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Arthur Penn

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Director 1922–2010

Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director, and a Tony Award winner. Among other accolades, he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Penn first achieved prominence as a theatre director, winning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for The Miracle Worker. He received similar acclaim and his first Oscar nomination for directing the 1962 film adaptation. His 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde is credited with initiating the New Hollywood movement, by infusing the biographical crime drama with a counterculture sensibi…

Also credited on2 works

Bonnie and Clyde
Golden Boy

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  • The idea of doing a musical based on the former New York City mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, originated over lunch at the Coffee House Club. Arthur Penn suggested the project to Prince. Penn had already researched the former mayor's public and private life. Small in stature, LaGuardia was a bundle of dramatic paradoxes. He had a volatile pers…ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt
  • Arthur Penn was disappointed with Weidman's script. He wanted more of the internal conflict and psychological foundations of his The Miracle Worker and Two for the Seesaw. However, Weidman's version was highly nostalgic and that pleased Griffith and Prince. Prince had a clear vision of the future show. He felt that Penn's vision wouldn't…ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt
  • 36 . Sam Zolotow, “Musical Planned by Arthur Penn,” New York Times , 24 January 1962.ebooks/Lambert, Philip/B00590X4L8 EBOK - Philip Lambert.txt
  • Reviews were good in New Haven, but less than favorable in Philadelphia, where the original director, Arthur Penn, withdrew after “artistic differences” with Merrick and was replaced by George Abbott. Merrick also brought in Michael Bennett to redo Gillian Lynne’s choreography, and Bennett brought Tommy Tune with him to assist and to danc…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
  • the film director and producer Arthur Penn In addition to Bock’s diary note on August 8, 1962 (JBP23:11), Bock discussed his interest in Landmark symposium, 16.ebooks/Solomon, Alisa/Wonder of Wonders_ A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof - Alisa Solomon.txt
  • Arthur Penn a replacement director (Golden Boy) who is replaced (How Now, Dow Jones)ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt

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