What's the Difference between The Sum of All Fears the Book and The Sum of All Fears the Movie?
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Jack Ryan
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Jack Ryan
Portrayed by: Ben Affleck
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The Sum of All Fears Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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President Fowler is a widower. |
President Fowler's wife is alive. |
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An American nuclear submarine is attacked by a Russian submarine; both believe they are attacking in self-defense. |
An American aircraft carrier is attacked by the Russian Air Force under the control of a corrupt Russian general.
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She does not appear in the book and is not pregnant during this part of the timeline. |
Mary Pat Foley is pregnant. |
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The book likely takes place in an alternate 1998; the book notes that after George H.W. Bush's term, Fowler's predecessor served one term before losing re-election to Fowler. Ryan also mentions that "the millennium isn't for a few more years," and Robert Fowler is in his second year of his first term. |
The movie takes place in 2002.
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President Fowler has a romantic relationship with his National Security Advisor, Elizabeth Elliot. |
President Fowler has a professional relationship with his National Security Advisor, who is male. |