Posted on 08/05/2009 6:42:19 PM PDT by Borges
NEW YORK – Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who defined the Hollywood hustle with his novel "What Makes Sammy Run?" and later proved himself a player with his Oscar-winning screenplay for "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95.
His wife, Betsy Schulberg, said he died of natural causes at his home in Westhampton Beach, on Long Island. She said he was taken to a nearby medical center, where doctors unsuccessfully tried to revive him.
"He was very loved and cherished," she said.
"On the Waterfront," directed by Elia Kazan and filmed in Hoboken, N.J., was released in 1954 to great acclaim and won eight Academy Awards. It included one of cinema's most famous lines, uttered by Marlon Brando as the failed boxer Malloy: "I coulda been a contender."
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Schulberg was a genius. “On the Waterfront” was brilliantly written. I knew guys who worked on the docks back then. I also knew the union bosses and the dock owner.
All the characters were very authentic. Schulberg captured them perfectly.
Oops. I missed this article. :)
Hey, old buddy!
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