Re: RARA-AVIS: Matt Helm Movies

From: BaxDeal@aol.com
Date: 13 Jun 2002


In a message dated 6/13/02 7:17:18 AM, bleekerbooks@hotmail.com writes:

>Two of the movies were directed by Philip Karlson, who also directed THE
>
>PHENIX CITY STORY and THE BROTHERS RICO, among others, and later directed
>
>WALKING TALL. Even more shocking, the screenplay for one of the films
>was
>written by William McGivern, who also wrote THE BIG HEAT and ODDS AGAINST
>
>TOMORROW.

In most cases, the decisions on what movies are produced, and what their ultimate form will be, are made by the people who finance them, who are in large part, bankers, accountants, and these days- market researchers.

John Lau

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