These remarks are based on a talk the writer gave at the 11th International Conference in Fixed Point Theory and Applications, held at Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Turkey, July 20-24 , 2015
Based on a memoir by writer Elliot Tiber (whose name was Teichberg when the events in the film occurred), the film celebrates one lone little man with the vision and the nerve to seize a moment and help make Woodstock happen.
Those hard-core rockers who have accused the Fountains of being something of a cartoon might enjoy knowing that they were cast as exactly that in "Hey Joel," an animated sitcom commissioned by VH1 that was written by and based on Joel Stein, a writer for Time magazine.
PREVIOUSLY: An interesting theory was put forth on a "Simpsons" message board recently: Ron Swanson, the gruff city manager portrayed by Nick Offerman on "Parks and Recreation," may be based on John Swartzwelder, a writer for "The Simpsons" who is largely credited with helping give the show its unique voice.
The pilot episode included a documentary by Jonathan Demme based on a story by staff writer Rachel Aviv and an interview with performance artist Marina Abramovic by staff writer Ariel Levy.
The opera, which has a libretto by Cesare Mazzonis, is based on a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, a writer with a modest international reputation but one who is a fixture in Russia.
It's a film based on a hit play by a writer, Frederick Knott, who hated writing and made by a director who said his batteries were running dry.
I've heard that the movie "TURK 182" was based on a real New York graffiti writer.
The film was based on a novel by American writer Rex Pickett.
The Babyshambles and Libertines frontman plays Octavian, a 19th-century dandy, in the movie, based on a book by French writer Alfred de Musset.
