Sentence 1: The movie was filmed in 1993 . Allen Payne was the original choice to portray Kyle Watson , but was rejected by Pollack in favor of Duane Martin .
Sentence 2: The film was filmed in 1993 , and Duane Martin was the original choice to portray Allen Payne , but was rejected by Pollack in favor of Kyle Watson .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

OPT: a. no. b. yes.
a.