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5 days ago · Producer David L. Wolper purchased the screen rights to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” for $500,000 in 1969. Wolper also gave Dahl the job of adapting his novel as screenwriter and a portion of the film’s profits.
2 days ago · The film's approach was engineered by executive producer David L. Wolper, who was already a veteran of television documentaries with more than a decade of experience and an Emmy for The Making of the President 1960 (1963), although his greatest achievement would arguably be his pioneering 12-hour miniseries Roots (1977), which set ...
4 days ago · Doc of the Week. Lakhdar. Kidnapped and taken to Guantánamo Bay by the US military, Lakhdar Boumediène was wrongfully detained and tortured at the notorious prison for seven long years. Now a free man leading a quiet life in Nice, France, Lakhdar embarks on a journey to seek answers and some measure of justice for Guantánamo survivors. Donate.
5 days ago · Seen by 130 million viewers during its premiere telecast and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L. Wolper production remains an engrossing entertainment 30 years later. Embark on an unforgettable DVD journey.
3 days ago · David Pierce, a former student said of Room 8, "I was an object in his world. He was a very demonstrative kitty (but) he didn't go out of his way to be petted." Room 8's paw prints.
3 days ago · Your decision could only be compared to selecting J. Edgar Hoover to portray Martin Luther King Jr." Producer David L. Wolper in a telephone interview compared it to letting the head of the Ku Klux Klan play a sympathetic white man in Roots, a miniseries about the slave trade.
3 days ago · William David Friedkin (/ ˈ f r iː d k ɪ n /; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s.
