
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Steven Spielberg, 2011
Red Rackham's Treasure
Hergé, 1941
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is a movie directed by Steven Spielberg in 2011 and based on the comic book Red Rackham’s Treasure by , first published in 1941. The movie features Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Daniel Mays, and others.
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Storyline
While browsing in an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, Tintin, a young journalist, purchases a miniature model of a ship known as the Unicorn, but is accosted by two men, who both separately unsuccessfully attempt to acquire the model from Tintin. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Barnaby, the Interpol officer who had tried to buy the model from Tintin, who is then assassinated while attempting to recover the Unicorn.
Movie vs Book

Year
2011
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Director: Steven Spielberg
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Length: 1h47m
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Year
1941
Pages
64
Book Rate
8.54
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Comic Book
Red Rackham's Treasure
Original title: Le trésor de Rackham Le Rouge
Author: Hergé
Country: Belgium
First published in: 1941
Length: 64 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Adventures of Tintin
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Many of Steven Spielberg’s movies are based on books. What caught his attention for him to adapt each one of these books?
“Each time I work with an author, I say to them, 'A book and a movie are different things.'”
JASON REITMAN (Filmmaker)

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