Book Vs Movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976) Nicolas Roeg & David Bowie
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The Margos talk about the Walter Tevis novel from 1963 which is about an alien from the planet Anthea who arrives on earth and seeks to save his family at home. The 1976 film is a cult classic directed by Nicolas Roeg and features an incredible performance by David Bowie. Which did we like better?
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Book Vs Movie "The Women" (1939) Joan Crawford & Rosalind Russell
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In 1936, the Clare Booth Luce play The Women debuted on Broadway to rave reviews and packed audiences which featured 45 speaking parts for women, while no man is either seen or heard. (Though all of the husbands are spoken about constantly!)The 1939 film directed by Book Vs Movie alum George Cukor has over 130 speaking parts for women (even the animals were females!) Led by Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Paulette Goddard.
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Book Vs Movie: "Cabaret" (1972) Directed by Bob Fosse
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The Margos talk about all things related to the musical "Cabaret" starting with the Christopher Isherwood short stories to the 1951 play and the Bob Fosse 1972 film which won 8 Academy Awards. Plus, we discuss the real person that inspired the character of Sally Bowles and the brilliant women who played her. Life is a cabaret!
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Book Vs Movie "West Side Story" (1961) "Romeo and Juliet"
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The Margos get their fingers snappin' as they talk about "West Side Story" (not literally, we're just talking--promise!) We match the Shakespeare story with the 1961 film in this episode. So much to discuss here!
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Book Vs Movie: "Cats" (2019) Starring Taylor Swift & Jennifer Hudson
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The Margos get all "Jellicle" in this episode devoted to the poetry of T.S. Eliot and the music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with "Cats." We talk about the various stage productions, the 1998 film and the acid trip inducing 2019 movie directed by Tom Hooper. Stars Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Rebel Wilson & Sir Ian McKellen.
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Book Vs Movie: "My Fair Lady" (1964) Audrey Hepburn & "Pygmalion"
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The Margos are working heavy on our diction to prepare for this ep. We love the original 1964 film musical "My Fair Lady" with Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison.
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Book Vs Movie "One Night in Miami" (2021)
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Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and NFL superstar Jim Brown met for one night in Miami in February 1964.
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Book Vs Movie: Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do With It?" (1993)
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With Tina Turner finally being nominated for a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination as a solo artist--the Margos decided now was the time to take a look at her life story (up to the age of 46) with her 80s bestselling autobiography (co-written by Kurt Loder!) “I, Tina” and compare it with the hit 1993 film “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
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Book Vs Movie "The Princess and the Frog" (2009)
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The Princess and the Frog originated with the Brother Grimm’s fairytale “The Frog Prince” (which we are not really discussing today) and “The Frog Princess” by E.D. Baker. Writers/directors Ron Clements and John Musker who previously worked on “The Great Mouse Detective” and “The Little Mermaid.”
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Book Vs Movie: Dolly Parton's Heartstrings "Jolene"
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The Margos talk about the wonderful Dolly Parton, her music career, and the Netflix series of films that adapted her songs. "Jolene" stars Julianne Hough and Kimber Williams-Paisley.
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The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin’s Terrifying 1972 Novel Vs The 1975 William Goldman’s Screenplay (Or is it?)
Also, the really bad take by Roger Ebert in 1975 (and the sequel!)
The Margos are heading back to the Burbs with our long 70s flowing hair and obsession with waxing kitchen floors in the Ira Levin classic novel The Stepford Wives that was turned into a film in 1975 and directed by Bryan Forbes. Stepford, Connecticut is the fictional setting where families move in and within four months--the wives turn into robots who love, sex, cooking, and cleaning
Joanna Eberhart leaves her beloved NYC for Stepford because her husband wants to experience life in such a surreally lovely setting. He also joins the local men’s group and stays every night. Joanna knows something is messed up but can’t figure out exactly what is going on to the women of Stepford--until its too late.
The 1975 adaptation did modestly well and had some bad reviews by top critics like Paulene Kael and Roger Ebert (he was a bit of a sexist, y’all!) The screenplay was adapted by past Book Vs Movie subject William Goldman (The Princess Bride) and directed by Bryan Forbes who chose his wife as one of the first Stepford wives we meet--which therefore changed the proposed costuming of miniskirts to modest dresses. Many people think is a mistake in the telling of the story. They are wrong and we discuss that in the podcast.
The film was nightmare fuel to so many kids who saw it on TV in the 70s and 80s and revisiting the book brought back was such a fun treat (we originally covered this in 2016.)
So which did we prefer between the book and the movie? Have a listen and find out.
In this ep the Margos discuss:
- The biography of author Ira Levin
- The main points of the story and the women’s rights movement of the 1960s & 1970s
- Changes between the 1972 novel and 1975 film
- Our theory as to why some top critics at the time (coughs, Roger Ebert, coughs) missed the whole point of the film
- The cast including Katharine Ross (Joanna Eberhart,) Paula Prentiss (Bobbie Markowe,) Peter Masterson (Walter Eberhart,) Nanette Newman (Carol Van Sant,) Tina Louise (Charmaine Wimpiris,) Patrick O’Neal (Dale “Diz” Coba,) Josef Sommer (Ted Van Sant,) Franklin Cover (Ed Wimpiris,) Carol Eve Rossen (Dr. Francher,) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Kim Eberhart)
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- The Stepford Wives have a “consciousness-raising” discussion
- “The Stepford Wives” trailer (1975)
- Bobbie meets Joanna
- Joanna finds out what really happens to the women
- Music: Michael Small
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