The BFG is a movie directed by Brian Cosgrove in 1989 and based on the book of the same name by Roald Dahl, first published in 1982. The movie features David Jason, Amanda Root, Angela Thorne, Ballard Berkeley, Michael Knowles, Don Henderson, and others.
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Storyline
Sophie is a young orphaned girl living in the orphanage of the cantankerous and abusive Mrs. Clonkers. One night, Sophie wakes up and goes to look through the window but sees a cloaked giant blowing something through a trumpet into a bedroom window down the street; whereupon the giant notices her and snatches her to the realm of Giant Country.
Movie vs Book
Year
1989
Minutes
91
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1982
Pages
199
Book Rate
8.44
S: Goodreads
Book
The BFG
Author: Roald Dahl
Country: UK
First published in: 1982
Length: 199 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Steven Spielberg
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“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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