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Book Vs. Movie “Duel”

Book Vs. Movie: Duel The Richard Matheson Short Story Vs. the Steven Spielberg TV Movie  In 1971, a 24-year-old budding director named Steven Spielberg was given a story by his assistant. This fiction story appeared in a recent issue of Playboy magazine, written...

Book Vs. Movie “Casablanca”

Book Vs. Movie: Casablanca The 1940 Play Vs. the 1942 Classic Film This January, we are saluting plays that were turned into films, and this episode covers one of the most beloved and celebrated films of all time–Casablanca. Yes, it was a play first by...

Book Vs. Movie: “Biloxi Blues”

Book Vs. Movie: Biloxi Blues The 1984 Neil Simon Play Vs. the 1988 Mike Nichols Film https://www.spreaker.com/user/16143659/biloxi-blues-full-show The Margos continue their month of plays in January (we have “Musicals in March”) with Neil Simon’s middle offer of the...

Book Vs. Movie: “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972)

Book Vs. Movie: “The Poseidon Adventure” (1971) The differences between the super gross book and the entertaining movie (We are not going to hide our bias here!) At Book Vs. Movie, whenever people say, “Duh–the book is always better than the movie!” the Margos...

Book Vs. Movie: “The Little Mermaid” (1989)

Book Vs. Movie: The Little Mermaid The Hans Christian Anderson Story Vs. the 1989 Disney Classic The Little Mermaid (1989) “Disney in December” Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes & Pat Carroll – Book Vs Movie Podcast Book Vs. Movie: The...