David Seltzer
出生 : 1940-02-12, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
略歴
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David Seltzer (born 1940) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing The Omen (1976), and Bird on a Wire (1990), starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. As writer/director, Seltzer's credits include the 1986 teen tragi-comedy Lucas starring Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder, the 1988 comedy Punchline starring Sally Field and Tom Hanks, and 1992's Shining Through starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas.
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Self
A portrait of the actress Winona Ryder, the great muse of nineties cinema, who, although she has had an atypical and somewhat erratic career, has always offered performances as sensitive as they are honest.
Writer
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. CINEMA VERITE tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.
Himself
David Seltzer knows Hollywood. He knows the business, the tricks of the trade and all the hidden truths. He's got the stories from working with Jacques Cousteau, penning the horror classic The Omen and adapting Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He can tell you why writing is like love-making and why there is no such thing as fiction. His advice about directing? Wear comfortable shoes. In this interview, you'll learn that and more, including what recent screenplay is the most elegant he has ever heard spoken on-screen and why you don't win arguments with movie stars.
Screenplay
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
Author
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
Self
Retrospective documentary on the making of the cult classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
Writer
Two not so bright small time crooks end up with a baby girl by "accident" and find a change in their lives. Billy (Ulrich) becomes the guy to take care of the child and look after it. Buford (Oldman) wants to get rid of it, but the others they knit with are for doing the best they can. They conspire to rob a pawn shop to get the necessary money, only to end up heroes for stopping a heist already in play.
Scenario Writer
Two not so bright small time crooks end up with a baby girl by "accident" and find a change in their lives. Billy (Ulrich) becomes the guy to take care of the child and look after it. Buford (Oldman) wants to get rid of it, but the others they knit with are for doing the best they can. They conspire to rob a pawn shop to get the necessary money, only to end up heroes for stopping a heist already in play.
Director
Two not so bright small time crooks end up with a baby girl by "accident" and find a change in their lives. Billy (Ulrich) becomes the guy to take care of the child and look after it. Buford (Oldman) wants to get rid of it, but the others they knit with are for doing the best they can. They conspire to rob a pawn shop to get the necessary money, only to end up heroes for stopping a heist already in play.
Documentary about the making of The Omen, featuring interviews with Richard Donner, Harvey Bernhard, David Seltzer and others.
Screenplay
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
Story
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
Characters
Executive Producer
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
Screenplay
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
Director
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
Characters
Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys, Gene and Karen York. When Karen realizes her baby was born under suspicious circumstances, she hires a private investigator to find Delia's real parents. A series of bizarre accidents occur, and Karen begins to suspect everyone of conspiring against her as she unravels the truth about her baby.
Screenplay
敏腕女性弁護士マリアンヌはある日、死んだはずの婚約者リックとそっくりな男に出会う。戸惑う彼女がその男の素性を知った時、2人を狙う組織の影があった。メル・ギブソンとゴールディ・ホーンの共演で送るアクション。
Writer
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
Director
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
Screenplay
Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.
Writer
高校生たちの淡い恋の模様を描いた青春ラブ・ストーリー。イリノイ州のハイスクールに通うルーカスは昆虫採集が趣味のチビの少年。頭はいいがスポーツはさっぱり。そんな彼が、ある日、年上の転校生の少女に恋をした。しかし、彼女はフットボール部のエースに魅かれている。そこで彼は意気奮闘、無謀ながらもフットボール部に入部するのだが……。
Director
高校生たちの淡い恋の模様を描いた青春ラブ・ストーリー。イリノイ州のハイスクールに通うルーカスは昆虫採集が趣味のチビの少年。頭はいいがスポーツはさっぱり。そんな彼が、ある日、年上の転校生の少女に恋をした。しかし、彼女はフットボール部のエースに魅かれている。そこで彼は意気奮闘、無謀ながらもフットボール部に入部するのだが……。
Teleplay
A therapist goes outside his office and into his patients' personal lives to help them. He is treating a man who is hearing sounds but apparently there is nothing wrong with him psychologically. And a woman who despite being in a healthy relationship goes around picking up guys and having sex with them. She decides to seek help and what the doctor learns is that the problem goes back to her childhood and her family.
Writer
J.P. Tannen (Jon Voight) wants a second chance to be a father to his children ... but someone else has taken his place. Determined not to just be a friendly 'uncle' in their lives, he gets permission from his ex-wife Kathleen (Millie Perkins) and her new husband (Richard Crenna) to take the kids on a Mediterranean cruise. On the journey he comes to realise it's not that easy and, feeling overwhelmed, begins to doubt his abilities until a tragedy back home forces him to become the father he always hoped to be.
Screenplay
A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter, who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.
Characters
“悪魔の子”ダミアン・ソーンは、32歳という若さで養父から引き継いだ総合商社ソーン・コーポレーションの社長となり、且つアメリカ合衆国大統領の顧問も務めていた。ある日、ダミアンは駐英大使に任命された。実はダミアンは、イギリスの何処かで誕生しようとしている“救世主”の抹殺を目論んでいたのだ。 一方、イタリアの修道院のデ・カーロ神父は、救世主の誕生とダミアンが悪魔の子である事を知り、7人の修道士にメギドの短剣を授けダミアン殺害を命じるが、ことごとく失敗に終わる。 神が復活したとされる3月24日、ダミアンの秘書ディーンに子供が誕生した。救世主が生まれてから自分の力が弱まっていくことに気付いたダミアンは、3月24日に生まれた全ての子供の殺害を手下に命じる。 その頃、テレビ・キャスターのケイトは取材でダミアンと知り合い、やがて深い関係になっていくが、彼女もまた悪魔と神との“最後の闘争”に巻き込まれていく。
Writer
メイン州の山奥で製紙工場と先住民族との間で森林を巡る権利争いが起き、その争いを解決すべくワシントンD.C.の医師ロブが調査を依頼される。現地では魚の巨大化や野生動物の狂暴化などの異変が起きていて、ロブは先住民族から「工場が流しているメチル水銀が原因」と聞かされる。さらにロブは、伝説の怪物が長い眠りから目覚めたという予言を告げられる。そしてある日、奇形化した巨大クマが出現し、人間たちを殺害していく。
Characters
ダミアンは彼の養父母の死後、ロバート・ソーンの弟リチャード夫妻に引き取られ養子として暮らしていた。 ダミアンはリチャードの子マークと共に陸軍士官学校へ通い始める。ダミアンの正体を探る神父ブーゲン ハーゲンよりダミアンの正体を知ったリチャードの伯母はダミアン殺害を謀るが惨たらしく事故死してしまう。 この頃から再びダミアン以外のソーン一族が変死しはじめるのだった。ダミアン自身も自分の周りで起こる怪異や 自分に備わっていく不思議な力に戸惑い悩んでいくが、行く先々で彼に尊敬の念を持つ狂信的な人々に支えられ て行く。ダミアンを引き取ってから周りで起こる怪異に、伯母がかつて言っていたダミアンのばかげた正体 に確信を得るためブーゲンハーゲン神父を尋ねるリチャードだったが神父は既に亡くなっており彼の遺品を 調べていくなかで恐ろしいダミアンの正体を信じることとなってしまう。
Screenplay
Disillusioned Vietnam veteran Lloyd Dubeck travels back to Southeast Asia in search among thousands of war orphans for the son he left behind.
Screenplay
アメリカ外交官ロバート・ソーンはローマの産院で自分の子が死産であったことを知る。悲嘆するロバートだったが同日同時刻に生まれた孤児を知りそのまま養子としてダミアンと名づけ引き取ることにした。ダミアンの誕生パーティの最中に乳母が突然首吊り投身自殺した事件をきっかけにダミアンを調べる写真家はロバートに孤児を紹介した神父からダミアンの出生を探り始める。
Screenplay
One year before the Olympics, Jill Kinmont, an 18-year-old skiing champion, suffers a fall during competition and is left paralyzed. With her life now completely altered, she undergoes an exhausting fight to regain some of what she has lost.
Screenplay
Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson adds an emotional center to this messy, flashback-filled 'heavy' dramatic piece. Plenty of co-star talent.
Writer
A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged is transferred to a state mental hospital when the home is shut down. Staff discover that, despite outward appearances, the man was wrongly confined and is of average intelligence.
Screenplay
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her.
Author
A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.
Writer
For more than four centuries, young Portuguese fishermen have followed their fathers to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and in recent years to Greenland’s banks to fish the cold waters for cod. Intrepid men, set off for the Banks on schooners under full sail, then adrift in a flat-bottomed dory, they bait the hundred of hooks of their long-line, oblivious to fog, rain and Arctic wind, they labour 18 hours a day and haul up cod by the score.
Characters
Prequel to "The Omen" (1976). Premise TBA.
