Alvin Sargent, a screenwriter for Paper Moon, Ordinary People and Julia, as well as the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, and the Amazing Spider-Man, passed away at 92.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-92-1166270
- He provided a dialogue rewrite of Spider-Man, primarily focusing on Peter and MJ's relationship.
- He was the main screenwriter for Spider-Man 2, creating a screenplay from the story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon, in collaboration with Sam Raimi.
- He co-wrote Spider-Man 3 with Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi.
- He's also credited as one of the writers of The Amazing Spider-Man. For all the concerns about that film (much of which came down to the editing), I don't recall any criticism that the writing felt too old.
It's impressive how late in life he accomplished much of this.
It's difficult to untangle his exact contributions, but getting a good screenplay out of multiple different story ideas for Spider-Man 2 seems to be all him.
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05-10-2019, 07:16 PM #1Ultimate Member
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Spider-Man Screenwriter Alvin Sargent passed away at 92
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Thomas Mets
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05-10-2019, 07:17 PM #2BANNED
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May he rest in peace! Thank you for all you contributed, sir!
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05-10-2019, 08:07 PM #3Really Feeling It!
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RIP Alvin Sargent.
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05-10-2019, 08:59 PM #4BANNED
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The Peter-MJ relationship in the Spider-Man movies was all his and that's one of the great screen romances of all time, up there with Dicaprio/Winslet, Han/Leia.
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05-10-2019, 10:56 PM #5BANNED
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Spider-Man 2 remains the measuring stick for many movies, I still don't think it's been much bettered. RIP Alvin.
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05-10-2019, 11:37 PM #6Kinky Lil' Canine
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Rest in peace. Good run.
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