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It was based on a script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from a story by Winner for his own company, Scimitar Productions (for Universal's English operations, then under Jay Kanter). The resulting movie was a popular hit.
Nov 16, 2009 · Michael Winner: 'The only purpose of life is to avoid boredom' Stephen Moss. The notorious film director on cheating death, the awfulness of restaurants – and how he can't stand boring people....
Jan 21, 2013 · The film director Michael Winner, who has died aged 77, was a flamboyant and outspoken character best-known for the Death Wish movies, and later his often barbed restaurant reviews in The...
Jan 21, 2013 · Film director and food critic Michael Winner died today aged 77. Here is a selection of his most memorable quotes:
Jan 22, 2013 · We entered to a swath of smoke, with Michael genially puffing on a fat Havana, feet up on his huge desk, in a smartly decorated office with – among other niceties – an Elisabeth Frink ...
Oct 6, 1994 · Director's Cut: Every shadow tells a story: Michael Winner on the eccentricity, boldness and Hitchcockian surprises of The Third Man
Michael Winner. Director: Death Wish. Winner was an only child, born in Hampstead, London, England, to Helen (née Zlota) and George Joseph Winner (1910-1975), a company director. His family was Jewish; his mother was Polish and his father of Russian extraction.
