Harlan Ellison has died
Harlan Ellison has died
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#1Harlan Ellison has died
Posted: 6/28/18 at 8:13pm
I know it will not mean much to the folks here but I feel some attention must be paid.
An excellent ( at times) writer editor actor and world class annoyance. Iconoclast in every way.
(plus a blind date of mine-true dat)
RIP Harlan- u LIVED!
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2018/06/28/science-fiction-master-harlan-ellison-dies-at-84.html
#3Harlan Ellison has died
Posted: 7/5/18 at 3:23pm
Just caught this. May he rest in peace. "A Boy and his Dog" is one of my favorites. I was quite surprised to learn that he was the first to adapt Jacqueline Susann's 1966 "Valley of the Dolls" for film. His version retained the novel's downbeat ending. When the studio ordered extensive re-writes without his knowledge by Dorothy Kingsley and Helen Deutsch he had his name removed from the film's credits and publicity materials.
Interview with Harlan Ellison
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#4Harlan Ellison has died
Posted: 7/6/18 at 12:06am
he had his name removed from the film's credits and publicity materials.
They got off light, Harlan's legally registered( with the Writer's Guild) pen name that he used when he was not happy with what was done with his work was Cordwainer Bird. Imagine that on your big budget movin' picture screen credit! Everyone in the industry knew what it meant.
#5Harlan Ellison has died
Posted: 7/7/18 at 8:33pm
sabrelady said: "he had his name removed from the film's credits and publicity materials.
They got off light, Harlan's legally registered( with the Writer's Guild) pen name that he used when he was not happy with what was done with his work was Cordwainer Bird. Imagine that on your big budget movin' picture screen credit! Everyone in the industry knew what it meant."
Man that would have been hilarious!!! Screenplay by Cordwaider Bird based on the novel by Jacqueline Susann.
