What's the Difference between Story of Your LIfe the Book and Arrival the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Dr. Louise Banks
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Dr. Louise Banks
Portrayed by: Amy Adams
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Colonel Weber
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Colonel Weber
Portrayed by: Forest Whitaker
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Dr. Gary Donnelly
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Ian Connelly
Portrayed by: Jeremy Renner
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This Character does not appear.
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General Shang
Portrayed by: Tzi Ma
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This Character does not appear.
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Captain marks
Portrayed by: Mark O'Brien
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Hossner
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This Character does not appear.
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Burghart
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This Character does not appear.
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In the Movie |
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Louise's daughter is not named. |
Her daughter's name is Hannah. |
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Louise's daughter died in an accident. |
Hannah died from an illness.
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The alien craft are called looking glasses. There are 9 of them in the USA with 112 throughout the world. There are other spaceships in orbit around the Earth. |
They are called Shells. There are 12 of them in various places throughout the world. |
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The Looking Glasses are about ten by twenty feet and rest on the ground inside of a large tent the military erected around it. |
The Shells are hundreds of feet high with a door on the bottom that opens every 18 hours to allow visitors to enter. The persons entering wear protective gear in case the aliens do not provide a proper atmosphere for humans.
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The Looking Glasses transmit an image to the humans when the heptapods activate it. The humans are not afraid of them. |
The heptapods are actually inside the shell and appear to float/swim/stand in a liquid. The humans entering the Shell are frightened at first but eventually calm down. |