What's the Difference between A Prayer for Own Meany the Book and Simon Birch the Movie?

Drama

A Prayer for Own Meany

86%
Released: 1989
Author: John Irving

Simon Birch

14%
Released: 1998
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Characters
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In the Book In the Movie
Owen Meany
Simon Birch
Portrayed by: Ian Michael Smith
John Wheelwright
Joe Wenteworth
Portrayed by: Joseph Mazzello/Jim Carrey
Tabby Wheelwright
Rebecca Wenteworth
Portrayed by: Ashley Judd
Dan Needham
Ben Goodrich
Portrayed by: Oliver Platt
Simon Birch Book vs Movie
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In the Book In the Movie
   Owen is killed by a grenade when saving a group of Vietnamese children at the airport. Simon dies after saving a bus load of kids that crashed into a river.


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