Winner, Michael.

Winner Takes All: A Life of Sorts.

London, Robson Books, 2004. Octavo. 360 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Robert Michael Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was an English film director and producer, and a restaurant critic for The Sunday Times. He began his screen career as an assistant director of BBC television programmes, cinema shorts, and full-length “B” productions, occasionally writing screenplays. In 1957 he directed his first travelogue, This is Belgium, shot largely on location in East Grinstead. His first on-screen credit was earned as a writer for the 1958 crime film Man with a Gun directed by Montgomery Tully. Winner’s first credit on a cinema short was Associate Producer on the 1959 film Floating Fortress produced by Harold Baim. Winner’s first project as a lead director involved another story he wrote, Shoot to Kill, in 1960. He would regularly edit his own movies, using the pseudonym “Arnold Crust”. In 1974, Winner and Bronson collaborated on Death Wish, a film that defined the subsequent careers of both men. Based on a novel by Brian Garfield and adapted to the screen by Wendell Mayes, Death Wish was originally planned for director Sidney Lumet under contract with United Artists. The commitment of Lumet to another film and UA’s questioning of its subject matter led to an eventual production by Dino De Laurentiis through Paramount Pictures. Death Wish tracks Paul Kersey, a liberal New York architect who becomes a gun-wielding vigilante after his wife is murdered and daughter is raped. With a script adjusted to Bronson’s persona, the film generated major controversy during its screenings and was one of the year’s highest grossers. (Wikipedia).

• Keywords: David Puttnam · David Puttnam Collection · Film & TV Rare · Film Studies · Film Theory
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781861057341
• Inventory Number: 43844AB

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