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Girl With a Pearl Earring

The book Girl With a Pearl Earring was made into the movie Girl With a Pearl Earring.

Which one did you like better, the book or the movie?  There are 3 votes for the book, and 7 votes for the movie.

Book details for Girl With a Pearl Earring

Girl With a Pearl Earring was written by Tracy Chevalier. The book was published in 1999 by HARPER COLLINS 1 PAP. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

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Movie details for Girl With a Pearl Earring

The movie was released in 2003 and directed by Peter Webber. Girl With a Pearl Earring was produced by Lions Gate. More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com.

Actors on this movie include Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Alakina Mann, Chris McHallem, Gabrielle Reidy, Rollo Weeks, Anna Popplewell, Anaïs Nepper, Melanie Meyfroid, Nathan Nepper, Lola Carpenter, Charlotte Carpenter (III), Olivia Chauveau, Geoff Bell and Virginie Colin.

 

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You wouldn't think a movie could look like a Vermeer painting, but Girl with a Pearl Earring is filmed with an amazing range of luminous glows that evoke the Dutch artist's masterworks. Of course, it helps that much of the movie centers on Scarlett Johans... Read More
You wouldn't think a movie could look like a Vermeer painting, but Girl with a Pearl Earring is filmed with an amazing range of luminous glows that evoke the Dutch artist's masterworks. Of course, it helps that much of the movie centers on Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Ghost World), whose creamy skin and full lips have a luminosity of their own. Johansson plays Griet, a maid in the household of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth, Bridget Jones' Diary, Fever Pitch), who finds herself in a web of jealousy, artistic inspiration, and social machinations. Though the pace is slow, Girl with a Pearl Earring genuinely conveys some sense of an artist's process, as well as offering many chaste yet sensual moments between Firth and Johansson. Also featuring Essie Davis as Vermeer's bitter wife and Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) as a wealthy patron with eyes for Griet. --Bret Fetzer