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In this PodCast, the lovely ladies of Read Watch & Wine will share their opinions of books that have been made into movies. They will explore storylines, adaptations, plot twists, modifications, and of course, the casting. Please keep in mind that many details are discussed, and therefore, spoilers are inevitable.
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Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell on January 19, 1924. The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s.
The story has been adapted numerous times in this episode the following adaptations are reviewed.
1932 - Most Dangerous Game
1994 - Surviving the Game
2020 - The Hunt
2020 - Most Dangerous Game (mini series)