A Sound Of Thunder Movie And Book Comparison

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In 1952, Ray Bradbury published the science fiction short story “A Sound Of Thunder.” The story was about a hunter named Eckels who goes to a company called Time Safari Inc, which allows hunters to travel back in time to hunt the Tyrannosaurus rex, while he back in time he steps on a butterfly which causes the present time to change. The film version of “A Sound Of Thunder” that came out in 2005 has a similar plot; a group of hunters go back in time at Time Safari Inc. which causes an unknown change in the present that Travis Ryer and Sonya Rand try to find the cause and fix.

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Ray Bradbury's A Sound Of Thunder
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Written in 1952 by Ray Bradbury, “A Sound of Thunder” tells the story of how in 2055 a new technology was invented that could change the world. Safari Inc offers a trip to the past to hunt the big game dinosaurs. Eckles a big game hunter, signs on to go on an expedition. We have a feeling he is nervous. A 2005 adaptation of the film by director Peter Hyams, starring Ben Kingsley, as Charles Hatton, the owner of Time Safari Inc; Edward Burns, as Dr.Travis Ryer, a scientist and safari leader; and Catherine McCormack, as Sonia Rand, an evolutionary scientist and social activist, is similar to the original story. In the movie and the short story talks about how there are some similarities how they both started the same in the beginning. Meanwhile,
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