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George Axelrod (1922–2003)

Author of Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961 film]

21+ Works 1,558 Members 32 Reviews

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Works by George Axelrod

Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961 film] (1961) — Screenwriter — 650 copies
The Manchurian Candidate [1962 film] (1962) — Screenwriter — 318 copies
Blackmailer (1952) 184 copies
The Seven Year Itch [1955 film] (1955) — Screenwriter — 102 copies
Paris When It Sizzles [1964 film] (1964) — Screenwriter — 72 copies
The Seven Year Itch (1952) 62 copies
Bus Stop [1956 film] (1956) — Screenwriter — 59 copies
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 24 copies
The Holcroft Covenant [1985 film] (1985) — Screenwriter — 23 copies
Where Am I Now (1971) 14 copies
Beggar's Choice (1947) 9 copies
Phffft [1954 film] (1954) — Writer — 6 copies

Associated Works

New voices in the American theatre (1955) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Fourth Protocol [1987 film] (1987) — Screen story — 43 copies
Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 (1958) — Contributor — 42 copies
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (1969) — Contributor — 33 copies

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Birthdate
1922-06-09
Date of death
2003-06-21
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Occupations
screenwriter
producer
playwright
film director
Organizations
Army Signal Corps
Awards and honors
Academy Award nominee (1961)

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Well made, in a 1950s style, with humour that feels more disturbing by today's standards. Nice musical background, and a good pace. We hadn't seen Marilyn Monroe before and were quite impressed although it was very hard to understand the strong Southern accent she used as 'Cherie' in this film.

I didn't like the rodeo scenes at all, which did not look at all pleasant for the animals concerned, and I thought the hero (Don Murray) was not just naive and ignorant, but unpleasantly arrogant too; I thought the ending forced and unlikely, despite being rather predictable.

But it made a good light evening's viewing. The rating U is misleading as it's really not suitable for children.

Longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/bus-stop-marilyn-monroe.html
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SueinCyprus | Feb 14, 2024 |
2023 movie #179. 1954. After 8 years of marriage tax lawyer Bob (Lemmon) and TV writer Nina (Holliday) get divorced but find they still really love each other. This movie made me laugh out loud, what more can you ask for from a comedy? Judy Holliday is just brilliant.
 
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freixas | 8 other reviews | Mar 31, 2023 |
This book starts strong and ends strong. A little doughy in the middle though, with what felt like a lot of details that were not necessary to the story. And overall, the whole book gave me a sense of deja vu, as though I'd read it before. But I hadn't. Weird.
The story is that of a publisher being offered the posthumous, last ever book by a world-famous author. And he gets that offer twice in the matter of 24 hours! But which offer is real, and is there an actual book written by that actual author at all? It's a muddle of a situation that Dick Sherman, the publisher, gets tangled in, and the untangling may very well be his undoing!… (more)
½
 
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Stahl-Ricco | 5 other reviews | Nov 13, 2022 |

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ISBNs
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