129. Persuasion

We had so much fun discussing Mansfield Park earlier this year, that we made sure to get back to Jane Austen as soon as possible. We're doing that with Episode 129 of Adapt or Perish and a look at Persuasion!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Jane Austen's original 1818 novel
• The 1971 series, directed by Howard Baker, written by Julian Mitchell, and starring Ann Firbank, Bryan Marshall, Basil Dignam, Richard Vernon, and Morag Hood
• The 1995 movie, directed by Roger Michell, written by Nick Dear, and starring Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, Samuel West, and Sophie Thompson
• The 2007 TV movie, directed by Adrian Shergold, written by Simon Burke, and starring Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Anthony Head, Alice Krige, Tobias Menzies, and Nicholas Farrell
• Rational Creatures, the 2019–2022 web series, created by Aileen Barrios Ruiz Pagano, Hazel Jeffs, Anya Steiner, and Jessamyn Leigh, and starring Kristina Pupo, Peter Giessl, Derek Quesada, Gabriela Diaz, and Benjamin Mills
• Modern Persuasion, the 2020 movie, directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki, written by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki, and starring Alicia Witt, Shane McRae, Bebe Neuwirth, Mark Moses, and Liza Lapira
• The 2022 movie, directed by Carrie Cracknell, written by Ronald Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, and starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Richard E. Grant

Footnotes:

• Just look at what they did to Sally Hawkins.
• Carrie Cracknell's Wikipedia page

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128. The Great Gatsby

Welcome to the party, old sport! Pour yourself a drink and settle in for Episode 128 of Adapt or Perish, our look at another nominee for Great American Novel™, The Great Gatsby!

In this episode, we discuss:

• F. Scott Fitzgerald's original 1925 novel
• The 1949 theatrical movie, directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Richard Mailbaum and Cyril Hume, and starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, and Howard Da Silva
• The 1974 theatrical movie, directed by Jack Clayton, written by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, and Karen Black
• The 2000 TV movie, directed by Robert Markowitz, written by John J. McLaughlin, and starring Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, and Martin Donovan
• The 2013 theatrical movie, directed by Baz Luhrmann, written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, and Isla Fisher

Footnotes:

• The lost 1926 Great Gatsby
• Ginevra King (1898–1980)
• William Goldman and Which Lie Did I Tell?

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127. Moby Dick

In Episode 127 of Adapt or Perish, we're taking to the high seas for a look at Moby Dick, the classic tale of obsession, revenge, and chapters upon chapters of whale anatomy.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Herman Melville's original 1851 novel
• The Sea Beast, the 1926 theatrical movie, directed by Millard Webb, written by Bess Meredyth, Rupert Hughes, and Jack Wagner, and starring John Barrymore
• The 1930 theatrical movie, directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, and starring John Barrymore
• The 1956 theatrical movie, directed by John Huston, written by Huston and Ray Bradbury, and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Friedrich von Ledebur, and Orson Welles
• The 1998 miniseries, directed by Franc Roddam, written by Roddam, Anton Diether, and Benedict Fitzgerald, and starring Patrick Stewart, Henry Thomas, Piripi Waretini, Ted Levine, and Gregory Peck
• The 1999 animated short, directed by Natalya Orlova, written by Brian Sibley, and starring Rod Steiger
• 2010: Moby Dick, the 2010 direct-to-video movie, directed by Trey Stokes, written by Paul Bales, and starring Barry Bostwick and Renee O'Connor
• The 2011 miniseries, directed by Mike Barker, written by Nigel Williams, and starring William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox, Eddie Marsan, and Gillian Anderson
• Age of the Dragons, the 2011 theatrical movie, directed by Ryan Little, written by Gil Aglaure, Anne K. Black, and McKay Daines, and starring Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones, and Corey Sevier

Footnotes:

• "The King of the Geezer Teasers: Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many Hollywood stars have found lucrative early retirement"
• The 1999 animated version of Moby Dick on YouTube
• Ahab's Wife: Or, the Star-Gazer: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund

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