White Hunter Black Heart
Clint Eastwood, 1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
Peter Viertel, 1953
White Hunter Black Heart is a movie directed by Clint Eastwood in 1990 and based on the book White Hunter, Black Heart by Peter Viertel, first published in 1953. The movie features Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden, George Dzundza, Edward Tudor-Pole, and others.
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Storyline
In the early 1950s, world-renowned film-maker John Wilson travels to Africa for his next film, bringing with him a young writer chum named Pete Verrill. Wilson’s final realization that his is a petty, ignoble pursuit comes at a late point and with a tragic price, as the local animal tracker Kivu is killed protecting him from an elephant Wilson decides not to shoot.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
White Hunter Black Heart
Director: Clint Eastwood
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 1h52m
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Year
1953
Pages
368
Book Rate
7.92
S: Goodreads
Book
White Hunter, Black Heart
Author: Peter Viertel
Country: USA
First published in: 1953
Length: 368 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.”
STEPHEN KING (Writer)
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