The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1: Book vs. Movie
Bill Condon’s 2011 film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 adapts the opening portion of Stephenie Meyer’s 2008 novel. Bella and Edward marry, but an unexpected pregnancy quickly threatens their plans.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Stephenie Meyer
- Year
- 2008
- Pages
- 656Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 20 hr 28 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Ilyana Kadushin, Matt Walters
- Series
- Twilight, book 4
Bella prepares to marry Edward and leave her human life behind, believing the hardest choice has already been made. An unexpected pregnancy creates a crisis that divides the Cullens and Jacob’s pack, drawing her into new responsibilities and dangers that extend far beyond the future she imagined for herself.
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Writer
- Melissa Rosenberg
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 1 hr 57 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
- Genre
- action, Drama, Fantasy, horror, Romance, teen, vampire, werewolf
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Edward and Bella’s wedding is followed by a honeymoon that ends abruptly when Bella discovers she is pregnant. The pregnancy advances at an alarming rate, leaving Edward desperate to protect her and Jacob caught between his concern for Bella and his pack’s belief that her unborn child poses a threat.
Other books in this series
- 1
TwilightMovie · 2008Details
- Director
- Catherine Hardwicke
- Writer
- Melissa Rosenberg
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 2 hr 2 min
- Cast
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Edward Cullen saves his new classmate Bella from an accident with strength he cannot explain, then tries to keep her at a distance. Bella’s persistence draws her into his vampire family’s carefully concealed life, but the arrival of outsiders who hunt humans makes their growing romance a threat to more than their secrecy.
- 2
New MoonThe Twilight Saga: New Moon · Movie · 2009Details
- Director
- Chris Weitz
- Writer
- Melissa Rosenberg
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 2 hr 11 min
- Cast
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
A birthday celebration at the Cullens’ home ends with Edward deciding that Bella would be safer without him. Left behind, she seeks distraction through Jacob and increasingly dangerous activities, but discovering what Jacob is hiding draws her into a conflict between vampires and werewolves that separation from Edward cannot resolve.
- 3
EclipseThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse · Movie · 2010Details
- Director
- David Slade
- Writer
- Melissa Rosenberg
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 2 hr 4 min
- Cast
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
A growing army of newly created vampires threatens Forks, forcing the Cullens to consider an alliance with the werewolves who distrust them. Edward and Jacob prepare to protect Bella while competing for her affection, and Bella faces decisions about marriage and transformation as Victoria’s revenge draws closer.
- 4Breaking DawnThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 · Movie · 2011You are here
- 4
Breaking DawnThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 · Movie · 2012Details
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Writer
- Melissa Rosenberg
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 1 hr 55 min
- Cast
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Bella adjusts to being a vampire and a mother while her daughter Renesmee grows at an extraordinary pace. When the Volturi receive a report that the Cullens have broken a fundamental vampire law, the family gathers witnesses from around the world to establish the truth before the approaching rulers can pass judgment.
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