U-571 is a movie novelization written by Max Allan Collins in 2000 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Jonathan Mostow in 2000. The movie features Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith, Thomas Kretschmann, and others.
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Storyline
A U.S. Navy Captain and his crew are just beginning to enjoy 48 hours of leave when they receive word to immediately return to duty. On a top-secret assignment, they must disguise themselves as Nazis and infiltrate a severely damaged Nazi U-boat. Once on board, they are to steal the Nazi’s top-secret decoding device and sink the sub before the Germans catch on to what’s really happening.
Movie vs Book
Year
2000
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
2000
Pages
256
Book Rate
7.34
S: Goodreads
Book
U-571
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“The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book.”
STEPHEN COLBERT (Actor)
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