The Terminator is a movie novelization written by Randall Frakes and Bill Wisher in 1985 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by James Cameron in 1984. The movie features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, and others.
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Storyline
In 1984 Los Angeles, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator arrives from 2029 and steals guns and clothes. As they hide in a parking lot, Kyle explains to Sarah that an artificial intelligence defense network, Skynet, created by Cyberdyne Systems, will become self-aware in the near future and initiate a nuclear holocaust.
Movie vs Book
Year
1984
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
8.00
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Movie
The Terminator
Director: James Cameron
Country: USA
Year: 1984
Length: 1h47m
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Year
1985
Pages
240
Book Rate
8.28
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Book
The Terminator
Author: Randall Frakes, Bill Wisher
Country: USA
First published in: 1985
Length: 240 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Terminator Movie Novelisation
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“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination.”
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