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	Jeffery 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)	November 5, 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 is white though in the movie his part is played by Denzel Washington.
• Rhyme's aide is female named Thelma in the film, but is a male in the book by the name of Thom.
• Rhyme's aide, Thelma in the film is killed by the Bone Collector. Thom, the aide in the book, is not.
• 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 it is Pauly.
• The motivation, name and role of the Bone Collector is different between the book and film.
• 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 first two victims were business associates in the book (married couple in the film)
• The victim he cuts to attract rats was female in the book, and survives. In the movie the victim is male, and dies.
• The UN story line from the novel is absent.
• The FBI link from the novel is absent.
• Some crime scenes are mixed up.
• In the book, Amelia attempts to have sex with Rhyme, but he refuses. In the movie, she does not.

[edit] External links

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