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Leigh Brackett

出生 : 1915-12-07, Los Angeles, California, USA

死亡 : 1978-03-18

略歴

Leigh Brackett was a Hollywood writer and a noted science fiction and fantasy author who was a regular contributor to various science fiction pulps in the 1940's. She was also a mentor and collaborator of Ray Bradbury. She was married to fellow science fiction pulp writer Edmond Hamilton for 31 years (until his death in 1977). In Hollywood, she wrote such films as The Long Goodbye, Hatari! and Rio Bravo. She also wrote the first draft of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Shortly after she completed the draft, she died after a battle with cancer. After her death, George Lucas decided that he did not prefer the direction Brackett's draft was going in. Lucas discarded it and wrote two new drafts with Lawrence Kasdan finishing the script. Brackett's original draft was not mentioned or referenced in the new drafts. However, Lucas felt that her name should be in the credits as a reward for her effort. To ensure Writers Guild of America (which determines screenwriting credit for the film) would award her the credit, Lucas intentionally did not submit his drafts.

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スター・ウォーズエピソード５／帝国の逆襲

スター・ウォーズエピソード５／帝国の逆襲

Screenplay

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ロング・グッドバイ

Screenplay

探偵フィリップ・マーロウがメキシコへと送った友人が自殺した。彼には妻殺しの容疑がかけられていた。一方、別件で行方不明の作家を探し出したマーロウは、彼が死んだ友人夫妻の知り合いだという事を知る。やがて、友人が持ち逃げした金を返せとギャングが現れる…。

リオ・ロボ

Screenplay

南北戦争末期、無法の街リオ・ロボ。金塊輸送列車を護衛していた北軍のマクナリー大佐は、南軍のコルドナ大尉率いるゲリラに襲われて……。『リオ・ブラボー』『エル・ドラド』と合わせて、テキサス3部作と呼ばれる傑作のひとつ。

Screenplay

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

Screenplay

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?

Novel

Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard to track down. As Sherill starts getting impatient he begins his own investigation. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Koleski does his best to track down the culprits.

Gold of the Seven Saints

Gold of the Seven Saints

Writer

Fur-trapping partners stumble across a cache of gold, but their discovery quickly attracts every greedy villain in the territory.

リオ・ブラボー

Screenplay

J・ウェイン、D・マーティン共演、町の実力者の弟を逮捕した保安官チャンスが、わずかな手勢で一味の勢力に立ち向かう、ハワード・ホークス監督の傑作娯楽ウエスタン。メキシコ国境の町リオ・ブラボー。保安官チャンスは、酒場のゴタゴタから人を殺したジョーという男を逮捕した。ジョーの兄ネイサンは手下を集め、釈放を求めてチャンスを脅迫する。チャンスはわずかな手勢で、ネイサン一派を迎え撃つが……。

The Unholy Four

The Unholy Four

Novel

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Screenplay

A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.

三つ数えろ

Screenplay

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The Vampire's Ghost

The Vampire's Ghost

Story

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.

The Vampire's Ghost

The Vampire's Ghost

Screenplay

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.