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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.
Flowers for Algernon (2000) Based on Daniel Keyes's novel in which a bakery worker with a low IQ is chosen to take part in a new medical procedure which could turn him into a genius.
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Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. [2] .
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. 345 IMDb 6.6 1 h 27 min 2000. X-Ray 13+.
Alice Kinian. Ron Rifkin. Dr. Jonah Strauss. Bonnie Bedelia. Rose. Richard Chevolleau. Actor. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. A mentally impaired man (Matthew Modine)...
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Television movie based on Daniel Keyes' book about Charlie Gordon, a mentally retarded man who becomes super-intelligent by means of a scientific experiment. As Charlie gains intelligence and loses his childlike innocence, he must learn how to survive in the unforgiving adult environment that...
Feb 20, 2000 · Overview. Charlie 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.
