939. The movie features Tomás Hanák, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Liska, Bohumil Klepl, Viktor Preiss, Jaroslav Dusek, and others.
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Storyline
The famous hero, private eye Phil Marlowe, a romantic cowboy who enforces the law on the lawless prairie of a big metropolis, is based on the stories of American author Raymond Chandler. He is trustworthy, pessimistic, and diligent. While frequently being harassed and beaten up by criminals and even the police, he toils away on the crimes that he finally solves after making a number of mistakes. Everything is for sale in this violent, dishonest, and corrupt world. All things aside from him.
Movie vs Book
Year
2003
Minutes
95
Movie Rate
5.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Smart Philip
Original title: Mazaný Filip
Director: Václav Marhoul
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2003
Length: 1h35m
Year
1939
Pages
231
Book Rate
7.96
S: Goodreads
Book
The Big Sleep
Author: Raymond Chandler
Country: USA
First published in: 1939
Length: 231 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Philip Marlowe
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Howard Hawks
TV Series by Raymond Chandler
Movie by Michael Winner
TV Series by Peter Hunt, Robert Iscove
Movie by Joel Coen
Movie by Rob Bowman
Movie by Neil Jordan
User polls & recommendations
“I was impressed with Lynch's Dune, but it was not what I had dreamed of. I'll go back to the book and to the images that came out when I read it.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)
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