64. The Borrowers

In this very special episode of Adapt or Perish, we get REAL small and discuss the classic children’s book The Borrowers!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Mary Norton’s original 1952 novel.
• The Borrowers (Hallmark, 1973), directed by Walter C. Miller, written by Jay Presson Allen, and starring Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, and Judith Anderson.
• The Borrowers (BBC, 1992), directed by John Henderson, written by Richard Carpenter, and starring Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Callard, and Siân Phillips.
• The Borrowers (PolyGram, 1997), directed by Peter Hewitt, written by Gavin Scott and John Kamps, and starring John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Mark Williams, and Hugh Laurie.
• Arrietty/Arrietty the Borrower/The Secret World of Arrietty (Studio Ghibli, 2010), directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, written by Keiko Niwa and Hayao Miyazaki.
• The Borrowers (BBC, 2011), directed by Tom Harper, written by Ben Vanstone, and starring Christopher Eccleston, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus, Anne Hirsch, and Stephen Fry.

Footnotes:

• Mary Norton’s Borrowers sequels: The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961), and The Borrowers Avenged (1982)
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Disney, 1971)
• The Return of the Borrowers (BBC, 1993)
• I, Podius
• Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Orion, 1991) and Small Soldiers (DreamWorks, 1998)
• GQ: John Goodman Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters
• Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

63. Robin Hood, Part 2

Welcome back to Sherwood! This episode of Adapt or Perish concludes our two-part look at the world’s most famous outlaw, Robin Hood! If you haven’t listened to part one yet, check it out!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• Robin of Sherwood (ITV, 1984–1986), created by Richard Carpenter, and starring Michael Praed, Jason Connery, Ray Winstone, and Nickolas Grace.
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner Brothers, 1991), directed by Kevin Reynolds, written by Pen Densham and John Watson, and starring Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Christian Slater.
• Robin Hood (20th Century Fox, 1991), directed by John Irvin, written by Sam Resnick and John McGrath, and starring Patrick Bergin, Uma Thurman, Jürgen Prochnow, and Jeroen Krabbé.
• Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (Sierra On-Line, 1991), designed by Christy Marx.
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (20th Century Fox, 1993), directed by Mel Brooks, written by Brooks, Evan Chandler, and J. David Shapiro, and starring Cary Elwes, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Tracey Ullman, and Dave Chappelle.
• Robin Hood (BBC, 2006–2009), created by Dominic Minghella and Foz Allan, and starring Jonas Armstrong, Lucy Griffiths, Keith Allen, and Richard Armitage.
• Robin Hood (Universal, 2010), directed by Ridley Scott, written by Brian Helgeland, and starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Eileen Atkins, and Max von Sydow.
• Robin Hood (Lionsgate, 2018), directed by Otto Bathurst, written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly, and starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, and F. Murray Abraham.

Footnotes:

• Swamp Thing (USA Network, 1990–1993)
• “Robin (The Hooded Man),” theme from Robin of Sherwood by Clannad
• A Knight’s Tale (2001), written and directed by Brian Helgeland, and starring Heath Ledger.
• “All For Love,” the 1993 single for Disney’s The Three Musketeers, performed by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting.
• King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990)
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess
• The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
• Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea (“When I’m Up (I Can’t Get Down),” “Captain Kidd,” “The River Driver”)

62. Robin Hood, Part 1

Welcome to Sherwood! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we bring you part one of our two-part look at the world’s most famous outlaw, Robin Hood!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle’s 1883 novel.
• Robin Hood (United Artists, 1922), directed by Allan Dwan, produced by, written by, and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Brothers, 1938), directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, written by Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller, and Rowland Leigh, and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains.
• The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (Disney, 1952), directed by Ken Annakin, written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice, James Hayter, and Peter Finch.
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (ITV, 1955–1959), created by Hannah Weinstein, and starring Richard Greene and Alan Wheatley.
• Sword of Sherwood Forest (Hammer, 1960), directed by Terence Fisher, written by Alan Hackney, and starring Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, and Peter Cushing.
• A Challenge for Robin Hood (Hammer, 1967), directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards, written by Peter Bryan, and starring Barrie Ingham, Peter Blythe, James Hayter, and John Arnatt.
• Robin Hood (Disney, 1973), directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, story by Ken Anderson, and starring Brian Bedford, Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris, and Terry-Thomas.
• Robin and Marian (Columbia, 1976), directed by Richard Lester, written by James Goldman, and starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, and Richard Harris.

Footnotes:

• Frock Flicks: Top 5 Wimples in Cinema History
• Richard Pascoe and Playing Shakespeare
• James Goldman and The Lion in Winter