Lewis John Carlino | |
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| Born | (1932-01-01)January 1, 1932 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 17, 2020(2020-06-17) (aged 88) Whidbey Island,Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Director, playwright, screenwriter |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Alma mater | El Camino College |
| Period | 1957–2011 |
| Notable works | The Great Santini The Fox The Brotherhood I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Resurrection The Mechanic The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea |
| Notable awards | Nominated for the Best Screenplay of 1967Golden Globe forThe Fox – Lewis John Carlino andHoward Koch Nominated for theWriters Guild of America Award for the Best Written American Original Screenplay of 1968 forThe Brotherhood Nominated withGavin Lambert for Best Adapted Screenplay of 1977,50th Academy Awards forI Never Promised You a Rose Garden Nominated withGavin Lambert for theWriters Guild of America Award of 1978 for the Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium forI Never Promised You a Rose Garden Nominated for theWriters Guild of America Award of 1979 for the Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium forThe Great Santini Nominated by theAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for theSaturn Award for Best Writing of 1980 forResurrection |
Lewis John Carlino (January 1, 1932 – June 17, 2020)[1] was an American screenwriter and director. His career spanned five decades and included such works asThe Fox,The Brotherhood,The Mechanic,The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea,I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,Resurrection, andThe Great Santini. Carlino was nominated for many awards, including theAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
One of Carlino's earliest works was a play,The Brick and the Rose; a collage for voices. It waspublished on December 12, 1957,[2] and the first production took place that year in the Ivar Theatre, now part of theLA Film School, inHollywood, California.[3]
Thescript forThe Brick and the Rose was distributed by theDramatists Play Service beginning in 1959[3] and the play was presented on television as part of theCBS Repertoire Workshop on January 24, 1960.[4] Carlino continued to write for theater with some success with scripts regularly published byDramatists Play Service and numerous performances in several venues including theAmerican National Theatre and Academy[3] and theJohn Golden Theatre.[5]
Carlino's first screenwritingcredit wasAnd Make Thunder His Tribute, Episode 99 of the television seriesRoute 66, which aired on November 1, 1963. That same month, Carlino was hired byKirk Douglas' film production company,Joel Productions, to write the screenplay forSeconds, based on the novel by science fiction writer David Ely.[6] The lead in the film was initially written for Douglas but the role was eventually played byRock Hudson, with Joel Productions (co-headed by producerEdward Lewis) co-producing the film with John Frankenheimer Productions, directorJohn Frankenheimer's film production company, and Gibraltar Productions, Hudson's film production company.[6] Thisconspiracy thriller gained considerable attention as the final part of a loosely connectedparanoia trilogy from the director.[7] The film was submitted in competition at the1966 Cannes Film Festival and was one of the nominees for thePalme D'Or.[8]
In October 1963, it was reported that Carlino would adapt Jackson Donahue's novelThe Confessor for producer Edward Lewis and director Frankenheimer as part of a one-off picture deal forThe Mirisch Corporation.[9] The film was to starAnthony Perkins (later replaced byTony Curtis) andHenry Fonda, but the project never made it to film.[9]
In November 1964, after months of development,Douglas and Lewis Productions (Kirk Douglas and Edward Lewis) announced that it would be co-producingGrand Prix with John Frankenheimer Productions.[10]Grand Prix, a drama about the turbulent lives of racecar drivers, was to be directed by Frankenheimer using the newCinerama single-lens process, and based on an original screenplay by Carlino.[10] By September 1965, when theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract forGrand Prix was finally concluded,Robert Alan Aurthur had replaced Carlino as screenwriter for the $9,000,000-budgeted film.[11][12]
In October 1965, Douglas and Lewis Productions announced that it had secured a one-picture financing and distribution deal withWarner Brothers Pictures forThe Hoods.[13]The Hoods (later released asThe Brotherhood), was an original screenplay by Carlino about the mafia and was to star Douglas.[14] Edward Lewis was to produce the film whileMartin Ritt would direct and co-produce through his film production company, Martin Ritt Productions.[14] The filming ofThe Brotherhood was delayed considerably due to Douglas' other commitments, and Warner Brothers Pictures' option eventually expired, leading the producers to eventually secure a $3,500,000 financing and distributing deal throughParamount Pictures in May 1967.[15][16][17][18] The movie was filmed on location inSicily on September 14, 1967, followed byNew York City locations in October 1967.[19][20][21]The Brotherhood opened in December 1968 and was generally well-received during previews.[22] Carlino was nominated for aWriters Guild of America Award for Best Written American Original Screenplay.
Another property acquired around this time by Douglas and Lewis Productions wasYukio Mishima'sThe Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea, with Carlino assigned to write the screenplay.[23] Ten years later, Carlino would direct the film, with no ties to Douglas and Lewis Productions.
Carlino next worked with screenwriterHoward Koch on the adaptation of the 1923 novellaThe Fox byD. H. Lawrence.The 1967 film (starringSandy Dennis,Anne Heywood, andKeir Dullea), won aBest Foreign Film Golden Globe Award, and Heywood earned theBest Actress award. The screenplay by Carlino and Koch was nominated for theGolden Globe forBest Screenplay of 1967.
In 1970 he wrote an adaptation of the classicRobert Heinlein novelStranger in a Strange Land, picked up by Warner Bros and listed for production in early 1971.[24] The movie was never made.
Carlino wrote the original story and the screenplay for the 1972 filmThe Mechanic, which starsCharles Bronson andJan-Michael Vincent. The film is noted for opening with no dialog for the first 16 minutes and for itssurprise ending.
In 1976, Carlino finally directedYukio Mishima's 1963 novelThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea for the screen and directed thefilm of the same title which starredKris Kristofferson andSarah Miles.[25]
Carlino andGavin Lambert received anOscar nomination and theWriters Guild of America Award nomination for the Best Adapted Screenplay of 1977 forI Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
Carlino wrote and directedThe Great Santini, based on the 1976novel byPat Conroy.[26] The film tells the story of aUnited States Marine Corps Officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father. The film starsRobert Duvall,Blythe Danner,Michael O'Keefe,Lisa Jane Persky,Julie Anne Haddock,Brian Andrews,Stan Shaw, andDavid Keith. Carlino was nominated for theWriters Guild of America Award of 1979 for the Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium.The Great Santini received twoAcademy Award nominations:Best Actor in a Leading Role (Duvall) andBest Actor in a Supporting Role (O'Keefe).
In 1980, Carlino did the original writing and screenplay forResurrection and was nominated by theAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for theSaturn Award for Best Writing of 1980.
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