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Motherless Brooklyn is a 2019 American neo-noir crime film written, produced, and directed by Edward Norton, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Jonathan Lethem. Set in 1957 New York City , the film stars Norton as a private investigator with Tourette syndrome , who is determined to solve the murder of his mentor.
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Motherless Brooklyn is a novel by Jonathan Lethem that was first published in 1999. Told in first person , the story follows Lionel Essrog, a private investigator who has Tourette's , a disorder marked by involuntary tics .
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Nov 1, 2019 · Jonathan Lethem ’s National Book award-winning novel focused on a Lionel Essrog (Norton), a detective with Tourette’s Syndrome posing as a reporter to investigate the murder of his boss and surrogate father ( Bruce Willis ’ Frank Minna), who plucked him and several other boys from a Catholic orphanage and trained them to be hard-boiled gumshoes.
Sep 12, 2019 · Motherless Brooklyn review – Edward Norton's weighty labour of love. The actor returns to the director’s chair for a respectable if heavy-going adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s best-selling...
Full of intrigue, Motherless Brooklyn is a compelling film noir based on a bestselling novel. Set in 1950s New York, a PI with Tourette's Syndrome seeks to avenge his boss' murder by breaking...
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Oct 18, 2019 · Motherless Brooklyn is a film noir masterpiece, full stop. Nobody makes movies like these anymore, at least not a version as pure and accurate as Edward Norton’s script and direction allow.
Oct 31, 2019 · ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker The actor directs and stars (along with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Alec Baldwin) in a big, ambitious adaptation of Jonathan Lethem...