The Bone Collector

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The Bone Collector
The Bone Collector poster
Directed by	Phillip Noyce
Produced by	Martin Bregman Michael Scott Bregman Louis A. Stroller
Written by	Jeffrey Deaver (book) Jeremy Iacone (screenplay)
Starring	Denzel Washington Angelina Jolie
Music by	Craig Armstrong
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Editing by	William Hoy
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (USA) Columbia Pictures (non-USA)
Release date(s)	5 November 1999
Running time	118 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Bone Collector is a 1997 crime novel written by Jeffery Deaver. It was the first book of the Lincoln Rhyme series.

It was adapted into a 1999 thriller staring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

[edit] Movie Plot

A forensics expert (played by Denzel Washington) and a patrol cop (Angelina Jolie) team up to solve a string of related murders.

[edit] Differences between movie and book

• Rhyme's aide is female named Thelma in the film, but is a male in the book by the name of Thom. (Which is his last name. Rhyme never calls him by his first name and he also does not die).
• Amelia's surname is Sachs in the book, but is Donaghy in the film.
• Detective Selitto's first name in the book is Lon, in the movie its Pauly.
• The motivation of the Bone Collector is different between the book and film.
• In the Book about the perp on the headboard.
• In the movie Rhyme is still on theoretically active duty and cops are helping him out. In the Book they reached a settlement for $3 Million and he is retired. He usually doesn't see anyone except for his aide and his doctors.
• The victim he cut to attract rats was female in the book.
• Some crime scenes are mixed up.

[edit] External links

• The Bone Collector at the Internet Movie Database
• Craig Armstrong (Score Composer for The Bone Collector)