• Howard Oliver Sackler (December 19, 1929 – October 12, 1982) was an American screenwriter and playwright who is best known for having written The Great...
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  • The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same name. The play was first produced by Arena...
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  • edited by Stanley Kubrick (in his directorial debut), and written by Howard Sackler. With a production team of fifteen people, the film originally premiered...
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    Benchley adapted his novel, along with help from Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler, into the film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. Although Gottlieb...
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  • biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name. The film was directed by Martin Ritt, starring...
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  • entrepreneur Elizabeth Sackler, American philanthropist Howard Sackler, American playwright (The Great White Hope) Mortimer Sackler, American pharmaceutical...
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  • crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick, following his 1953...
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    1967 when she played Eleanor Backman in the original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Like her co-star...
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  • the sequel, leading to an arduous 18-month pre-production process. Howard Sackler, who had contributed to the first film's script but chose not to be...
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    in several dramas issued by Caedmon Records: King Lear, directed by Howard Sackler (Text edited by G.B. Harrison), with Pamela Brown (Goneril), Rachel...
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  • – 1917) German-American boxer The Great White Hope, a 1967 play by Howard Sackler The Great White Hope (film), a 1970 motion picture adapted from the...
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  • released a 2-LP recording of the Paul Bowles translation directed by Howard Sackler (TRS 327), with Donald Pleasence as Garcin/Cradeau, Glenda Jackson as...
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    Spielberg's invitation. Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Howard Sackler was in Los Angeles when the filmmakers began looking for another writer...
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    Shyre created a "dramatic revue", working together with Dos Passos. Howard Sackler also adapted it for a well-received 1968 audio production with Caedmon...
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    Purdue Pharma (category Sackler family)
    It was sold to Arthur, Mortimer, and Raymond Sackler in 1952, and then owned principally by the Sackler family and their descendants. The company manufactured...
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    unabridged audio productions on LP in 1965 (SRS-M-232) directed by Howard Sackler, with Paul Scofield as Lear, Cyril Cusack as Gloucester. Robert Stephens...
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  • Nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning two. The Great White Hope 1967 Howard Sackler 1969 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated. Hangmen 2015...
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  • March with Celia Johnson and Anthony Quayle in the leads; directed by Howard Sackler, the production was designed by Sean Kenny. According to Theatre World...
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  • David Greene Written by Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation) James Whittaker Howard Sackler (screenplay) Based on Event 1000 1971 novel by David Lavallee Produced...
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  • Co-written with W. D. Richter 1979 Saint Jack Yes Yes No Co-written with Howard Sackler and Paul Theroux 1981 They All Laughed Yes Yes No Additional dialogue...
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  • Victor Lownes, Hugh Hefner, Richard Harris, Al Capp, Tony Curtis, Howard Sackler, John Heyman and Simon Reuben. In 1972, Cornfeld bankrolled the Paradise...
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  • his wife Dorothy Tristan did rewrites of the original screenplay by Howard Sackler, who had recommended Hancock for the job. Hancock ran into trouble with...
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  • Saint Jack Directed by Peter Bogdanovich Screenplay by Howard Sackler Paul Theroux Peter Bogdanovich Based on Saint Jack by Paul Theroux Produced by Roger...
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    drafts of the screenplay, Carl Gottlieb (along with the uncredited Howard Sackler and John Milius) wrote the majority of the final script for the Spielberg...
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    originally running with the title The Trap, written by his friend Howard Sackler. Kubrick's uncle, Martin Perveler, a Los Angeles pharmacy owner, invested...
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    Credited with Cecil Brown 1978 Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc Credited with Howard Sackler 1979 The Jerk Carl Reiner Credited with Steve Martin & Michael Elias...
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  • Loesser and Abe Burrows (1962) Frank D. Gilroy (1965) Edward Albee (1967) Howard Sackler (1969) Charles Gordone (1970) Paul Zindel (1971) Jason Miller (1973)...
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    The Subject Was Roses† Frank D. Gilroy 1966 no award — 1967 A Delicate Balance≠ Edward Albee 1968 no award — 1969 The Great White Hope† Howard Sackler...
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    Guinness. In December 1967, Jones starred alongside Jane Alexander in Howard Sackler's play, The Great White Hope, at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C....
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  • David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter 1929 – Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1982) 1930 – Knut Helle, Norwegian...
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