45. Father of the Bride

In this very special Father’s Day episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Edward Streeter’s Father of the Bride!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Edward Streeter’s original 1949 novel.
• Father of the Bride, the 1950 movie directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, and starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, and Joan Bennett. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Father’s Little Dividend, the 1951 sequel, directed by Minnelli, written by Goodrich and Hackett, and starring Tracy, Taylor, and Bennett. Watch it on Amazon.
• Father of the Bride, the 1991 remake, directed by Charles Shyer, written by Shyer and Nancy Meyers, and starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, and Martin Short. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Father of the Bride Part II, the remake’s 1995 sequel, also directed by Shyer, also also written by Shyer and Meyers, and also also also starring Martin, Keaton, Williams, and Short. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Writers Erma Bombeck and Dave Barry
• The Harvard Lampoon
• Mr. Hobbs Take a Vacation (1962)
• Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Desk Set
• The Baby Boom theatrical trailer
• Every Single Word Spoken by a Person of Color in Every Single Movie Directed by Nancy Meyers
• The pregnancy and birth podcasts Baby Doctor Mamas and Masculine Birth Ritual

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44. Jane Eyre, Part 2

In this, the conclusion of our first two-part episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre!

In part one, we covered the original novel, Robert Stevenson’s 1943 movie, Delbert Mann’s 1970 TV movie, Joan Craft’s 1973 BBC miniseries, and Julian Amyes’ 1983 BBC miniseries. In this episode, we’ll discuss:

• The 1996 movie, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, written by Zeffirelli and Hugh Whitemore, and starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 1997 TV movie, directed by Robert Young, written by Richard Hawley, Kay Mellor, and Peter Wright, and starring Samantha Morton and Ciarán Hinds. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2006 BBC miniseries, directed by Susanna White, written by Sandy Welch, and starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 2011 movie, directed by Cary Fukunaga, written by Moira Buffini, and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Franco Zeffirelli and our episode on Romeo and Juliet
• Cinematographer David Watkin
• Dame Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier
• Billie Whitelaw and Samuel Beckett
• Literal supermodel Elle Macpherson
• Jean Rhys’ 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea, which was adapted as a movie twice in 1993 and 2006
• Pam Ferris and Call the Midwife
• The Brit List and The Black List
• Cary Fukunaga and True Detective

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43. Jane Eyre, Part 1

In this, part one of our first two-part episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre!

For these two episodes, we read Jane Eyre and watched eight screen adaptations. In this episode, we’ll discuss:

• Charlotte Brontë’s original novel, first published in 1847. Read it on Amazon or iBooks.
• The 1943 movie, directed by Robert Stevenson, written by Stevenson, John Houseman, and Aldous Huxley, and starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The 1970 TV movie, directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Susannah York and George C. Scott. Watch it on YouTube.
• The 1973 BBC miniseries, directed by Joan Craft, written by Robin Chapman, and starring Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston.
• The 1983 BBC miniseries, directed by Julian Amyes, written by Alexander Baron, and starring Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton. Watch it on Amazon.
• In part two, we’ll be covering Franco Zeffirelli’s 1996 movie, Robert Young’s 1997 TV movie, Susanna White’s 2006 miniseries, and Cary Fukunaga’s 2011 movie.

Footnotes:

• The Brontë family
• William Makepeace Thackeray
• Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, discussed here on Adapt or Perish
• George C. Scott and They Might Be Giants
• Susannah York’s reaction shot

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