Some of the actual characters are completely different, like replacing the dowdy older lady with a movie actress for instance (which is actually something multiple versions of the story do).

But it’s a Bollywood musical comedy, so is that so surprising? The same basic premise of people trapped and killed off one by one for past crimes is still there.

Without further ado, let’s dig into it, shall we? Interestingly none of them felt terribly similar to any other version which was a feat in and of itself. It was actively fun to watch for the small variances and major deviations from the original novel and from each of the versions. When I first thought about doing this marathon, I was worried that watching eight versions of the same story would get boring and repetitive, but quite the opposite turned out to be true. In addition to these, there are numerous other television versions, additional Indian versions, a fairly recent Japanese mini-series version as well as looser adaptations like the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Sabotage and several others produced from various countries over the years. While what follows is eight different adaptations, this by no means is intended to include every single adaptation of the film. It tackles the material with a lighter touch adding elements of comedy and using the stage play’s happy ending for what I assume to be a more crowd-pleasing Golden Hollywood feel. Probably the most well-known version of the book is the 1945 film And Then There Were None directed by Rene Clair and it sets a template for how many of the versions will be adapted over the years. This latter ending is the one that most adaptations seem to use with a couple of notable exceptions I’ll get into. When Agatha Christie adapted the novel as a stage play, she made the decision to give it a happy ending, sparing the romantic lead man and woman. The original novel had a very grim ending that essentially leaves everyone dead with the judge, succumbing to a terminal illness, having killed everyone else before poisoning himself. Then each one is killed off in a fashion related to the poem Ten Little Indians/N-words/Soldier Boys. Upon arrival they are then greeted with a recording that accuses each of them with murder, sentencing them to be judged. **Note: Be aware that this article will be full of spoilers so if you have somehow avoided reading one of the most widely popular mystery novels of all time and avoided seeing at least one of its more than a dozen adaptations, you may want to just skip down to the conclusion to find out where to start.įor those who aren’t aware, And Then They Were None (Ten Little N***ers as originally published) is the story of a group of people brought to an incredibly isolated island with no way of escape for disparate reasons by a Mr.

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