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Harry Patterson, has once agj
to the realm of "what might
!pened" In his World War II t
Catch a King."
, The title refers to the Duke
I who renounced the throne of
[. marry the woman he loved. HI
that he might be leaning towa
cause. He wanted the Duke a
brought to Germany and failir
should be kidnapped. Walter S
of the SS, was put in charge of
This much is historical fact. Th<
blends this fact with plausibh
Dormer
frvmptge 14
percent of my work in the
picture. But because he did
the balance, his name is on
it."
Donner added that he has
seen 'Superman II' and
thinks it's very enjoyable.
"It's gonna make a lot of
money," he said. "I think it's
more James Bond-ish than
the first, but there's nothing
wrong with that. If you're a
film buff, though, you'll see
the terrible disparity bet-'
' ween Geoffrey Unsworth's
' work and that of the
cameraman they brought
on. He had'no rcspect for _
Geoffrey and didn't even try
to do it like him "
Donner took over the
directorial reigns of
"Superman" from Guy
Hamilton, who bowed out
during pre-production.
There was really no taking
over, though, Donner said,
because there had been
nothing done. "I started the
film almost from scratch,'.'
he explained. "The only
people that had been hired
were Brando and Hackman
?
I ana mere wasn't even a
script. They had a 500-page
script they were going to do,
honest to God. They
(producers Pierre Spengler
and Alexander and Ilya
Salkind) said, 4Go ahead and
shoot, we'll edit it later.' I
said, 'You're crazy,' and I
brought Tom Mankiewicz
over to do a total rewrite."
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reports, especially those in
David Michael Petrou's
"The Making of Superman
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describes as garbage, the
director had no trouble with
the actors in "Superman,"
including Marlon Brando.
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the most trying conditions.
He came over with the flue,
had to work on a set where
the temperature was 105 and
he had to wear a wig."
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a reputation among actors,
that they know he enjoys
working with them. Part of
the reason for that
reputation, he
acknowledges, is that he
started out as an actor.
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relists* Nazi characters are
some and vile.Schellenberfl
a soldier doing his Job but
ense of reality abouthim. At
> novel, he remarks: "Am I
sane man in a world gone
Hit, more than any other,
rhellenberg's personality,
vever, has his share of
s as Himmler and Heydrich,
Director Martin Ritt,
though, advised him to give
that career up because he
couldn't take direction.
"I think Marty said. it
kiddingly," Doiiner said,
"but he respected me, liked
my comments and helped
me get started as an
assistant director."
"DONNER ADMITTED
that he still thinks about
acting a great deal. "And I
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these days. I'll find a good
director and I'll go act for
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