Flowers for Algernon gets the tearjerker treatment — bring tissues, not popcorn.
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.
Acting
Cliff Robertson's Oscar-winning transformation from childlike to brilliant to broken
Direction
Ralph Nelson's unflinching commitment to the source material's bleak honesty
Writing
Daniel Keyes' novel adapted with devastating fidelity
Director
Ralph Nelson
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