What's the Difference between The Sum of All Fears the Book and The Sum of All Fears the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Jack Ryan
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Jack Ryan
Portrayed by: Ben Affleck
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The Sum of All Fears Book vs Movie
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The farmer who found the bomb does not appear again in the story after the bomb is removed from his fields. |
The scrap collector who found the bomb is interrogated by Ryan. He has radiation poisoning. |
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The National Security Advisor is Elizabeth Elliot. |
The National Security Advisor is Gene Revell.
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Ryan bugs a meeting between the leaders of Mexico and Japan after hearing Japan does not plan to honor the terms of a US-Japan trade agreement. This is to foreshadow events in the next novel, Debt of Honor. |
Neither Japan nor Mexico play a part in the novel. As of December 2015 there is no Debt of Honor film. |
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Ryan resigns from the CIA at the end of the novel. |
Ryan does not resign from the CIA at the end of the film.
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Ryan witnesses the execution of the Arab terrorists in Riyadh and is presented a sword by the King of Saudi Arabia. |
This does not happen. |