The Tonto Woman is a movie directed by Daniel Barber in 2008 and based on the book of the same name by Elmore Leonard, first published in 1982. The movie features Charlotte Asprey, Richard Brake, Sam Douglas, Lola Garcia, John Golightly, Duncan Marwick, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
A white woman is kidnapped from her home by Apache Indians. Traded to the Mojave Indians, she lives as a squaw for 11 years until she is found by her husband. Unfit for society he keeps her in a shack in the desert. Her solitary existence is transformed with the arrival of a Mexican. He befriends her, reignites her self-worth and increases her confidence.
Movie vs Book
Year
2008
Minutes
35
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1982
Pages
15
Book Rate
7.94
S: Goodreads
Book
The Tonto Woman
Original title: Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
Author: Elmore Leonard
Country: USA
First published in: 1982
Length: 15 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels. If the movie never gets made, it'd almost be okay because I did it. It's there on the page.”
QUENTIN TARANTINO (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Actor)
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