158. The Time Machine

In Episode 158 of Adapt or Perish, we’re talking time travel and taking a look at the seminal work of science fiction from H.G. Wells, The Time Machine!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1895 novel by H.G. Wells
• The 1960 theatrical movie directed by George Pal, written by David Duncan, and starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, and Whit Bissell
• The 1978 TV movie directed by Henning Schellerup, written by Wallace C. Bennett, and starring John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, and Whit Bissell
• The 2002 theatrical movie directed by Simon Wells, written by John Logan, and starring Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Jeremy Irons, and Phyllida Law

Footnotes:

• Time After Time, the 1979 novel written by Karl Alexander and the 1979 movie written and directed by Nicholas Meyer

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157. Nosferatu

In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re doing a Dracula follow-up with a look at the newest screen adaptation from Robert Eggers, Nosferatu!

If you haven’t heard it, catch up by listening to Dracula (Ep. 54) on the web, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or Spotify.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Dracula, Bram Stoker’s original 1897 novel
• Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, the 1922 silent movie directed by F.W. Murnau, written by Henrik Galeen, and starring Max Schreck
• Nosferatu the Vampyre, the 1979 movie written and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski, Bruno Ganz, and Isabelle Adjani
• Nosferatu, the 2024 movie written and directed by Robert Eggers, and starring Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, and Simon McBurney

Footnotes:

• Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

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156. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

In Episode 156 of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back to the works of Agatha Christie, but now we’re focusing on Miss Marple and The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, Agatha Christie’s original 1962 novel
• The Mirror Crack’d, the 1980 movie directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, and starring Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Geraldine Chaplin, Kim Novak, and Edward Fox
• The final episode of the 1984–1992 series Miss Marple, produced by George Gallaccio, directed by Norman Stone, written by T.R. Bowen, and starring Joan Hickson, Claire Bloom, Barry Newman, Elizabeth Garvie, John Castle, and Gwen Watford
• The 2011 episode of the 2004–2013 series Agatha Christie’s Marple, directed by Tom Shankland, written by Kevin Elyot, and starring Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Lindsay Duncan, Nigel Harman, Hannah Waddingham, Charlotte Riley, and Hugh Bonneville

Footnotes:

• Murder on the Orient Express (Ep. 15) on the web, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify
• Death on the Nile (Ep. 119) on the web, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify
• Teresa Peschel’s website Peschel Press and her book Agatha Christie, She Watched: One Woman’s Plot to Watch 201 Agatha Christie Movies Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband

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