Best Adapted Podcast

Best Adapted Podcast

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Best Adapted Podcast episodes

  • The Big Sleep with Will Drickey

    BAP begins its LA Noir miniseries with a discussion of The Big Sleep, the 1947 adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel. Directed by Howard Hawks and featuring the real-life romantic duo of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, the film is a formative entry in the noir genre. Joined again by Will Drickey, Caleb and Frank try to solve the film’s various mysteries - Was Howard Hawks ever in a threesome with Bogie and Bacall? Has Will ever gotten drunk in the back of an ambulance? Will we get DMCA’d for singing Happy Birthday on mic? And perhaps the greatest mystery of all – is this a Radaptation?


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    1 hr 36 min
  • Los Angeles Noir

    Caleb and Frank tease their next miniseries on the genre of Los Angeles noir. 

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    2 min
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Mads Clark

    CW: this episode discusses extreme sexual violence

    BAP goes north in this episode to the frigid cold of Sweden and examines the 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larson’s international bestseller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Sony pictures eagerly purchased the rights to the book with hopes of creating a successful franchise. Directed by David Fincher, the film alienated audiences and critics alike with its intense violence and depravity. But is this adaptation due for a reappraisal? Joined by longtime listener, first-time caller Mads Clark (Under the Influence with Mads and Mitch Podcast) Frank and Caleb discuss tattoos, Fincher’s obsession with violence, and Enya. 

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    1 hr 57 min
  • August: Osage County with Lana Richards
    Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007, August: Osage County was a smash hit in the Chicago and Broadway theater scenes. The play, an acidic depiction of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, was adapted to film in 2013. Tracy Letts’s script attracted movie stars Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts as well as character actors like Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale. But how well did this play translate to the film medium? Joined by theater director Lana Richards (The Wickies Theater Company), Caleb and Frank discuss falling asleep at the theater and James Dolan’s musical career. Plus, Frank debuts a new game show.
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    2 hr 7 min
  • Super Mario Bros. with Ryan Harris
    In 1991 Nintendo granted husband-and-wife directors Rocky Morton and Annabelle Jankel the rights to their Super Mario Bros. franchise to create a family adventure film. Already a household name, Mario was poised to join the pantheon of cinema’s greatest heroes. But Super Mario Bros. suffered from a notoriously chaotic production and the film has since been disavowed by almost all performers and crew members associated with it. But does the Super Mario Bros. adaptation have more merit than the record suggests?
    Joined by Ryan Harris, Caleb and Frank discuss the criminal exploits of cast-member Gianni Russo, estimate the cost of an animatronic Yoshi puppet, and attempt to diagnose the rise of Trumpism in the United States. Plus, Frank debuts a new game show.
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    1 hr 31 min
  • Closing the Book on John le Carré

    Best Adapted Podcast closes the book on John le Carré. Ending their miniseries on a master of spy novels, Caleb and Frank discuss le Carré’s legacy and the various film adaptations of his work. What makes his books so compelling to filmmakers? What is the difference between a “good” or a “bad” le Carré adaptation? Who might next try to adapt one of his novels?

    Plus, we announce the next miniseries on Best Adapted Podcast.

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    26 min
  • A Most Wanted Man with Josh Marcus

    Frank and Caleb conclude their John le Carré miniseries  with A Most Wanted Man. The novel was a thriller about high-finance, immigration, and the encroaching surveillance state in Europe and the United States. The film featured a deep roster of German and American actors and one of the last screen performances by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. But is the film a worthy adaptation for one of Le Carré’s final books? Joined by Josh Marcus (The Independent), Frank and Caleb discuss Leon Panetta’s almond farm, the film’s outlandish German accents, and John le Carré’s love of Joy Division.

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    1 hr 43 min
  • The Constant Gardener with Rachel Stone
    John le Carré offered a stirring indictment of corporate imperialism and the pharmaceutical industry with his novel The Constant Gardener. In 2005, Fernando Merielles adapted the work into an Oscar-winning drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. But 15 years later, and no longer blinded by the shine of gold trophies, how well do the novel and film hold up as social commentaries? Joined by Rachel Stone (BOMBMagazine, Real Life, The New Republic), Caleb and Frank discuss over-sized suits, Bono, and what Ralph Fiennes looks like when he cries.


    Find Rachel Stone @stone_of_arc

    1 hr 28 min
  • The Tailor of Panama with Leo Martin
    In 2001, with his tenure as James Bond dwindling, Pierce Brosnan signed on for an adaptation of The Tailor of Panama, directed by the New Hollywood veteran John Boorman. The novel was John Le Carré’s first major hit since the end of the Cold War and contained an eerily prophetic warning of American aggression and falsified intelligence. But how well did Brosnan and Boorman translate this tropical spy tale?
    Caleb and Frank are joined by D.C. insider Leo Martin (The Foreign Service Journal) to discuss Zardoz, tailoring, and Geoffrey Rush’s dad-bod. Plus, Frank introduces a new game show.
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    1 hr 34 min
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Ted Meyer
    Continuing their John le Carré miniseries, Caleb and Frank talk Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and its 2011 adaptation. Joined by Ted Meyer (Inverse), the boys discuss Swedish vampires, bad hair, and Mark Strong’s eyes. Considered John le Carré’s densest novel, how does this classic mole-hunt translate from the written word to the silver screen?
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    1 hr 42 min

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A podcast about film adaptations and the stories that inspired them, hosted by Frank Meyer and Caleb Drickey.