Attempted Film Adaption
In 1966, Paramount Pictures attempted to make it a film starring Burt Lancaster as Lee Mellon and Steve McQueen as the drifter. The film adaption by Paramount Pictures never happened. However, Brautigan gave a copy of his novel to Brandon French of Brady French Films to write a screenplay for the movie. The screenplay was only written up to the first draft and the film adaptation never happened.
Read more about this topic: A Confederate General From Big Sur
Famous quotes containing the words attempted and/or film:
“Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)