74. The Italian Job

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss the British heist classic, The Italian Job! And also another movie! That's not quite a classic! But it's called The Italian Job, too! Also Bollywood!

In this episode we discuss:

• The Italian Job (Paramount, 1969), directed by Peter Collinson, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, and starring Michael Caine, Benny Hill, and Noël Coward.
• The Italian Job (Paramount, 2003), directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Donna and Wayne Powers, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, and Donald Sutherland.
• Players (Viacom 18, 2012), directed by Abbas-Mustan, written by Rohit Jugraj and Sudip Sharma, and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Sonam Kapoor, and Neil Nitin Mukesh.

Footnotes:

• Dueling Michael Caines from The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon
• Napster, Napster, and Napster
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (Yash Raj Films, 2001)
• Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (Fox Star Studios, 2019)

73. Flowers in the Attic

In this very lurid, very trashy, very claustrophobic episode of Adapt or Perish, we're looking at V.C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic!

In this episode we discuss:

• V.C. Andrews' original 1979 novel.
• The 1987 theatrical movie, written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom and starring Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Victoria Tennant, and Louise Fletcher.
• The 2014 Lifetime Original, directed by Deborah Chow, written by Kayla Alpert, and starring Kiernan Shipka, Mason Dye, Heather Graham, and Ellen Burstyn.

Footnotes:

• Amanda Palmer, The Dresden Dolls, and An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer
• Aerial America
• Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Pris from Blade Runner

72. Catch-22

We must be crazy to do it, but in this episode of Adapt or Perish we're taking to the skies with Joseph Heller's Catch-22!

In this episode we discuss:

• Joseph Heller's original 1961 novel.
• The 1970 movie, directed by Mike Nichols, written by Buck Henry, and starring Alan Arkin, Art Garfunkel, Martin Sheen, and Orson Welles.
• The 1973 TV pilot, starring Richard Dreyfuss. Watch it (or don't) on YouTube.
• The 2019 miniseries, written and developed by Luke Davies and David Michôd, produced and directed by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Ellen Kuras, and starring Clooney, Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.

Footnotes:

• Moonrise Kingdom (2012), written and directed by Wes Anderson
• The Many Voices of Frank Welker
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), directed by Edgar Wright
• Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), written and directed by Drew Goddard