What's the Difference between The Hunger Games the Book and The Hunger Games the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Katniss
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Katniss
Portrayed by: Jennifer Lawrence
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Peeta
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Peeta
Portrayed by: Josh Hutcherson
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Gale
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Gale
Portrayed by: Liam Hemsworth
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Madge
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This Character does not appear.
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Effie Trinket
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Effie Trinket
Portrayed by: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006969/?ref_=sr_1
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Prim
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Prim
Portrayed by: Willow Shields
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Nine eLivin
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Nine eLivin
Portrayed by: Bob Ross
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The Hunger Games Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Peeta injures his leg so badly it is amputated. |
Peeta keeps his leg. |
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Peeta gives Katniss the burned bread after she is told to go away from the garbage cans by his mother. She is starving and it is only a short time after her father died. She was 12 at the time. |
Katniss and Peeta appear to be 16 or 17 when she gets the bread from him.
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The mayor reads the history of the Hunger Games during the Reaping in District 12. |
A film is shown that gives the history. |
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During their training, Peeta and Katniss dress the same. The other tributes do not. They are given a number to pin onto their clothes to indicate their district. |
Everyone is wearing matching uniforms. The uniforms have the district numbers stenciled on them.
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Glimmer wears a see-through gold gown during the Tributes' Interview |
Glimmer wears a simple cock-tail dress |