Originally Posted By: jrp316

The resulting novel blast injures Michael, but wasn't enough to kill him; the movie blast causes Michael to dive into a bush, but apparently it isn't close enough to injure him.


I'm pretty sure he was injured in the blast in the movie, and that he didn't just dive into a bush. It's been a while, but isn't there a deleted scene where Michael is unconscious in bed and he wakes up and says something like, "bring me Fabrizio."