Worth
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Richard Weisz is David Mamet's nom de plume.The script was written by J. D. Zeik and Richard Weisz.
Richard Weisz is David Mamet's nom de plume.The script was written by J. D. Zeik and Richard Weisz.
"Richard Weisz" is a pseudonym for David Mamet.The script was written by J. D. Zeik and Richard Weisz.
"Richard Weisz" is a pseudonym for David Mamet.
EDIT: Did not see Worth's comment before I posted. Also, the shooting script was almost entirely written by Mamet. Zeik received credit because he wrote the first draft, but it was heavily re-written by Mamet.
Agreed. If you're familiar with Mamet's style, the dialog is immediately recognizable as his.I have no idea how much Zeik really did or didn't write, but I will say that most of the dialogue sounds like it came from Mamet's pen. The movie seems to have a lot more of his imprint than just a few scenes to beef up De Niro's screen time, as Zeik claimed
Much appreciated. That said, the story does have good bone structure.Out of curiosity, I searched for a copy of Zeik’s draft online and something popped up without too much effort. I won’t link it here because I can’t verify that it’s legit. I only skimmed through it, but if what I read is real and was the last draft that Zeik turned in, Frankenheimer’s initial comments on proper credit were accurate. Zeik is responsible for the basic skeleton of the story, but very little of his scene work survived. Mamet wrote just about every scene and line of dialog that made it into the finished film.
Thank you. I didn't know that.Richard Weisz is David Mamet's nom de plume.
The film itself is only dated by some of the tech and, of course, by the lack of CG (this is a very good thing).