The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Joel Schumacher, 1981
The Shrinking Man
Richard Matheson, 1956
The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a movie directed by Joel Schumacher in 1981 and inspired by the book The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson, first published in 1956. The movie features Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, Elizabeth Wilson, Mark Blankfield, and others.
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Storyline
Pat Kramer of Tasty Meadows is an ordinary suburban housewife and mother of two children. Her husband Vance is an advertising executive. After exposure to an experimental perfume and other chemicals from her husband’s company, she begins to shrink, gradually at first, then rapidly.
Movie vs Book
Year
1981
Minutes
88
Movie Rate
5.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Director: Joel Schumacher
Country: USA
Year: 1981
Length: 1h28m
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Year
1956
Pages
352
Book Rate
7.60
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Book
The Shrinking Man
Author: Richard Matheson
Country: USA
First published in: 1956
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Jack Arnold
User polls & recommendations
“You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.”
MATTHEW VAUGHN (Filmmaker)
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