Heywood Gould (born December 19, 1942) is an American screenwriter, journalist, novelist and film director. He wrote the screenplays for the films Rolling Thunder, The Boys from Brazil, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Streets of Gold, Cocktail, and wrote and directed the films One Good Cop, Trial by Jury, Mistrial and Double Bang.
Heywood Gould | |
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| Born | December 19, 1942 Bronx, New York City |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
Career
editRolling Thunder
editOn the strength of his heavily circulated spec screenplay Fort Apache, The Bronx (unproduced until 1981), Gould was enlisted by star William Devane to rewrite Paul Schrader's Rolling Thunder script. Gould added pop-psych monologues for Devane's character, a former POW, that reflected an almost clinical understanding of his own trauma. Devane opted instead for a terse, contained performance in the mold of Steve McQueen, forgoing Gould's ornate characterization. Only one Gould monologue remains in the film, and it contains the oft-quoted line "You learn to love the rope," a poignant reference to defying one's captors.[1] Aborted monologues aside, Gould's changes to Schrader's script provide the most memorable scenes in the film. Moreover, Gould added flourishes that tied supporting characters more organically to the film's themes.
Partial bibliography
edit- Corporation Freak, Tower Books, 1971 (nonfiction account of working at IBM's Advanced Systems Development Division in 1968)
References
edit- ^ Tarantino, Quentin (2022). Cinema speculation. HarperCollins (Firm). New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 978-0-06-311258-2. OCLC 1348950198.
