To Olivia is a movie directed by John Hay in 2021 and based on the book Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life by Stephen Michael Shearer, first published in 2006. The movie features Sam Heughan, Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville, Conleth Hill, Geoffrey Palmer, Sam Phillips, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair – the glamorous American star and the British author of eccentric children’s books – find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
2006
Pages
520
Book Rate
8.28
S: Goodreads
Book
Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life
Author: Stephen Michael Shearer
Country: USA
First published in: 2006
Length: 520 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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