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Flowers for Algernon. Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. Charlie takes the chance, but he must adjust emotionally when a laboratory experiment raises his IQ to amazing levels. 335 IMDb 6.6 1 h 27 min 2000. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Science Fiction · Bleak · Philosophical. Freevee (with ads) Watch with Prime.
Charly (marketed and stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American science fiction drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes .
- Ralph Nelson
- Stirling Silliphant
Flowers for Algernon is a 2000 American-Canadian television film written by John Pielmeier, directed by Jeff Bleckner and starring Matthew Modine. It is the second screen adaptation of Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel of the same name following the 1968 film Charly.
- Jeff Bleckner
- Daniel Keyes (novel), John Pielmeier (teleplay)
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Background
The ideas for Flowers for Algernon developed over 14 years and were inspired by events in Keyes's life, starting in 1945 with Keyes's conflict with his parents, who were pushing a pre-medical education despite his desire to pursue a writing career. Keyes felt that his education was driving a wedge between himself and his parents, and this led him to wonder what would happen if it were possible to increase a person's intelligence. Based on these considerations, Keyes further developed his idea...
Publication
The short story "Flowers for Algernon" was first published as the lead story in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.[better source needed] It was later reprinted in The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 9th series (1960), the Fifth Annual of the Year's Best Science Fiction (1960), Best Articles and Stories (1961),[better source needed] Literary Cavalcade (1961),[better source needed] The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964 (1970), and The Mag...
The short story and the novel share many similar plot points, but the novel expands significantly on Charlie's developing emotional state as well as his intelligence, his memories of childhood, and the relationship with his family. Both are presented as a series of journal entries ("progress reports") written by the protagonist, Charlie Gordon. The...
Both the novel and the short story are written in an epistolary style collecting together Charlie's personal "progress reports" from a few days before the operation until he regresses back to his original state almost five months later. Initially, the reports are filled with elementary spelling errors and awkwardly constructed sentences, reflecting...
Important themes in Flowers for Algernon include the treatment of the mentally disabled, the impact on happiness of the conflict between intellect and emotion, and how events in the past can influence a person later in life. Algernon is an example of a story that incorporates the science-fiction theme of uplift.
Algis Budrys of Galaxy Science Fiction praised Flowers for Algernon's realistic depiction of people as "rounded characters". Stating in August 1966 that Keyes had published little fiction and whether he would publish more was unknown, he concluded "If this is a beginning, then what a beginning it is, and if it is the high point in a very short care...
Flowers for Algernonhas been adapted many times for different media including stage, screen, and radio. These adaptations include: 1. A 1961 episode of the television drama The United States Steel Hour, "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon", starring Cliff Robertson. 2. A 1968 film, Charly, also starring Cliff Robertson, for which he won the Academy A...
Bujalski, Andrew (2002). Aglietti, Boomie; Quinio, Dennis (eds.). Flowers for Algernon: Daniel Keyes. Spark. ISBN 1-58663-514-X.Coules, Bert (1991). The Play of Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon (including notes by Robert Chambers). Heinemann (published 1993). ISBN 0-435-23293-2.Hill, Cheryl (2004). "A History of Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon" (PDF). LIBR 548F: History of the Book. Archived from the original (PDF)on February 21, 2007.Keyes, Daniel (1999). Algernon, Charlie and I: A Writer's Journey. Boca Raton, FL: Challcrest Press Books. ISBN 1-929519-00-1."Flowers for Algernon" (short story) title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database"Flowers for Algernon" (novel) title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database"Flowers for Algernon" on the Internet Archive- 311 (novel)
- Daniel Keyes
- April 1959 (short story), March 1966 (novel)
- Harcourt, Brace & World
A movie adaptation of the novel about a mentally impaired man who undergoes a brain surgery that boosts his IQ. The movie has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, and is available for streaming on AMC.
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- Matthew Modine
- Jeff Bleckner
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Apr 19, 2024 · Parents need to know that Flowers for Algernon is a 2000 made-for-TV movie based on the award-winning 1966 novel by Daniel Keyes (which was previously adapted for the 1968 movie Charly ). Matthew Modine stars as Charlie Gordon, a man with an intellectual disability who undergoes a laboratory… Videos and Photos. See all. Parents say. Kids say.
