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* PragmaticAdaptation: The film skips almost all of the set-up chapters of the book to focus more on Jonas' relationship with the Giver. Several jobs, details, and titles are also shuffled around (Fiona was a Caretaker of the Old in the book, but a Nurturer in the film, for instance). Hearing beyond is also introduced ''much'' earlier, and Jonas is able to listen to music before leaving. Jonas is also much older - he was twelve in the book, and the way the Giver "Gave" memories [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything would not fly today]] if they ''could'' cast an actor who was twelve.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The film skips almost all of the set-up chapters of the book to focus more on Jonas' relationship with the Giver. Several jobs, details, and titles are also shuffled around (Fiona was a Caretaker of the Old in the book, but a Nurturer in the film, for instance). Hearing beyond is also introduced ''much'' earlier, and Jonas is able to listen to music before leaving. Jonas is also much older - he was twelve in the book, and the way the Giver "Gave" memories [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything would not fly today]] if they ''could'' cast an actor who was twelve. [[note]] In the book, Jonas takes off his shirt and the Giver places his hand on his back. While it wasn't meant to be anything but a way to transmit memories, in today's world, it could be seen as problematic.[[/note]]
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Creator/LoisLowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce.Creator/PhillipNoyce. It is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Creator/LoisLowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The film skips almost all of the set-up chapters of the book to focus more on Jonas' relationship with the Giver. Several jobs, details, and titles are also shuffled around (Fiona was a Caretaker of the Old in the book, but a Nurturer in the film, for instance). Hearing beyond is also introduced ''much'' earlier, and Jonas is able to listen to music before leaving.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The film skips almost all of the set-up chapters of the book to focus more on Jonas' relationship with the Giver. Several jobs, details, and titles are also shuffled around (Fiona was a Caretaker of the Old in the book, but a Nurturer in the film, for instance). Hearing beyond is also introduced ''much'' earlier, and Jonas is able to listen to music before leaving. Jonas is also much older - he was twelve in the book, and the way the Giver "Gave" memories [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything would not fly today]] if they ''could'' cast an actor who was twelve.
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Lois Lowry's Creator/LoisLowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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** [[spoiler:Rosemary was also the ''Giver's'' biological daughter, implying that he and Chief Eldress were or are ''married'']].
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Taylor Swift was heavily advertised as Rosemary, a PosthumousCharacter who appears in perhaps three scenes.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Taylor Swift Music/TaylorSwift was heavily advertised as Rosemary, a PosthumousCharacter who appears in perhaps three scenes.
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* DramaticDrop: At the climax, when [[spoiler:the memories are returned to the community]], Jonas' father lets go of [[spoiler:the injection machine just as he is about to administer a lethal injection]] and it slowly rotates back toward the wall.
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* MonochromeCasting: Literally, in that everything is black and white before Jonas begins to see color. But as there is no mention, aside from one of his memories of anyone with non-white skin. All of the names are Western, mostly Biblical, except Yoshiko, who Father mentions in passing. All of the main characters in the movie are also white.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: Fiona's job was changed from Caretaker of the Old to Nurturer, which allows her to help Jonas and Gabriel escape. Asher’s job was also changed, from “Assistant Director of Recreation” to that of a drone pilot, so that he too could play a role in Jonas' escape.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: Fiona's job was changed from Caretaker of the Old to Nurturer, which allows her to help Jonas and Gabriel escape. Asher’s job while Asher's was also changed, changed from “Assistant "Assistant Director of Recreation” Recreation" to that of a drone pilot, so that he too could pilot. This allows them to play a role roles in Jonas' Jonas's escape.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: Fiona's job was changed from Caretaker of the Old to Nurturer, which allows her to help Jonas and Gabriel escape. Asher’s job was also changed, from “Assistant Director of Recreation” to that of a drone pilot.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: Fiona's job was changed from Caretaker of the Old to Nurturer, which allows her to help Jonas and Gabriel escape. Asher’s job was also changed, from “Assistant Director of Recreation” to that of a drone pilot. pilot, so that he too could play a role in Jonas' escape.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The film's trailers made it look like a young adult dystopia action movie among of the likes of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}''. It's actually much closer to the book's story.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Community itself, most prominently the Chief Elder. In the book, the community and elders lived in genuine ignorance of suffering and hardship, but it seemed like a pure - if amoral - system free of corruption, with the Giver and later Jonas truly being the only two who knew about things like love and colors. In the film, there are many pieces of evidence fairly early on that certain higher ups are perfectly aware of the way the world was before and seem to be aware that they are committing heinous acts (including attacking and imprisoning The Giver; a thing that would never have happened in the books as he was a revered figure).
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Odeya Rush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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''The Giver'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Creator/BrentonThwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Odeya Rush Creator/OdeyaRush as Fiona, and Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.
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* TropeNamer: Of ReleasedToElsewhere
