There are many similarities between the "Harrison Bergeron" book and movie. They had the same plot and the movie pretty much followed the story line.

One of the main things that were the same between the two was that Harrison was taken away from his family and put in prison because he rebels against the government. He then breaks out of prison and shows up at the ballet to make a statement. Another main thing is that the ballerina also rebels with Harrison.

There weren't many things different between the movie and book. One main thing that was different was that Harrison had a bomb under the stage. Although there was a bomb, his main plan was to make sure that everybody saw him and the ballerina being killed for having their own opinions. Another thing that was different was that instead of Hazel being the one to see Harrison killed, it was George.