The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Frederick King Keller, 1982
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Natalie Babbitt, 1977
The Eyes of the Amaryllis is a movie directed by Frederick King Keller in 1982 and based on the book of the same name by Natalie Babbitt, first published in 1977. The movie features Ruth Ford, Martha Byrne, Guy Boyd, Jonathan Bolt, Katharine Houghton, Sally Birckhead, and others.
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Storyline
Transported back to the year 1880, a young girl is entrusted to the care of her grandmother on Nantucket Island. However, she soon realizes that her grandmother is an eccentric individual with peculiar habits, including maintaining a constant vigil for a long-lost lover who vanished at sea and never returned.
Movie vs Book
Year
1982
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Director: Frederick King Keller
Country: USA
Year: 1982
Length: 1h33m
Year
1977
Pages
144
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Country: USA
First published in: 1977
Length: 144 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“To me the best book adaptations are like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.”
DEREK CIANFRANCE (Filmmaker)
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