What's the Difference between Catch Me If You Can the Book and Catch Me If You Can the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Frank Abagnale
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Frank Abagnale
Portrayed by: Leonardo DiCaprio
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Catch Me If You Can Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Abagnale never saw his father after he ran away from home. |
He goes to see him to show off his Pan Am uniform. |
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The story is told only from Frank's point of view. |
There is a back and forth between Frank's exploits and Carl the FBI agent on his tail.
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Frank impersonates a college profession, but doesn't teach a foreign language. |
Frank is show teaching french. |
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Frank retires from his life of crime and is living in a small french town where is is discovered by a former Pan-Am stewardess. He is arrested by the french police. |
Carl tracks down Frank while he is still committing fraud in France and arrests him.
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Frank has a six month stint in a jail in France followed by his extradition to Sweden for more jail time. He then goes to the States where he is imprisioned again. |
Frank is in French jail for only a short time before Carl takes him back to the US to go to jail. |
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Frank serves his sentence and is released on parole. |
Frank is let out of prison early so he can help the FBI.
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Frank works several low paying jobs before seeking out the FBI to offer his services in the anti-fraud department. |
Carl gets Frank the job with the FBI and is working there straight after his jail time. |