Taking Lives is a movie directed by D.J. Caruso in 2004 and inspired by the book of the same name by Michael Pye, first published in 1999. The movie features Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martínez, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and others.
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Storyline
In the early 1980s, teenagers Martin Asher and Matt Soulsby meet on a bus to Mont-Laurier, Quebec. Martin’s mother Rebecca claims to have seen her son – believed dead in Matt’s place years earlier – alive on a ferry to Quebec City, leading to the body buried as Martin being exhumed for forensic examination, and he becomes the primary suspect.
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
103
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1999
Pages
304
Book Rate
5.84
S: Goodreads
Book
Taking Lives
Author: Michael Pye
Country: USA
First published in: 1999
Length: 304 pages
Genre: Fiction
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