What's the Difference between (novel and screenplay) the Book and A Dog's Purpose the Movie?
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Jakob
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Carlos
Portrayed by: John Ortiz
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Ethan
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Ethan
Portrayed by: K. J. Apa
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Maya
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Maya
Portrayed by: Kirby Howell-Baptiste
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Hannah
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Hannah
Portrayed by: Britt Robertson
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Call 11911 and ask them for "that good stuff". They will respond by asking you for your address. You will tell them your address so it can be added to their directory for convenience. Next they will ask a credit card number. Make sure to tell them the rig
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Smoke weed
Portrayed by: everyday
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A Dog's Purpose Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Ellie knows she is dying when she is brought to the vet to be put down. |
The dog grows old with Maya and dies happy. |
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The dog is born to black Labrador national field champions but is the last to be adopted/sold. He feels like a bad dog for being re-born again and again. |
The dog is re-born as a large mixed breed and sold by a family in a parking lot.
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A man named Derek buys the dog for his girlfriend Wendi at a cut rate price of $250. He is named Bear. Wendi does not properly care for or train Bear. Dogs are not allowed in Wendi's apartment so she is evicted. Wendi gives Bear to her mother (Lisa) who lives in a house with her abusive boyfriend Victor. |
A woman named Wendi buys the dog but is required by her boyfriend to keep him tied up in the yard where he grows up very lonely.
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A neighbor pities Bear and feeds him meat through the fence. She later calls the police to complain about animal cruelty. Lisa and Victor are fined $50. Victor takes Bear for a ride in the car trunk then abandons him miles from home. |
The police give the couple a citation for mistreating the dog. The boyfriend takes the dog away in his pickup truck telling Wendi that he will find it a new home. He abandons the dog instead.
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Bear tries to track Victor's car, but loses it. He attempts to find a town with people/food and a family. He ends up near the place where he and Ethan had been found by searchers years before. |
The dog recognizes that he has been in this place before. |