What's the Difference between Lost World the Book and The Lost Word: Jurassic Park the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Dr. Ian Malcolm
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Dr. Ian Malcolm
Portrayed by: Jeff Goldblum
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Lewis Dodgson
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This Character does not appear.
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Richard Levine
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This Character does not appear.
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Sarah Harding
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Sarah Harding
Portrayed by: Julianne Moore
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Doc Thorne
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This Character does not appear.
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Eddie Carr
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Eddie Carr
Portrayed by: Richard Schiff
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This Character does not appear.
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Peter Ludlow
Portrayed by: Arliss Howard
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Kelly Curtis
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Kelly Curtis
Portrayed by: Vanessa Lee Chester
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This Character does not appear.
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Roland Tembo
Portrayed by: Pete Postlethwaite
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Danny Rosabal
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This Character does not appear.
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R.B. "Arby" Benton
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This Character does not appear.
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This Character does not appear.
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Dieter Stark
Portrayed by: Peter Stormare
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Howard King
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This Character does not appear.
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George Baselton
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This Character does not appear.
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This Character does not appear.
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Dr. Robert Burke
Portrayed by: Thomas F. Duffy
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This Character does not appear.
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Ajay Sidhu
Portrayed by: Harvey Jason
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This Character does not appear.
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Nick Van Owen
Portrayed by: Vince Vaughn
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The Lost Word: Jurassic Park Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Donald Gennaro, who survived the first book, is mentioned to have died of dysentery prior to the book's events. |
Gennaro was killed by a T-Rex in the first film and is not mentioned. |
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Ian Malcolm goes to Isla Sorna accompanied by a team consisting of Sarah Harding, Eddie Carr and Doc Thorne, and later encounters paleontologist Richard Levine. |
Malcolm is accompanied by Sarah Harding, Eddie Carr and Nick van Owen. Thorne and Levine do not appear.
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The book's introduction has Ian Malcolm teaching at a university before Richard Levine convinces him to investigate Costa Rica once more. |
The film opens with a rich family's boat stopping at a Costa Rican island and their daughter being attacked by compys, a scene taken from the first book. |
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The book's main antagonist is Lewis Dodgson, a geneticist initially seen in the first book (and film) who works for rival genetics company Biosyn. |
The film's main antagonist is Peter Ludlow, a businessman and nephew of John Hammond who takes control of InGen.
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A pair of unusually intelligent kids named Kelly and Arby stow away on Malcolm's expedition. |
Only Kelly stows away. |