Tom Mankiewicz

...Mel Gibson wanted to play the coveted role of James Bond but was turned down by legendary 007 producer Cubby Broccoli, scriptwriter Tom Mankiewicz has revealed. Speaking at a Bond convention in Los Angeles, Mankiewicz, who scripted Live And...

In this article: Mel Gibson, James Bond, James Bond movie, Daily Express, 007, Live and Let Die, Cubby Broccoli, United Artists, and The Man with the Golden Gun

...for a year and not one bit was useful to me." Donner was dissatisfied with the campy script and brought Tom Mankiewicz to perform a rewrite. According to Mankiewicz "not a word from the Puzo script was used". "It was a well-written, but...

In this article: Superman, Richard Donner, Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Christopher Reeve, Superman II, Jor-El, and Kal-El

...the Golden Gun was the fourth and final film in the series to be directed by Guy Hamilton. The script was written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz. The film was set in the face of the 1973 energy crisis , a dominant theme in the script -...

In this article: Francisco Scaramanga, James Bond, The Man with the Golden Gun, Andrea Anders, Mary Goodnight, James Bond, Britt Ekland, Richard Maibaum, and Albert R. Broccoli

Tom Mankiewicz is a screenwriter/director/producer of motion pictures and television, perhaps best known for his work on the James Bond films and his contributions to Superman: The Movie '' and the television series, ''Hart to Hart. He was...

In this article: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Richard Donner, Leonard Goldberg, Superman: The Movie, Creative consultant, Herb Alpert, James Bond films, and Yale University

...Olivier and Michael Caine, his final production. He was the younger brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz. His sons are writer/director Tom Mankiewicz and producer Christopher Mankiewicz. He also has a daughter named Alexandra Mankiewicz.

In this article: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Academy Awards, All About Eve, Shakespeare, New York City, Herman J. Mankiewicz, MGM, and Marlon Brando

...and Leonard Goldberg decided to update the idea for a potential television series. They offered the script to screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, who had by that time written several screenplays including three of the James Bond films. Their...

In this article: Hart to Hart, Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Aaron Spelling, Sidney Sheldon, Leonard Goldberg, and Cary Grant

...is a 1987 film starring Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Dabney Coleman, Harry Morgan, and Alexandra Paul, directed by Tom Mankiewicz. The screenplay is written by Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, and Tom Mankiewicz. The original music...

In this article: Dragnet, Joe Friday, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, and Dragnet

...do that to Superman! I know Superman, I was brought up on him.' " Next Donner called screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz to collaborate with him. Donner convinced him to take on the project after greeting him at a meeting wearing a Superman...

In this article: Richard Donner, Superman, X-Men, Lethal Weapon, Swoops, Apple pie, Metropolis, Lex Luthor, and Lauren Shuler Donner

His great-uncle, writer-director Joseph Mankiewicz, won Oscars for "All About Eve" and "A Letter to Three Wives," and cousin Tom Mankiewicz wrote several James Bond movies, including "The Man with the Golden Gun" and "Diamonds are...

In this article: Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper, Ben Lyons, Oscar, Gene Siskel, New York Post, Ben Mankiewicz, and Chicago

...Bond films, the longest-running film franchise in cinema history. "This was a man who was a failed jewelry salesman," says Tom Mankiewicz, a writer on 1971's "Diamonds are Forever" who also worked on two Roger Moore Bond films,...

In this article: Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, United Artists, Live and Let Die, James Bond, and Barbara Broccoli