To Die For is a movie directed by Gus Van Sant in 1995 and based on the book of the same name by Joyce Maynard, first published in 1992. The movie features Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Alison Folland, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Suzanne Stone has always been obsessed with being on television, aspiring to become a world-famous broadcast journalist. She marries Larry Maretto, using his family restaurant business to keep herself financially stable, and takes a job as a part-time weather girl at a local cable station, WWEN, in the hopes of climbing the network ladder.
Movie vs Book
Year
1995
Minutes
106
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1992
Pages
240
Book Rate
7.46
S: Goodreads
Book
To Die For
Author: Joyce Maynard
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 240 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I liked the film very much but I found working on it incredibly stressful; I would probably not adapt my own work again - you need to have distance from the book.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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