jakeem Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Best-selling author E.L. Doctorow, whose historical novels "Ragtime," "Billy Bathgate" and "The Book of Daniel" were turned into motion pictures, has died at the age of 84. Director Milos Forman's 1981 film version of "Ragtime" was nominated for eight Academy Awards. It also is remembered for the final screen appearances of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. Although it received mixed reviews and was not a box-office hit, Robert Benton's 1991 screen treatment of "Billy Bathgate" starred Dustin Hoffman as the Depression-era mobster Dutch Schultz. The movie co-starred Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci, Steven Hill and Loren Dean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au5hFhvvr-k In 1983, director Sidney Lumet's film version of "The Book of Daniel" -- simply titled "Daniel" -- starred Timothy Hutton as the title character, one of the sons of convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-e-l-doctorow-dies-ragtime-author-20150721-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 E.L. Doctorow grew up in my neighborhood and went to my grammar school, a few decades before I did. He wrote eloquently about the old neighborhood, in his books and in this lovely piece: http://nymag.com/news/features/childhood/e-l-doctorow/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Sorry to hear this. Ragtime was one of my favorite books. (not so, the movie). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 one of my hank fonda western favorites, Welcome To Hard Times, is based on a story by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 ...is there a doctor ow! in the house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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