Podcasts about Stirling Silliphant

Tonight, we drink about OVER THE TOP (1987) w/ Heady Topper by The Alchemist! "Over the Top is a 1987 American sports drama film starring Sylvester Stallone. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone. The original music score was composed by Giorgio Moroder. The main character, Lincoln Hawk, played by Stallone, is a long-haul truck driver who tries to win back his estranged son, Michael, while becoming a champion arm wrestler." Subscribe & Follow Us For More! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beardsandbrewscast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@beardsandbrewscast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeardsAndBrewsCast/ All Audio Outlets - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beardsandbrews Music provided by FREESOUND MUSIC by Giorgio Di Campo. 1 Hour Bossa Nova Mix - https://youtu.be/BdGqWPkBehg

Based on an unproduced film treatment by Stirling Silliphant from the 1970's, join Peter Parker as he recounts his tumultuous journey, where his dual life as a college student and Spiderman collides with national upheaval. After gaining spider-like abilities from a radioactive spider bite, Peter grapples with using his powers for good and finding his place as a hero. When America faces chaos in the form of a 100-foot robot carrying a bomb, Spiderman is called into action to save the day. CREDITS Callum Neal - Narrator Tim Maxwell – Peter Parker Sawyer Nash – Admiral Williams Music by Fesliyan Studios Mixed and edited by Tim Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neuversecreative/support

Route 66—The Main Street of America— the first continuously paved highway linking east and west was the most traveled and well known road in the US for almost fifty years. From Chicago, through the Ozarks, across Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, up the mesas of New Mexico and Arizona, and down into California to the Pacific Ocean. The first road of its kind, it came to represent America's mobility and freedom—inspiring countless stories, songs, and even a TV show.Songwriter Bobby Troup tells the story of his 1946 hit “Get Your Kicks on Route 66.” Mickey Mantle says, “If it hadn't been for US 66 I wouldn't have been a Yankee.” Stirling Silliphant, creator of the TV series “Route 66” talks about the program and its place in American folklore of the 60s.Studs Terkel reads from The Grapes of Wrath about the "Mother Road," and the great 1930s migration along Highway 66. We hear from musicians who recall what life on the road during the 1930s was like for them, including Clarence Love, Woody Guthrie, and Eldin Shamblin, who played guitar for Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.We travel the history of the road from its beginnings through caverns and roadside attractions, into tourist traps and bunko joints, through the hard times of the Dust Bowl, Depression and the “Road of Flight,” and into the “Ghost Road” of the 1980s, as the interstates bypass the businesses and roadside attractions of another era.Produced by The Kitchen Sisters and narrated by actor David Selby. The Kitchen Sisters Present is produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell. Part of Radiotopia from PRX, a curated network of podcasts created by independent producers.

This week we are discussing the 1967 Best Picture Winner In The Heat Of The Night. We get into the career of Sidney Poitier, the movie's place in history, the performances, gum chewing, the score, the slap, and much more!    I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name. Released by United Artists in August 1967, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger. Quincy Jones' score, featuring a title song performed by Ray Charles, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The success of the film spawned two film sequels featuring Poitier, and a television series of the same name, which aired from 1988 to 1995. In The Heat Of The Night Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15DhX_ltls&ab_channel=MGM

After the requisite amount of Taylor Swift & Super Bowl talk, we kick off our Black History Month episodes! Indy recounts some of his favorite novels from the Harlem Renaissance, from authors like Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, & others, Samantha recommends Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming, and we preview the 1967 classic In The Heat Of The Night! I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement also included the new African American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by a renewed militancy in the general struggle for civil rights, combined with the Great Migration of African American workers fleeing the racist conditions of the Jim Crow Deep South, as Harlem was the final destination of the largest number of those who migrated north.   Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to former president Barack Obama.   In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name. Released by United Artists in August 1967, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger. Quincy Jones' score, featuring a title song performed by Ray Charles, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The success of the film spawned two film sequels featuring Poitier, and a television series of the same name, which aired from 1988 to 1995. In The Heat Of The Night Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15DhX_ltls&ab_channel=MGM

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and was produced by Walter Mirisch. The screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(film)

As we close out Black History Month, the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967), currently streaming on HBO Max. The film has a screenplay written by Stirling Silliphant, from a novel by James Ball, and directed by Norman Jewison. The film tells the story of how Virgil Tibbs (the late, great Sidney Poitier) who finds himself being wrongly accused of a murder and then roped into helping the Sparta Police Department, headed up by Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger, in an Academy Award winning role). In a matter of days Tibbs has cracked the case but its the time spent together that has changed Tibbs and Gillespie. The film has a run time of 1 h 50 m and is rated not rated but there is dialogue referencing sex and some racially charged language. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jokagoge/support

Howard Jones, Charlie Bellmore, and Brian MacKay, join me to talk about the Sly Stallone Masterpiece that is, Over The Top. Check it out! Over the Top is a 1987 American sports drama film starring Sylvester Stallone. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone. The original music score was composed by Giorgio Moroder. The main character, Lincoln Hawks, played by Stallone, is a long-haul truck driver who tries to win back his alienated son, Michael, while becoming a champion arm wrestler.Support Our SponsorsIndie Merch Store - https://www.indiemerchstore.com use promo code JASTA10 at check outMartyrstore - https://martyrstore.net use code JJ10The Mad Russian Apothecary - https://www.madrussianapothecary.com use code JASTA21Seek and Strike - https://www.seekandstrike.com/Yodelta.com - https://yodelta.com/ use promo code GAS for 25% offIP Vanish - https://ipvanish.com/JASTASubscribe On GaS Digitalhttps://gasdigitalnetwork.com/gdn-show-channels/the-jasta-show/USE PROMO Code JASTA30 for a 30 day free trial.Follow Jamey On Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/jastaFollow The Show On Social Mediahttps://twitter.com/jameyjastahttps://www.instagram.com/jameyjasta/https://twitter.com/bmackayisrighthttps://www.instagram.com/bmackayisright/Musician, former television host, and podcaster Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed, Kingdom of Sorrow, Jasta and the former host of MTV's Headbanger's Ball) interviews your heroes every Monday and Thursday. The newest 20 episodes are always free, but if you want access to all the archives, watch live, chat live, access to the forums, and get the show a week before it comes out everywhere else - you can subscribe now at gasdigitalnetwork.com and use the code JASTASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a post Rocky world America turns to its sweatiest past times: Arm Wrestling and Long Haul Trucking in this heartwarmingly Over the Top story father and son will meet...HALFWAY. The guys (Ben, Bosco, Bracken, Nate and producer, Danny) visit the world of arm wrestling truck drivers as Sylvester Stallone goes in for the paycheck in this Kelly Loggins song filled movie of the 1980's. Once again asking the question is this movie worth watching with your friends? Listen to find out. Follow us on Instagram @ExceptionallyBad and Twitter @XceptionallyBad or email us at theguys@exceptionallybad.com or check out our website at exceptionallybad.com Over the Top (1987) was Directed by Menahem Golan, Produced by James D Brubaker, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, and Tony Munafo, Written By Gary Conway, David Engelbach, Stirling Silliphant, and Sylvester Stallone.

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night. Directed by Norman Jewison from a script by Stirling Silliphant (based on the novel by John Ball) and starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates and Lee Grant, In the Heat of the Night was nominated for seven Oscars and won five, including Best Picture. The post In The Heat Of The Night (1967 Best Picture Winner) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

John Steinbeck called it the “Mother Road.” Songwriter Bobby Troup described it as the route to get your kicks on. And Mickey Mantle said, “If it hadn't been for Highway 66 I never would have been a Yankee.” For the Dust Bowl refugees of the 1930s, for the thousands who migrated after World War II, and for the generations of tourists and vacationers, Route 66 was “the Way West.” Route 66, the first continuously paved highway linking east and west was the most traveled and well known road in America for almost fifty years. From Chicago, it ran through the Ozarks of Missouri, across Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, up the mesas of New Mexico and Arizona, and down into California to the Pacific Ocean. The first road of its kind, it came to represent America's mobility and freedom—inspiring countless stories, songs, and even a TV show. Songwriter Bobby Troup tells the story of his 1946 hit Get Your Kicks on Route 66; Gladys Cutberth, aka Mrs. 66 and members of the old “66 Association” talk about the early years of the road. Mickey Mantle explains “If it hadn't been for US 66 I wouldn't have been a Yankee.” Stirling Silliphant, creator of the TV series “Route 66” talks about the program and its place in American folklore of the 60s. Studs Terkel reads from “The Grapes of Wrath” and comments on the great 1930s migration along Highway 66. We hear from Black and white musicians including Clarence Love, head of Clarence Love and his Orchestra, Woody Guthrie, and Eldin Shamblin, guitar player for Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys—who remember life on the road for musicians during the 1930s. We travel the history of the road from its beginnings as “The Main Street of America,” through the “Road of Flight” in the 1930s, to the “Ghost Road” of the 1980s, as the interstates bypass the businesses and road side attractions of another era. Produced by The Kitchen Sisters and narrated by actor David Selby.

Not to be confused with the remake, this pitch perfect 1960 “Village of the Damned” captures all the paranoia, intrigue, suspense, and mystery of the best Twilight Zone/Outer Limits episodes (and in a crisp, not-too-long-not-too-short running time). This solid entry earned a “rent” and a “stream,” but don’t let that fool you: thanks to a solid story and atmosphere, this British creeper sticks with you, and has stood as an influence on many a horror filmmaker. Where we watched: Blu-ray Village of the Damned (1960) Directed by Wolf Rilla Written by Stirling Silliphant, Wolf Rilla, and Ronald Kinnoch RecommenDEADtions: The Daniel Craig Bond films / Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Next week’s film: The Tenant (1976)

OVER THE TOP is a 1987 American sports drama film starring Sylvester Stallone. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone.   The main character, Lincoln Hawk, played by Stallone, is a long-haul truck driver who tries to win back his alienated son, Michael, while becoming a champion arm wrestler. For more WesWes Network podcasts go here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/weswesnetwork --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelatereturnsfilmreview/message

Episode 213: The Crew's investigating a murder in the deep racist South while watching, In the Heat of the Night. This 1967 film was made during the civil rights movement and deals with racism better than lots of modern films. This is a masterpiece of a message film, wrapped in a genre story (murder mystery). The film won 5 Oscars six days after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The Crew discusses... If you like our music intro, head over to Soundcloud and hear more amazing music from aquariusweapon. Aquariusweapon can also be found on YouTube. Contact: themoviecrewe@gmail.com

Christian Sands is currently one of the most in-demand pianists working in jazz. In the last few years he has toured around the world as a bandleader and recently appeared as a sideman on records by Christian McBride and Gregory Porter. After the one-two punch of Reach and Reach Further - EP, Sands' dynamic 2017 Mack Avenue debut and his live/unreleased studio tracks EP follow-up released of, Facing Dragons is Sands' return to the recording studio with an indestructible band and an unwavering allegiance to the groove. Due out May 22, Be Water is Sands’ fourth release (including a five-track digital-only EP as an extension of his debut album Reach) for Mack Avenue Music Group. The album takes its title from the philosophy of martial arts master and movie star Bruce Lee (by way of screenwriter Stirling Silliphant, who distilled his thoughts for the screen). Lee’s voice appears on both halves of Sands’ title track offering this profound advice: “Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle... Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” (Bruce Lee inspirational quote) Earlier this year Sands was named creative ambassador to The Erroll Garner Jazz Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the legacy of the late great pianist Erroll Garner. After inheriting the position from the late Geri Allen – one of Sands’ mentors – he is a natural fit for the role. www.christiansandsjazz.com  

We interview our dog about his recent castration, we watch 1986 Cannon classic 'Over The Top' & interview the founder of modern baseball on the time phone. SHOW NOTES Over the Top is a 1987 American sports drama film starring Sylvester Stallone. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone. The original music score was composed by Giorgio Moroder. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest current professional team sports league. Promos this week are for 'Cages Kiss', 'True Crime Lab' & 'Ocho, Docho, Parley' all can be found the PodNation list on Podchaser.com (link below) https://www.podchaser.com/lists/PodNation-107Zzr3XOD

Happy New Year! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re celebrating by discussing the classic tale of peril in a cruise ship, The Poseidon Adventure! For this episode, we watched and discussed: Paul Gallico’s original 1969 novel. Read it on iBooks or Amazon. Irwin Allen’s classic 1972 adaptation, directed by Ronald Neame, written by Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes, and starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, and Shelley Winters. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon. Hallmark’s 2005 TV movie, directed by John Putch, written by Bryce Zabel, and starring Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, and Peter Weller. Watch it on Amazon. The 2006 theatrical remake Poseidon, directed by Wolfgang Peterson, written by Mark Protosevich, and starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, and Emmy Rossum. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon. Footnotes: Paul Gallico’s style and themes, per Wikipedia Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) “HOT DAMN!” You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com or tweet using #adaptcast.

Analog Jones has to go to work (turns baseball cap) and meet this film halfway to figure out if arm wrestling is a real sport. Join us as we enjoy our last "sports" movie in our Over the Top (1987) VHS movie review. Over the Top Quick FactsOver the Top was released on February 13, 1987, on a budget of $25 million and made $16 million in the box office. Sylvester Stallone was reportedly paid $12 million to star in Over the Top. Directed by Menahem GolanProduced by Menahem Golan and Yoram GlobusScreenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Sylvester StalloneStory by Gary Conway and David Engelbach CastSylvester Stallone as Lincoln HawkRobert Loggia as Jason CutlerSusan Blakely as Christina HawkRick Zumwalt as Bob "Bull" HurleyDavid Mendenhall as Michael HawkChris McCarty as Tim SalangerTerry Funk as RukerBruce Way as John GrizzlyJimmy Keegan as RichieGreg Schwartz as SmasherAllan Graf as CollinsJohn Braden as Col. DavisReggie Bennett as Female Arm Wrestler Multi-time world arm wrestling champion and future professional wrestler Scott Norton also makes an appearance along with other professional arm wrestlers such as Allen Fisher, John Vreeland, Cleve Dean and Andrew "Cobra" Rhodes (as the final match referee).[3] Professional arm wrestler John Brzenk also makes an appearance. VHS DescriptionStallone goes Over the Top to be champ. His four Rocky sagas had all America applauding at ringside. Now Sylvester Stallone gives us another reason to stand up and cheer, starring as down-on-his-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln hawk and taking us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship in Over the Top. Like Stallone's "Italian Stallion" in 1976's Academy Award-winning Bes Picture Rocky, Lincoln Hawk is an amiable underdog, a David in a world Goliaths. Relying on his wits and willpower, he struggles to rebuild his life, going against the odds as he goes after the World Armwrestling Championship's first-place prize money...and the love of the son (Davis Mendenhall) he abandoned years earlier. Get ready for excitement as Stallone lands another knockout action-film punch. And get ready for good times as you meet a colorful, iron-armed gallery of arm wrestling giants like Rick Zumwalt, the real-life California champion who squares off with Stallone in a to-the-limit finale. Zumwalt explains his fascination with the tension-packed sport this way: "I can shake a guy's hand and then try to rip his arm off. After the match is over, we can laugh about it." "you've got guys from M.I.T. and guys who can't spell M.IT.," says Stallone about arm wrestling's broad appeal. That appeal — and more — is vividly captured here. After Over the Top is over, don't be surprised if you want to watch it again! Trailers: None Soundtrack1. "Winner Takes It All" – Sammy Hagar2. "In This Country" – Robin Zander (International versions of the film had Eddie Money singing instead)3. "Take It Higher" – Larry Greene4. "All I Need Is You" – Big Trouble5. "Bad Nite" – Frank Stallone6. "Meet Me Half Way" – Kenny Loggins7. "Gypsy Soul" – Asia8. "The Fight (Instrumental)" – Giorgio Moroder9. "Mind Over Matter" – Larry Greene10. "I Will Be Strong" – Eddie Money Come back next week for another sports-related VHS Movie Review. Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, Podbean, and Youtube! Email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 16: In the Heat of the Night (1967) Released 29 August 2018. For this episode, we watched In the Heat of the Night, written by Stirling Silliphant, based on the the novel by John Ball. It was directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch and edited by Hal Ashby, with music by Quincy Jones and cinematography by Haskell Wexler. It starred Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant and Larry Gates. The film won five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Steiger) and Best Editing. Although nominated, Jewison did not win as director. Apologies for the poor sound quality for parts of this recording – we had some fairly serious technical issues. Book your tickets now for our first-ever live show, where we'll be watching Annie Hall. It's at Kings Place in London at 4:00pm on Sunday 9 September. Click here for tickets. Next time we will be discussing Around the World in Eighty Days. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n

Share a steak dinner with legendary comics creator Don McGregor as we discuss how meeting Jim Steranko led to him selling his first comics story, why when he was 13 years old he wanted to be Efrem Zimbalist Jr., what he learned from Naked City creator Stirling Silliphant, how his first meeting with future Black Panther artist Billy Graham could have been disastrous, why the comics he wrote in the '70s wouldn't have been able to exist two years later, the reasons Archie Goodwin was such a great editor, how he convinced Stan Lee to allow the first interracial kiss in mainstream comics, what life lessons he took from Westerns in general and Hopalong Cassidy in particular, why he almost stopped writing Lady Rawhide, and much more.

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 16: In the Heat of the Night (1967) Released 29 August 2018. For this episode, we watched In the Heat of the Night, written by Stirling Silliphant, based on the the novel by John Ball. It was directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch and edited by Hal Ashby, with music by Quincy Jones and cinematography by Haskell Wexler. It starred Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant and Larry Gates. The film won five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Steiger) and Best Editing. Although nominated, Jewison did not win as director. Apologies for the poor sound quality for parts of this recording – we had some fairly serious technical issues. Book your tickets now for our first-ever live show, where we’ll be watching Annie Hall. It’s at Kings Place in London at 4:00pm on Sunday 9 September. Click here for tickets. Next time we will be discussing Around the World in Eighty Days. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n

ABOUT AUTHOR DAVID MORRELL David Morrell is the award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. He was born in Ontario, Canada. As a teen he became a fan of the classic television series, Route 66, about two young men in a Corvette convertible traveling the US in search of America and themselves. The scripts by Stirling Silliphant combined action with ideas and so impressed Morrell that he decided to become a writer. In 1966, the work of Hemingway scholar Philip Young prompted Morrell to move to the US, where he studied with Young at Penn State and received his MA. and PhD in American lit. There, he met the sci-fi author William Tenn who taught Morrell the basics of fiction writing. The result was First Blood, a novel about a returned Vietnam vet suffering from PTSD who comes into conflict with small-town police chief and fights his own version of the Vietnam War. Morrell is considered the “father” of modern action novels. While teaching American literature from 1970 to 1986, he wrote many international bestsellers including the classic spy trilogy, The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for the only television mini-series to premier after a Super Bowl), The Fraternity of the Stone, and The League of Night and Fog. Wearying of two professions, Morrell gave up academia to write full time. Shortly after, his fifteen-year-old son Matthew was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and died in 1987-a loss that haunts not only Morrell's life but his work as in his memoir Fireflies and his novel Desperate Measures-whose main character lost a son. READ MORE ABOUT DAVID MORRELL www.davidmorrell.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Morrell

David Morrell is best known for his acclaimed thrillers, including The Brotherhood of the Rose, Creepers, Murder as a Fine Art, and his debut novel, First Blood, in which Rambo first appeared. But Morrell is also a master of nonfiction. Twenty of his essays about iconic writers, actors, and singers are collected in STARS IN MY EYES: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BOOKS, MOVIES, AND MUSIC.Morrell describes how at the age of 17 he was fired from working on a construction project and walked home in despair, only to turn on the television and see Rod Serling's Patterns, which gave him a life-long lesson about story construction. He tells how Stirling Silliphant's scripts for the classic TV series Route 66prompted him to write to Silliphant for advice about becoming a writer. Silliphant replied with a two-page single-spaced letter that Morrell looks at every day. (Silliphant and Morrell eventually became friends and worked together on the NBC miniseries of Morrell's The Brotherhood of the Rose.)The essays in this captivating book range from Henry James's ghost stories to Steve McQueen's abusive personality to Bobby Darin's tragic last days. Did you know that John Wayne was a master chess player or that Frank Sinatra had permanent facial scars or that when Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, there was a reason apart from baseball for him to be called “the slugger”? Ever heard of Richard Harding Davis? In his day he was the most famous author in America. His adventures provided a model upon which Stephen Crane, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway built their personas.Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Matheson, Wilkie Collins, John D. Macdonald's Travis McGee: these are some of the other fascinating figures that Morrell profiles in this mesmerizing collection that's as compelling as it is revealing.David Morrell's Web Site: http://davidmorrell.netGauntlet Press: https://www.gauntletpress.com/product/stars-eyes-love-affair-books-movies-music-3/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe

David Morrell is best known for his acclaimed thrillers, including The Brotherhood of the Rose, Creepers, Murder as a Fine Art, and his debut novel, First Blood, in which Rambo first appeared. But Morrell is also a master of nonfiction. Twenty of his essays about iconic writers, actors, and singers are collected in STARS IN MY EYES: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BOOKS, MOVIES, AND MUSIC. Morrell describes how at the age of 17 he was fired from working on a construction project and walked home in despair, only to turn on the television and see Rod Serling’s Patterns, which gave him a life-long lesson about story construction. He tells how Stirling Silliphant’s scripts for the classic TV series Route 66prompted him to write to Silliphant for advice about becoming a writer. Silliphant replied with a two-page single-spaced letter that Morrell looks at every day. (Silliphant and Morrell eventually became friends and worked together on the NBC miniseries of Morrell’s The Brotherhood of the Rose.) The essays in this captivating book range from Henry James’s ghost stories to Steve McQueen’s abusive personality to Bobby Darin’s tragic last days. Did you know that John Wayne was a master chess player or that Frank Sinatra had permanent facial scars or that when Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, there was a reason apart from baseball for him to be called “the slugger”? Ever heard of Richard Harding Davis? In his day he was the most famous author in America. His adventures provided a model upon which Stephen Crane, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway built their personas. Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Matheson, Wilkie Collins, John D. Macdonald’s Travis McGee: these are some of the other fascinating figures that Morrell profiles in this mesmerizing collection that’s as compelling as it is revealing. David Morrell's Web Site: http://davidmorrell.net Gauntlet Press: https://www.gauntletpress.com/product/stars-eyes-love-affair-books-movies-music-3/  

The Doctors have a fix for you. Inside the hypodermic is a potent mix of: Mockingjay Part 2, Creed, Harry Potter (series), Twilight (series), Mockingjay Part 1, Hunger Games, Donald Sutherland, Klute, MASH, Kelley's Heroes, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Call of Duty, 24, Hurt Locker, Flatliners, Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts,Joel Schumacher, Don't Look Now, Jennifer Lawrence, Joy, Josh Hutcherson, Bridge to Terabithia, Red Dawn (2012), RV, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Jon Favreau, Dax Shepard, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Devil Wears Prada, Sylvester Stallone, Expendables, Rocky Balboa,  James Cameron, Alien 2 (aka Aliens),  Alien, Terminator, Ryan Coogler, Tim Burton, Batman (?year?), Fargo (series), Cool Hand Luke, Rocky V, Rocky IV, Grudge Match, Robert Diniro, Over the Top, Kyle Eastwood, Frank Stallone, Norm McDonald, Cop Land, Janeane Garofalo, Brian (it's really James) Mangold, Daylight, Harvey Kietel, Ray Liotta, Sopranos, James Gandolfini, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Robert Logia, Stirling Silliphant, Poseidon Adventure, Sage Stallone, Gravity, Birdman, Phylicia Rashad, Aretha Franklin, Charles S. Dutton, Medea, Chuck Wagon commercials, Judge Dredd, Dirty Dozen, Brooklyn, Saoirse Ronan, Atonement, Hanna, Luc Besson, Transporter (series), Lucy, Grand Budapest, The Lovely Bones, City of Ember, Lucy 2, Taxi, La Femme Nikita, Bridget Fonda, Leon: Professional, Taken (series), Colombiana, Arther 3, Imelda Marcos, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Education Rita, Michael Caine, Barry Williford, Seinfeld (TV series), Legend, Tom Hardy, The Krays, Locke, Goodfellas, Casino, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Black Mass, The Departed, Jack Nicholson, Brian Helgeland, L.A. Confidential, Payback, Point Blank, Lee Marvin, Richard Donner, Lethal Weapon (series), Mel Gibson, Emily Browning, Tara Fitzgerald, Christopher Eccelston, The Leftovers (TV series), Danny Boyle, Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, Ewan McGregor, Trainspotting, Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Simon, The Cornetto Trilogy, End of the World, Simon Pegg, David Thewlis, Island of Doctor Moreau (1996), Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black, The Revenant, All That Jazz, Deliverance, Bugsy Malone, Scott Baio, Jody Foster, Tom Sawyer, Johnny Whitacre, Alan Parker, Midnight Express, Jim Henson, The Frog Prince, The Muppet Musicians of Bremen, The Muppet Movie and Paper Moon. Questions or comments? Contact Adam & Gregor at: show@hollywoodrx.net. Review us on iTunes...Today! Like us on Facebook. Or both.  

The birth of the Main Street of America—songwriter Bobby Troup tells the story of his 1946 hit Get Your Kicks on Route 66; Gladys Cutberth, aka Mrs. 66 and members of the old “66 Association” talk about the early years of the road. Mickey Mantle explains “If it hadn’t been for US 66 I wouldn’t have been a Yankee.” Stirling Silliphant, creator of the TV series “Route 66” talks about the program and its place in American folklore of the 60s.

Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down. DirectorRonald Neame WritersPaul Gallico(novel) Stirling Silliphant(screenplay by) Wendell Mayes(screenplay by) StarsGene Hackman Ernest Borgnine Shelley Winters --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/support

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people. DirectorIrwin Allen WritersArthur Herzog III(novel) Stirling Silliphant(screenplay) StarsMichael Caine Katharine Ross Richard Widmark --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gruesome-hertzogg/support