What's the Difference between The Time Traveler's Wife the Book and The Time Traveler's Wife the Movie?
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Henry DeTamble
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Henry DeTamble
Portrayed by: Eric Bana
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Clare Abshire
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Clare Abshire
Portrayed by: Rachel McAdams
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The Time Traveler's Wife Book vs Movie
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Henry's first trip through time occurs when he is five years old. He returns to the museum he visited earlier in the day. His 24 year old self is there to act as a tour guide. |
The first time it happens he is six. It is when his mother is killed. This happens in the book, but it is not the first time he travels. Older Henry is there. |
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When Henry travels the second time his mother is killed in the car he vanished from. He reappears outside the car and is alone. |
This is the first time he travels, and his older self is there to try and console his younger confused self.
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Clare and Henry share their fist kiss when Clare is 15 after having a fight. Henry appears again a few times before they are reunited in the present. |
They have their first kiss when she is 18 and it is also the last time they see each other before meeting in the present two years later. |
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Henry has a relationship with Ingrid Carmichel. He dumps her after meeting Clare. She eventually kills herself. Clare finds her lipstick in Henry's bathroom, and Henry lets her know it is over. |
Clare finds the lipstick, but no mention is made of the owner or what happened to her.
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When they first meet in the present, Clare gives Henry her diary which contains the dates of all their meetings. |
Clare writes the dates in her diary, and shows them to Henry when they meet in the present. She does not give him the diary and gets upset when she finds him reading it later. |
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Gomez who is the boyfriend of Clare's friend is in love with her. They sleep together in college while drunk. After Henry dies he tries to get together with her again, but she mistakenly calls him Henry and he is offended. |
Gomez is Henry's friend and no mention is made of any feelings he might have for Clare.
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Henry time travels to the forest in winter time and gets severe frostbite on his feet. They are amputated when he returns. |
He gets frostbite, but he keeps his feet. He is in a wheelchair. |
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Henry is shot by Clare's brother Mark, who is 15 and on a hunting trip. Henry sees 13 year old Clare and puts his finger to his lips to keep her quiet. She doesn't realize what she is witnessing. |
Mark is an adult when he shoots Henry. Clare doesn't see anything.
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Henry travels forward and meets his 10 year old daughter Alba. They meet at the Art institute of Chicago. |
They meet at a natural history museum. |
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Henry disappears in an instant. |
He slowly disappears - looking like he is dissolving.
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Clare is sexually assaulted, and burned by a cigarette when she was in high school. Eventually she takes Henry to th e guy and he beats him up. |
Not shown in the movie. |
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During Henry's first meeting with Alba he finds out from her teacher that he is dead. He talks to Clare on the phone and sees her for a minute before vanishing. |
Alba tells him that he is dead. She hangs out with him, but he doesn't see Clare at all.
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Henry leaves a letter for Clare after his death letter her know that they will see each other one more time when Clare is old. He visits Alba several times and then sees Clare at the end when she is 82 and Henry is 43. |
There is no letter. Henry appears in the meadow behind Clare's home. He sees Alba and she gets Clare who gets there in time to embrace and kiss Henry before he vanishes for the last time. |