What's the Difference between The Sum of All Fears the Book and The Sum of All Fears the Movie?
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In the Movie |
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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SPINNAKER provides Ryan with false information claiming there will be a coup in the USSR. |
SPINNAKER provides Ryan with information about where the nuclear weapon came from. |
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President Fowler is relatively new to the office; the previous book having ended with his swearing in. |
President Fowler is in the middle of his re-election campaign.
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The bomb explodes at the Super Bowl in Denver, Colorado. |
The bomb explodes at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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The terrorists lie and claim Iran sponsored the nuclear attack. President Fowler tries to order a nuclear strike on Iran but Ryan prevents him. |
This doesn't happen.
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Elizabeth Elliot--Fowler's National Security Advisor--had met Ryan shortly before taking office. The two had a brief argument and begin the novel already disliking each other. |
Fowler's National Security Advisor has no particular grudge against Ryan. |