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FILM · 2017 · USA

Everything, Everything

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  1. #001

    Olly's home life plays a larger role in the book than in the film. The book goes into more detail about Olly's life and character.

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  2. #002

    In the film there is a scene in which an astronaut sits on a bar stool in a diner Maddy created. The scene is a reference to the American artist Edward Hopper's famous 1942 painting "Nighthawks."

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  3. #003

    When Olly and Maddy first exchange phone numbers, the last four digits of his number can be seen to be 0117, which resembles the numerical spelling of "Olly."

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  4. #004

    In the film Olly has shoulder-length hair, but the book mentions that he shaved his head before moving in next to Madeline. Only at the end of the book, when he reunites with her, does he have longer hair.

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  5. #005

    The email Maddy sends Olly about his leaving has slightly different content from what is heard in the voiceover.

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  6. #006

    The diagrams presented at the start of the credits appear in the book.

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  7. #007

    The book describes Madeline's mother as Asian, but in the film her mother is not.

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  8. #008

    The watch Olly wears is a Casio F-91W, and it now belongs to a fan in New York.

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  9. #009

    In the book they only message and email each other, whereas in the film they send text messages.

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  10. #010

    In the book Madeline's room has entirely white walls, shelves and sofa. In the film there are colored walls and furniture.

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  11. #011

    There are minor differences between the book and the film. In the book, when Olly visits Maddy he does all these parkour moves and teaches Maddy to do a handstand. In the film he claims he can do a handstand right away and does it. The film emphasizes Rosa's role in the story more. In the book, when Olly and Maddy arrive in Hawaii, he has to persuade a native Hawaiian woman to give Maddy a lei. In the book Maddy's team is bright pink instead of yellow. Also in the book they meet Olly's gay rock star friend at a restaurant.

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  12. #012

    It is adapted from Nicola Yoon's 2015 young-adult novel of the same name.

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  13. #013

    In the film Olly has brown eyes. The book says Olly has ocean-blue eyes and olive skin.

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  14. #014

    Olly calls Maddy "Princess Madeline." There is in fact a Swedish Princess Madeleine. She is the third and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and currently stands seventh in the line of succession.

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  15. #015

    Principal photography began on September 6, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia; they completed the following month on October 7, 2016, in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico, and Majahuitas Resort, Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico. So the Maui, Hawaii vacation was actually shot in Mexico.

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