 In 1999, it was adapted for the screen in the film "Simpatico" starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener, and Albert Finney.In the Fall of 2017, following the death of Sam Shepard that July, "Simpatico" was presented at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey by A Red Orchid Theatre of Chicago, and directed by Dado.The cast was Michael Shannon, Guy Van Swearingen, Mierka Girten, John Judd, Kristen E. Ellis and Jennifer Engstrom.