What's the Difference between Great Expectations the Book and Great Expectations the Movie?

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Great Expectations

72%
Released: 1861
Author: Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

28%
Released: 1998
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Characters
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In the Book In the Movie
Philip "Pip" Pirrip
Finnegan Bell
Portrayed by: Ethan Hawk
Estella
Estella
Portrayed by: Gwyneth Paltrow
Miss Havisham
Nora Dinsmoor
Portrayed by: Anne Bancroft
Convict/Magwitch
Prisoner / Lustig
Portrayed by: Robert Deniro
Great Expectations Book vs Movie
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In the Book In the Movie
   The story takes place early in 19th century England. It is the late 20th century and it is in America.
   Estella is Miss Havisham's adopted daughter. Estella is Dinsmoor's niece.
   Pip is at the graveyard visiting the graves of his parents and siblings on Christmas Eve when he is grabbed by the convict. He makes Pip get him food and a file to remove his shackles. Finn is playing on the beach when the prisoner jumps out of the water and grabs him and forces him to get food and bolt cutters to remove his leg irons.
   Miss Havisham lives in the Satis House. Dinsmoor lives at Paradiso Perduto.
   Miss Havisham asks Pip's uncle to find a playmate for Estella. Dinsmoor calls Maggie, Finn's sister, to have Finn be Estella's playmate.
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