Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyesliterary work· published 1959
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Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew knowledge was important and had learned to read and write after a fashion, but he also knew he wasn't nearly as bright as most of the people around him. There was even a white mouse named Algernon who outpaced Charlie in some ways. But a remarkable operation had been performed on Algernon, and now he was a genius among mice. Suppose Charlie underwent a similar operation...
Adaptations (4)
Flowers for Algernon has been adapted 4 times, across film, television film, and television series, from 1968 to 2012. The most recent is Person of Interest, season 2 (2012).
Charly1968 · film · 103 min · dir. Ralph Nelson · IMDb ↗An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Flowers for Algernon2000 · film · 91 min · dir. Jeff Bleckner · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for experimental surgery it looks like his dream may finally come true. But the surgery has side effects that could could kill Charlie. Can Charlie survive being just plain old "Charlie Gordon" and will his newfound romance survive this test of character?
Цветы для Алджернона2006 · television film · 95 min · dir. David Delrieux · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9After a successful experiment on Algernon, a mouse whose level of intelligence thanks to that procedure dramatically increased, the scientists decided to go further - the next "guinea pig" is Charles, a mentally disabled young man. The experiment is again successful. But what happens after it?
