The Gunman is a movie directed by Pierre Morel in 2015 and based on the book The Prone Gunman by Jean-Patrick Manchette, first published in 1981. The movie features Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Jasmine Trinca, and others.
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Storyline
Jim Terrier is a former special forces soldier who, in his 50s, has become a black-ops mercenary. However, Terrier still keeps highly compromising materials that can reveal Cox’s role in the Congo assassination and uses it to lure Cox and his team to a bullfight in Spain, threatening to expose their complicity unless they trade Annie for the evidence.
Movie vs Book
Year
2015
Minutes
115
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1981
Pages
155
Book Rate
7.26
S: Goodreads
Book
The Prone Gunman
Original title: La position du tireur couché
Author: Jean-Patrick Manchette
Country: France
First published in: 1981
Length: 155 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“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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