Novelists who became film directors - General Discussion Discussion

[–] Stratego (31078) 6 years ago

Stephen King.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

I forgot about his one and only foray into directing. "We made you !!!!!" Changing to Maximum Overdrive immediately.

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[–] Stratego (31078) 6 years ago

Don't get how he can complain about other directors adapting his work after making that trash.

Maya Angelou also directed a movie, Down in the Delta.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

I didn't know that about Maya Angelou. I'm gonna seek it out.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Clive Barker

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

Oh yeah, Hellraiser is awesome and so is Nightbreed.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Nightbreed is favourite of mine 👍 He wrote Candyman too but I don't think he directed it.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

He didn't direct Candyman but it is awesome. He however did direct a previous adaptation of "The Forbidden" as a short under the original title from his source material in 1978.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Agreed it's a good one too. Never knew that other stuff 👍

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78562) 6 years ago

Stephen King directed the supremely silly and awesome Maximum Overdrive in 86
It was about an other-worldly force making all of our machines and vehicles attack us...in other words it was a beautiful mess (a guy gets shot to death by cola cans flying out of a soda machine lol)
It has since become clear that he was wasted the entire time of production but damn, that was a really fun, stupid movie
Loved it
Trailer is readily available online...King is very clearly higher than a hair metal band!

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

Yes he was coked to tips of his hair on that one.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78562) 6 years ago

Critics murdered that movie
I really think its silly good stuff😂

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

I like it

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Maximum Overdrive was decent, I never saw the remake 'Trucks (1997)' though. It's got a 3.9/10 rating.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78562) 6 years ago

William Peter Blatty wrote The Exorcist and later directed a small number of films in the same genre...none very good sadly

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 6 years ago

I've seen Excorcist III which he directed but none of his others.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78562) 6 years ago

Norman Mailer directed four times but i saw only two of them...
Though Guys Dont Dance (87)
Wild 90 (68)
I had a hard time finishing these... Really bad stuff:(

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