What's the Difference between A Walk to Remember the Book and A Walk to Remember the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Jamie Sullivan
|
Jamie Sullivan
Portrayed by: Mandy Moore
|
Landon Carter
|
Landon Carter
Portrayed by: Shane West
|
Margaret
|
This Character does not appear.
|
This Character does not appear.
|
Belinda
Portrayed by: Lauren German
|
This Character does not appear.
|
Dean
Portrayed by: Clayne Crawford
|
Eric
|
Eric
Portrayed by: Al Thompson
|
This Character does not appear.
|
Clay Gephardt
Portrayed by: Matt Lutz
|
This Character does not appear.
|
Mr. Kelly
Portrayed by: David Andrews
|
Reverend Sullivan
|
Reverend Sullivan
Portrayed by: Peter Coyote
|
A Walk to Remember Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
|
Landon's friends tease him about Jamie but they never mock her to her face. They know she is a good person and has god on her side. |
Landon's ridicule Jamie to her face, even pasting her head on a almost nude woman's body. Landon punches his old friend and is publicly with Jamie after that. |
|
Eric and Margaret visit Jamie after they find out she is sick to apologize for being rude. They give her money they collected for the orphanage. |
Eric goes to see Landon and apologizes to him after they find out she is sick.
|
|
Jamie tells Landon it is her dream to be married. |
She has a long list of things she wants to do, including being in two places at once. Being married in the same church as her mother is at the top of her list. |
|
Jamie is very sick during the wedding and needs a wheelchair and nurse during the ceremony. |
She is in remission during the wedding.
|
|
Jamie doesn't sing in the novel. |
In the movie, Jamie sings "Only Hope". |