Film, Television and Theatrical Adaptations
Flowers for Algernon has been adapted many times for different media including stage, screen and radio. These adaptations include:
- a 1961 television drama, The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon, starring Cliff Robertson.
- a 1968 film, Charly, also starring Cliff Robertson for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- a 1969 stage play, Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers.
- a 1978 stage musical, Charlie and Algernon by David Rogers and Charles Strouse.
- a 1991 radio play, Flowers for Algernon, for BBC Radio 4 starring Tom Courtenay.
- in 1997, the band Screech Owls wrote the song "Guinea Pig" based on the book. It was released on their album "Tomorrow Calling" "Guinea Pig by Screech Owls". http://matthieumaurel.bandcamp.com/track/guinea-pig.
- in 1998 Season 5, Episode 5 of Newsradio, entitled Flowers for Matthew, in which Joe creates a "smart drink" which temporarily makes Matthew a genius.
- a 2000 television movie, Flowers for Algernon, starring Matthew Modine.
- a 2002 Japanese drama, Algernon ni Hanataba wo.
- a 2006 French television movie, Des fleurs pour Algernon.
- a 2006 contemporary dance work, Holeulone, by French dancer and choreographer Karine Pontiès. Winner of the Prix de la Critique de la Communauté française de Belgique for best dance piece.
Further stage and radio adaptations have been produced in Australia (1984), Czechoslovakia (1988), France (1982), Ireland (1983), Japan (1987, 1990), and Poland (1985).
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