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John Frederick Milius (born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He helped write Dirty Harry and Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. Dirty Harry is a 1971 Crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland Cimmeria) is a Fictional character often associated with Red Dawn is a 1984 war film by John Milius about a fictional invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, Cuba and
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Biography
Career
A former student at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, Milius started his movie career in a student film contest in 1967, taking first prize for his entry Marcello I'm Bored. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV is a Film school within the University of Southern California Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Milius wrote, co-wrote or directed the popular and critically acclaimed films Dirty Harry (uncredited), Apocalypse Now, Big Wednesday, Dillinger, The Wind and the Lion, and Clear and Present Danger. Dirty Harry is a 1971 Crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. Big Wednesday ( 1978) is an American Coming of age film directed by John Milius. Dillinger is a 1973 gangster Film which shows evidence of being strongly influenced by the films of Sam Peckinpah, as well as borrowing cinematically The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 Adventure film. It was directed by John Milius and starred Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 film directed by Phillip Noyce, based on the book of the same name by Tom Clancy. Milius coined the famous "Go ahead, make my day" line from the Dirty Harry movie Sudden Impact, as well as "Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" from Apocalypse Now. Dirty Harry is a 1971 Crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. Sudden Impact is a 1983 crime thriller and the 4th film in the ''Dirty Harry'' series, directed by and starring Clint Milius is also known as the director of the film Conan the Barbarian, which made a star out of then relatively unknown actor and body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger. Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 film by director John Milius and is recognized as the acting Breakthrough of bodybuilder Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Milius also contributed to the famous USS Indianapolis monologue for the film Jaws, and suggested to Steven Spielberg the "bookend" scenes in the military graveyard in Normandy used at the beginning and end of Saving Private Ryan. Service before World War II Indianapolis was laid down on March 31 1930 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person Jaws is a 1975 thriller / horror Film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley 's best-selling Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 War film set during the invasion of Normandy during World War II. Milius was one of the three creators of the drama series Rome for the BBC and HBO. Rome is a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy -nominated historical drama Television series co-created by John Milius
Milius is a frequent guest on The History Channel's show Modern Marvels. History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Satellite and Cable TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons&mdashoften Modern Marvels is a documentary Television series on History that answers the question of how many things in the Modern world are He appears in episodes that deal with firearms, with the caption "Film-maker/Weapons Expert" or a similar variation. Milius has worked with a number of actors on multiple films, including Ben Johnson, Steve Kanaly, Roy Jenson, Geoffrey Lewis, Brian Keith, and Vladek Sheybal. Ben "Son" Johnson Jr ( June 13 1918 – April 8 1996) was an American motion picture Actor, mainly Steven "Steve" Francis Kanaly (born March 14, 1946) is an American Actor, best known for his role as Southfork Ranch foreman Roy Jenson (b February 9 1927, Calgary Alberta, Canada - d April 24 2007, Los Angeles California) was Geoffrey Lewis may refer to Geoffrey Lewis (actor (born 1935 Geoffrey Lewis Lewis (1920-2008 professor of Turkish Brian Keith (November 14 1921 – June 24 1997 was an American stage film and television actor Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Sheybal 12 March, 1923 - 16 October, 1992) was a Polish born Character actor, whose
Milius directed Red Dawn, a controversial 1984 film whose premise was a fictional Soviet invasion of the United States. Red Dawn is a 1984 war film by John Milius about a fictional invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, Cuba and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Red Dawn was in the news in December, 2003 in connection with the capture of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 The American commander of the operation to capture Hussein was a fan of Milius' film, causing him to call the military operation which captured Saddam Hussein Operation Red Dawn. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Operation Red Dawn is the US Military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq near Tikrit, that captured Iraq President He also dubbed the military units who actually captured Hussein "Wolverine One" and "Wolverine Two" after the fictional "Wolverines" unit in Red Dawn.
Milius insisted that part of his payment for writing Jeremiah Johnson be in antique weapons. Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 western film. It was directed by Sydney Pollack, and starred Robert Redford as the title character Milius also considers Theodore Roosevelt a personal hero, feeling that he can relate to Roosevelt on many levels, such as physical illness and a shared love of firearms and the outdoors. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T He has made two films featuring Roosevelt: The Wind and the Lion (where he was played by Brian Keith) and the made-for-TV film Rough Riders (where Tom Berenger took the role). The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 Adventure film. It was directed by John Milius and starred Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith (November 14 1921 – June 24 1997 was an American stage film and television actor Rough Riders is a 1997 four hour television Miniseries about Theodore Roosevelt and the regiment (the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry aka the Tom Berenger (born May 31, 1948) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American Actor known mainly for He considered himself too much in awe of Roosevelt to do a full-on biopic of him, but says he hopes to make a third film to complete a Roosevelt trilogy - though with Martin Scorsese's upcoming adaptation of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, that seems unlikely. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979 is a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of President Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris.
Through work on (The) Rough Riders (1997) (TV), he became an instrumental force in causing President Theodore Roosevelt to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (posthumously), for acts of conspicuous gallantry while in combat on San Juan Hill. [1]
Milius was interviewed in the documentary Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood.
Milius is currently writing and directing the movie Journey of Death, a western starring WWE superstar Triple H. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Personal life
Milius was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Elizabeth (née Roe) and William Styx Milius, who was a shoe manufacturer. [2] Milius attempted to join the Marine Corps in the late nineteen-sixties, but was rejected due to chronic asthma. Asthma is a chronic Condition involving the Respiratory system in which the airways occasionally constrict become inflamed, and are He ascribes his fascination with guns and the military to this disappointment. While he has been criticized for being "pro-war", Milius claims that he simply finds war fascinating, "like patterns in the weather".
A self-styled "Zen anarchist", Milius is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, an avid gun collector and a strong opponent of gun control laws. Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chan. Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the A gun is a particular Weapon that propels Projectiles The projectile is generally fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel. Gun politics is a set of legal issues surrounding the ownership use and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through
His filmmaking idols are John Ford and Akira Kurosawa; he has also mentioned Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, David Lean, and his friend and mentor John Huston as important influences as well. David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release Sergio Leone ( January 3, 1929 &ndash April 30, 1989) was an Italian Film director. Sir David Lean KBE ( 25 March, 1908 &ndash 16 April, 1991) was an English Film director and producer John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. His favorite film is reportedly Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai, although he has also named The Seven Samurai, The Searchers, and The Battle of Algiers as such in other interviews. The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 World War II film based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer is a 1954 Japanese film co-written edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The Searchers is a 1956 Epic Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, which tells the story The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri is a 1966 Black-and-white film by Gillo Pontecorvo based on events during the 1954-1962 Algerian
Fictional references
- A fictional version of Milius appears in Steve Erickson's novel Zeroville (2007) as Viking Man. Stephen Michael Erickson (born April 20 1950) is an American novelist essayist and critic
- The character Walter (played by John Goodman) in The Big Lebowski is based on Milius. John Stephen Goodman (born June 20 1952 is a Golden Globe - and Emmy -winning American Actor. The Big Lebowski is a 1998 American Comedy film / Film noir written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
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