Alan Trustman
Alan Trustman | |
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Born | December 16, 1930 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Known for | The Thomas Crown Affair Bullitt They Call Me Mister Tibbs! |
Alan Trustman (born December 16, 1930) is an American lawyer, screenwriter, pari-mutuel operator and currency trader. He is best known for writing the 1968 film, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, in his movie career.
Early years
Trustman was born December 16, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the
After college, he was admitted to the
Film career
In 1967, Trustman wrote his first screenplay,
The success of The Thomas Crown Affair was followed by another McQueen movie, Bullitt, which Trustman wrote in 20 hours. It grossed a then impressive $62 million. In 2004, The New York Times placed the film on its list of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.[3]
Both Thomas Crown and Bullitt have iconic scenes, Thomas Crown the erotic chess game between McQueen and Dunaway culminating in one of moviedom's longest kisses.[4] Critic Penelope Gilliatt described it as "two goldfish going after the same crumb", and the scene has since been parodied in numerous films, the most famous being Peter Sellers' seduction of Shirley MacLaine in Being There (1979) while the two characters watch the film on television. Bullitt has the often copied car chase through the San Francisco hills.[5][6]
He also wrote They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970), Lady Ice (1973) and Hit! (1973).
Trustman left the movie business after four years when he refused to write McQueen's racing car picture, Le Mans, because McQueen insisted the hero had to be a loser. After the argument, he was no longer known as Steve McQueen's writer and, as he puts it, "the phone stopped ringing."[7]
He worked on the scripts for Crime and Passion (1976) and The Next Man (1976). In 1987, he wrote a script for Bullit 2 but it was not made.[8] In 1992, his novel Father's Day was published.[9]
Later on he wrote an episode of Fallen Angels based on a story by Raymond Chandler.[10] He was executive producer on The Tracker (1988). Roger Corman was going to make a film based on a Trustman script called Our Man Ho in 1999, but it was never made.[11]
At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Trustman was honored for his part in film history at the annual "For the Love of Cinema" awards dinner. "Alan has made his name with intelligent, subtly ironic dialogues and with the complexity of his scripts", said Georges Kern, IWC Schaffhausen’s CEO, introducing Trustman.[12]
Later career
In 1974, Trustman became an officer, executive committee member and director of World
He left in 1978 and has spent most of his time since then trading currencies and precious metals out of Geneva.
Personal life
In 2008 he married a therapist named Dr. Barbara Buchwald. They live on
Filmography
Writing credits
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Story | As Alan R. Trustman |
1995 | Fallen Angels (TV Series) | Writer | 1 episode Red Wind |
1976 | The Next Man | Writer | Story and Screenplay |
1976 | Crime and Passion | Writer | Uncredited |
1973 | Hit! | Writer | |
1973 | Lady Ice | Writer | |
1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Writer | Story and Screenplay |
1968 | Bullitt | Writer | Screenplay |
1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Writer | Story and Screenplay |
Acting Credit
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans | Himself | Documentary |
Producing Credits
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1988 | The Tracker | Executive Producer | Made for Television |
References
- ^ a b Mike Jaccarino (August 28, 2011). "'Thomas Crown Affair' screenwriter Alan Trustman talks films, working with Steve McQueen". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ Robin Smith (26 February 2014). "A pre-Oscars interview with screenwriter Alan Trustman". The Aspen Business Journal. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ The Film Critics of the New York Times (April 29, 2003). "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- Eugene Register-Guard.
- ^ Jeff Stafford. "The Thomas Crown Affair". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ Marc Meyers (27 January 2011). "Alan Trustman on Bullitt". Jazz Wax. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ISBN 9780595280841.
- ^ SON OF `BULLITT': [Home Edition 1] Klady, Leonard. Los Angeles Times10 May 1987: 23.
- ^ Craps, Currency and Writing for Profit By ADRIENNE LESSER. New York Times 6 Dec 1992: LI23.
- ^ On the Set; On a Hot Chandler Night; SHOWTIME ADAPTS 'RED WIND' AS A 'FALLEN ANGELS' PROJECT: [Orange County Edition] King, Susan. Los Angeles Times 26 Nov 1995: 8.
- ^ Corman sets his sights high with Ho: [Final Edition] The Vancouver Sun; Vancouver, B.C. [Vancouver, B.C]21 May 1999: D8.
- ^ Alan Trustman; Robin Smith (March 2, 2014). "You say you're in the movies? NOT!". Denver iJournal. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
External links
- Alan Trustman at IMDb