Sayuri and the Chairman move to New York city and live out the rest of their days.

The ending only shows them getting together while still in Japan.

Pat and Tiffany dance to a Bonnie Tyler song.

They dance to a medley of several songs.

The boy is helped onto the train by the conductor.

The boy initially declines to get on the train, but after a moment he reconsiders and runs and jumps onto the moving train.

The price for the witch's help is the Little Mermaid's voice. The witch cuts off her tongue.

Ursula captures Ariel's voice in a seashell as payment for her services.

Doc brings Coy to Hope's house.

He is at the airport and receives a call from Hope about Coy arriving.

In the book, Madame is standing and watching Kathy hug her pillow during the 'Baby, Baby' song

Ruth was watching her in the movie, not Madame.

Ryan has a son and daughter

Ryan only has a daughter

This doesn't occur.

Hamidou, the warden beats Billy and attempts to rape him.

After Sal and others realize that Richard has given a map to others on the mainland, they go crazy and stab Richard. He is saved when Françoise, Étienne, Keaty and Jed return from the beach with fishing spears to drive the others off, wounding Sal and Bugs in the process.

Sal is given an ultimatum by the Thai farmers that she must shoot Richard. She tries, but there is no bullet in the gun. Richard is not harmed.

This never actually happened. Yurek did stumble upon a terrified group of young Somali children and their teacher in a small tin hut while guarding his corner of the target building but he just tells them to stay down and don't move then leaves them with a guard. The incident with the father and son is never mentioned and Yurek is never separated from his Chalk team during the fight.

While moving to the first crash site on foot, Sgt Yurek comes under fire from a Somali man and his young son, he becomes separated from his Chalk team and stumbles into the house of a scared Somali woman and a group of children. He then slowly exits through the back door but miraculously slips and falls just as the young Somali boy opens fire, missing Yurek and hitting his father instead. Yurek then moves to the crash site alone until he finds Twombly and Nelson.