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Death Wish is a 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. [1] A sequel novel, Death Sentence, was published in 1975.
- It Was Inspired by A Couple of Real-Life Crimes (That Were Much Less violent).
- Originally Sidney Lumet Was Set to Direct, with Jack Lemmon Starring.
- Henry Fonda and George C. Scott Both Turned Down The Lead role.
- Charles Bronson and His Agent Disagreed on The Film's message.
- Brian Garfield Thought Bronson Was All Wrong For The Part.
- Bronson Thought Dustin Hoffman Should Have Played His Part.
- Jeff Goldblum Made His Film Debut in The Movie.
- Olympia Dukakis Had A Small Role, But Doesn't Look Back on The Film fondly.
- There Was Concern About Using The Word "Death" in The Title.
- Garfield Thought The Movie and His Book Sent Different messages.
Author Brian Garfield was inspired to write Death Wish after he grew very angry when, in separate incidents, his wife's purse was stolen and his car was vandalized. “I knew the vandal had done us no real harm ... Yet my first response to the discovery of this mindless violence was swift and stark," Garfield later wrote. "My boundaries had been viol...
The adapted screenplay by Wendell Mayes (Anatomy of a Murder, The Poseidon Adventure) was written with the idea that Sidney Lumet would be behind the camera and Jack Lemmon would be starring as Paul. Lumet supposedly wanted to shoot it in black and white. When Dino De Laurentiis came on as producer, Lumet dropped out. With Lumet out, Lemmon lost in...
Henry Fonda declined the part because he said the script was "repulsive." George C. Scott said no because of all its violence.
While Charles Bronson was immediately interested in the role, his agent wasn't so sure. "It's the only time Paul Kohner, my agent, ever disagreed with me about a film," Bronson saidin 1974. "Paul felt very strongly that it was a dangerous picture—that it might make people think it's right to take the law into their own hands. This is what the hero ...
Garfield didn't like the fact that as soon as Bronson appeared on screen, "you knew he was going to start blowing people away." Director Michael Winner dismissed the author's criticisms, calling him"an idiot."
Even though he liked the message, Bronson wasn't originally convinced that he would be the best actor for the job. "The way the part was written, it was about a meek little New York-born accountant," Bronson said. "I thought it was a much better picture for Dustin Hoffman." Eventually, it was Winner who convinced Bronson to take the role anyway. "H...
When discussing his feature debut, Jeff Goldblum admitted,"I stick out like a sore thumb." Goldblum played one of the "Freaks" who killed Paul's wife and raped his daughter. Back in 1983, Goldblum told New York Magazine that a job was a job. "Did it bother me it was such a brutal part? No. It was the first movie I'd gone up for, and I got it." Winn...
Olympia Dukakis was uncredited, but paid, for playing one of the cops at the precinct. It wasn't a particularly positive experience for the future Oscar winner. "Yeah, they sent me over, and the director [Michael Winner] was, uh, not necessarily liked by the actors," Dukakis toldThe A.V. Club in 2015. "I mean, he made me turn around, and he wanted ...
Posters with the title Sidewalk Vigilante were printed because De Laurentiis worried about having the word "death" in the title. "The fact that it had the word death made me a little uneasy, a little perplexed," the producer admitted. "Then I realized it might bring in an additional audience—horror flick fans—so I left it the way it was." For his p...
"The point of the novel Death Wish is that vigilantism is an attractive fantasy but it only makes things worse in reality," the author saidin 2008. "By the end of the novel, the character (Paul) is gunning down unarmed teenagers because he doesn’t like their looks. The story is about an ordinary guy who descends into madness. Oddly enough Mayes’s s...
- Roger Cormier
Death Wish is a 1974 American vigilante action film directed by Michael Winner. The film, loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield and the first film in the Death Wish film series, stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, alongside Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Kathleen Tolan and Christopher Guest.
Nov 4, 2011 · First published in 1972, the original name for Garfield’s most iconic protagonist is Paul Benjamin, and he was a CPA. The basics of the story are the same—a liberal, non-violent citizen turns into a one-man army to battle injustice and street violence—but the similarities end there.
Jan 3, 2019 · Brian Garfield, who wrote the 1972 novel Death Wish that spawned the popular movie franchise featuring Charles Bronson as an architect turned vigilante, has died. He was 79.
Jan 1, 2001 · Paul Benjamin, a successful accountant in New York City, is enjoying a three-martini lunch when his home is broken into by a gang of drug addicts. For just a handful of money, they savagely beat Paul’s wife and daughter, leaving his wife dead and his daughter comatose.
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Death Wish (Novel) is a 1972 book that the 1974 film Death Wish is based on. It is written by Brian Garfeild and tells the story of a vigilante Paul Benjamin, who would lated be renamed Paul Kersey in the film adaption and it's sequels.
