Career High Points: The Hospital (1971) + The Valachi Papers (1972)
Two career peaks are profiled via Twilight Time Blu-rays: George C. Scott in The Hospital (1971) + Charles Bronson in The Valachi Papers (1972).
Tag: Dino De Laurentiis
BR: Valachi Papers, The (1972)
Released the same year as Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, The Valachi Papers is based on Peter Maas’ 1968 book which chronicled the real-life testimony of Joseph Valachi, a driver for the Genovese family whose federal testimony in 1963…
BR: Bounty, The (1984)
Originally drafted as a two-part film project by director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt in 1977, the lavish adaptation of Richard Hough’s book Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian went as far as building a full-scale replica of the HMS. Bounty ship for Dino De Laurentiis’ production, but things went sour…
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