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differences and similarities

Similarities

o John believes someone set him up;


o John believes that Ed / Danny set him up
o John is chief of the Precime;
o John runs away;
o Page let John go into Precime;
o John really was the victim of a frame;
o John actually kills who he should kill in the
future;
o Visions of precogs are used in agency;

Differences

o Early in the book John knows Ed in his office,


but early in the film he meets while Ed is a
quest in search of a man who will commit
homicide;
o In the book the character's name is that of the
state is Ed Witwer, in the film the name
changes to Danny Witwer;
o In the book John felt threatened by Ed because
he did not want to retire, in the movie John
does not feel threatened by "Danny"and not
going to retire;
o In the book Ed works as an assistant and future
replacement for John, in the movie "Danny"
works as a detective investigating the Precrime
and John has to obey his orders;
o In the Book Ed praises the work done in
Precrime, in the movie "Danny" investigates the
work done in Precrime;
o In the book John is old and smokes in the
movie John is new and uses drugs;
o In the book John is the founder of Precrime,
Lamar in the film is the founder of Precrime;
o in the book John has a wife named Lisa in the
film John has an ex-wife named Lara and a son
named Sean who has died;
o In the book cards record information that
precogs give in film spheres with different
colors record information;
o in the book in predicting the precogs John
would kill a man next week, the film on John
precogs forecast would kill a man within hours;
o In the book Jonh dont trust in Lisa, in the film
John trust in Lara;
o In the book was going to kill John Leopold
Kaplan, General of the Army of Federal, in the
film John was going to kill Leo Crow alleged
killer of his son;
o in the book Leopold Kaplan was looking for
John, the film John was looking for Leo;
o in the book John receives a new identity,
change of clothes and will in pharmacy, in the
film John receives a new identity when
changing eyes;
o in the book the news about John appear on the
radio, in the film the news about John appear in
a digital newspaper;
o in the book jerry is the pregoc issuing the
minority report, in the movie John goes after
Agatha thinking she issued the minority report
but it does not exist;
o In the book Lisa johns wife is a member of the
police, in the film Lara Johns ex wife isnt
member of the police;
o In the book precogs are Donna, Mike and Jerry,
in the film the precogs are Agatha, Arthur and
Dashiell
o In the book the last murder took place 5 years
ago, in the filme the last murder was 6 years
ago.
o In the film Lamar is the is the great villain;
o In the film Danny is killed by Lamar;
o In the film Lara Saves Johns life;
o In the end of the book, precrime is still open
and John runs with Lisa, in the film Lamar
commits suicide, precrime is closed and John
stays with Lara who is pregnant;

New characters:

Evonna, Jad, Wally, Lamar, Gideon, Fletcher, Iris Hineman,


Solomon P. Eddie, Greta

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