It’s almost as if 1972’s “The Carey Treatment” was based on the 1968 novel “A Case of Need,” written by Jeffrey Hudson, the blockbuster author’s med-school nom de plume. While not the first Crichton adaptation to hit the screen — that’d be the prior year’s “The Andromeda Strain” — “The Carey Treatment” is among the […]
Michael Crichton
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The Carey Treatment
It’s almost as if 1972’s “The Carey Treatment” was based on the 1968 novel “A Case of Need,” written by Jeffrey Hudson, the blockbuster author’s med-school nom de plume. While not the first Crichton adaptation to hit the screen — that’d be the prior year’s “The Andromeda Strain” — “The Carey Treatment” is among the […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Carey Treatment
It’s almost as if 1972’s “The Carey Treatment” was based on the 1968 novel “A Case of Need,” written by Jeffrey Hudson, the blockbuster author’s med-school nom de plume. While not the first Crichton adaptation to hit the screen — that’d be the prior year’s “The Andromeda Strain” — “The Carey Treatment” is among the […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Futureworld
The original Michael Crichton effort is something of a seminal sci-fi film of that decade, but Richard T. Heffron‘s is often forgotten, even if it’s not bad. Both take place at the high-tech amusement park Delos, which specializes in fulfilling adults’ fantasies, planting them in Western, Roman and medieval scenarios. This one picks up after […]