Heywood Gould
Heywood Gould | |
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| Born | December 19, 1942 Bronx,New York City |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
Heywood Gould(born December 19, 1942) is an American screenwriter, journalist, novelist and film director. He wrote the screenplays for the filmsRolling Thunder,The Boys from Brazil,Fort Apache, The Bronx,Streets of Gold,Cocktail,and wrote and directed the filmsOne Good Cop,Trial by Jury,MistrialandDouble Bang.
Career[edit]
Rolling Thunder[edit]
On the strength of his heavily circulated spec screenplayFort Apache, The Bronx(unproduced until 1981), Gould was enlisted by starWilliam Devaneto rewritePaul Schrader'sRolling Thunderscript. Gould added pop-psych monologues for Devane's character, a former POW, that reflected an almost clinical understanding of his own trauma. Devane opted instead for a terse, contained performance in the mold ofSteve McQueen,forgoing Gould's ornate characterization. Only one Gould monologue remains in the film, and it contains the oft-quoted line "You learn to love the rope," a poignant reference to defying one's captors.[1]Aborted monologues aside, Gould's changes to Schrader's script provide the most memorable scenes in the film. Moreover, Gould added flourishes that tied supporting characters more organically to the film's themes.
Partial bibliography[edit]
- Corporation Freak,Tower Books, 1971 (nonfiction account of working atIBM'sAdvanced Systems Development Divisionin 1968)
References[edit]
- ^Tarantino, Quentin (2022).Cinema speculation.HarperCollins (Firm). New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.ISBN978-0-06-311258-2.OCLC1348950198.
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