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