No, it was not based on any book. The idea for this film came to Wes Craven when he read a newspaper article about a man who died in his sleep. IMDB states it like this:
Wes Craven first came up with the basic idea for the movie from several newspaper articles printed in the LA Times over a three year period about a group of Cambodian refugees from the Hmong tribe, several of whom died in the throes of horrific nightmares. The group had come to America to escape the reign of Pol Pot, and within a year of arriving, three men had died, with the situation the same in each cases; the young, otherwise healthy, man would have a nightmare, then refuse to sleep for as long as possible. Upon finally falling asleep from exhaustion, the man awoke screaming, then died. Autopsy results revealed that they had not died because of heart failure, they had simply died.
No, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was not based on a book by Charles Dickens. It is a Horror film written and directed by Wes Craven, released in 1984, about a group of teenagers who are stalked and killed in their dreams by a supernatural entity named Freddy Krueger.
Charles Dickens based most of his work on actual events that happened in that time
It was written and based on the years 1843
Charles Dickens shoe size is unknown. Charles Dickens was a well known writer and his most famous work was A Christmas Carol.
Scrooge lived on a street called Cornhill in the novel "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
No, Charles Dickens did not write the film Annie. The film is based on the Broadway musical of the same name, which itself is based on the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" by Harold Gray.
The character Tiny Tim from Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol" is based on the idea of innocence and vulnerability, representing the suffering of the poor and the need for compassion and generosity during the holiday season.
Many people watch films based on his books.
Written by Charles Dickens in 1843 and is based in London Britain of that time.
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Some argue that Charles Dicken's based Pip on himself as a young child. Charles grew up earning the money for his family as they lived in a work house. There are many similar features of life between Pip and Dickens.
It is likely true that the man in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a complex character with both positive and negative traits. Dickens often portrays his characters as flawed and multidimensional, so the man is likely to have qualities that make him both endearing and morally ambiguous.