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Jun 11, 2024 · Originally conceived as a vehicle for Christopher Lee to distance himself from his Hammer Horror roots when he and writer Anthony Shaffer met in 1971, The Wicker Man became something far, far greater.
Jun 27, 2024 · Sun Scripter Anthony Shaffer--who co-wrote a few mystery novels himself back in the Fifties with his twin brother Peter, author of the hit plays Equus and Amadeus--wrote the hit mystery thriller play Sleuth and worked on the scripts for all four of the films in the Poirot Quartet, although his work on the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Murder on the Orient Express went uncredited.
Jun 23, 2024 · This year marks the 50-year anniversary of the release of The Wicker Man, the 1973 folk horror classic by director Robin Hardy and screenwriter Anthony Shaffer. In honor of this landmark year, I thought I’d take a look at a few works that are either directly or indirectly related.
Jun 14, 2024 · Playwright Anthony Shaffer adapted his clever murder mystery, and Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier gave Oscar-nominated performances. In addition, Mankiewicz received his fourth nod for best direction. He subsequently retired.
2 days ago · For Playboy’s January, 2011 issue Lance filed “The Private War of Anthony Shaffer,” the the untold story of the Pentagon’s censorship of “Operation Dark Heart,” the Afghan war memoir of Bronze Star winner Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer.
5 days ago · Anthony Shaffer was born in Liverpool in 1926. His identical twin, Peter, was also a writer and playwright. As well as 'Sleuth', Anthony Shaffer wrote the screenplays for 'The Wicker Man' (1973) and 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982).
Jun 24, 2024 · First, The Wicker Man was a 1973 movie directed by Robin Hardy and written by Anthony Shaffer. A master class in slow-burn folk horror, The Wicker Man features Edward Woodward as an uptight police officer who comes to a secluded island with strange customs, led by Christopher Lee’s charismatic Lord Summerisle.
