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Michael David Herr [1] (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War.
Dispatches is a New Journalism book by Michael Herr that describes the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine. First published in 1977, Dispatches was one of the first pieces of American literature that portrayed the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War for American readers.
The novel was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket (1987), co-scripted by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick. In 1990, Hasford published the sequel The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam. [2] [3] The two books were supposed to be part of a "Vietnam Trilogy", but Hasford died before writing the third installment. [4]
In Dispatches, Michael Herr wrote of Page as the most "extravagant" of the "wigged-out crazies running around Vietnam", due in most respects to the amount of drugs that he enjoyed taking. [8] His unusual personality was part of the inspiration for the character of the journalist played by Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now. [9]
Michael Newman, best known for his starring role as Mike “Newmie” Newman on the original Baywatch series, has died aged 68.. Matt Felker, his close friend and After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun ...
YouTuber Paul Harrell has announced his own death from pancreatic cancer at 58. In a prerecorded video posted on Wednesday, Sept. 4, and titled "I’m Dead," Harrell shared that his pancreatic ...
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In early 1980, Kubrick contacted Michael Herr, author of the Vietnam War memoir Dispatches (1977), to discuss work on a film about the Holocaust but Kubrick discarded that idea in favor of a film about the Vietnam War. [27] Herr and Kubrick met in England; Kubrick told Herr he wanted to make a war film but had yet to find a story to adapt. [13]