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John Frederick Milius (/ ˈ m ɪ l i ə s /; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director.He was a writer for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now (1979), and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion (1975), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and Red Dawn (1984).
Big Wednesday is a 1978 American epic coming of age buddy sports comedy-drama film directed by John Milius.Written by Milius and Dennis Aaberg, it is loosely based on their own experiences at Malibu, California.
Milius cast Warren Oates in the lead. Milius had wanted Oates to play the lead role in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. "I write all my things for Warren Oates or young John Wayne types", he said. "Or sometimes Clint Eastwood. He looks good holding a gun. But to me, John Wayne is the ultimate American hero.
Pages in category "Films directed by John Milius" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The producers were not keen on Milius directing and paid a record price to own the script outright – $300,000. [5] Milius later said he liked John Huston but thought that he completely ruined the movie. [6] He was angry at the casting of "cutesy-pie" Paul Newman and felt Warren Oates would have been more suitable. [7] Milius later elaborated:
The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 American epic historical adventure film written and directed by John Milius, and starring Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, and John Huston. The film is loosely based on the real-life Perdicaris affair of 1904.
John Milius (m. 1978; div. bef. 1987) Celia Kaye (born February 24, 1942) is an American actress. [ 1 ] She starred in the 1964 film adaptation of Island of the Blue Dolphins which won her a Golden Globe award.
Milius is a 2013 documentary film about the writer, producer, director John Milius, directed by Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson. Plot A look ...