What's the Difference between Mystic River the Book and Mystic River the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Jimmy Markum
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Jimmy Markum
Portrayed by: Sean Penn
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Jimmy Marcus
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Jimmy Markum
Portrayed by: Sean Penn
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Mystic River Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Whitey is fat and balding white man. |
Whitey is black, is not fat and has all his hair. |
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Annabeth is featured throughout the story. |
She says very little until the end.
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Jimmy's last name is Marcus. |
It's Markum. |
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Sean's wife, Lauren, had an affair and might have concieved a child because of it. |
His unnamed wife calls, but Sean just tells her he loves her and hopes they can reconcile.
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Dave felt feelings of sexual attraction to young boys and wanted to kill the pedophile to kill those feelings. |
He only beats the pedophile because of his own history of abuse. |
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Jimmy decides that he can better take care of the neighborhood if he is a criminal. |
He doesn't say this.
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The three boys are hanging out at a train station before Dave is abducted. They are throwing a ball that ends up on the tracks and Jimmy goes to retrieve it. |
They are playing street hockey. The ball goes down a gutter so they stop playing. |
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The pedophiles who took Dave were described as having a blond crew cut with a red face, and one with greasy black hair. |
They are both older men with gray hair.
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Sean's father asks Sean and Jimmy where Dave was after he was abducted. |
Sean and Jimmy run to tell their respecive fathers that Dave was picked up by the cops. |
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Sean visited his elderly parents in a retirement home. |
His parents don't appear.
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Katie's body was discovered at a drive thru movie screen in the park. |
She is discovered in the woods. |
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When Dave escaped from his kidnappers, there was a party. |
There was no party.
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Jimmy tells the cops the last time he saw Dave was at his house last night. |
He says the last time he saw Dave was 25 years ago going down the street in the pretend cops car. |