Alvin Sargent

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alvin Sargent (born April 12, 1927 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania - † May 9, 2019 in Seattle ) was an American screenwriter .

biography

Alvin Sargent graduated from Upper Darby High School in Pennsylvania in 1945 and has been listed on the Wall of Fame as one of 35 famous graduates since 2006.

Eight years later he began writing for television , and in the 1960s wrote various scripts for episodes of the series Ben Casey , Naked City , Route 66 and Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour . For the film Das Mädchen aus der Cherry-Bar , he contributed his first script for a feature film in 1966 . His first major projects were The Sheriff by John Frankenheimer (1970) and Paper Moon by Peter Bogdanovich (1973). For the latter, he was recognized by the Writers Guild of America and nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Adapted Screenplay . However, he would not receive this award until five years later for his work on the screenplay of Julia . In 1980 he was again awarded the Oscar for Robert Redford's directorial debut A Completely Normal Family . He had spent a whole year writing the script for this drama .

Sargent was married in 1990 to the producer Laura Ziskin (1950–2011), who u. a. Sam Raimi Spider-Man - Trilogy produced. After David Koepp's script for the first part of the series, Spider-Man (2002), Sargent took over his work on the scripts for Spider-Man 2 (2004) - here as a revision - and Spider-Man 3 (2007).

Merit

Scriptwriters must be paid a minimum of $ 35,079 per original script, according to the rules of the Writers Guild of America . Alvin Sargent earned $ 150,000 with his screenplay for Julia in 1977.

Filmography

Awards

price Nominations Awards Movie Award
Oscar Best adapted script
Best Adapted Script
Best Adapted Script 		Paper Moon
Julia
A completely normal family 		1974
1978
1981
Saturn Award Best script Spider-Man 2 2005
Golden Globe Award Best film script
Best film script 		Julia
A completely normal family 		1978
1981
WGA Award Best Adapted Screenplay - Comedy
Best Adapted Screenplay - Drama
Best Adapted Screenplay - Drama 		Paper Moon
Julia
A completely normal family 		1974
1978
1981

Quote

“Whatever gender and social class they belong to, the best Sargent characters are those who overcome the limits of their intellectual passivity and become active people who take a stand and don't just nod their heads in response to injustice. The patriarchal upper class in breakfast with her , who ponders the exploitation of the workers through republican politics with a maid , is shown as a hypocrite; Julia [from: Julia ], who gives up her privileged family relationships in order to become politically active and pays for it with her life, portrays the heroine. It is the opposing personalities of these characters that reflect Sargent's exact creative sensibilities. "

- Rob Edelman : Cinéma, 1973

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ a b hollywood.com: Alvin Sargent
  2. ^ Alvin Sargent, Oscar-winning screenwriter of 'Julia' and 'Ordinary People', accessed at 92 on May 11, 2019
  3. ↑ udsd.k12.pa.us: Wall of Fame ( Memento from December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ The Guardian : Anatomy of a Blockbuster , June 11, 2004
  5. ↑ IMDb : Biography
  6. ^ Cinéma edition, Paris, July / August 1973
  7. ^ Filmreference.com: Alvin Sargent - Publications
personal data
SURNAME Sargent, Alvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2019
Place of death Seattle