History Film / TheGiver

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* ActionizedAdaptation: In the book Jonas's escape from the Community, while hastily-planned, went off without much incident. The film adaptation had him be discovered and added action sequences of him having to quickly escape with Gabriel, Fiona covering for him, and Asher searching for him in a drone plane.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, Fiona and Asher stay brainwashed, and have no such redemption that they do in the movie. Fiona is of special note, who is freed from her brainwashing before she can be trained to "release" people, whereas in the book the Giver reveals that she has already started releasing people and is quite good at it too.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Fiona's job was changed from Caretaker of the Old to Nurturer, which allows her to help Jonas and Gabriel escape.

* AscendedExtra: The Chief Elder of the Community is a minor character in the book, but is bumped up to be the BigBad (as the representation of the totalitarian authority) here. To a lesser extent, Asher and Fiona have far more to do in the film than they do in the book.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The film's trailers made it look like a brainless action movie among of the likes of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}''. It's actually much closer to the book's story.

* WarIsHell: One of the memories Jonas receives [[spoiler: by accident, as The Giver transmitted it to him by mistake during a PTSD flashback]] is of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar (in the original novel it was of the ''American Civil War'').

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Because humanity has lost the ability to see color, the first part of the film is initially in black and white, save for [[SplashOfColor splashes of color]] when Jonas "sees beyond." When he is given the memory of color red tones begin to show (as his first color was red). By the time he regains more memories the film is in full color. When he leaves the Community it is once again shot in black and white until [[spoiler: Jonas manages to return the memories, at which point it's shot in color again]].

* HumansAreFlawed [=/=] HumansAreSpecial: All emotions have been evolved out of humanity in order for it to overcome its flaws, and from a totalitarian standpoint it ''works'' -- but as Jonas and the Giver show the Community, emotions are what make life worth it and are part of what make us special.

* NeverTrustATrailer: In something of a repeat of the ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' situation, the film's trailers made it look like a brainless action movie only made to cash in on the success of the likes of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}''. It's actually much closer to the book's story.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, Fiona and Asher stay brainwashed, and have no such redemption that they do in the movie. Fiona is of special note, who is freed from her brainwashing before she can be trained to "release" the elderly, whereas in the book the Giver reveals that she has already started releasing people and is quite good at it too.

* AscendedExtra: The Chief Elder of the Community is a minor character in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]], but is bumped up to be the BigBad (as the representation of the totalitarian authority) here. To a lesser extent, Asher and Fiona have far more to do in the film than they do in the book.
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Here the ability to "see beyond" seems to be linked to a spot-shaped birthmark on one's wrist, as opposed to [[Literature/TheGiver the book]] where it was indicated by pale blue eyes.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Jonas and Fiona are this in the film, due to the latter having been PromotedToLoveInterest from her role in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]] -- there's even a montage shown in pictures of how close they'd been since children before they start making out.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: It's a 2014 adaptation of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver young adult novel of the same name]].

* IShallReturn: Jonas promises that he'd return to the Community and Fiona.[[note]] Notable because in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]] he makes no such promise, and in the sequels he eventually settles down in (and marries someone from) another village.[[/note]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: In something of a repeat of the ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' situation, the film's trailers made it look like a brainless action movie only made to cash in on the success of the likes of ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}''. It's actually much closer to [[Literature/TheGiver the book's story]].

* SplashOfColor: As in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]], Fiona's red hair is this at first, standing out in a black-and-white society to Jonas, one of two people who can see color.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer spoils basically every last surprise in the [[Literature/TheGiver book]]. People don't see colors any more? 'Release' is just a euphemism for execution? The mandatory shots dull emotions? The Community is just a big dystopia? Boom. All spoiled. Basically the only thing ''not'' spoiled is Jonas' relationship with Gabe.

''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 Katie Holmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, Fiona and Asher stay brainwashed, and have no such redemption that they do in the movie.

''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 Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Odeya Rush as Fiona, and Katie Holmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.

In the future, humanity has managed to eliminate all warfare, pain, illness, and suffering and has created a perfect society ruled by the nearly-omniscient Elders -- but at the cost of removing any disruptive memories from the collective consciousness. Instead, these memories are passed on to the Receiver of Memory, whose job is to advise the Elders on any matter beyond their experience. When sixteen-year-old Jonas is chosen to become the next Receiver of Memory and unearths the secrets of Sameness under the watchful eye of his mentor, the current Receiver (called "Giver" by Jonas), the two of them conspire to change their society forever.

* AgeLift: Jonas, Fiona, Asher, and their classmates were eleven going on twelve in the book (the "graduation to adulthood" ceremony is called the Ceremony of Twelve), but have been aged up to sixteen for the movie.

* WarIsHell: One of the memories Jonas receives [[spoiler: by accident, as The Giver transmitted it to him by mistake during a PTSD flashback]] is of the VietnamWar (in the original novel it was of the ''American Civil War'').

* IShallReturn: Jonas promises that he'd return to the Community and Fiona.[[note]] Notable because in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]] he makes no such promise, and in the sequels he eventually settles down in (and marries someone from) another village.[/note]]

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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 Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Odeya Rush as Fiona, and Katie Holmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.

* WarIsHell: One of the memories Jonas receives [[spoiler: by accident, as The Giver transmitted it to him by mistake during a PTSD flashback]] is of the VietnamWar.

* AscendedExtra: The Chief Elder of the Community from is a minor character in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]], but is bumped up to be the BigBad (as the representation of the totalitarian authority) here. To a lesser extent, Asher and Fiona have far more to do in the film than they do in the book.

* IShallReturn: Jonas promises that he'd return to the Community and Fiona. [[note]] Notable because in [[Literature/TheGiver the book]] he makes no such promise, and in the sequels he eventually settles down in (and marries someone from) another village. [[/note]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Unlike in the book, the film actually shows what happens when [[spoiler:Jonas manages to return the memories to the Community-overcome by the implications of their actions, several of the characters start crying out in shock, this includes Jonas's father who realizes that he had been committing institutionalized murder with each Release all along]].

* VirtualGhost: Rosemary, the former receiver who committed suicide, is seen posthumously as a memory hologram teaching the Giver how to play piano.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Repeatedly discussed that there are no words to describe love, a feeling that's totally alien to the Community. One scene where Jonas and Fiona are kissing on security footage, an elder questions what they were doing.

* HumansAreFlawed [=/=] HumansAreSpecial: All emotions have been evolved out of humanity in order for it to overcome its flaws, and from a totalitarian standpoint it ''works''-but as Jonas and the Giver show the Community, emotions are what make life worth it and are part of what make us special.

* FollowTheLeader: The film is one of the many film adaptations of YoungAdult books with dystopian settings, spawned from the success of ''Film/TheHungerGames''.

'''''The Giver''''' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is an [[InNameOnly "adaptation"]] of Lois Lowry's [[Literature/TheGiver bestselling young adult novel of the same name]], starring Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Odeya Rush as Fiona, and Katie Holmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.

'''''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 Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Creator/MerylStreep as the Chief Elder, Creator/JeffBridges as The Giver, Odeya Rush as Fiona, and Katie Holmes and Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Jonas's parents.

* VirtualGhost: Rosemary, who is dead, is seen posthumously as a memory hologram teaching the Giver how to play piano.

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* TheFilmOfTheBook

* LastFertileRegion: A recurring symbol of life outside the Community is a tree glimpsed through the Giver's window.

* VirtualGhost: Rosemary is seen as a hologram teaching the Giver how to play piano.

* 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).