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A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American tragedy film based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled An American Tragedy.It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women: one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory, and the other a beautiful socialite.
Schechter's own experience as an editor is evident in the script, which blends intimate relationships with humorous details of life in an editing room. [3] Schechter had a number of his indie movie associates perform in this movie, such as Melonie Diaz. Lena Dunham and Alex Karpovsky, both of Girls fame also starred. [3] The film was shot in 12 ...
Duel in the Sun was released the same year as John Ford's film My Darling Clementine and has been described as taking "the moment of sadism" from Ford's film to extremes. Released in the postwar years during a period of economic boom and the changing role of women in society including marriage, sexuality and inclusion in the work force left ...
The film was made by Seven Arts Productions and acquired by Paramount for distribution. [2] It was the company's third film, after Gunrunners and Ten Seconds to Hell. [3] It was known during filming as Between the Thunder and the Sun and The Gun and the Arrow.
Van Zandt and Schechter also struggled to get their documentary seen. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) refused to broadcast the non-profit film The Making of Sun City [18] even though it won the International Documentary Association's top honors in 1986. PBS claimed the featured artists were also involved in making the film and were therefore ...
EXCLUSIVE: Skydance and Berlanti Schechter Productions won a movie auction and acquired an unpublished article by Flinder Boyd about The Sting. It has all the makings of a Rocky-esque story set in ...
Island in the Sun is a 1957 American drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason , Harry Belafonte , Joan Fontaine , Joan Collins , Dorothy Dandridge , Michael Rennie , Stephen Boyd , Patricia Owens , John Justin , Diana Wynyard , John Williams , and Basil Sydney .
Van Zandt became interested in writing a song about Sun City to make parallels with the plight of Native Americans. Danny Schechter, a journalist who was then working with ABC News' 20/20, suggested turning the song into a different kind of "We Are the World", or as Schechter explains, "a song about change not charity, freedom not famine."