
The Insurrection is a movie novelization written by Antonio Skármeta in 1980 and based on the movie The Uprising, directed by Peter Lilienthal in 1980. The movie features Augustin Pereira, Carlos Catania, Maria Lourdes Centano de Zeleya, Óscar Castillo, Guido Saenz, Vicky Montero, and others.
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Year
1980
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Uprising
Original title: La insurrección
Director: Peter Lilienthal
Country: Costa Rica
Year: 1980
Length: 1h36m

Year
1980
Pages
247
Book Rate
7.18
S: Goodreads
Book
The Insurrection
Original title: La insurrección
Author: Antonio Skármeta
Country: Chile
First published in: 1980
Length: 247 pages
Genre: Fiction
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Novelizations aren’t just a transcription of the film story. They also add details and backstory to the plot in a literary way.
“To me the best book adaptations are like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.”
DEREK CIANFRANCE (Filmmaker)

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