The Lovely Bones is a movie directed by Peter Jackson in 2009 and based on the book of the same name by Alice Sebold, first published in 2002. The movie features Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Michael Imperioli, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
In 1973, 14-year-old high school freshman Susie Salmon dreams of becoming a photographer. As Susie walks home through a cornfield, she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into an underground kid’s hideout he has built. In town, Susie sees Jack, who does not respond to her when she calls.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
135
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Lovely Bones
Director: Peter Jackson
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Length: 2h15m
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Year
2002
Pages
372
Book Rate
7.64
S: Goodreads
Book
The Lovely Bones
Author: Alice Sebold
Country: USA
First published in: 2002
Length: 372 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I had to unlearn a lot of novelistic stuff to do a screenplay.”
RICHARD PRICE (Writer, Scriptwriter)
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