What's the Difference between The Polar Express the Book and The Polar Express the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
The Conductor
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The Conductor
Portrayed by: Tom Hank
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The Hero Boy
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The Hero Boy
Portrayed by: Tom Hank
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Mother
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Mother
Portrayed by: Leslie Zemeckis
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Father
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Father
Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
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This Character does not appear.
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Hobo
Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
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The Polar Express Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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The children arrive and see Santa with the sleigh filled with toys. |
The children enter the factory and follow a present and end up inside Santa's sack of toys. |
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The boy hears the bells on Santa's sleigh. |
He can't hear the bells. One flies off and it lands near him. He picks it up and tells himself to believe and then he can hear it.
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The conductor puts the boy up on Santa's knee to receive the first gift of Christmas. |
He is carried by the elves and doesn't sit on Santa's lap. He stands in his sleigh. |
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The boy asks for a bell and Santa gets one of the elves to cut a bell from the sleigh and throws it to him. |
The bell falls off before the boy is chosen. He gives the bell back to Santa before asking for it as a gift which Santa does.
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This doesn't happen. |
There is a ghostly figure riding on top of the train who gives advice and help to the boy. |