After reading though Mark Helprin’s hefty novel, Kendyl and Jenn discuss the many intricacies of Winter’s Tale. Dorin joins in for a discussion of Akiva Goldsman’s film, where it streamlined the novel and where it went too far.

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Music: Faded from the Winter by Iron & Wine

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Main Discussion

Winter’s Tale

-by Mark Helprin

-published in 1983

Winters’s Tale (2014)

-Written and directed by Akiva Goldman

-Starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, Will Smith and Jennifer Connelly

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