What's the Difference between World War Z the Book and World War Z the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Max Brooks
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Gerry Lane
Portrayed by: Brad Pitt
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This Character does not appear.
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Karen Lane
Portrayed by: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257969/?ref_=tt_cl_t2
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This Character does not appear.
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Karen Lane
Portrayed by: Mireille Enos
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This Character does not appear.
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Captain Speke, U.S. Army special forces
Portrayed by: James Badge Dale
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This Character does not appear.
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Gunter Haffner
Portrayed by: David Morse
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Paul Redeker
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This Character does not appear.
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General Travis D'Ambrosia
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This Character does not appear.
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Todd Wainio
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This Character does not appear.
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Colonel Christina Eliopolis
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This Character does not appear.
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Breckenridge "Breck" Scott
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This Character does not appear.
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Roy Elliot
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This Character does not appear.
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Stanly MacDonald
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This Character does not appear.
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Rolihlahla/Nelson Mandela
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This Character does not appear.
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Dr. Kwang Jingshu
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This Character does not appear.
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Captain Chen
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This Character does not appear.
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Hyungchul Choi
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This Character does not appear.
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Tomonaga Ijiro
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This Character does not appear.
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Kondo Tatsumi
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This Character does not appear.
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General Raj-Singh
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This Character does not appear.
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Jurgen Warbrunn
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This Character does not appear.
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Father Sergei Ryzhkov
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This Character does not appear.
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Philip Adler
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This Character does not appear.
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Emile Renard
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This Character does not appear.
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Andre Renard
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This Character does not appear.
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Queen Elizabeth II
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This Character does not appear.
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World War Z Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
The military uses a tool called the "Lobo" to smash the brains of the zombies to save ammunition. |
There is no "Lobo". |
Zombies walked the ocean floors |
not in the movie
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People take hours to weeks to die from an infection and reanimate as a zombie. Zombie eyes become cloudy as a result of prolonged damage and lack of tears. |
Persons turn into zombies in a matter of seconds after bitten; their eyes become immediately cloudy. |
Other than people being bit by zombies, none of the events of the movie happen in the book. |
Other than people being bit by zombies, none of the events of the book happen in the movie.
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This doesn't happen. |
A vaccine is developed to help hide people from the zombies. |