What's the Difference between The Minority Report the Book and Minority Report the Movie?
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John Anderton
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John Anderton
Portrayed by: Tom Cruise
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Minority Report Book vs Movie
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The story takes place in New York City. |
Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland and northern Virginia are the locations for the action. |
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John Anderton is a 50 year old balding out of shape police officer. He is the creator of Pre-Crime. |
Anderton is a young and athletic cop. He did not create Pre-Crime.
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The precogs are named Mike, Donna, and Jerry. They are deformed and mentally impared. |
They are named Agatha, Dashiell and Arthur. They are the children of drug addicts. |
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The Pre-Cogs can see all types of crime. |
They can only see Murders.
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Anderton is predicted to murder General Leopold Kaplan. |
The pre cogs see Anderton killing Leo Crow. |
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Anderton kills the General because he wanted to discredit Pre-Crime to get more funding for the military. |
Anderton kills Crow because he is set up by his boss Burgess. He is trying to cover up his own commission of murder.
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Pre-Crime is preserved and Anderton continues to work for it. |
Pre-Crime is abolished because of the actions of it's director. He used the precogs to cover up his own murderous act. |
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Anderton and his wife move to a space colony. |
Anderton is reunited with his wife. They concieve a second child.
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Anderton is married with no children. |
Anderton is separated from his wife. They had a child who was killed six months before pre-crime was created. |
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Pre-Crime has been in use for 30 years. |
It is only 6 years since the founding of Pre-Crime.
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John Anderton is the founder of precrime |
John Anderton is not the founder, the old woman in the garden found pre crime and left because she became a victim |