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David Zelag Goodman (January 15, 1930 – September 26, 2011) [1][2][3][4][5] was a playwright and screenwriter for both TV and film. [6] His most prolific period was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Lovers and Other Strangers, [7] though he did not win.
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Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. [7] The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is based on Gordon M. Williams 's 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher's Farm.
David Zelag Goodman. Screenwriter. 15 January 1930 to 25 September 2011. After early experience writing the British drama The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) Goodman hit his stride with a succession of features during the 1970s.
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In the year of the city 2274, the remnants of human civilization live in a sealed city contained beneath a cluster of geodesic domes, a utopia run by a computer that takes care of all aspects of life, including reproduction. The citizens live a hedonisticlifestyle but, to prevent overpopulation, everyone must undergo the rite of "Carrousel" when th...
Development
MGM's early attempts to adapt the book led to development hell. Producer George Pal's attempt was troubled in 1969 by competing views of what the film's story should be, including the possibility of incorporating symbolism of real-life issues, in comparison to screenwriter Richard Maibaum's vision. Rewriting Maibaum's screenplay would have taken between two and three months, and the budget would have had to have been reassessed. Pal became concerned the delays would cause the film to miss the...
Casting
York, Agutter, and William Devane were cast in the lead roles, with Devane announced to play an "elite" Sandman in May 1975. Devane withdrew from the project and replaced Roy Thinnes in Alfred Hitchcock's 1976 film Family Plot. Stepping in for Devane was Richard Jordan, best known for his performances in Lawman (1971), Chato's Land (1972), Rooster Cogburn (1975) and the 1976 TV mini-series Captains and the Kings. York had previously appeared in Cabaret (1972), The Three Musketeers (1973) and...
Filming
Special effects artists L. B. Abbott and Glen Robinson regarded Carrousel as the most difficult part of the film to portray, requiring hidden wires to depict the levitation. For the scene in which Logan is interrogated by the Deep Sleep central computer, it was decided that genuine holograms would be the most convincing, with Saul David advocating that a new hologram effect be created. The robot character Box was portrayed by placing actor Roscoe Lee Brownein a robot costume. The filmmakers a...
Logan's Run explores utopian and dystopian themes, with the idea that characters willingly die instead of reaching advanced ages, reflecting the idea that "utopias require its participants to give something up in order to create harmony and uniformity". Common dystopian themes include an evil ruling authority, the confiscation of children from pare...
Box office
In its first five days in theatres in 1976, Logan's Run grossed $2.5 million, a substantial sum at the time.The film finished its run with a gross of $25 million in North America, and a solid performance in other territories. The film is credited with helping MGM recover from debtand was a hit with young audiences in particular.
Critical response
The film received a generally mixed response. Roger Ebert gave the film a three-star rating, calling the film a "vast, silly extravaganza", with a plot that's a "cross between Arthur C. Clarke's The City and the Stars and elements of Planet of the Apes" and "that delivers a certain amount of fun". Varietystaff called the film "rewarding" in its escapism and intelligence. Vincent Canby of The New York Timeswas less positive: Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film zero stars out of fo...
Accolades
At the Academy Awards, the film won a Special Academy Award for visual effects, tied with the 1976 remake of King Kong, indicating that Logan's Run made its mark in visual and special effects for which few previous science fiction films had a sufficient budget. Logan's Run was very popular at the Saturn Awards, winning the six awards, including Best Science Fiction Film. The film was also in competition for the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.
Inspired by the film's success with young viewers, CBS and MGM Television paid Nolan $9 million to base a television series on the film. The resulting series, Logan's Run, starring Gregory Harrison and Heather Menzies, began with Logan and Jessica escaping the domed city, then showed them encountering various obstacles in their quest to find Sanctu...
Logan's Run at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsLogan's Run at IMDbLogan's Run at the TCM Movie DatabaseLogan's Run at AllMovieDavid Zelag Goodman was born on 15 January 1930 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Logan's Run (1976), Straw Dogs (2011) and Straw Dogs (1971). He was married to Marjorie Goodman. He died on 26 September 2011 in Oakland, California, USA.
Sep 28, 2011 · David Zelag Goodman, a screenwriter best known for such 1970s films as the controversial psychological thriller “Straw Dogs” and “Lovers and Other Strangers,” a comedy that earned him an...
