The short story "Harrison Burgeron" and the short film based off of it, "2081" were both similar to the point that I'm jealous so many other movies don't follow their example with other great short stories.
The only noticeable differences were three things. First, the stuttering anchorman/announcer, in the story, gave the report to a ballerina, presumably the same one who later becomes Harrison's empress. In the short film, it is instead handed to another man. The second thing that was changed was the alleged "bomb" of Harrison's that wasn't really a bomb at all but rather other two things. First, a distraction to buy more time, and second, a switch, if you will, that unblocked the TV signal that was originally blocked by the government. Which brings the last noticeable difference, the TV signal itself. In the short story, it wasn't blocked at all, playing through the whole time, then letting things naturally take it's course, with the handicapped getting distracted by their earpieces, and the non-handicapped either forgetting or simply not noticing in the first place.
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