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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Shrek, the ogre who launched one of the biggest franchises of all time! In this episode, we discuss: , William Steig’s original 1990 children’s book , the 2001 animated movie directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jensen, written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S.H. Schulman, and starring Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow , the 2008 filmed Broadway musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, and starring Brian d’Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Daniel...
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In Episode 138 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the modern animated classic Avatar: The Last Airbender! In this episode, we discuss: , the original 2005–2008 animated series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starring Zachary Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Dante Basco, and Mako , the 2010 movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Aasif Mandvi, and Cliff Curtis , the first season of the 2024 live action streaming series developed by Albert Kim, and starring Gordon Cormier,...
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In Episode 136 of Adapt or Perish, we’re heading to the jungle to spend some time with one of the pulpiest of pulp heroes: John Clayton II, Viscount Greystroke, better know as Tarzan of the apes! In this episode, we discuss: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ , the 1918 silent movie directed by Scott Sidney, and starring Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, and Madame Sul-Te-Wan , the 1932 movie directed by W.S. Van Dyke, written by Cyril Hume and Ivor Novello, and starring Johny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, and C. Aubrey Smith , the 1935 serial directed by Edward Kull and Wilbur F....
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In Episode 135, our very first installment of a new format we’re calling Adapt or Perish Minis, we’re going back to Roald Dahl to look at the Oscar-winning short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar! In this episode, we discuss: , Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story collection , the 2023 short film written and directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, and Ben Kingsley , the 2023 short film also written and directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Rupert Friend and Ralph Fiennes Footnotes: You can follow Adapt or Perish on and , and you can...
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With Episode 134, we’re back with a new co-host and a look at the many adaptations of Super Mario Bros., one of the most popular video game franchises of all time! In this episode, we discuss: The Super Mario franchise, which kicked off with 1985’s , the 1986 animated movie directed by Masami Hata and written by Hideo Takayashiki , the 1989 live action/animated series of animated specials written and directed by Juri Yagi , the 1989 series created by Andy Heyward, developed by Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly, Bob Forward, and Phil Harnage, and starring Lou Albano and Danny Wells and , the...
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info_outlineIn what has turned out to be a mega-episode of Adapt or Perish, we're taking a look at Carlo Collodi's classic children's story Pinocchio! How quickly will these adaptations go off the rails? Give a listen and find out (hint: it's immediately).
In this episode, we discuss:
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel
- Pinocchio, the 1940 American animated movie, produced by Walt Disney, direction supervised by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, and story by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, and Aurelius Battaglia
- The Adventures of Buratino, the 1959 Soviet animated movie, directed by Dmitriy Babichenko and Ivan Ivanov-Vano, and written by Nikolai Erdman and Lyudmila Tolstaya
- Pinocchio, the 1965 American musical TV special, directed by Nick Havinga, written by Jim Eiler, and performed by The Prince Street Players
- Pinocchio, the 1971 theatrical movie, sometimes listed as The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio, directed by Corey Allen, and written by Allen and Chris Warfield
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, the 1972 Italian animated movie (released in English in the United States in 1978), written and directed by Giuliano Cenci
- Pinocchio, the 1976 American musical TV special, directed by Ron Field, music by Billy Barnes, and starring Sandy Duncan, Danny Kaye, and Clive Revill
- Pinocchio, the 1978 British miniseries, directed by Barry Letts, and written by Alec Drysdale
- Pinocchio, the 1984 episode of Faerie Tale Theatre, directed by Peter Medak, written by Mark Curtiss and Rod Ash, and starring Shelley Duvall, Paul Reubens, Carl Reiner, Lainie Kazan, and James Coburn
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, the 1996 American movie, directed by Steve Barron, written by Barron, Sherry Mills, Tom Benedek, and Barry Berman, and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau, Udo Kier, and Geneviève Bujold
- Geppetto, the 2000 American TV musical movie, directed by Tom Moore, written by David I. Stern, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and starring Drew Carey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brent Spener, René Auberjonois, and Seth Adkins
- Pinocchio, the 2002 Italian movie, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, written by Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami, and co-starring Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Peppe Barra, Franco Javarone, and Kim Rossi Stuart
- Pinocchio, the 2009 British-Italian miniseries, directed by Alberto Sironi, written by Ivan Cotroneo and Carlo Mazzotta, and starring Bob Hoskins, Robbie Kay, Joss Ackland, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Pinocchio, the 2012 Italian animated movie, written and directed by Enzo D'Alò
- Pinocchio, the 2019 Italian movie, directed by Matteo Garrone, written by Garrone and Massimo Ceccherini, and starring Roberto Benigni and Federico Ielapi
- Pinocchio, the 2022 live-action remake of the 1940 Disney original, directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Chris Weitz, and starring Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Cynthia Erivo
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, the 2022 American stop-motion animated movie, directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, written by del Toro and Patrick McHale, and starring David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, and Ron Perlman
Footnotes:
- Commedia dell'arte
- New Hampshire's Story Land
- Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)
- IKEA's EKKORE rocking moose
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