Harriet the Spy
Directed by	Bronwen Hughes
Produced by	Marykay Powell
Written by	Louise Fitzhugh (novel) Greg Taylor Julie Talen (adaptation) Douglas Petrie Theresa Rebeck (screenplay)
Starring	Michelle Trachtenberg
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies
Release date(s)	1996
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

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Cast

• Michelle Trachtenberg (Harriet)
• Gregory Smith (Sport)
• Vanessa Lee Chester (Janie)
• Rosie O'Donnell (Golly)
• J. Smith-Cameron (Mrs. Welsch)
• Robert Joy (Mr. Welsch)
• Charlotte Sullivan (Marion Hawthorne)

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Differences between the book and the movie version

• Rachel Hennessy, a white character originally (drawn in the book as having dark hair and freckles and wearing glasses), was portrayed as an Asian.
• Among the episodes in the novel cut from the movie version included Ole Golly taking Harriet and Sport to meet her reclusive (and presumably mentally ill) mother in Chapter One, and a brief subplot about Harriet and Janie rebelling against their mothers' decisions to send them to dance school to make them more "ladylike." It can be assumed that the "dance school" storyline was cut because of the many changes in social conventions since the novel was first published.
• In the book, Ole Golly leaves the Welsch household to marry Mr. Waldenstein and move to Montreal. In the movie, Ole Golly merely decides it's time to move on, and for Harriet to be more independent. Later in the movie, Ole Golly returns for a visit to talk to Harriet about white lies and apologies, rather than writing to her.
• A subplot was added to the movie, involving the use of pen ink "foot tattoos" as a symbol of Harriet, Sport and Janie's friendship. When Harriet lost her friends, she was later seen furiously erasing her foot tattoo. When she regained them later in the movie, they were seen exchanging foot tattoos again.
• Little Joe Curry, the deliveryman for the Dei Santis' grocery on Harriet's spy route, disappeared from the movie version, but his trademark personality traits were given to Ole Golly's beau, Mr. Waldenstein. In the movie, Mr. Waldenstein is a delivery boy for the Hong Fat food emporium and passes food through a window to a group of hungry children.
• In the movie, Janie was played by an African-American actress, Vanessa Lee Chester; in the book, Janie was a Caucasian girl with blonde hair and freckles.
• In the book, the immigrant family on Harriet's spy route, the Dei Santis, are Italian-American. In the movie, the family is Chinese-American, and the family name is changed from Dei Santi to Hong Fat (although the subplot about the lazy son wanting to take the truck remained intact).
• The movie wanted a more racially diverse cast, as opposed to the book.

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External link

• Harriet the Spy at the Internet Movie Database