The Minority Report – Film
• Summary
o Precrime system that works the same way
Mechanisms the same
o Anderton’s name is printed as murderer
• Characters
o Witwer
o Anderton
• Theme
o Freewill
o Knowledge of the future and its effects
Differences
• Summary
o Happy ending
Precrime ends
o Person against Anderton
In the story, the character attempts to get rid of the Precrime system
In the film, the character attempts to keep the Precrime system
• Cover up murder of precog’s parent
o Does drugs – neuroin
o Steals Agatha
Agatha is necessary in film
Need 3 precogs in story; less than 3 only leads to uncertainty
o Witwer dies
o No minority report
o More technology and gadgets in the film
o Story changes after encounter with Leo Crowe
• Characters
o Anderton’s son
o Lamar Burgess
o New names
o Anderton’s victim
Leo Crowe vs. Leopold Kaplan
o Precog names are based on mystery writers
The function of the precogs similar to mystery writer – give information to solve a murder or mystery
• Theme
o Knowledge of future and its effects are present, but not emphasized
o Precogs are human
Non-functional in story
o Security vs. Privacy
o Advertising – consumers
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