Best actor, as good as it gets, 1997 stars with peter fonda and dennis hopper who also directs in this unconventional classic which time magazine. My book, a short chronology of world cinema, is currently. Nov 28, 2010 its most entertainingly inflammatory scenes involve the mad campus revolutionary played by michael margotta, twentyfive, an actors studio grad featured in 1968s wild in the streets. An early shot of this creature at a game in drive, he said impresses its. With william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern. In fact, i was in one of the crowd scenes filmed at mcarthur court, where the university of oregon basketball teams used to. Drive, he said is a 1971 american motion picture released by columbia pictures. He also has to deal with his rebellious hippie roommate, gabriel michael margotta, who is trying to dodge the vietnam war and who constantly gets in trouble. William tepper plays hector, a student at a college in ohio who shares a room with his friend gabriel michael margotta and is the star player on the schools basketball team.
Drive, he said, loosely adapted by jeremy larner and jack nicholson from larners 1964 delta prize novel, and directed by nicholson his directorial debut, comes close to being the sort of. His girlfriend, olive karen black, doesnt know whether to stay with him or leave. The owner of the team cameron diaz came into the locker room to look for the quarterback and asked a player for directions. Bruce dern, william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don hanmer. Also featuring academy award nominee bruce dern 1978, best supporting actor, coming home, drive, he said is a compelling look at a time of sexual. Overview of drive, he said, 1971, directed by jack nicholson, with william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, at turner classic movies. Drive, he said new pal classic dvd jack nicholson william tepper. Drive, he said new pal classic dvd jack nicholson william. And his friend, gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for vietnam. Reaction to movie by nicholson is most violent of cannes. This is one of the most inspiring and practical books i have read in a while. The monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff. Costarring were bruce dern, karen black, robert towne, henry jaglom, david ogden stiers, cindy williams and michael margotta.
Beginning with a safe place 1971, jaglom carved a niche making smallish independent movies uniquely his. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. Legendary successes quickly followed among them five easy pieces 1970 and the last picture show 1971 as well as lesserknown efforts that, even to this day, demonstrate remarkable ingenuity, craftsmanship, and singularity of vision a safe place, drive, he said, the king of marvin gardens. I hate, hate oliver stone movies, but this film has some excellent football footage, so it was worth seeing. Its about hector william tepper a college basketball star who is. In that film jack nicholson plays a character whose entire existence requires the context of jack nicholson to make any sense. Drive, he said a look back at a turbulent time by robert roten, film critic. A strange young woman lives in a fantasy world where she can never grow up. Based upon the 1964 novel of the same title by jeremy larner, the film, which.
His life so far is a living example of what happens when you value projects more than people. Reaction to movie by nicholson is most violent of cannes fete. Marion offers to pay for nancys reconstructive surgery if she moves away. Margotta yells at a psychiatrist after passing his physical campus unrest and relationships surface in drive, he said tepper, debating whether he should turn professional, is having his problems at the college level where he may be suspended when he punches out an opposing player and leaves practice after being told to do laps around the gym. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Cast and crew credits for drive, he said, 1971, directed by jack nicholson, with william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, at turner classic movies. Jun 14, 1971 drive, he said, loosely adapted by jeremy larner and jack nicholson from larners 1964 delta prize novel, and directed by nicholson his directorial debut, comes close to being the sort of. He cant decide whether he wants to be a professional or spend his time rabble rousing with the radicals on campus. He also has to deal with his rebellious hippie roommate, gabriel michael margotta, can she bake a cherry pie. Tuesday weld stars as a fragile young woman in new york unable to reconcile her. He is also having an affair with olive, the wife of richard, an older professor. However, i see this biography as more of a cautionary tale.
It is one of the lesserknown works in the influential group of new hollywood films of the late 1960s and early 1970s made by independent production house raybert productions the monkees, easy rider and its successor, bbs productions. Karen black in drive, he said 1971 karen black and michael margotta in drive, he said. Some got to their feet and waved indignant fists toward where nicholson and his two actors, william tepper and michael margotta, were. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Michael margottas abrasive gabriel, team star hectors roommate, is more or less. You get the feeling that everyone who was on a college campus in the late fiftiesearly sixties got, or could have gotten, a novel out of the experience.
Hector has been approached to quit college and play pro ball, but gabriel is urging him to devote more time to radical. Michael margotta, whod been in wild in the streets and the strawberry statement, for whom its staying after school in your underwear. On the surface sitting ducks resembles many another heistroad comedy, with lowly mafia accountant simon michael emil jaglom, henrys brother talked into stealing one days take by his excitable friend sidney zack norman. It is one of the lesserknown works in the influential group of new hollywood films of the late 1960s and early 1970s made by independent production house raybert productions the monkees, easy rider and its successor. August 20, 20 i saw this movie last night for the first time even though i actually saw it being filmed as a university of oregon student back in 1970 in eugene, oregon. I encountered jack nicholson onscreen for the first time in 1997, when i saw james l.
Scott edwards at the learned owl may 12 the learned owl. Two college students, nancy mcallister kathleen quinlan and michael hillyard stephen collins, want to marry. This is one of those movies that shows signs of being a really great movie trying to break out, but never does. William tepper plays hector, a student at a college in ohio who shares a room with his friend gabriel michael margotta and is the star player on the schools. William tepper, who starred in jack nicholsons directorial debut drive, he said and accompanied nicholson to the 1971 cannes film festival, died wednesday of. Hector is a star basketball player for the college basketball team he plays for, the leopards. William tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don hanmer, lynette. With peter tork, davy jones, micky dolenz, michael nesmith. This dvd and any other dvd released anywhere in the world will play just fine on any multiregion dvd player, bought in usa or elsewhere.
Hector is a rising college basketball star in a troubled relationship with dance student olive, while his roommate, guerrilla theater studentpolitical activist gabriel, keeps himself awake so long to avoid the draft that he slips into madness. The innovative films produced by this team between 1968 and 1972 are collected in this box set works created within the studio system but lifted right out of the countercultural id, and that now range from the iconic easy rider, five easy pieces, the last picture show to the acclaimed the king of marvin gardens to the obscure head. Margotta appeared in the film that was jack nicholsons directorial debut, drive, he said 1971. Michael margotta label from public data source wikidata. The copy i received mistakenly listed can she bake a cherry pie as being in pal format but the disc was definitely ntsc. Despite the usual tightly controlled protection of the superstar, edwards uses interviews and comments by many nicholson colleagues to present an analytical yet accessible view of one of the most popular and respected.
I didnt realize that until recently, but i still wish i had told him back when he was my acting teacher in the mid1980s. The best ones involve actor michael margotta s character as a student radical wavering on insanity. I watched any given sunday starring al the screamer pacino. Michael margotta born 1946, pearl river, new york is an american actor career. Drive, he said original australian poster for the 1971 film culver city, ca. Hector has been approached to quit college and play pro ball, but gabriel is urging him to devote more time to radical political causes. Hector william tepper is a star basketball player for the college basketball team he plays for, the leopards. Scott edwards at the learned owl may 12 the learned. A college basketball star william tepper is offered the opportunity to quit school and turn pro while his friend and roommate michael margotta tries to avoid being sent to vietnam by convincing the. If you are in the personal services business, it is mustreading. Seminars in english with simultaneous italian translation. Bruce dern, william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don. Vintage australian insert poster for the 1971 us film. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use.
Drive, he said premiered at cannes and, according to the new york times, set off the festivals most violently negative reaction. But hillyard comes from a wealthy family and his mother, marion beatrice straight, disapproves of their relationship. Academy awardwinner jack nicholson best actor, one flew over the cuckoos nest, 1975. The the reader quotes below are all either spoken by michael berg or refer to michael berg. The fastest, easiest, and most reliable system for getting more clients than you can handle even if you hate marketing and selling. Sparks fly from the moment michael and maria see each other. May 25, 1971 cannes, france, may 24 the third and final united states entry at the cannes fes tivaldrive, he said, di rected by jack nicholsonset off the most violently negative reaction from an. Michael margotta nicholsons debut as director drive, he said.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Director henry jaglom and screenwriter robert towne also have supporting roles, as do future sitcom greats cindy williams and david ogden stiers. Based on the bestselling novel by jeremy larner, drive, he said, freespirited and sobering by turns, is a sketch of the exploits of a disaffected college basketball player william tepper and his increasingly radical roommate michael margotta, as well as a feverishly shot and edited snapshot of the early seventies some of it was filmed during an actual campus protest. You see, drive, he saidjack nicholsons official debut as a directorhas been hard to come by for years. Drive, he saidhector william tepper, the star of the college basketball team, drifts through sexual relationships, including one with his professors wife, olive karen black. His girlfriend, olive, doesnt know whether to stay with him or leave him. Jack nicholson cowrote and directed drive, he said 1971, an affecting comedydrama based on the novel by jeremy larner who also cowrote.
Its most entertainingly inflammatory scenes involve the mad campus revolutionary played by michael margotta, twentyfive, an actors studio grad featured in 1968s wild in the streets. This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. Drive, he said hector is a confused basketball star at an ohio college. Oct 05, 2017 william tepper, who starred in jack nicholsons directorial debut drive, he said and accompanied nicholson to the 1971 cannes film festival, died wednesday of an apparent heart attack. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. With tuesday weld, orson welles, jack nicholson, phil proctor. In the year of its release, the film caused a stir because of margotta appearing fully nude in a mental breakdown scene. Experience the real 60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Alumnus of pasadena playhouse college of theatre arts.
Michael margotta, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don hanmer, lynette bernay, jack nicholson, he said 1971 drive. Hes probably best known for his ensemble, femaledominated films revolving around a particular subject. Jeremy larner novel, screenwriter terence malick uncredited screenwriter william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern starring. The art of jack nicholson on screen will be at the learned owl book shop on saturday, may 12, from pm to sign his new book. Michael margotta seminars 2020 i seminari sono stato cancellati fino a nuove disposizioni seminars are canceled until further notice i seminari sono in inglese con traduzione simultanea in italiano. The more hollywood turns to comic books, board games, and disneyland rides for story material, the more we need filmmakers like henry jaglom. Cannes, france, may 24 the third and final united states entry at the cannes fes tivaldrive, he said, di rected by jack nicholsonset off the most violently negative reaction from an. Feb 23, 2017 erin kelly is the sunday times bestselling author of the poison tree, the sick rose, the burning air, the ties that bind, he saidshe said and broadchurch. Michael berg character analysis in the reader litcharts. Then the couple are in a car accident that leaves nancy disfigured and michael in a coma. In which we break jack nicholson down again into five easy. Hectors best friend gabriel is about to be drafted for vietnam. An unsung screen talent of the 60s, 70s and 80s, margotta now puts his talent to work by bringing the stanislavski\strasberg method to other actors and artists by teaching.
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