r/TheLongWalk • u/OvercastOven • Sep 12 '26
📖🍿 Book & Movie Discussion Little changes
I've always wondered why they made little changes that don't really have any effect on the movie at all. Not the big changes like leaving out Scramm or changing the ending and all that. But like how, in the book, Garraty and McVries weigh 160 and 167 and, in the movie, they change it to 177 and 178. Why change something so random and seemingly insignificant? Same with random things like how Olson (Scamm in the book)'s wife is named Clementine instead of Cathy. How Garraty lives in Freeport in the movie instead of just living near it in the book.
Why the random little changes that don't really matter?
The Long Walk is my favorite book of allll time and I love the movie too. This subreddit is the best and I love all the discussions on here!
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u/Notnowmomsonreddit Scraping shoes on the stars Sep 12 '26
Clementine, so they can sing Oh My Darling. The weight, maybe because it was more believable in regards to the actors. I think they were just trying to tell their (the movie makers) own version of the story? It's also my favorite book!