Mailer directed the 1987 film adaptation of the novel, which starred Ryan O'Neal and Isabella Rosselini. In the novel, Patty Lareine never actually appears; instead, she comes alive in Madden's sorrow over her departure and death. Since Mailer could not rely on a narrative voice in his screen adaptation, he introduced Lareine as a character. Initially, Mailer's plan was to rely only on dramatized action in the film, but in the end he was forced.....
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