Chuck Adamson (screenwriter)
Charles "Chuck" Fredrick Adamson (born June 11, 1936 in Illinois , † February 22, 2008 in Roseburg , Oregon ) was an American police officer and later screenwriter , television producer and actor . He became known above all through his longstanding collaboration with the director Michael Mann .
Life
Adamson began a career as a police officer in the Chicago Police Department. One of his collaborators was Dennis Farina , who was later known as an actor. In the 1960s, Adamson pursued the burglar Neil McCauley , whom he was finally able to catch in a robbery and killed in the following exchange of fire. He had previously met McCauley by chance in a restaurant and had coffee with him. Adamson later spoke to his friend, director Michael Mann, about this time and told him about the "coffee house scene" as well as other incidents of the McCauley case. Mann wrote this, partially using the original dialogues, in the script for Heat , which was otherwise largely based on Adamson's real hunt for Neil McCauley.
After Adamson retired from active police service, he worked as a consultant in the film and television industries. In 1981 he worked on Mann's thriller The Loner as a technical advisor. He later wrote several episodes for the Michael Mann-produced crime series Miami Vice . From 1986 to 1988 the television series Crime Story , based on his idea , was created, for which Adamson also acted as coordinating producer, story writer, screenwriter, executive story editor and actor. One of the leading roles in the series was played by Adamson's former police colleague Dennis Farina .
After the end of Crime Story, Adamson worked a few times as an actor and technical consultant in several films, including Heat , which Michael Mann was finally able to implement in 1995. The role of police officer Vincent Hanna , based at least in part on Adamson, was played by Al Pacino . Neil McCauley was played by Robert De Niro .
Michael Mann's film Public Enemies , released shortly after Adamson's death, is dedicated to him.
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: The loner ( Thief , technical advisor)
- 1984–1986: Miami Vice (screenplay for 4 episodes)
- 1984: Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve the case ( Beverly Hills Cop , Technical Advisor)
- 1986–1988: Crime Story (idea, coordinating producer, story for 19 episodes, screenplay for 6 episodes, executive story editor for 7 episodes, actor in 2 episodes)
- 1992: A River Runs Through It ( A River Runs Through It , actor)
- 1994: Quiz Show (actor)
- 1994: Stephen King's The Stand ( The Stand , actor in 3 episodes)
- 1995: Heat (technical consultant)
Web links
- Chuck Adamson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adamson in the Social Security Death Index
- ↑ Nobody swore Like Dennis Farina at slate.com, accessed on May 2, 2016
- ^ A b Steven Rybin : The Cinema of Michael Mann . Lexington Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7391-2042-2 , 112
- ↑ Steven Sanders, R. Barton Palmer: Michael Mann: Cinema and Television: Interviews, 1980–2012 . Edinburgh University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7486-9354-2 , page 53
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamson, Chuck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adamson, Charles Fredrick (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American police officer and later screenwriter, television producer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2008 |
| Place of death | Roseburg , Oregon , United States |