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Jeffrey David Boam (November 30, 1946 – January 26, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for The Dead Zone , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , Innerspace , The Lost Boys , and Lethal Weapon 2 and 3 .
Jeffrey Boam (1946-2000) was a screenwriter, producer and director of films and TV shows, such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Dead Zone and The Phantom. He also created The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Tales from the Crypt.
- Writer, Producer, Director
- November 30, 1946
- Jeffrey Boam
- January 26, 2000
Jeffrey Boam was a writer and producer of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Dead Zone and The Phantom. He died in 2000 from a rare lung disease in Los Angeles.
- November 30, 1946
- January 26, 2000
- THE FIRST SCRIPT WAS THROWN IN THE GARBAGE. Shane Black was 23 years old and trying to become an actor when he wrote the first draft of Lethal Weapon in less than six weeks.
- SHANE BLACK SET OUT TO WRITE AN “URBAN WESTERN,” MIXED WITH FRANKENSTEIN. Vince Bucci/Getty Images. “What I was looking to do at that time was write a urban western,” Black said.
- LEONARD NIMOY WAS OFFERED THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR. Richard Donner ended up directing all four of the Lethal Weapon films, but that only happened after Leonard Nimoy—who had just shown his directing chops behind the camera on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and 3 Men and a Baby (1987)—turned down directing Lethal Weapon to concentrate on The Good Mother (1988).
- DONNER TONED DOWN THE SCRIPT'S VIOLENCE, AND WAS INFLUENCED BY JOHN WAYNE. Vince Bucci/Getty Images. ''I tried to make it more like an old-fashioned western,'' Donner told The New York Times. ''
A commercially successful writer who scripted David Cronenberg's fine adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone" (1983) and has recently specialized in...
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Jan 24, 2000 · Jeffrey Boam is known as an Screenplay, Actor, Creator, Producer, Director, Executive Producer, and Co-Producer. Some of his work includes Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, The Lost Boys, The Dead Zone, Innerspace, Tales from the Crypt, and The Phantom.
May 4, 2013 · Originally appearing in EON Magazine in February 2000, just a few weeks after his sudden death, this interview with screenwriter Jeffrey Boam is a special treat.
