Jim Jennewein
James 'Jim' Jennewein | |
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Known for | The Flintstones Getting Even with Dad |
James 'Jim' Jennewein is an American
Career
Jennewein graduated from the University of Notre Dame, and worked as a copywriter in advertising before becoming a screenwriter. With fellow copywriter Parker, the duo wrote Stay Tuned on spec. Within two days, the pair had signed with the Bauer Benedek agency and sold it for $750,000.[1]
With Parker, Jennewein wrote the first draft of the film version of Super Mario Bros., which was a comedic fairy tale, focusing on Mario and Luigi attempting to rescue a princess named Hildy from Koopa. That draft would be rejected and scrapped after former director Greg Beeman was fired and replaced.[2] On The Flintstones, their most commercially successful project, they were part of a record 35 writers attached to the project before it was shot. Conversely, Ri¢hie Ri¢h underperformed at the North America box office, making back less than its $40 million budget,[3][4] but made $125 million in VHS rentals.[5]
In 2008, he partnered with Parker and together they wrote their first
Film credits
- Stay Tuned (1992) - screenplay, story[8]
- Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
- associate producer, writer
- The Flintstones (1994)
- Major League II (1994) - story
- actor(as James Jennewein)— Witch #3
References
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ "Super Mario Bros: Scripts". Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ "Richie Rich (1994) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Harvey Capitalizes on Ghost, Rich Kid, Billboard
- ^ "James Jennewein". 15 January 2013.
- ^ "James Jennewein". Fordham University. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (14 November 2008). "'HOW ABOUT YOU'; Film in Review". The New York Times. p. 10. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
External links
- Jim Jennewein at IMDb