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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After Louise sets up a video screen to display English words to communicate with the heptapods, they do the same. |
The aliens draw symbols on the barrier in the shell with an inky substance that shoots forth from their limbs. |
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Louise nicknames the two heptapods Flapper and Raspberry. |
She names them Abbot and Costello.
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The humans studying the hetapods were trying to learn and teach language and physics. |
They are only trying to learn to communicate verbally and in writing. |
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The exchange of information regarding physics was eased when Fermat's Principle was communicated back and forth between the humans and the aliens. |
Nothing about Fermat's Principle.
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Gary and Louise are able to get away from the military camp into town occasionally for breaks. |
They are kept in the military camp next to the Shell at all times. |