Film and Television Adaptations
The novel has twice been adapted for television by the BBC, first in 1976 and again in 1997.
A film adaptation was released in 1995: The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet, directed by Zoran Perisic, and starring Peter Ustinov as Grandfather/Voice of the Phoenix.
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“You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.”
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“Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy.... In other countries, the business of laughing is left to the viewers. Here, their laughter is put on the screen, integrated into the show. It is the screen that is laughing and having a good time. You are simply left alone with your consternation.”
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