174. All Good Things...

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy, Ian, Alex, and Ari are looking back at 8 years of the show!

173. Adaptation

In this, the final episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re getting real meta with a look at 2002’s Adaptation!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Susan Orlean’s 1998 nonfiction book
• Adaptation, the 2002 movie directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman, and starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, and Brian Cox

Footnotes:

• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• Identity (2003)

172. 12 Angry Men

In Episode 172 of Adapt or Perish, we’re tackling the important subject of dudes doing their civic duty with a look at 12 Angry Men, the courtroom classic!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The 1954 episode of Westinghouse Studio One directed by Franklin Schaffner, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Robert Cummings, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Walter Abel, George Voskovec, and Norman Fell
• The 1957 theatrical movie directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, George Voskovec, and Ed Begley
• The 1997 TV movie directed by William Friedkin, written by Reginald Rose, and starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Courtney B. Vance, Edward James Olmos, James Gandolfini, and Tony Danza

Footnotes:

• “12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer”
• Juror #2 (2024)
• William Friedkin on dealing with method actors
• Ving Rhames gives his Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon