They Live is a movie directed by John Carpenter in 1988 and based on the book Eight O’Clock in the Morning by Ray Faraday Nelson, first published in 1963. The movie features Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, John Lawrence, George ‘Buck’ Flower, Peter Jason, and others.
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Storyline
A drifter, credited mononymously as #Nada#, arrives in Los Angeles. While out on the street, he sees a street preacher warning that “they” have recruited the rich and powerful to control humanity. Nada takes a job on a construction site and befriends fellow construction worker Frank, who leads him to a shanty town soup kitchen and its leader, Gilbert.
Movie vs Book
Year
1988
Minutes
94
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1963
Pages
5
Book Rate
7.74
S: Goodreads
Book
Eight O'Clock in the Morning
Author: Ray Faraday Nelson
Country: USA
First published in: 1963
Length: 5 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“Not every good book needs to be a movie. I still believe nothing tells a story with the richness and complexity of a good novel.”
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON (Writer)
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