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Jun 21, 2024 · It is a testament to both director Steven Spielberg and producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown that JAWS was even made. There were so many problems involved in the production that, had Universal pulled the plug and scrapped the project, no one would have doubted their decision.
Jun 6, 2024 · At a cost of almost $9 million – an incredible budget for the time – The Longest Day was the only film that Zanuck’s son, the also successful producer Richard D. Zanuck, ever warned him against....
4 days ago · In December 1962, 20th Century-Fox president Richard D. Zanuck hired Ernest Lehman to write the screenplay for the film adaptation of the stage musical.
Jun 6, 2024 · A watershed moment. Filmed on Ireland's east coast with some 2,500 reservists from the Irish Defence Forces as extras, the sequence's commitment to authenticity is unflinching. The landing craft...
2 days ago · In December 1968, Richard D. Zanuck was awarded the first star in eight years in a presentation ceremony hosted by Danny Thomas. In July 1978, the city of Los Angeles designated the Hollywood Walk of Fame a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
Jun 6, 2024 · While Zanuck was essentially trying to recreate the D-Day invasion and film in France, another hurdle was the threat of being shut down. THE LONGEST DAY was filmed at the same time as CLEOPATRA (1963) — which co-starred two The Longest Day stars, Roddy McDowall and Richard Burton.
Jun 20, 2024 · 'Jaws' opened in theaters across North America on this day in 1975. In 1973 Universal Pictures producers Richard D Zanuck and David Brown purchased the rights to an, at that time, unpublished novel by an unknown author. The novel was 'Jaws'. The author was Peter Benchley.
