Rosemary's Baby: Book vs. Movie
Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby adapts Ira Levin's book. Mia Farrow plays a pregnant woman whose neighbors and husband become increasingly involved in decisions about her health.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Ira Levin
- Year
- 1967
- Pages
- 256Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 6 hr 9 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Mia Farrow
Rosemary Woodhouse hopes a new Manhattan apartment will be the place where she and her actor husband Guy start a family. Their elderly neighbors offer friendship and advice, then begin taking an unsettling interest in her pregnancy. As Guy's career improves and Rosemary's health deteriorates, she struggles to make anyone take her suspicions seriously without surrendering control over her own care.
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Writer
- Roman Polanski, Ira Levin
- Year
- 1968
- Runtime
- 2 hr 17 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
- Genre
- drama, Gothic, gothic horror, horror, psycho-biddy, psychological drama, psychological horror, psychological thriller, religious horror, satanic, supernatural, supernatural horror, Suspense, thriller
- IMDb
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A disturbing dream leaves Rosemary Woodhouse uncertain about the night she conceives, and the months that follow offer little reassurance. Her husband and their intrusive neighbors arrange her medical care while dismissing her pain and fears. Confined by people who insist they are helping, Rosemary starts looking into the history of their apartment building.
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