What's the Difference between The Pelican Brief the Book and The Pelican Brief the Movie?
The Pelican Brief Book vs Movie
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Gray Grantham is Caucasian |
Gray Grantham is African-American |
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The film does not contain the murder of Matthew Barr and therefore does not show the primary antagonist, Victor Mattiece.
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There is more dialogue by Khamel in the book, as he arrives on shore and meets a man who gives him a ride into the city. The man talks about knowing this is the terrorist, but not wanting to look at him because of that. Eventually he does look at Khamel, who kills him for it. |
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The villains continue their hot pursuit as Darby Shaw opens the safe-deposit box, putting a bomb in Gray Grantham's car and shooting at both in the parking garage in the film but not in the book
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In the book Thomas seems to be attempting to be sober, where in the film his alcoholism is alive and well as he dates Darby. |
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The movie opens with Rosenberg speaking to Gray Grantham, where in the book he is speaking to one of his aides
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One of the biggest differences between the book and the movie is that in the book, there seems to be a burgeoning romance between Darby and Grey, which ends with them meeting up after she flees the country. In the movie, they keep it very business like, and there is no love story ending where they end up on a beach, talking about the future |
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In the book, while Darby is in the offices of the Herald with Gray, finalizing their story, Mattiece's hired associates wait outside of the building hoping to end Darby's life as she enters or exits. In the movie, there is no such watching of the building |
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Darby cuts her hair very short and dyes it several times in the book while maintaining Julia's signature red, curly locks in the movie. |
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Voyles is described as portly in the book but is quite tall and slim in the movie. Also, Fletcher Coal is bald in the book while being covered in curly hair in the movie.
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Darby's friend Alice goes to her apartment upon Darby's request, to find out if her apartment has been broken into and tampered with. In the book, Alice speaks with Darby's neighbor about if anyone has been in the apartment |
They do not show this in the movie. |