What's the Difference between Bridge of Spies the Book and Bridge of Spies the Movie?
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Rudolf Abel
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Rudolf Abel
Portrayed by: Mark Rylance
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Reino Häyhänen
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This Character does not appear.
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Barbara Powers
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This Character does not appear.
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Oliver Powers
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This Character does not appear.
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James Donovan
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James Donovan
Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
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Francis Gary Powers
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Francis Gary Powers
Portrayed by: Austin Stowell
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Wolfgang Vogel
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Wolfgang Vogel
Portrayed by: Sebastian Koch
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Mary Donovan
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Mary Donovan
Portrayed by: Amy Ryan
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Frederic Pryor
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Frederic Pryor
Portrayed by: Will Rogers
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Ivan Schischkin
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Ivan Schischkin
Portrayed by: Mikhail Gorevoy
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Marvin Makinen
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This Character does not appear.
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Bridge of Spies Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Vogel is stopped for what he claims is speeding, Donovan never gets out of the car.
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While Vogel is driving Donovan back to the West Berlin gate, he is stopped by the police who detain Donovan for a while at a jail.
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Powers divorced his wife soon after returning to the USA. He flew U-2's for Lockheed for several years after he was released by the CIA and given his back pay.
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End titles tell of Power's death in a helicopter crash in 1977 and subsequent awards given to him by the CIA in 2000.
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James Donovan has three daughters and a son named John. His son was 18 in 1962. |
Donovan has a teenage daughter and pre-teen boy (Roger) and girl. The children do not appear to age at all during the events of the five years the film depicts.
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This did not happen.
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The crowd observing Abel's sentencing loudly objected to no death penalty.
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Donovan was also trying to get Marvin Makinen released in addition to Powers and Pryor. |
Donovan was only trying to obtain the release of Powers and Pryor.
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