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Peter Weir's Master and Commander.(Film)(Critical Essay)
DURING A PHONE interview with David Williamson nearly twenty years ago, he told me about the time he was scripting Gallipoli (1981) for Peter Weir. After submitting a final draft, Williamson did one last restructure and sent it to the director. For days there was no response; then Williamson cornered Weir and demanded to know his opinion of the new material.
"It works like clockwork," was the reply.
"Then why don't you use it?"
"Because I'm making a Peter Weir film, not a David Williamson one."
I was unable to confirm the story with Weir himself, but it does have the ring of truth about it. Weir was clearly influenced by the Auteur ...
- Novel battle Peter Weir's taut translation of historical books makes 'Master' a...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Gire, Dann November 14, 2003 700+ words
...Lord Blakeney Lee Ingleby Hollom Written by Peter Weir and John Collee; based on the books by Patrick...Brian. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson. Directed by Peter Weir. A Twentieth Century-Fox release. Rated...
- Historia de una vida. (evaluación de película del director Peter Weir)(TT:...
- Magazine article from: Proceso Betancourt, Javier October 11, 1998 700+ words
...ltima ola (1977) del australiano Peter Weir auguraba una obra de autor que se...caso Simpson. Durante todo un ao, Peter Weir y el guionista Andrew Niccol (Gattaca...Truman cree habitar, es Norteamrica. Weir sacrifica, por afn denotativo...
- Tension grows over Peter Weir expulsion.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) February 27, 2001 700+ words
...Unionist Party last night after rebel MLA Peter Weir declared he will fight his suspension...for the Yesses" was developing. Mr Weir also criticised Fermanagh and South...actions in future. CAPTION(S): PETER WEIR; WILLIE THOMPSON
- PETER WEIR MOVIES GIVE SENSE OF BOTH PLACE,...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) August 23, 2001 700+ words
...bedraggled people. Because this is a Peter Weir movie, you experience in the same...ish movie, which is probably why a Weir film feels like it's been drawn...this summer really needs is a new Peter Weir movie, but alas, there's no sign...
- It took Peter Weir to make Theroux's `Mosquito Coast' fly
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Bob Strauss December 14, 1986 700+ words
...number of years ago, a friend gave Peter Weir a copy of The Mosquito Coast, Paul...could, make it." As it turned out, Weir was that director, and he needed...surefire box-office hits. It took Weir and producer Jerome Hellman (who...
- Peter Weir `witnesses' film fame // Aussie moviemaker fosters uneasiness
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times John McCarty June 4, 1986 700+ words
...In his native Australia, director Peter Weir reigns supreme in the suspense-film...called "the new Alfred Hitchcock." Weir admits that he has been influenced...son of a Sydney real estate broker, Weir seemed destined for a career in real...
- Points of view: Is Peter Weir living in a DUP Wonderland?(Comment)
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) May 18, 2002 700+ words
...compared to the bewilderment of many after Peter Weir's decision to join the DUP. Mr Weir rebelled against the Ulster Unionists because...CAPTION(S): CROSSING THE FLOOR: Peter Weir left the Ulster Unionist Party and joined the...
- O, Captain, My Captain: The elusive, A-list director Peter Weir launches...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Smith, Sean November 10, 2003 700+ words
...bad juju that can sink a movie. Peter Weir is not one of them. "At one point...made for 12 years--and went after Weir twice before the director said yes...continuing thread in the work of Peter Weir," Rothman says, "which is epic...
