What's the Difference between The Da Vinci Code the Book and The Da Vinci Code the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Robert Langdon
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Robert Langdon
Portrayed by: Tom Hanks
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Sophie Neuveu
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Sophie Neuveu
Portrayed by: Audrey Tautou
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Bezu Fache
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Bezu Fache
Portrayed by: Jean Reno
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The Da Vinci Code Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Langdon listens to Teabing's explanation of the grail without disagreement. |
They fight over portions of his explanation. |
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Remy tells Silas that he works for the teacher. |
He indicates that he is the teacher.
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Fache suspects Langdon is responsible for Sauniere's death because his name was written on the floor. |
He is told by Arigosa that he over heard Langdon confess to the murder. |
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Robert and Sophie find a message on Newton's tomb, that Teabing is in College Hall, a nearby building. There they find Teabing. |
Teabing doesn't leave a note. He forces them into the hall at gunpoint.
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There are two cryptexes: they open the first one on Teabing's plane with the word 'SOFIA'(referring to Sophie's given name and an ancient word for intelligence). After that they find a smaller cryptex in it which they open with the word 'APPLE'. |
There is only one cryptex which they open with the word 'APPLE'. |
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Silas shoots Aringarosa by mistake and then carries him all the way to hospital,before he dies |
Silas gets shot by the police and dies soon after having shot Aringarosa by mistake
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Robert and Sophie are leaving when he decodes the anagram of the Mona Lisa. Sophie goes back and he soon follows. Sophie decodes the Madonna of the Rocks and finds the key. The authorities get there and stop them, but they escape. She doesn't show Robert the key until they are in the car and they both know what it is because it had been previously discussed. |
Robert and Sophie work together to solve the anagram of the Mona Lisa, then the Madonna of the Rocks and Sophie goes to find the key which she doesn't know is a key yet. Then they escape together before authorities get there. |
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Jacques Saunière is Sophie's grandfather. She was separated from the rest of the family when her parents died. Her grandmother at the end reveals that that Jacques had visited her throughout the years. |
Sophie's grandmother reveals that Sauniere wasn't her real grandfather. He was a member of the Priory that took her under his guardianship.
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Sophie wasn't with the rest of her family when the accident occurred. Only her parents died in that alleged accident. |
Sophie was in the car with the rest of her family but she survived the accident and Sauniere took her on the site. |
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Robert Langdon is asleep in his Paris hotel room when he is awoken by a phone call from the police. They need his help. |
Langdon has finished a speech and is signing some autographs when he is approached by the police looking for his help.
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Robert and Sophie go to a library and get help searching the database to find information. |
They use a cellphone to find the information. |
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There are many references to Robert's adventure in Angels and Demons. |
This isn't mentioned because those events occur in the sequel.
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Andre Vernet is an old friend of Jaques Sauniére. When he learns Sophie is his granddaughter, he offers to transport her and Robert out. When Vernet learns of Sauniére's death and that Sophie is a suspect, he tries to protect the box from Sauniére's alleged murderers. |
He offers help as a service for the account holders. He is not friends with Sauniere. He wants to take the box for personal gain. |
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Robert and Sophie go to the Roslyn church and meet her long lost brother. She thought he had died in the car accident that killed their parents. |
She doesn't have a brother.
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Correct Version -
Robert and Sophie go to the Roslyn Chruch and meet her long lost brother. She thought he died in a car accident that killed her parents. |
Correct Version -
Her brother is dead in the movie. Sophie only finds her grandmother at the church. |