Abby Mann
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Screenwriter Abby Mann (born Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia) is best known for writing dramas for such prestigious early television anthologies as Studio One and Playhouse 90. Later he adopted a couple of his television plays for feature films including Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). He also wrote screenplays especially for feature films. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviFilmography:
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Abby Mann
Abby Mann (December 1, 1927 – March 25, 2008) was an American film writer and producer.[1]
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Life and career
Born as Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia, he grew up in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was best known for his work on controversial subjects and social drama. His most famous work is the drama Judgment at Nuremberg, which was initially a television drama aired in 1959. Stanley Kramer directed the 1961 film adaptation, for which Mann received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In his acceptance speech, he said:
"A writer worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain but to comment on the world in which he lives."[2]
Mann later adapted the play for a 2001 production on Broadway, which featured Maximilian Schell from the 1961 film in a different role.[3]
Mann and Kramer also collaborated on the 1963 film A Child is Waiting.
In the introduction to the printed script, Mann credited a conversation with Abraham Pomerantz, U.S. Chief Deputy Counsel, for giving him the initial interest in Nuremberg.[4]
Working on television, he most notably created the television series Kojak, starring Telly Savalas. Mann was executive producer, but was credited as a writer also on many episodes.[5] His other writing credits include the screenplays for the television films The Marcus-Nelson Murders, The Atlanta Child Murders,[6] Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story,[7] and Indictment: The McMartin Trial,[8] as well as the film War and Love.[9]
He died of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California on March 25, 2008, aged 80.[10][11] He died one day after Richard Widmark, one of the stars of Judgment at Nuremberg.
While announcing Mann's death, BBC Radio 4 news presenter Charlotte Green caused controversy by laughing after what is believed to be the world's earliest recording, played during the preceding item, was described off-air as sounding like "a bee trapped in a jar".[12] Radio 4 has expressed hopes that Mann's family will realise that no harm was intended.
His stepson is former Israeli Special Forces operative Aaron Cohen.[13]
Mann is interred in Culver City's Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.
Selected filmography
- Port of Escape (1956)
References
- ^ Ron Wertheimer, "The Sleeping Car Porter Who Won the Last Round". The New York Times, February 23, 2002.
- ^ Ron Weiskind and Barbara Vancheri, "Pittsburgh goes to the Oscars". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 9, 2003.
- ^ Bruce Weber, "On Evil and the Citizen, No Answers Are Easy". The New York Times, March 27, 2001.
- ^ Mann, Abby. Judgment at Nuremberg - A play. New Directions. pp. page ix.
- ^ "'Kojak' (1973)". Internet Movie Database
- ^ Sally Bedell Smith, "CBS Turning Cameras on its Decision-Makers". The New York Times, February 9, 1985.
- ^ John J. O'Connor, "Corruption, Love and Murder, All From Real Life". The New York Times, September 11, 1992.
- ^ John J. O'Connor, "The Horrors Behind The McMartin Trial". The New York Times, May 19, 1995.
- ^ Vincent Canby, "Screen: War and Love". The New York Times, September 13, 1985.
- ^ Obituary - Variety
- ^ Obituary - Los Angeles Times
- ^ Adam Sherwin, "BBC Radio 4's Charlotte Green gets a fit of the giggles". The Times, March 29, 2008.
- ^ Obituary - New York Times
External links
- Abby Mann at the Internet Movie Database
- 1961 Academy Award winners list
- Memorial Page for Abby Mann at FindaGrave
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