And his friend, gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for vietnam. 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. Drive he said mass market paperback january 1, 1971. Larner won an oscar for writing the original script for 1972s the candidate. 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. Hector has been approached to quit college and play pro ball, but gabriel is urging him to devote more time to radical political causes. His life so far is a living example of what happens when you value projects more than people. Michael margotta born 1946, pearl river, new york is an american actor. His roommate, michael margotta, is a hippie activist who is about to be drafted.
Tuesday weld stars as a fragile young woman in new york unable to reconcile her. 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. Hectors best friend gabriel is about to be drafted for vietnam. Drive, he said was actor jack nicholsons directorial debut. Vintage australian insert poster for the 1971 us film. Jack nicholsons drive, he said is a disorganized but occasionally brilliant movie about two college students and the world they, and we, inhabit. Sufferers from both conditions are obsessed by the fear that something might be. In this antic western comedy, thirdrate bandit nicholson is reprieved from the gallowsprovided he marry propertyowning spinster mary. Nicholson cast two unknownswilliam tepper as a conflicted college basketball star and michael margotta as his unbalanced campus radical roommatein this lucid and zeitgeist vision of american disenchantment.
Drive, he said dvd vancouver public library bibliocommons. Unfortunately, drive, he said isnt that good of a film. In fact, i was in one of the crowd scenes filmed at mcarthur court, where the university of oregon basketball teams used to. Bruce dern, william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don. Lakers games and even before becoming really famous, according to roman polanski in a chinatown interview, he furiously demanded to watch a. Connie margotta dabate july 31, 1976 december 23, 2015 ellington, connecticut connie margotta dabate, 39, of ellington, beloved wife and best friend of richard dabate, and dedicated and loving mother of richard rj age 9, and connor age 6, died tragically at. Drive, he said original australian poster for the 1971 film culver city, ca. 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. Drive, he said and a safe place each carry a dedicated docu, while the king of marvin gardens is dominated by two bob rafelson interview featurettes and a scenespecific commentary. Join facebook to connect with michael drive lee and others you may know. The copy i received mistakenly listed can she bake a cherry pie as being in pal format but the disc was definitely ntsc.
In this antic western comedy, thirdrate bandit nicholson is reprieved from the gallowsprovided he marry propertyowning spinster mary steenbergen. Michael margotta gabriel bruce dern coach bullion robert towne richard henry jaglom conrad lynn bernay. Apr 22, 2012 drive, he said was actor jack nicholsons directorial debut. Hector william tepper is a star player for the college basketball team conflicted both by the affair he is having with a married woman karen black and the radical politics spouted by his roommate gabriel. He said organizations s uch as the women s center and the black student union would present. Drive, he said a look back at a turbulent time by robert roten, film critic. A basketball flick that no selfrespecting negro would ever watch, drive, he said ultimately makes for a strange synthesis of director jack nicholsons love of bball and mixed feelings regarding the counterculture movement he was a symbol of as a result of his iconic performances in hoppers easy rider and rafelsons five easy pieces 1970. In his drive to win, musk sacrifices friends, business associates, and even his family to get what he wants. Sparks fly from the moment michael and maria see each other. The story focuses on two college roommates a basketball player william tepper and a campus radical michael margotta but bruce dern provides the only juice as a toughyet.
I hate, hate oliver stone movies, but this film has some excellent football footage, so it was worth seeing. 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. The more hollywood turns to comic books, board games, and disneyland rides for story material, the more we need filmmakers like henry jaglom. Drive, he said cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. 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.
Karen black i, michael margotta, bruce dern, lynne marie stewart. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust. Hector tepper is a confused basketball star at an ohio college. It is based on presidential candidate eugene mccarthyspeechwriter and peace activist jeremy larners 1964 novel, which he, nicholson, robert towne and terrence malick adapted. I watched any given sunday starring al the screamer pacino. Overview of drive, he said, 1971, directed by jack nicholson, with william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, at turner classic movies. 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. Drive, he said 1971 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Their campus is a microcosm of the least reassuring aspects of contemporary america. Book author, screenwriter louis hardin songwriter mason williams songwriter pat somerset editor. 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. Michael will today be discussing his role in drive.
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 william tepper is a star basketball player for the college basketball team he plays for, the leopards. Jan 10, 2011 nicholson made his directorial debut with and cowrote the script for drive, he said 1971, a dour work that hasnt held up as well as its celluloid soulmates. Based upon the 1964 novel of the same title by jeremy larner, the film, which. Based on jeremy larners expressionist novel, jack nicholsons first credit as a director is this guerrilla film, a vivid portrait of campus life during an era of student protest. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing drive, he said near you.
Drive, he said is a 1971 american motion picture released by columbia pictures. Renovate existing structure to include new windows and doors shed dormer on west elevation revised east roof line new windows and doors new siding and roofing materials. Scott edwards at the learned owl may 12 learned owl book shop. Drive, he said tries really hard to capture drug culture angst and, straying from a sport providing the core of the films energy and purpose, and with two leading actors not strong enough to carry either the athletic or protest storylines, is more of a curio for anyone interested in what nicholson was up to before blasting off into cult, and then mainstream, superstardom. He cant decide whether he wants to be a professional or spend his time rabble rousing with the radicals on campus. Margotta appeared in the film that was jack nicholsons directorial debut, drive, he said 1971. Bruce dern, william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don hanmer. William tepper, karen black, michael margotta language. The owner of the team cameron diaz came into the locker room to look for the quarterback and asked a player for directions.
William tepper, karen black i, michael margotta, bruce dern, lynne marie. Drive, he said by jeremy larner meet your next favorite book. His girlfriend, olive, doesnt know whether to stay with him or leave him. Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. However, i see this biography as more of a cautionary tale. Seminars in english with simultaneous italian translation. 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. In the year of its release, the film caused a stir because of margotta appearing fully nude in a mental breakdown scene. Hector is a star basketball player for the college basketball team he plays for, the leopards. The film is primarily remembered as the directorial debut of jack nicholson, who also coproduced and coauthored the screenplay with jeremy larner, based upon the latters prizewinning novel.
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. Beginning with a safe place 1971, jaglom carved a niche making smallish independent movies uniquely his. His girlfriend, olive karen black, doesnt know whether to stay with him or leave. He is also having an affair with olive, the wife of richard, an older professor. Connie margotta dabate 19762015 find a grave memorial. William tepper, karen black, bruce dern, michael margotta, june fairchild rating. 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. Nicholson made his directorial debut with and cowrote the script for drive, he said 1971, a dour work that hasnt held up as well as its celluloid soulmates. 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 margotta born 1946, pearl river, new york is an american actor career. The original trailer in high definition of drive he said directed by jack nicholson and starring william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern and robert towne. With william tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern. The six bluray discs come in card and plastic folders within a card slipcase with a theater marquee design motif.
Sony has released the 1971 counterculture comedydrama drive, he said as a burntoorder dvd title. Drive, he said hector is a confused basketball star at an ohio college. He has an extensive collection of cinema collectibles and memorabilia, which began when he entered the movie business at age eleven changing marquees, selling popcorn and sweeping aisles at a small neighborhood theatre managed by his father in upstate new york. Born in london in 1976, she lives in north london with her husband and daughters. William tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern, robert towne, henry jaglom, michael warren, june fairchild, don hanmer, lynette. William tepper, karen black, michael margotta, bruce dern. Both of those will probably be examined closely and be closely questioned howell said neither group discriminates in its constitution and all students are eligible to participate in its activities. 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. Hes probably best known for his ensemble, femaledominated films revolving around a particular subject. Drive, he said premiered at cannes and, according to the new york times, set off the festivals most violently negative reaction. William tepper plays a college basketball star in ohio, as the whole film is meant to make the audience think of kent state. Connie margotta dabate july 31, 1976 december 23, 2015 ellington, connecticut connie margotta dabate, 39, of ellington, beloved wife and best friend of richard dabate, and dedicated and loving mother of richard rj age 9, and connor age 6, died tragically at her home on wednesday, december 23, 2015.
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