"Stand"", appeared on the BBC Radio Third Programme in 1965, with Arthur Lowe and Ronald Baddiley. Hines is best known for his novel ""A Kestrel for a Knave"" (1968); he co-wrote the script for the film version ""Kes"" (1969), directed by Ken Loach. It tells the story of a troubled schoolboy living in a mining village near Barnsley, who finds comfort in tending a kestrel that he named 'Kes'. Hines also wrote the script for the BAFTA award-winning TV film ""Threads"" (1984), a speculative television drama examining the effects of nuclear war on Sheffield. He was known for writing scripts"
"book was adapted as a screenplay by Marguerite Roberts for the Western film ""True Grit"" directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross, Robert Duvall as ""Lucky"" Ned Pepper, Glen Campbell as LaBoeuf, Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney, and John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn (a role that won John Wayne Best Actor at the Academy Awards). A film sequel, ""Rooster Cogburn"", was produced from an original screenplay in 1975, with John Wayne reprising his role, and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams with him. The sequel was not well received, and the plot"
"Hell Bent for Leather (film) Hell Bent for Leather is a 1960 American CinemaScope Eastmancolor Western film directed by George Sherman starring Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally and Robert Middleton. The film was based on the 1959 novel ""Outlaw Marshal"" by Ray Hogan and filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California.. Clay Santell (Audie Murphy) has his horse stolen and stops in the town of Sutterville. He is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers (Jan Merlin), so hand him over to Marshal Harry Deckett (Stephen McNally). Deckett knows the truth but decides to"
"True Grit (1969 film) True Grit is a 1969 American western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross and John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts. Wayne won his only Academy Award for his performance in the film and reprised his role for the 1975 sequel ""Rooster Cogburn"". Historians believe Cogburn was based on Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The cast also features Glen Campbell,"
"with prosecution on another theft if she doesn't cooperate in helping him bag the elusive Rhodes, the last jewel in his crown before the Chief Inspector formally retires from duty. The film was based on the novel, ""Touch the Lion's Paw"" published in 1975. The ""New York Times"" said ""The book has a lot to offer, if only for the planning of the caper."" In 1977 it was announced Burt Reynolds would star in a film of the book called ""Rough Cut"" based on a script by Larry Gelbart, produced by David Merrick and directed by Blake Edwards. Reynolds and"
"California, Berkeley. He got a job at KPFA, where he met film director Joseph Strick through film critic Pauline Kael. Strick was impressed with Haines' intellectual curiosity and film knowledge, and got him a job in the writing department at Columbia Pictures. Strick obtained the film rights to the James Joyce novel ""Ulysses"", and brought Haines on board as co-writer and associate producer for the film, with Strick directing. ""Ulysses"" was released in 1967, and was praised for its faithfulness to Joyce's novel, receiving a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1967 Academy Awards. While filming ""Ulysses"" in Ireland,"
"step up is Montgomery (Robert Ryan) and the rest are Floyd (Steve Brodie), Mitchell, and a possible witness named Ginny (Gloria Grahame). As Finlay and Keeley slowly piece together the fragments of that night, they realize there is one possible motive that may have driven the killer to beat an innocent to death, which prompts Finlay to set up a trap to expose the killer. The film's screenplay, written by John Paxton, was based on director and screenwriter Richard Brooks's 1945 novel ""The Brick Foxhole"". Brooks wrote his novel while he was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps making"
"Charles Dickens novel ""Oliver Twist"". After directing several contributions to the BBC's ""Wednesday Play"" anthology series, Ken Loach began his feature film career with the social realist ""Poor Cow"" (1967) and ""Kes"" (1969). Meanwhile, the controversy around Peter Watkins ""The War Game"" (1965), which won the Best Documentary Film Oscar in 1967, but had been suppressed by the BBC who had commissioned it, would ultimately lead Watkins to work exclusively outside Britain. American studios cut back on British productions, and in many cases withdrew from financing them altogether. Films financed by American interests were still being made, including Billy Wilder's"
"for the movie is based on the novel ""The Feather Men"" by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Several elements from the book were altered to make the movie seem more believable to a movie-going audience. The military adviser for the movie was Iain D Townsley, a former member of a Sabre Squadron 22 SAS. Iain had served 25 years in the British Army, 18 of those years with 22 SAS. Iain was at that time living in Victoria Australia, and by chance was introduced to the director Gary McKendry who offered him the job. Iain maintained that ""it's a good story, but"
"has since become a cult classic. A soundtrack to the film was also released through Columbia Records. Here is the track listing: The album has been out of print for years and is considered a highly sought-after collector's item, usually priced fairly high on many online stores, including Amazon. Next of Kin (1989 film) Next of Kin is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by John Irvin and starring Patrick Swayze and Liam Neeson, with Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and Ben Stiller in one of his earliest roles. The screenplay was based on a story of the"
"nominated for the British Film Award (later known as a BAFTA) for Best Screenplay for both films. Film producer Harry Saltzman, who had produced the two Osborne adaptations, approached Kneale about scripting a project he was working on to adapt Ian Fleming's James Bond novels for the cinema; Kneale was not a fan of Fleming's work and turned the offer down. Further adaptations Kneale did work on were ""H.M.S. Defiant"" (1962, from the novel ""Mutiny"" by Frank Tilsley) and ""First Men in the Moon"" (1964, from the novel by H. G. Wells). Less successfully during this period, Kneale completed screenplays"
"the basis for the 1975 Paramount Pictures film ""Mandingo"". ""Mandingo"" was followed by several sequels over the next three decades, some of which were co-written by Onstott with Lance Horner and in later years written by Harry Whittington under the pseudonym ""Ashley Carter"". In order by publication date: ""Mandingo"" (1957), ""Drum"" (1962), ""Master of Falconhurst"" (1964), ""Falconhurst Fancy"" (1966), ""The Mustee"" (1967), ""Heir to Falconhurst"" (1968), ""Flight to Falconhurst"" (1971), ""Mistress of Falconhurst"" (1973), ""Six-Fingered Stud"" (1975), ""Taproots of Falconhurst"" (1978), ""Scandal of Falconhurst"" (1980), ""Rogue of Falconhurst"" (1983), ""Miz Lucretia of Falconhurst"" (1985), ""Mandingo Master"" (1986), ""Falconhurst Fugitive"" (1988)"
"after the film. The ""Los Angeles Times"" called the film ""fairly good"" in which Byrnes was ""a bit too contemporary. Let it be said that he left his comb somewhere in the Sunset Strip and played it straight from there. Burt Kennedy's script is first rate."" Yellowstone Kelly Yellowstone Kelly is a 1959 Western Technicolor movie based upon a novel by Heck Allen (using his pen name Clay Fisher, which shows in the movie credits) with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy starring Clint Walker as Yellowstone Luther Kelly, and directed by Gordon Douglas. The film was originally supposed to be"
"Their adaptation focuses more on Mattie's point of view, as in the novel, and is more faithful to its Oklahoma setting. Hailee Steinfeld portrays Mattie Ross, Jeff Bridges plays Rooster Cogburn, and the cast also includes Matt Damon as La Boeuf and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney. True Grit (1969 film) True Grit is a 1969 American western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross and John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts."
"passive-aggressive response to his father, masking the need for the patriarch's approval. The novel was adapted (albeit loosely) by screenwriters Herbert Baker and Michael V. Gazzo as the 1958 movie ""King Creole"" for Elvis Presley, co-starring Walter Matthau and Carolyn Jones and directed by Michael Curtiz. A Stone for Danny Fisher A Stone For Danny Fisher is a serious early novel by Harold Robbins that looks at the effect of the Great Depression on a lower-middle class Jewish family. Written in 1952, it is set in the period up to 1944. In the mid-1920s, a young Danny Fisher and his"
"Arson for Hire Arson for Hire is a 1959 crime drama directed by Thor L. Brooks. The film stars Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas and Tom Hubbard, who also wrote. Arson squad investigator Johnny Broderick and his partner Ben Howard, investigate a warehouse fire, and find evidence of arson. Actress Keely Harris inherits a warehouse from her father that is burned in a fire. Her father's business partner informs her that he and her father had planned the fire and demands half the insurance money. Meanwhile, arson investigator Johnny Broderick and assistant Ben Howard suspect the fire wasn't an accident. The"
"Neame directed the festive favourite ""Scrooge"" (1970). ""A Clockwork Orange"" (1971), based on Anthony Burgess' novella of the same name, starred Malcolm McDowell as Alex, the leader of a gang of thugs in a dystopian Britain. ""Get Carter"" (1971) features the eponymous London gangster Jack Carter (played by Michael Caine). The horror film ""The Wicker Man"" (1973), starring Christopher Lee, is considered a cult classic. In 1973 ""The Day of the Jackal"" starred Edward Fox as the ""Jackal"" (which was based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth). Nicolas Roeg's acclaimed psychological horror/thriller ""Don't Look Now"" was released in 1973. Two"
"Charles Dickens's ""Great Expectations"" (1861). It has been recently featured on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels: No. 71 on the Readers' List and 93 on the Critics' List. The novel was adapted for film with a screenplay by Fowles, directed by Guy Green, and released in 1968. It starred Michael Caine as Nicholas Urfe, Anthony Quinn as Maurice Conchis, Anna Karina as Alison, Candice Bergen as Lily/Julie, and Julian Glover as Anton. It was filmed in the island of Majorca. The adaptation was generally considered a failure as film. Caine said that it was one of the"
"(1973). Other relevant scores for less popular Spaghetti Westerns include ""Duello nel Texas"" (1963), """" (1964), ""A Pistol for Ringo"" (1965), ""The Return of Ringo"" (1965), ""Seven Guns for the MacGregors"" (1966), ""The Hills Run Red"" (1966), Giulio Petroni's ""Death Rides a Horse"" (1967) and ""Tepepa"" (1968), ""A Bullet for the General"" (1967), ""Guns for San Sebastian"" (with Charles Bronson and Anthony Quinn, 1968), ""A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof"" (1968), ""The Five Man Army"" (1969), Don Siegel's ""Two Mules for Sister Sara"" (1970), ""Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?"" (1972) and ""Buddy Goes West"" (1981). With Leone's films,"
"1969 (film) 1969 is a 1988 drama film written and directed by Ernest Thompson and starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. The original music score is composed by Michael Small. The film deals with the Vietnam War and the resulting social tensions between those who support and oppose the war in small-town America. The boys, Ralph and Scott, hitchhike home from college, arriving on Easter morning and shout their greetings across the glen to their family during a lakeside Easter Sunrise service, much to the amusement of Ralph's younger sister, Beth, and mother, Ev, and embarrassment of"
"lowered on a scaffold and exchanges gunfire with Raven, wounding him. Raven passes up the opportunity to kill Crane when he sees Ellen helping the detective. Other police fatally shoot Raven, but he lives long enough to be assured by Ellen that she did not turn him in and that he succeeded in getting the confession. Graham Greene's novel ""This Gun for Hire"" was published in the U.S. in 1936, and several movie studios considered obtaining rights to the book. These included 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. Paramount bought the rights in 1936, and announced Gertrude Michael as a"
"1 widescreen DVD. The Reivers (film) The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the UK) is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell based on the William Faulkner novel ""The Reivers, a Reminiscence"". The supporting cast includes Sharon Farrell, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel, and Burgess Meredith as the narrator. Set in 1905, the film follows the exploits of the likable but raffish Boon Hoggenbeck (Steve McQueen), who takes an interest in a new car, a new 1905 Winton Flyer that is the property of a man named Boss (Will Geer),"
"The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1939 mystery film based on the novel ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was directed by Sidney Lanfield and released by 20th Century-Fox. It is among the best-known cinematic adaptations of the book, and is often regarded as one of the best. The film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson and Richard Greene as Henry Baskerville. Because Fox was unsure that the film would be a success, and that Rathbone and Bruce would appear in more"
"The Hustler (novel) The Hustler is a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, Edward ""Fast Eddie"" Felson, who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats. ""The Hustler"" was adapted into a 1961 film of the same title, starring Paul Newman as Fast Eddie and Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats. The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards. It remains widely regarded as a classic. After losing to Fats, Eddie could spiral down to the scrapheap, but he meets Bert Gordon, a . Bert teaches him"
"File for Callan"", also by James Mitchell. However, the film's credits give only the novel as source (no mention is made of the pilot teleplay or the TV series), and identify the novel as ""A Red File for Callan"", the mild variant title under which it had been published in the United States (in 1969) by Simon & Schuster. (In 1974 Dell would reissue the book under that title in paperback, but despite coinciding with the film's release year, the edition gives no hint of being a tie-in.) Callan's boss ""Charlie"" Hunter was played by Eric Porter and Meres was"
"either murdered by drug dealers or was the victim of a political assassination. Others have speculated that Acosta overdosed or suffered a nervous breakdown during his trip. The film ""Where the Buffalo Roam"" (1980) loosely depicts Acosta's life and his relationship with Hunter S. Thompson. Its name is derived from Thompson's article about Acosta, ""The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat,"" in reference Acosta's book ""Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo"". Actor Peter Boyle portrayed Acosta, whose character is named ""Carl Lazlo, Esquire"" and Bill Murray portrayed Thompson. ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" (1998) is a film adaptation of Thompson's novel"
"of the track, saying in a 2004 interview with ""The Independent"" that ""There are some bass lines that contain the whole mystery of creation within them"". Get Carter Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne and Bryan Mosley. The screenplay was adapted by Hodges from Ted Lewis's 1969 novel ""Jack's Return Home"". Producer Michael Klinger optioned the book and made a deal for the ailing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio to finance and release the film, bringing in Hodges and Caine. Caine became a co-producer of the"
"and the character of Charles Foster Kane -- to suppress or destroy the film and discredit Welles, and the ascent of ""Citizen Kane"" in the rankings of American motion pictures. The book is notable for using previously unused documents from the Hearst and Welles archives, the University of Michigan, and the Museum of Modern Art (New York), to examine six new topics about the film: Welles' role in writing the screenplay, which was larger than formerly understood; previously-unreleased information provided by Welles’ assistant Kathryn (Trosper) Popper, which describes Welles’ struggles with creating the film; the impact on the production of"
"Stevens reveals that he knew about McCoy and Canfield's involvement, but couldn't move in without evidence, and now that they have the drug shipment, they can convict Canfield. With encouragement from Heather and Chan, Kane lets go of his revenge and finds Linda's tape on Canfield. He gives the tape to Stevens, and Canfield is taken into custody. Kane and Stevens part ways amicably, and he leaves the estate with Heather and Chan. An Eye for an Eye (1981 film) An Eye for an Eye is a 1981 American action film directed by Steve Carver, and starring Chuck Norris, Christopher"
"the book, the 1925 silent film and the more famous 1959 film of same name. The rights to the latter film were sold to Ted Turner in the 1980s. MGM had just emerged from bankruptcy due to the global success of the twenty-third ""James Bond"" film, ""Skyfall"", and """", which both went to gross over $1 billion at the box office worldwide, including above $300 million in the United States and Canada, while Paramount were doing well at the time with the biblical tale ""Noah"". John Ridley (""12 Years a Slave"") was hired to revise the script, with Sean Daniel,"
"The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1972 American made-for-television mystery film directed by Barry Crane and starring Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes and Bernard Fox as Doctor Watson. The movie is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"". ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" was the first American color version of the tale, and was produced by ABC-TV for their ""ABC Movie of the Week"". The production was one of three pilots for a series of television movies featuring literary sleuths with the others being Nick Carter"
"the real-life experiences of Haywood T. Kirkland (aka Ari S. Merretazon), whose true story was detailed in the book ""Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans "" by Wallace Terry. Certain characters from the film are based on real acquaintances of Kirkland, who served time in prison after committing robbery in facepaint. The film also is loosely based on several incidents involving the Black Liberation Army notably the Brink's armored truck robbery. In the spring of 1969, Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) is about to graduate from high school, and decides to enlist in the U.S. Marine"
"failed to report to his parole officer, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. In February 2007, a man matching Smith's description was detained by police in Los Angeles' Skid Row area and eventually identified as Smith. He was arrested, charged with violating his parole, and sent to the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, California. On April 7, 2007, while in that facility, he died of an apparent heart attack at age 76. The book was adapted into an 1979 film of the same name directed by Harold Becker. It starred John Savage as Karl Hettinger, James Woods as"