Waco
Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle, 2018
Stalling for Time
Gary Noesner, 2007
Waco is a TV mini-series created by Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle in 2018 and based on the book Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noesner, first published in 2007. The TV series features Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, John Leguizamo, Andrea Riseborough, Rory Culkin, Melissa Benoist, and others.
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Book by David Thibodeau, Leon Whiteson
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Storyline
Waco is a dramatized exploration of the 51-day 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and David Koresh’s religious faction, the Branch Davidians, in Waco, Texas, that culminated in a fatal fire. It investigates the tragedy before and during the standoff, from a variety of viewpoints of those most personally associated with the two sides of the dispute.
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
292
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Waco
Creator: Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle
Country: USA
Year: 2018
Length: 4h52m / 6 episodes
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Year
2007
Pages
372
Book Rate
7.78
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Book
Stalling for Time
Subtitle: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
Author: Gary Noesner
Country: USA
First published in: 2007
Length: 372 pages
Genre: Biography
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