The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Movie poster for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Directed by	Ken Kwapis
Produced by	Debra Martin Chase
Written by	Delia Ephron
Starring	Amber Tamblyn Blake Lively Alexis Bledel America Ferrera
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	June 1, 2005
Running time	119 minutes
Language	Greek/English/Spanish
Budget	$25 million
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is an American film, based on the novel of the same name by Ann Brashares, and released on June 1, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Ken Kwapis and written by Delia Ephron.

The film's production budget was $25 million. At the box office, it brought in a total domestic gross of $39 million.^[1] The DVD was released in the United States on October 11, 2005, and features on-camera commentary by Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, and America Ferrera and deleted scenes (discussed by Kwapis).

Tagline: "Laugh. Cry. Share the pants."

1 Cast
2 Differences between the film and the novel
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Cast

(From left) America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, and Blake Lively.

America Ferrera - Carmen Lowell
Amber Tamblyn - Tabitha "Tibby" Tomko-Rollins
Alexis Bledel - Lena Kaligaris
Blake Lively - Bridget Vreeland

[edit] Differences between the film and the novel

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In the book, Lena is the oldest. In the movie, Bridget is.
In the book, Carmen discovers the pants while shopping with Lena, Lena's sister, and Lena's mother. In the movie, Carmen is with her three best friends when she first encounters the pants.
In the movie, we first see the pants in a box bin after they are put there by a sales clerk. In the book, the pants are discovered upon a shelf.
In the movie, the girls try the pants on in the store. In the book, the pants are left in Carmen's closet and are only tried on the day before the four separate for the summer. Tibby brings them up.
In the book, Lena has straight hair and green eyes. In the movie, her hair is wavy and her eyes are blue.
In the movie, Lena is the one who states that the fact that the pants fit all four girls is "scientifically impossible". In the book, it's Tibby.
In the movie, Kostos helps out his grandfather by fishing. In the book, he works as a welder.
In the movie, they break into Gilda's by climbing a ladder and going through a window. In the book, they use bobby pins to pick a lock and proceed to the second floor.
In the movie, it is Lena's Yiayia that discovers her drawings of Kostos. In the book, it is Effie.
In the movie, the rules of the pants are decreed verbally. In the book, they are recorded on stolen stationary.
In the book, there is a babysitter named Loretta who looks after Tibby's two siblings, Katherine and Nicky. The task is left to Tibby in the movie.
Also, in the movie, Nicky is nowhere to be found.
In the movie, Tibby has no love interests. In the book, her fancy temporarily focuses on Tucker Rowe, whom she believes to be "hot". Later on, Bailey convinces her that it is Brian McBrian who is worthwhile, not Tucker.
In the book, Bailey and her mother call Tibby and ask that she come visit Bailey in the hospital. In the movie, Tibby receives phone calls while she mopes about Bailey's inevitable death, but does not answer them.
In the movie, it is only Carmen who cries on the phone while confronting her father. In the book, both of them cry. And in the movie, Tibby is present; in the book, she is not mentioned as being there.
At her father's wedding in the book, Carmen dresses up, though still with the pants on. In the movie, her attire is much more casual.
In the movie, Carmen is accompanied by her three friends at the wedding. In the book, she goes alone.
In the movie, Carmen meets Lydia and her kids in front of the house. In the book, they meet inside the house, where Krista kisses Carmen's cheek and Paul shakes her hand.
In the movie, Bridget first tells Eric that she is seventeen. In the book, she first tells him sixteen.
In the movie, we hear about Mimi only briefly. In the book, she eventually dies.
In the movie, it is Tibby who hears that Carmen is angry at her father. In the book, it is Carmen's mother.
In the book and the movie, it is left up to the audience to determine if Bridget and Eric had sex. However, in the book, Eric tries to smooth things over by talking to Bridget but she is too hurt and falls into a state of depression evident in the second book. But the pair eventually reconcile at the end of the third book. In the movie, Eric goes to Maryland to apologize to Bridget.
In the book, Lena has a little sister named Effie, but she seems to not exist in the film. The same goes for Bridget's twin brother Perry.
In the book, Lena first meets Kostos at a party, not by nearly drowning.
In the movie, a family feud keeps Lena and Kostos apart. In the book, it is because Kostos unintentionally sees Lena cooling off in a pond while naked, causing a conflic Lena must overcome before the two can become intimate.
In the book, Lena's Valia has no problem with Kostos. In fact, it is Valia that tries to hook Kostos up with Lena. Kostos and Bapi are also very close.
In the movie, Lena's Bapi confronts Kostos for dating Lena. In the book, it is Kostos' grandfather that is assaulted by Bapi.
In the movie, it seems that Krista holds Carmen in contempt. In the book, Krista actually becomes fascinated with her, later to the point of emulation (as seen in the book sequel, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood).
In the book, Paul has a girlfriend named Kelly Marquette, whom Carmen dubs Skeletor. They later break up.
In the book, it is the death of Lydia's mother that prevents her from having an official wedding, not her father.
In the movie, Paul is nowhere to be seen while Carmen is getting fitted for a dress for her father's wedding. In the book, he says something to her as she leaves.
In the movie, Carmen's dad is the one who answer the phone to hear Carmen's tirade about being abandoned. In the book, it is Lydia who answers; she hands the phone to Carmen's father.
In the movie, it looks as though Lena does most of the pursuing. In the book, the job belongs to Kostos first, then is passed on to Lena when Kostos gives her the silent treatment.
In the book, Bridget does not own a dog. In the movie, she does.
In the movie, Eric's hair is blond. In the book, it states that Eric's hair is dark and wavy, that he has dark skin, and that he is half Mexican.
In the movie, it was Bailey's neighbor who told Tibby about Bailey's disease. In the book, it was Bailey's mom who told her.
In the book, Bailey meets Tibby for the first time after her accident when Tibby visits her at home. In the movie, Bailey is the one to visit Tibby at Tibby's home.
Also, there is no mix-up with the pants being delivered to the wrong adress in the book. There is also nothing n the book that says Bailey and Tibby live on the same street.