What's the Difference between Mystic River the Book and Mystic River the Movie?

Drama

Mystic River

69%
Released: 2001
Author: Dennis Lehane

Mystic River

31%
Released: 2003
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Jimmy Markum
Jimmy Markum
Portrayed by: Sean Penn
Jimmy Marcus
Jimmy Markum
Portrayed by: Sean Penn
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In the Book In the Movie
   Jimmy decides that he can better take care of the neighborhood if he is a criminal. He doesn't say this.
   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.
   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.
   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.
   Sean visited his elderly parents in a retirement home. His parents don't appear.
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