Hollywood has had blacklists for longer than you think. That's John Milius in the center, he was right up there with Speilberg and Lucas, back in the day.
But his politics were on the right.
They put up him for a long time because he was a genius.
Then he wrote, funded and directed Red Dawn, a movie about a military takeover of the USA by Russians and Cubans.
They declared him persona non-grata, he couldn't find work. He couldn't even pay the tuition for his genius son at law school..!
They completely ruined him.
You know that amazing scene for Jaws, where an old scottish fisherman discribes being in the water, devoured by sharks after their ship is torpedoes during WW2..?
That was John Milius' dialogue.
Hollywood always drones on about how tolerant they are, how WRONGED they were by McCarthy, about how THEY were victims of blacklists.
Ya know what?
They really WERE and ARE a pack of commies, and they're total hypocrites, too. They are the biggest Blacklisters around and always have been.
If they could destroy a TITAN like this, what would they do to US..?
2012 Red Dawn (1984 screenplay)
2011 Homefront (Video Game) (written by)
2008 Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War (Documentary) (guest writer)
Rome (TV Series) (created by - 22 episodes, 2005 - 2007) (written by - 1 episode, 2005)
- De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) (2007) ... (creator)
- Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) (2007) ... (creator)
- A Necessary Fiction (2007) ... (creator)
- Death Mask (2007) ... (creator)
- Philippi (2007) ... (creator)
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2006 Apocalypse Oz (Short) (screenplay "Apocalypse Now")
2005 Medal of Honor: European Assault (Video Game) (story:
design team) / (writer: design team) 1997 Rough Riders (TV Mini-Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (1997) ... (written by)
- Episode #1.1 (1997) ... (written by)
1994 Clear and Present Danger (screenplay)
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend (screenplay) / (story)
1991 Conan (Video Game) (based on the film written by)
1989 Farewell to the King (screenplay)
1987 Extreme Prejudice (story)
1987 Miami Vice (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Viking Bikers from Hell (1987) ... (story - as Walter Kurtz)
1984 Red Dawn (screenplay)
1982 Conan the Barbarian (written by)
1979 1941 (story)
1979 Apocalypse Now (written by)
1978 Big Wednesday (written by)
1975 The Wind and the Lion (written by)
1974 Melvin Purvis G-MAN (TV Movie) (creator) / (story) / (teleplay)
1973 Magnum Force (screenplay) / (story)
1973 Dillinger (written by)
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (original screenplay)
1972 Jeremiah Johnson (screenplay)
1971 Dirty Harry (screenplay - uncredited)
1971 Evel Knievel (screenplay)
1969 The Devil's 8 (screenplay)
1967 Glut (Short)
1967 The Emperor (Documentary short)
