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Michael Schiffer is an American screenwriter, video game writer and film producer. Schiffer is known for such films and video games as Colors, Lean on Me, Crimson Tide, The Four Feathers, The Peacemaker and Call of Duty.
Michael Schiffer is the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia. From 2012 to 2022, Mr. Schiffer was a senior advisor and counselor on the Democratic Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Michael Schiffer is a writer and producer of movies and video games, such as Colors, Crimson Tide, The Four Feathers and Call of Duty. See his biography, credits, contact info and in-development projects on IMDb.
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Michael Brian Schiffer (born October 4, 1947, in Winnipeg, Canada) is an American archaeologist and one of the founders and pre-eminent exponents of behavioral archaeology.
- The Movie Was Inspired by A Discovery Channel Documentary.
- Quentin Tarantino Was An Uncredited Writer.
- Denzel Washington Confronted Tarantino on The Set.
- Robert Towne Was Another Ghostwriter.
- Warren Beatty and Al Pacino Were The First Choices to Play Captain Ramsey.
- Brad Pitt Wanted Denzel Washington’s role.
- The Navy and The General Public Were Divided on The Movie’S Central issue.
- The U.S. Navy Refused to Assist in Filming.
- The Crew Managed to Film A Naval Submarine Submerging anyway.
- The Movie Title Is A University of Alabama reference.
Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer’s collective creative wheels began to turn when they watched the four-part documentary, Submarines: Sharks of Steel.
Though Michael Schiffer earned the film's sole screenplay credit (based on a story by Schiffer and Richard P. Henrick), Tarantino contributed some words to the script as well. He wrote the scene in which members of the crew talked about their favorite submarine movies. Tarantino and Tony Scott had worked together two years earlier, when Scott direc...
Washington was very open with his anger about Tarantino’s use of racial slurs. The Pulp Fiction writer-director’s request that they have their argument privately was reportedly denied by Denzel. In a 2012 interview with GQ, Washington said that he has since apologized to Tarantino, and pointed out that his own daughter had just acted in Tarantino’s...
The Oscar-winning Chinatown scribe’s work on Crimson Tide included the scene in the officers' messwhere Hackman and Washington reveal their different philosophical views, foreshadowing their major disagreement that comes later on.
After many meetings with Simpson and Bruckheimer, the two producers moved on because Beatty took too long to commit to taking the part. Al Pacino was also a candidate to play the commander, but he also took too long to say yes. Hackman apparently agreed in a reasonable amount of time.
He wanted to work with Al Pacino. Once Pacino’s name was no longer attached, Pitt lost interest in playing Hunter.
When doing research for his script, Michael Schiffer found that every naval captain believed that he or she would launch missiles if they had their order to do so, even if a second order that followed was interrupted, like in the movie. But every non-military individual he spoke to said the opposite—“of course” they wouldn’t launch.
Their main objection was the mutiny written into the script. While the film’s technical adviser, Skip Beard U.S.N. (Retired), explained that there had never been a mutiny in the U.S. Navy, that might not actually be true.
After a compensated civilian informed Scott that a sub was leaving Pearl Harbor, the director had boats and helicopters shoot the necessary exterior shots. Scott maintained that his actions were perfectly legal. By sheer coincidence, the submarine in question was the actual USS Alabama.
The University of Alabama’s athletic teams are nicknamed the Crimson Tide.The school's legendary head football coach from 1958 to 1982 was Paul “Bear” Bryant; Bear is the name of Captain Ramsey’s dog.
- Roger Cormier
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Mar 2, 2023 · Official Account for Michael Schiffer, USAID Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia
