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Howard Oliver Sackler (December 19, 1929 – October 12, 1982) was an American screenwriter and playwright who is best known for having written The Great White Hope (play: 1967; film: 1970). The Great White Hope enjoyed both a successful run on Broadway and, as a film adaptation, in movie theaters.
The Sackler family is an American family who owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and later founded Mundipharma. [1] Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin. Purdue Pharma has been criticized for its role in the opioid epidemic ...
Oct 15, 1982 · Howard Sackler, who won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for drama for ''The Great White Hope'' was found dead yesterday morning in his studio in Ibiza, Spain, where he lived most of the year.
The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same name. The play was first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in October 1968, directed by Edwin Sherin with James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in the lead roles.
- Howard Sackler
- 1967
Aug 14, 2023 · Netflix's Painkiller takes us through the end of Purdue Pharma, but what happens next in the story of the Sackler family and the opioid crisis?
Howard Sackler was born on 19 December 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Jaws 2 (1978), The Great White Hope (1970) and Fear and Desire (1952). He was married to Greta Lynn Lundgren. He died on 12 October 1982 in Ibiza, Spain.
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His major achievement would come in the form of The Great White Hope. Sackler was intrigued by the story of Jack Johnson, the first black Heavyweight Champion of the World. Initially, his vision was to create a musical version of the play, but the author soon abandoned the idea in favor of drama.
