
Tideland is a movie directed by Terry Gilliam in 2005 and based on the book of the same name by Mitch Cullin, first published in 2000. The movie features Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Janet McTeer, Brendan Fletcher, and others.
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Storyline
Tideland centers on an abandoned child, Jeliza-Rose, and her solitary adventures during one summer in rural Texas while staying at a rundown farmhouse called What Rocks, and focuses on the increasingly dark, imaginative fantasy life the girl creates with the aid of dismembered Barbie doll heads that she often wears on her fingertips.
Movie vs Book

Year
2005
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
6.50
Source: IMDb

Year
2000
Pages
192
Book Rate
7.40
S: Goodreads
Book
Tideland
Author: Mitch Cullin
Country: USA
First published in: 2000
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Texas Trilogy
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve adapted all three of my novels and it’s been difficult. You can’t objectively make the rational decisions that are needed.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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