What's the Difference between Mystic River the Book and Mystic River the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Jimmy Markum
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Jimmy Markum
Portrayed by: Sean Penn
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Jimmy Marcus
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Jimmy Markum
Portrayed by: Sean Penn
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Mystic River Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Whitey is fat and balding white man. |
Whitey is black, is not fat and has all his hair. |
Annabeth is featured throughout the story. |
She says very little until the end.
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Jimmy's last name is Marcus. |
It's Markum. |
Sean's wife, Lauren, had an affair and might have concieved a child because of it. |
His unnamed wife calls, but Sean just tells her he loves her and hopes they can reconcile.
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Dave felt feelings of sexual attraction to young boys and wanted to kill the pedophile to kill those feelings. |
He only beats the pedophile because of his own history of abuse. |