Tag: The Godfather
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R.I.P., Robert Duvall
It remains one of the great screen entrances in movie history. Near the end of To Kill a Mockingbird, director Robert Mulligan’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s controversial novel (adapted by Horton Foote), Jem (Philip Alford) is taking his sister Scout (Mary Badham) home from a school pageant when they’re attacked by Bob Ewell (James “Buddy” Anderson),…
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R.I.P., Robert Towne
As those who have suffered through a broadcast of an Academy Awards ceremony know, the acceptance speeches can all sound the same, with people thanking, in no particular order, the people who worked on the film with them, their families, God, and so on. However, every once in a while, you get an unexpected element…