Word: milius
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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APOCALYPSE NOW Directed by Francis Coppola Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola...
Spielberg began working on the picture before Close Encounters. His pal John Milius (The Wind and the Lion) brought around two young writers with their script about the California invasion scare. "I gagged on it," Spielberg recalls, "but I was leery. When a script is so funny that you gag, that's really the kiss of death because it usually doesn't film that way." But when Milius backed out he took it on. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the scriptwriters, flew to the Close Encounters location in Alabama and the three would rearrange schemes and characters. Says...
...Milius says that there is a "wonderful innocence to Steven," and it seems to be true. Adds Milius: "We don't take ourselves seriously. We're just a bunch of stupid kids making toys." Spielberg doesn't go quite that far, but he doesn't mind being called a "popcorn" director. "It's what I've chosen to do," he says. "I like to see people jump out of their seats. In that sense, I'm as much of a whore as the vaudevillians were, and proud...
...four directors, the new artisans form a tightly knit tribe, remarkably-Tree of fraternal competition. Together, they have almost taken over the industry. Coppola scored with The Godfather, Martin Scorsese, 34, with Taxi Driver, and Steven Spielberg, 30, with Jaws, the top-grossing film of all time. John Milius, 33, directed The Wind and the Lion and has written several scripts; Producer Gary Kurtz, 36, produced both Star Wars and American Graffiti...
...WIND AND THE LION. A grand, wistful adventure, directed and written by John Milius, concerning the last of the Barbary pirates (Sean Connery). The movie is made affectionately in the mold of such larger-than-life romances as Drums and Four Feathers...